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| Reaching Underserved Populations |
Longitudinal Analysis of the Earnings and Food
Stamp Participation of the Working Poor
Michael Fishman
The Lewin Group. Falls Church, VA
This project analyzes long-term earnings patterns
of low-income households to better understand the utilization of
the Food Stamp Program by the working poor. Through an extensive
analysis of linked files from the 1992-96 Survey of Income and Program
Participation and Social Security Administration earnings histories,
the study examines how the long-term earnings patterns of the working
poor who are eligible for the Food Stamp Program are related to
their participation in the Food Stamp Program.
Assistance Type Cooperative Agreement: $169,489; Duration: 1 year
Social Marketing Approach
to Increase Food Stamp Participation Among the Elderly
Vivian Gabor
Health Systems Research, Inc. Washington, DC
This project utilizes social marketing research methods
to develop a food stamp outreach program tailored to the elderly.
The specific products to be developed are (1) a report on research
conducted with 15 focus groups drawn from three ethnic groups, (2)
a strategic outreach marketing plan, and (3) a set of outreach materials
and strategies designed to increase Food Stamp Program participation
among the elderly.
Assistance Type Cooperative Agreement: $159,927; Duration: 2 years
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| Food Programs as a Safety
Net and Client Well-being |
Food Insecurity in the Second
Generation
George Borjas
National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc. Cambridge, MA
This project will systematically examine the extent
and determinants of food security in the immigrant population and
examine why the food insecurity of immigrant and native households
differ. Using data from the Current Population Survey, the USDA
Food Security Supplement, and Census files, the research will investigate
the role played by differences in socioeconomic characteristics,
the impact of networks in ethnic enclaves, the differential rates
of participation in the Food Stamp Program, and the impact of welfare
reform legislation.
Grant: $150,000; Duration: 2 years
Feasibility and Accuracy
of Record Linkage to Estimate Multiple Program Participation
Nancy Cole and John Kirlin
Abt Associates, Inc. Cambridge, MA
This project has dual objectives: (1) to determine
the capabilities of administrative data systems used by food stamps,
WIC, and child nutrition programs, and (2) to test the feasibility
and accuracy of linking data from different nutrition assistance
programs. Currently, there is no comprehensive assessment of the
system capabilities, data-sharing arrangements, and record-linking
projects for food assistance programs. This information is necessary
to better understand the potential use of these systems for analyzing
multiple program participation and for improving program operations
in such areas as one-stop shopping, adjunctive eligibility determination,
program integrity, and reduction of administrative and client burden.
Assistance Type Cooperative Agreement: $354,927; Duration: 3 years
Effects of Food Security
on Pregnancy Outcomes
Anna Maria Siega-Riz
Carolina Population Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel
Hill. Chapel Hill, NC
This project adds a food security research component
to a large, ongoing study of the Epidemiology of Exertion, Stress
and Preterm Delivery Study (PIN-III) funded by the National Institute
of Child Health and Human Development. The study objectives are
to examine: (1) the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger in
this perinatal population; (2) the relationship between food insecurity
and hunger and maternal nutritional indicators of dietary intake
and meal patterns during pregnancy; (3) the relationship between
food insecurity and hunger and poor birth outcomes (preterm birth,
small for gestational age) while controlling for other factors including
such things as food assistance, income and demographic characteristics,
tobacco/alcohol/drug use, medical history, and bacterial vaginosis;
and (4) the relationships among hunger, community-level social and
environmental factors, and birth outcomes through spatial analysis.
Cooperative Research Agreement: $250,000; Duration: 3 years
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Parenting Practices and
Obesity in Low-Income African-American Preschoolers
Anjali Jain
University of Chicago. Chicago, IL
Little is known about the parenting practices that promote or prevent
obesity in preschool children, which complicates the development
of obesity prevention strategies. This project will analyze already-collected
focus group data and conduct interviews in order to refine and administer
the Preschooler Feeding Questionnaire (PFQ). The PFQ is designed
to identify specific parenting practices associated with preschool
children becoming overweight. The target population of the refined
PFQ is low-income African Americans mothers, whose 2- to 5-year
old children are at high risk for becoming overweight.
Grant: $260,000; Duration: 3 years
Parental Time, Role Strains,
Coping, and Children's Diet and Nutrition
William McIntosh
Texas A&M University. College Station, TX
This project will use a multidisciplinary approach to study the
effects of time allocations, time constraints and pressures, work
demands, role strains, and coping mechanisms on children's dietary
habits, dietary quality, and risk of obesity. A survey of 300 households
will be conducted to collect detailed information on time usage,
dietary intake, and socioeconomic characteristics. The project will
improve our understanding of how food assistance programs can best
serve the working poor.
Cooperative Research Agreement: $251,707; Duration: 3 years
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