Capacity, Communication, and Coordination Are Key to Successful Implementation of Policy, Systems, and Environmental Strategies at SNAP-Ed Partner Sites in One Southeastern US State: A Qualitative Approach.

Background: The United States Department of Agriculture expanded the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)-Ed program to all 50 states in 2004. In 2010, the Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act required that agencies implementing SNAP-Ed support policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) strategies, in addition to providing direct education (DE). Research has evaluated the impact of PSEs on health, but few studies have investigated the process of PSE implementation.

Readiness of SNAP-Ed Implementers to Incorporate Policy, Systems, and Environmental Approaches into Programming.

Objective: To identify the readiness of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) implementers to facilitate policy, systems, and environmental (PSE) changes in conjunction with delivering direct nutrition education.

Design: Qualitative study using semistructured interviews.

Setting: A southeastern state.

Health Clinic Readiness to Implement Nutrition Supports in Partnership With SNAP-Ed.

Objective: To assess the readiness of health clinics to implement nutrition support strategies in partnership with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Education (SNAP-Ed) program.

Design: Qualitative study using semistructured interviews.

Setting: South Carolina.

Stretching Food and Being Creative: Caregiver Responses to Child Food Insecurity.

Objective: To examine the strategies and behaviors caregivers use to manage the household food supply when their children experience food insecurity as measured by the US Department of Agriculture's Household Food Security Survey Module.

Design: Cross-sectional survey with open-ended questions collected in person.

Setting: Urban and nonurban areas, South Carolina, US.