Small Retailer Perspectives of the 2009 Women, Infants and Children Program Food Package Changes

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• Alternative Title:
  Am J Health Behav
• Personal Author:
  Gittelsohn, Joel ; Laska, Melissa N. ; Andreyeva, Tatiana ; Foster, Gary ; Rose, Donald ; Tester, June ; Lee, Seung Hee ; Zenk, Shannon N. ; Odoms-Young, Angela ; McCoy, Tara ; Ayala, Guadalupe X.
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• Description:
  Objective ; To understand vendor perspectives regarding changes made in 2009 to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food package. ; Methods ; Fifty-two in-depth, qualitative interviews with owners or managers of small stores in 8 urban areas across 7 states conducted 6-12 months after the changes. ; Results ; Store owners experienced implementation challenges, but felt the changes increased the number of customers, sales, and profits. ; Conclusion ; This research provides vendor perspectives on the 2009 WIC policy changes and may enhance policy implementation directed at increasing healthy food availability, particularly in urban communities.
• Subjects:
  • Attitude
  • Commerce
  • Food
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Nutrition Policy
  • Policy Making
  • Public Assistance
  • Urban Population
• Source:
  Am J Health Behav. 36(5):655-665.
• Pubmed ID:
  22584093
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC4703098
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Funding:
  5U48DP001948-02/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; U48 DP001948/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
• Place as Subject:
  United States
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  5
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/37357/cdc_37357_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 119.89 KB]
• Collection(s):
  CDC Public Access
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:24fb063ca421cc75689c766708b2e7794303ec05aa4ab9bc7a015064aa200639