title: The Role of SNAP in Home Food Availability and Dietary Intake among WIC Participants Facing Unstable Housing.
abstract: Little nutrition research has been conducted among families with unstable housing. The objective of this study was to examine the role of food stamps (i.e., Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; SNAP) in home food availability and dietary intake among WIC families who experienced unstable housing.
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional study among vulnerable families. Low-income, multiethnic families with children participating in WIC (n = 54).
  
  
  
  Dietary intake was assessed with 24-hr recalls. Home food availability was assessed with an adapted home food inventory for low-income, multiethnic families. Validation results from adapted home food inventory for these families are also reported.
  
  
  
  SNAP households had more foods than non-SNAP households; few significant associations were observed between food availability and child dietary intake.
  
  
  
  With few exceptions, the home food environment was not related to children's dietary intake among these vulnerable families. More research is needed on food access for families facing unstable housing.
authors.affiliation: School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors.forename: Meg
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bruening
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors.forename: Darya
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: McClain
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Moramarco
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing and Health Innovation, Arizona State University, Phoenix, Arizona.
authors.forename: Elizabeth
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Reifsnider
mesh_terms: D002675:Child, Preschool; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D004032:Diet / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D004034:Diet Surveys; D005006:Ethnicity; D005190:Family / Q000208:ethnology; D005260:Female; D063105:Food Assistance; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006798:Housing / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D011203:Poverty; D015397:Program Evaluation; D035862:Vulnerable Populations
keywords: diet; food insecurity; maternal-child health; minority health; nutrition; unstable housing