Seidel Miriam, Brink LuAnn, Hamilton Malik, Gordon Leslie
Prog Community Health Partnersh. 2018;12(4):431-439. doi: 10.1353/cpr.2018.0068.
WIC Farmers' Market Nutrition Program (FMNP) aims to increase consumption of fresh produce among Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and Children (WIC) participants while supporting local farmers. Area stakeholders are addressing the existing barriers to FMNP use that keep participation low.
Increase FMNP check redemption by participants in a Pittsburgh WIC office.
Quasiexperimental design including cooking demonstrations, tours of FMs, and community garden visits. Program participation and check redemption rates were tracked.
The redemption rate of FMNP checks among research participants and nonparticipants was 46.5% and 39.0% (P < .001), respectively. Lessons learned point to needed changes on the local, state, and federal levels.
Barriers to the use of WIC FMNP checks were consistent with the literature. Allowing mobile markets to accept FMNP checks may address barriers to FM shopping while supporting the local farmer. Our stakeholder group continues to recommend multilevel policy changes to improve the redemption rate.
妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充营养计划（WIC）农贸市场营养项目（FMNP）旨在增加妇女、婴儿和儿童特别补充营养计划（WIC）参与者的新鲜农产品消费量，同时支持当地农民。地区利益相关者正在解决FMNP使用方面存在的障碍，这些障碍导致参与率较低。
提高匹兹堡一个WIC办公室参与者的FMNP支票兑换率。
采用准实验设计，包括烹饪示范、农贸市场参观和社区花园参观。跟踪项目参与情况和支票兑换率。
研究参与者和非参与者中FMNP支票的兑换率分别为46.5%和39.0%（P <.001）。吸取的经验教训表明，地方、州和联邦层面都需要做出改变。
WIC FMNP支票使用的障碍与文献一致。允许移动市场接受FMNP支票可能会消除农贸市场购物的障碍，同时支持当地农民。我们的利益相关者团体继续建议进行多层次的政策变革，以提高兑换率。
