Faculty of Kinesiology, University of Calgary, 2500 University Drive NW, Calgary, ABT2N 1N4, Canada.
I Can for Kids, 26 Riverview Park SE, Calgary, ABT2C 3Z7, Canada.
Public Health Nutr. 2023 Nov;26(11):2460-2469. doi: 10.1017/S136898002300157X. Epub 2023 Aug 2.
This study explored programme recipients' and deliverers' experiences and perceived outcomes of accessing or facilitating a grocery gift card (GGC) programme from I Can for Kids (iCAN), a community-based programme that provides GGC to low-income families with children.
This qualitative descriptive study used Freedman et al's framework of nutritious food access to guide data generation and analysis. Semi-structured interviews were conducted between August and November 2020. Data were analysed using directed content analysis with a deductive-inductive approach.
Fifty-four participants were purposively recruited, including thirty-seven programme recipients who accessed iCAN's GGC programme and seventeen programme deliverers who facilitated it.
Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
Three themes were generated from the data. First, iCAN's GGC programme promoted a sense of autonomy and dignity among programme recipients as they appreciated receiving financial support, the flexibility and convenience of using GGC, and the freedom to select foods they desired. Recipients perceived these benefits improved their social and emotional well-being. Second, recipients reported that the use of GGC improved their households' dietary patterns and food skills. Third, both participant groups identified programmatic strengths and limitations.
Programme recipients reported that iCAN's GGC programme provided them with dignified access to nutritious food and improved their households' finances, dietary patterns, and social and emotional well-being. Increasing the number of GGC provided to households on each occasion, establishing clear and consistent criteria for distributing GGC to recipients, and increasing potential donors' awareness of iCAN's GGC programme may augment the amount of support iCAN could provide to households.
本研究探讨了项目受助者和实施者在获取或协助实施 I Can for Kids（iCAN）的食品杂货礼品卡（GGC）计划方面的经验和感知结果，该社区项目向有孩子的低收入家庭提供 GGC。
本定性描述性研究使用 Freedman 等人的营养食品获取框架来指导数据生成和分析。2020 年 8 月至 11 月期间进行了半结构化访谈。使用定向内容分析方法和演绎归纳方法进行数据分析。
共有 54 名参与者被有目的地招募，其中 37 名参与者通过 iCAN 的 GGC 计划获得了援助，17 名计划实施者协助了该计划。
加拿大阿尔伯塔省卡尔加里市。
从数据中生成了三个主题。首先，iCAN 的 GGC 计划促进了项目受助者的自主权和尊严感，因为他们赞赏获得经济支持、GGC 的灵活性和便利性，以及自由选择所需食物的能力。受助者认为这些好处改善了他们的社会和情感健康。其次，受助者报告说，GGC 的使用改善了他们家庭的饮食模式和食品技能。第三，两组参与者都确定了项目的优势和局限性。
项目受助者报告说，iCAN 的 GGC 计划为他们提供了有尊严地获取营养食品的机会，并改善了他们家庭的财务状况、饮食模式以及社会和情感健康。增加每个家庭每次获得的 GGC 数量，为受助者制定明确和一致的 GGC 分配标准，并提高潜在捐赠者对 iCAN 的 GGC 计划的认识，可能会增加 iCAN 可以为家庭提供的支持数量。
