Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity
Abstract Objective: This study explored programme recipients’ and deliverers’ experiences and perceived outcomes of accessing or facilitating a grocery gift card (GGC) programme from I Can for Kids (iCAN), a community-based programme that provides GGC to low-income families with children. Design...
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Abstract
Objective:
This study explored programme recipients’ and deliverers’ experiences and perceived outcomes of accessing or facilitating a grocery gift card (GGC) programme from I Can for Kids (iCAN), a community-based programme that provides GGC to low-income families with children.
Design:
This qualitative descriptive study used Freedman et al’s framework of nutritious food access to guide data generation and analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between August and November 2020. Data were analysed using directed content analysis with a deductive–inductive approach.
Participants:
Fifty-four participants were purposively recruited, including thirty-seven programme recipients who accessed iCAN’s GGC programme and seventeen programme deliverers who facilitated it.
Setting:
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Results:
Three themes were generated from the data. First, iCAN’s GGC programme promoted a sense of autonomy and dignity among programme recipients as they appreciated receiving financial support, the flexibility and convenience of using GGC, and the freedom to select foods they desired. Recipients perceived these benefits improved their social and emotional well-being. Second, recipients reported that the use of GGC improved their households’ dietary patterns and food skills. Third, both participant groups identified programmatic strengths and limitations.
Conclusion:
Programme recipients reported that iCAN’s GGC programme provided them with dignified access to nutritious food and improved their households’ finances, dietary patterns, and social and emotional well-being. Increasing the number of GGC provided to households on each occasion, establishing clear and consistent criteria for distributing GGC to recipients, and increasing potential donors’ awareness of iCAN’s GGC programme may augment the amount of support iCAN could provide to households.
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| spelling | doaj.art-14c8abf194b8463999318e30a8ae68b62023-11-07T13:10:40ZengCambridge University PressPublic Health Nutrition1368-98001475-27272023-11-01262460246910.1017/S136898002300157XExperiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurityYun Yun Lee0https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8279-0410Stéphanie Caron-Roy1Bobbi Turko2Jane Shearer3David JT Campbell4Charlene Elliott5Donald Barker6Kim D Raine7https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3906-8219Sheila Tyminski8Dana Lee Olstad9https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9787-9952Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, CanadaFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, CanadaI Can for Kids, 26 Riverview Park SE, Calgary, AB T2C 3Z7, CanadaFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, CanadaDepartment of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, CanadaDepartment of Communication, Media and Film, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, CanadaI Can for Kids, 26 Riverview Park SE, Calgary, AB T2C 3Z7, CanadaSchool of Public Health, University of Alberta, 3-300 Edmonton Clinic Health Academy, 11405-87 Ave Edmonton, AB T6G 1C9, CanadaNutrition Services, Alberta Health Services, Calgary, AB, CanadaFaculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, AB T2N 1N4, Canada Department of Community Health Sciences, Cumming School of Medicine, University of Calgary, 3280 Hospital Drive NW Calgary, AB T2N 4Z6, Canada Abstract Objective: This study explored programme recipients’ and deliverers’ experiences and perceived outcomes of accessing or facilitating a grocery gift card (GGC) programme from I Can for Kids (iCAN), a community-based programme that provides GGC to low-income families with children. Design: This qualitative descriptive study used Freedman et al’s framework of nutritious food access to guide data generation and analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between August and November 2020. Data were analysed using directed content analysis with a deductive–inductive approach. Participants: Fifty-four participants were purposively recruited, including thirty-seven programme recipients who accessed iCAN’s GGC programme and seventeen programme deliverers who facilitated it. Setting: Calgary, Alberta, Canada. Results: Three themes were generated from the data. First, iCAN’s GGC programme promoted a sense of autonomy and dignity among programme recipients as they appreciated receiving financial support, the flexibility and convenience of using GGC, and the freedom to select foods they desired. Recipients perceived these benefits improved their social and emotional well-being. Second, recipients reported that the use of GGC improved their households’ dietary patterns and food skills. Third, both participant groups identified programmatic strengths and limitations. Conclusion: Programme recipients reported that iCAN’s GGC programme provided them with dignified access to nutritious food and improved their households’ finances, dietary patterns, and social and emotional well-being. Increasing the number of GGC provided to households on each occasion, establishing clear and consistent criteria for distributing GGC to recipients, and increasing potential donors’ awareness of iCAN’s GGC programme may augment the amount of support iCAN could provide to households. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S136898002300157X/type/journal_articleHousehold food insecurityfood subsidy programmefood assistancechild nutritionqualitative description |
| spellingShingle | Yun Yun Lee Stéphanie Caron-Roy Bobbi Turko Jane Shearer David JT Campbell Charlene Elliott Donald Barker Kim D Raine Sheila Tyminski Dana Lee Olstad Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity Public Health Nutrition Household food insecurity food subsidy programme food assistance child nutrition qualitative description |
| title | Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity |
| title_full | Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity |
| title_fullStr | Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity |
| title_full_unstemmed | Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity |
| title_short | Experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity |
| title_sort | experiences and perceived outcomes of a grocery gift card programme for households at risk of food insecurity |
| topic | Household food insecurity food subsidy programme food assistance child nutrition qualitative description |
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