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Food Assistance and Nutrition Program Outcomes: Recommended Readings

Health and Nutrition Outcomes

Using Point-of-Purchase Data To Evaluate Local WIC Nutrition Education Interventions: Feasibility Study (CCR-26), January 2007

Methodology To Evaluate the Outcomes of the Team Nutrition Initiative in Schools (CCR-20), June 2006

Nutrient Adequacy of Children Participating in WIC (EB-8), April 2006

Food Stamps and Obesity: Ironic Twist or Complex Puzzle? (Amber Waves, February 2006)

Background Report on the Use and Impact of Food Assistance Programs on Indian Reservations (CCR-4), January 2005

Issues in Food Assistance—Effects of WIC Participation on Children's Food Consumption (FANRR-26-11), February 2005

Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 4, Executive Summary of the Literature Review (FANRR-19-4), December 2004

Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume 3, Literature Review (FANRR-19-3), December 2004

The USDA Fruit and Vegetable Pilot Program Evaluation (AIB-792-6), November 2004

Evaluating the Impact of School Nutrition Programs: Final Report (E-FAN-04-008), July 2004

Food Assistance Research Brief—Childhood Obesity and the Role of USDA (FANRR-34-11), July 2003

Food Assistance Research Brief—WIC and Breastfeeding Rates (FANRR-34-02), July 2003

Food Assistance Research Brief—Competitive Foods: Soft Drinks vs. Milk (FANRR-34-07), July 2003

Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume II, Data Sources (FANRR-19-2), October 2002

The WIC Program: Background, Trends, and Issues (FANRR-27), October 2002

Effects of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health: Volume I, Research Design (FANRR-19-1), February 2002

Examining the Well-Being of Children (FoodReview, Vol. 24, No. 2), October 2001

WIC Increases the Nutrient Intake of Children (FoodReview, Welfare Reform and Food Assistance, Vol. 24, No. 1), January-April 2001

The Effect on Dietary Quality of Participation in the Food Stamp and WIC Programs (FANRR-09), September 2000

WIC and the Nutrient Intake of Children (FANRR-05), April 2000

America's Eating Habits: Changes and Consequences (AIB-750), May 1999

Breastfeeding Promotion Research: The ES/WIC Nutrition Education Initiative and Economic Considerations (AIB-744), September 1998

Food Security and Food Insufficiency Outcomes

Household Food Security in the United States, 2005 (ERR-29), November 2006

What Factors Account for State-to-State Differences in Food Security? (EIB20), November 2006

More Households Had Difficulty Meeting Their Food Needs (Amber Waves, February 2006)

Household Food Security in the United States, 2004 (ERR-11), October 2005

State-Level Predictors of Food Insecurity and Hunger Among Households With Children (CCR-13), October 2005

Household Food Security in the United States, 2003 (FANRR-42), October 2004

Persistence and Change in the Food Security of Families With Children, 1997-99 (E-FAN-04-001), March 2004

Feeding Low-Income Children When School Is Out—The Summer Food Service Program: Final Report (E-FAN-03-001), March 2003

Household Food Security in the United States, 2004 (ERR-11), October 2005

Putting Food on the Table: Household Food Security in the United States (Amber Waves, February 2003)

Reducing Food Insecurity in the United States: Assessing Progress Toward a National Objective (FANRR-26-2), May 2002

The Food Stamp Program and Food Insufficiency (ERS Elsewhere 0202), January 2002

Using USDA's Thrifty Food Plan To Assess Food Availability and Affordability (FoodReview, Examining the Well-Being of Children, Vol. 24, No. 2), May-August 2001

Food Stamp Participation and Food Security (FoodReview, Welfare Reform and Food Assistance, Vol. 24, No. 1), January-April 2001

Community Food Security Programs Improve Food Access (FoodReview, Welfare Reform and Food Assistance, Vol. 24, No. 1), January-April 2001

Economic Well-Being Outcomes

South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Transitions in Food Stamp Participation and Employment Among Adult-Only Households (CCR-18), April 2006

South Carolina Food Stamp and Well-Being Study: Transitions in Food Stamp and TANF Participation and Employment Among Families With Children (CCR-17), April 2006

WIC and the Retail Price of Infant Formula (FANRR-39-1), June 2004

Food Stamp Benefits and Childhood Poverty in the 1990s (FANRR-33), September 2003

Food Stamps and Child Poverty (Amber Waves, February 2003)

Study of Nonwelfare Families Leaving the Food Stamp Program in South Carolina: Final Report (E-FAN-03-003), March 2003

The Role of Food Stamps in Consumption Stabilization, Journal of Human Resources, Vol. 38, Supplement, 2003

How Do Food Assistance Programs Improve the Well-Being of Low-Income Families? (FANRR-26-9), October 2002

Assessing the Self-Sufficiency of Food Stamp Leavers (FANRR-26-8), October 2002

The Role of Food Stamps in Stabilizing Income and Consumption, Focus, Vol. 22, No. 2, Summer 2002 (FOC222)

Iowa Food Stamp Leavers Survey: Methodology Report (E-FAN-02-014-2), July 2002

Iowa Food Stamp Leavers Survey: Final Report (E-FAN-02-014-1), July 2002

Reforming Welfare: What Does It Mean for Rural Areas? (FANRR-26-4), December 2001

Reforming Welfare: Implications for Rural America (Rural America, No. 163), December 2001

Food Stamp Leavers in Illinois—How Are They Doing Two Years Later? Final Report (E-FAN-01-002), January 2001

Study of Arizona Adults Leaving the Food Stamp Program: Final Report (E-FAN-01-001), December 2000

Other Outcomes (Agriculture, Food Demand, Education, etc.)

Effects of WIC and Food Stamp Program Participation on Child Outcomes (CCR-27), December 2006

An Economic Model of WIC, the Infant Formula Rebate Program, and the Retail Price of Infant Formula (FANRR-39-2), January 2005

WIC and the Retail Price of Infant Formula (FANRR39-1), June 2004

Food Assistance Research Brief—Importance of Child Nutrition Programs to Agriculture (FANRR-34-12), July 2003

Effects of Changes in Food Stamp Expenditures Across the U.S. Economy (FANRR-26-6), August 2002

Tracing the Impacts of Food Assistance Programs on Agriculture and Consumers: A Computable General Equilibrium Model (FANRR-18), May 2002

The Food Stamp Benefit Formula: Implications for Empirical Research on Food Demand (ERS Elsewhere 0209), February 2002

Designs for Measuring How the School Breakfast Program Affects Learning (E-FAN-01-013), December 2001

Infant Formula Prices and Availability: Final Report to Congress (E-FAN-02-001), October 2001

Infant Formula Prices and Availability: An Interim Report to Congress (E-FAN-01-006), April 2001

 

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Updated date: September 10, 2007