Equity-Promoting Strategies in Online Grocery Shopping: Recommendations Provided by Households of Low Income.

Objective: To explore barriers and facilitators of online grocery shopping and identify community-driven strategies to promote equity in online food access.

Design: This qualitative study used a purposive recruitment strategy to conduct 11 focus groups and 5 in-depth interviews between November 2020 and March 2021.

Setting: Data collection was conducted virtually with participants residing in diverse (majority urban) regions of Maryland.

A click too far from fresh foods: A mixed methods comparison of online and in-store grocery behaviors among low-income households.

A recent policy in the U.S. authorized monthly benefits from a nutrition assistance program - Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) - to be used online to increase grocery access and promote healthy eating.