Health Center–Based Community-Supported Agriculture: An RCT

Healthcare Sector Activities to Identify and Intervene on Social Risk: An Introduction to the American Journal of Preventive Medicine Supplement

“…Finally, Berkowitz et al 50 contribute original research on how subsidized community-supported agriculture boxes affected food security in one low-income population. The new research complements other work the group has done on the health and cost impacts of other nutrition programs, like medically tailored meals.…”

Examining Shopping Patterns, Use of Food-Related Resources, and Proposed Solutions to Improve Healthy Food Access Among Food Insecure and Food Secure Eastern North Carolina Residents

“…Potential solutions to alleviate food insecurity and increase healthy food access among rural populations include farmers' markets [19][20][21], community supported agriculture [22,23], and community gardens [24]. Learning more about food-related behaviors among food insecure versus food secure individuals is important to inform interventions.…”

Association of a Fruit and Vegetable Subsidy Program With Food Purchases by Individuals With Low Income in the US

“…Because food incentives, even if restricted to healthier foods, may allow for resources to be spent on less healthy foods, thus negating the potential impact of a healthy food incentive, we included these secondary outcomes examining spending on less healthy food categories. Furthermore, because prior research has suggested that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages, which is associated with poor health, may decrease when healthier foods are subsidized, 25 , 33 we examined sugar-sweetened beverages as a subcategory of less healthy foods. In terms of spending categories, we considered total spending (eg, from all sources) and out-of-pocket spending (eg, spending other than SNAP and SuperSNAP benefit use).…”