The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)
History, Politics, and Public Health Implications
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 11025385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Marion Nestle (Marion Nestle is with the Department of Nutrition and Food Studies, New York University, New York, NY., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2019 |
| Volume | 109 |
| Issue | 12 |
| Pages | 1631-1635 |
| Publication date | 2019-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048 |
| Publisher | American Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.2105/ajph.2019.305361 |
| PMID | 31693415 |
| OpenAlex | W2986695754 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 3 |
This commentary introduces a special section of AJPH on the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the US government’s largest antihunger program and third-largest antipoverty program. SNAP demonstrably lifts adults, children, and families out of poverty, thereby constituting a vital component of this nation’s public health safety net. Despite its well-documented benefits, SNAP is under political and budgetary siege, mainly from congressional representatives and lobbying groups opposed to a federal role in welfare. In part, SNAP is protected from total annihilation by its unusual authorizing legislation—the Farm Bill. This commentary provides a brief overview of the political history of SNAP and its Farm Bill location as background to the deeper analyses provided in this series of articles
Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Political science · Politics · Public health · Snap · Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program · Computer Science · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Law · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology
An embedded multiple case study
Client experience of food assistance programs among adults in the United States
Exploring food security as a multidimensional topic
SNAP participation moderates the association between household food insecurity and HbA1c among Cambodian Americans with depression
Exploring the practical relevance of food aid rationales in Belgium
Covid-19
Bold Action Needed for Equitable Access to Nutrition Assistance by All
| Unique citing works | 7 |
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| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2024 (5) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |