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"One out of ten Americans had diabetes in 2018, and some racial and ethnic minority groups are more likely to have diagnosed diabetes than non-Hispanic whites (Center for Disease Control and Prevention, 2019).
Additionally, the prevalence of diabetes is greater in lower-income (Dray-Spira et al. 2008) and food insecure populations (Seligman et al., 2010) who are more likely to use government social safety net programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Therefore, changes to the SNAP policy are likely to be instrumental in addressing the racial disparity of prevalence and management of diabetes. SNAP provides benefits once per month to households that can be used to purchase food to prepare at home. In between monthly SNAP payments, food consumption and the quality of food declines from one SNAP benefit payment to the next (Wilde and Ranney, 2010; Kuhn, 2018).
Diet contributes to maintaining low glucose (blood sugar) levels and is one of the cornerstones of diabetes management, so intra-monthly changes in food consumption may impede diabetes management in SNAP participants. Furthermore, these intra-monthly changes may impact diabetes management differently for individuals with different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
By combining both the public-use and restricted National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data 2007-2014, this proposal aim to estimate the relationship between the participation of SNAP/the number of days since SNAP benefit receipt and diet (Healthy Eating Index) and diabetes (glycohemoglobin).
Importantly, to investigate the racial disparity of prevalence and management of diabetes among SNAP participants, this study further investigates the extent to which cyclical food hardship due to SNAP payment schedules may complicate glucose control among SNAP participants of different racial and ethnic backgrounds."
Additionally, the prevalence of diabetes is greater in lower-income (Dray-Spira et al. 2008) and food insecure populations (Seligman et al., 2010) who are more likely to use government social safety net programs such as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP).
Therefore, changes to the SNAP policy are likely to be instrumental in addressing the racial disparity of prevalence and management of diabetes. SNAP provides benefits once per month to households that can be used to purchase food to prepare at home. In between monthly SNAP payments, food consumption and the quality of food declines from one SNAP benefit payment to the next (Wilde and Ranney, 2010; Kuhn, 2018).
Diet contributes to maintaining low glucose (blood sugar) levels and is one of the cornerstones of diabetes management, so intra-monthly changes in food consumption may impede diabetes management in SNAP participants. Furthermore, these intra-monthly changes may impact diabetes management differently for individuals with different racial and ethnic backgrounds.
By combining both the public-use and restricted National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) data 2007-2014, this proposal aim to estimate the relationship between the participation of SNAP/the number of days since SNAP benefit receipt and diet (Healthy Eating Index) and diabetes (glycohemoglobin).
Importantly, to investigate the racial disparity of prevalence and management of diabetes among SNAP participants, this study further investigates the extent to which cyclical food hardship due to SNAP payment schedules may complicate glucose control among SNAP participants of different racial and ethnic backgrounds."
| Status | Finished |
|---|---|
| Effective start/end date | 7/1/21 → 6/30/22 |
Funding
- University of Kentucky UNITE Research Priority Area: $24,688.00
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