Variation in WIC Cash-Value Voucher Redemption Among American Indian Reservation Communities in Washington State

Kimberly C McLaury; Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan; Donna B Johnson; Dedra Buchwald; Glen E Duncan

doi:10.1080/19320248.2015.1112755

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Variation in WIC Cash-Value Voucher Redemption Among American Indian Reservation Communities in Washington State

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Variation in WIC Cash-Value Voucher Redemption Among American Indian Reservation Communities in Washington State

Kimberly C McLaury, Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan, Donna B Johnson, Dedra Buchwald and Glen E Duncan

Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition, Vol.11(2), pp.254-262

04/02/2016

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2015.1112755

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https://hdl.handle.net/2376/110323

PMCID: PMC4957973

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American Indian

cash value voucher (CVV)

Women Infants and Children (WIC)

In 2009, a cash-value voucher (CVV) was added to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) package to encourage fresh fruits and vegetable purchases. Access to fresh fruit and vegetables on American Indian (AI) reservations is limited. We compared the average proportion of CVVs redeemed between 27 reservation-based WIC clinics with 185 non-reservation-based WIC clinics and the proportion of CVVs redeemed in WIC clinics in tribes with high access to fresh fruits and vegetables with their counterparts with low access. Reservation-based WIC clinics had significantly lower CVV redemption compared to non-reservation-based clinics (65 vs 81%, respectively, P < .0001). Additionally, CVV redemption was similar among reservation-based WIC clinics where a supermarket was located within or outside the reservation. CVV redemption is significantly lower in tribal than non-tribal WIC clinics. Research is needed to identify barriers to CVV redemption within the tribal WIC population.

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Title: Variation in WIC Cash-Value Voucher Redemption Among American Indian Reservation Communities in Washington State
Creators: Kimberly C McLaury - Nutritional Sciences Program, School of Public Health, University of Washington
Valarie Blue Bird Jernigan - University of Oklahoma College of Public Health
Donna B Johnson - Nutritional Sciences Program, School of Public Health, University of Washington
Dedra Buchwald - Schools of Public Health and Medicine, University of Washington, Partnerships for Native Health
Glen E Duncan - Nutritional Sciences Program, School of Public Health, University of Washington
Publication Details: Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition, Vol.11(2), pp.254-262
Academic Unit: Community Health; Nutrition and Exercise Physiology, Department of
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Grant note: UL 1 RR025014 / National Institute of Translational Health Sciences 1R01HL117729 / National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (10.13039/100000050)
Identifiers: 99900547370101842
Language: English
Resource Type: Journal article