The Evaluation of the Summer Electronic Benefits for Children Demonstration
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 85,000
- 主要终点
- Very low food security among children according to the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module, 30-day reference period
研究概览
简要总结
The Summer Electronic Benefit for Children (SEBTC) demonstration provided food assistance to households with school-aged children during the summer through electronic benefit transfer (EBT) procedures used by the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) programs. The evaluation design included two components: an impact study and an implementation study. The evaluation assessed the impact of SEBTC on children's food security and nutritional status, household food expenditures and purchasing behaviors, parental perceptions, and participation in nutrition assistance programs. The implementation study analyzed SEBTC use patterns using administrative data, and described demonstration implementation and costs.
详细描述
The SEBTC evaluation took place in the summers of 2011 through 2014. Ten grantees implemented the demonstration in a total of 16 sites; the number of participating sites and/or the evaluation components differed by year. In 2011, 5 grantees with five sites participated and the evaluation included implementation and cost analysis, EBT analysis, and an impact study. In 2012, 10 grantees implemented SEBTC in 14 sites and the evaluation included the same study components. In 2013, four grantees with six sites participated and the study components included EBT analysis and an impact study (no implementation or cost data collection). Finally, in 2014, three grantees participated in three sites and only implementation data were collected. Information on human subjects was collected for the evaluation's impact evaluation.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Treatment
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 4 Years 至 18 Years（Child, Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Households with children who were certified to receive the National School Lunch program or the School Breakfast Program in the prior school year in participating sites, Summers 2011-2013
排除标准
- 未提供
结局指标
主要结局
Very low food security among children according to the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module, 30-day reference period
时间窗: Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued
The food intake of any child in the household is reduced and their normal eating patterns are disrupted because the household lacks money and other resources for food
次要结局
- Children's fruit and vegetable consumption without fried potatoes(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- Children's dairy consumption(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- Children's consumption of added sugars(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- Children's consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- Food insecurity among children according to the U.S. Household Food Security Survey Module, 30-day reference period(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- Children's fruit and vegetable consumption(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- children's whole grain consumption(between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- Children's consumption of added sugars excluding cereals(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)
- Children's consumption of low- and non-fat milk(Between 30 and 120 days after SEBTC benefits were issued)