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Small retailer perspectives of the 2009 Women, Infants and Children Program food package changes.

Joel Gittelsohn; Melissa N Laska; Tatiana Andreyeva; Gary Foster; Donald Rose; June Tester; Seung Hee Lee; Shannon N Zenk; Angela Odoms-Young; Tara McCoy; et al. (Profiled Author: Joel Gittelsohn)

Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA. jgittels@jhsph.edu
American journal of health behavior 2012;36(5):655-65.

OBJECTIVE: To understand vendor perspectives regarding changes made in 2009 to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food package. METHODS: Fifty-two in-depth, qualitative interviews with owners or managers of small stores in 8 urban areas across 7 states conducted 6-12 months after the changes. RESULTS: Store owners experienced implementation challenges, but felt the changes increased the number of customers, sales, and profits. CONCLUSION: This research provides vendor perspectives on the 2009 WIC policy changes and may enhance policy implementation directed at increasing healthy food availability, particularly in urban communities.

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