Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures

Food insecurity, or lack of consistent access to enough food, is associated with low intakes of fruits and vegetables (FVs) and higher risk of chronic diseases and disproportionately affects populations with low income. Financial incentives for FVs are supported by the 2018 Farm Bill and United Stat...

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Autores principales:	Nadine Budd Nugent, Carmen Byker Shanks, Hilary K. Seligman, Hollyanne Fricke, Courtney A. Parks, Sarah Stotz, Amy L. Yaroch
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Publicado:	MDPI AG 2021
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:aa7b388ff6c1472f8f0b0a8760eb1f502021-11-25T17:51:30ZAccelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures10.3390/ijerph1822121401660-46011661-7827https://doaj.org/article/aa7b388ff6c1472f8f0b0a8760eb1f502021-11-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/18/22/12140https://doaj.org/toc/1661-7827https://doaj.org/toc/1660-4601Food insecurity, or lack of consistent access to enough food, is associated with low intakes of fruits and vegetables (FVs) and higher risk of chronic diseases and disproportionately affects populations with low income. Financial incentives for FVs are supported by the 2018 Farm Bill and United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) and aim to increase dietary quality and food security among households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and with low income. Currently, there is no shared evaluation model for the hundreds of financial incentive projects across the U.S. Despite the fact that a majority of these projects are federally funded and united as a cohort of grantees through GusNIP, it is unclear which models and attributes have the greatest public health impact. We explore the evaluation of financial incentives in the U.S. to demonstrate the need for shared measurement in the future. We describe the process of the GusNIP NTAE, a federally supported initiative, to identify and develop shared measurement to be able to determine the potential impact of financial incentives in the U.S. This commentary discusses the rationale, considerations, and next steps for establishing shared evaluation measures for financial incentives for FVs, to accelerate our understanding of impact, and support evidence-based policymaking.Nadine Budd NugentCarmen Byker ShanksHilary K. SeligmanHollyanne FrickeCourtney A. ParksSarah StotzAmy L. YarochMDPI AGarticlefinancial incentivesfruits and vegetablesnutrition incentivesproduce prescriptionsfood securityfood accessMedicineRENInternational Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, Vol 18, Iss 12140, p 12140 (2021)
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spellingShingle	financial incentives fruits and vegetables nutrition incentives produce prescriptions food security food access Medicine R Nadine Budd Nugent Carmen Byker Shanks Hilary K. Seligman Hollyanne Fricke Courtney A. Parks Sarah Stotz Amy L. Yaroch Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures
description	Food insecurity, or lack of consistent access to enough food, is associated with low intakes of fruits and vegetables (FVs) and higher risk of chronic diseases and disproportionately affects populations with low income. Financial incentives for FVs are supported by the 2018 Farm Bill and United States (U.S.) Department of Agriculture’s Gus Schumacher Nutrition Incentive Program (GusNIP) and aim to increase dietary quality and food security among households participating in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and with low income. Currently, there is no shared evaluation model for the hundreds of financial incentive projects across the U.S. Despite the fact that a majority of these projects are federally funded and united as a cohort of grantees through GusNIP, it is unclear which models and attributes have the greatest public health impact. We explore the evaluation of financial incentives in the U.S. to demonstrate the need for shared measurement in the future. We describe the process of the GusNIP NTAE, a federally supported initiative, to identify and develop shared measurement to be able to determine the potential impact of financial incentives in the U.S. This commentary discusses the rationale, considerations, and next steps for establishing shared evaluation measures for financial incentives for FVs, to accelerate our understanding of impact, and support evidence-based policymaking.
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author	Nadine Budd Nugent Carmen Byker Shanks Hilary K. Seligman Hollyanne Fricke Courtney A. Parks Sarah Stotz Amy L. Yaroch
author_facet	Nadine Budd Nugent Carmen Byker Shanks Hilary K. Seligman Hollyanne Fricke Courtney A. Parks Sarah Stotz Amy L. Yaroch
author_sort	Nadine Budd Nugent
title	Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures
title_short	Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures
title_full	Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures
title_fullStr	Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures
title_full_unstemmed	Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures
title_sort	accelerating evaluation of financial incentives for fruits and vegetables: a case for shared measures
publisher	MDPI AG
publishDate	2021
url	https://doaj.org/article/aa7b388ff6c1472f8f0b0a8760eb1f50
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Accelerating Evaluation of Financial Incentives for Fruits and Vegetables: A Case for Shared Measures

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