Facilitators and Barriers to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Incentive Usee: Findings From a Clinic Intervention for Low-Income Patients

Abstract

Healthy food incentives matching Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits spent on fruits and vegetables subsidize increased produce consumption among low-income individuals at risk for food insecurity and diet-related disease. Yet many eligible participants do not use these incentives, in part because of limited awareness. This study examined the acceptability and impact of a primary care?based informational intervention on facilitators andbarriers to use of the statewide SNAP incentive program Double Up Food Bucks