Comparing farmers' market revenue trends before and after the implementation of a monetary incentive for recipients of food assistance

Preventing Chronic Disease

Volumn 11, Issue 5, 2014, Pages

  Freedman, Darcy A ^a,b   Mattison Faye, Amy ^b   Alia, Kassandra ^b   Guest, Aaron ^b   Hébert, James R ^b  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROP; ECONOMICS; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH CARE PLANNING; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY; PROCEDURES; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMMERCE; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FEMALE; FOOD ASSISTANCE; FRUIT; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PLAN IMPLEMENTATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; POVERTY AREAS; PROGRAM EVALUATION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RURAL POPULATION; SELF REPORT; SOUTH CAROLINA; VEGETABLES;

EID: 84902089963     PISSN: 15451151     EISSN: 21665435     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5888/pcd11.130347     Document Type: Article

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