title: Farmers' Market Use Patterns Among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Recipients With High Access to Farmers' Markets.
abstract: Evaluate farmers' market (FM) use patterns among Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) recipients.
  
  
  
  Cross-sectional survey administered June to August, 2015.
  
  
  
  Cleveland and East Cleveland, OH.
  
  
  
  A total of 304 SNAP recipients with children. Participants lived within 1 mile of 1 of 17 FMs. Most were African American (82.6%) and female (88.1%), and had received SNAP for ≥5 years (65.8%).
  
  
  
  Patterns of FM shopping, awareness of FM near home and of healthy food incentive program, use of SNAP to buy fruits and vegetables and to buy other foods at FMs, receipt of healthy food incentive program.
  
  
  
  Two-stage cluster analysis to identify segments with similar FM use patterns. Bivariate statistics including chi-square and ANOVA to evaluate main outcomes, with significance at P ≤ .05.
  
  
  
  A total of 42% reported FM use in the past year. Current FM shoppers (n = 129) were segmented into 4 clusters: single market, public market, multiple market, and high frequency. Clusters differed significantly in awareness of FM near home and the incentive program, use of SNAP to buy fruit and vegetables at FMs, and receipt of incentive.
  
  
  
  Findings highlight distinct types of FM use and had implications for tailoring outreach to maximize first time and repeat use of FMs among SNAP recipients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH. Electronic address: daf96@case.edu.
authors.forename: Darcy A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Freedman
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Susan
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Flocke
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: En-Jung
authors.initials: EJ
authors.lastname: Shon
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University, Cuyahoga County Extension, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Kristen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Matlack
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Erika
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Trapl
authors.affiliation: Arizona State University, School of Nutrition and Health Promotion, Tempe, AZ.
authors.forename: Punam
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ohri-Vachaspati
authors.affiliation: The Ohio State University, Cuyahoga County Extension, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Amanda
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Osborne
authors.affiliation: Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH.
authors.forename: Elaine
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Borawski
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D000067565:Farmers; D005247:Feeding Behavior; D005260:Female; D063105:Food Assistance / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005638:Fruit; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009820:Ohio / Q000453:epidemiology; D014675:Vegetables; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program; diet habits; farmers' market; fruit; health communication; vegetables