Article ; Online: Serving Summer Meals During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Case Study of 2 Summer Food Service Program Sponsors in Maryland.
2022 Volume 92, Issue 5, Page(s) 429–435
Abstract: Background: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free and nutritious meals to children under age 18 during out-of-school times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Maryland sponsors served over 9.5 million meals to children through an expanded ... ...
Abstract | Background: The Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) provides free and nutritious meals to children under age 18 during out-of-school times. During the COVID-19 pandemic, Maryland sponsors served over 9.5 million meals to children through an expanded version of the SFSP. This study aimed to explore and compare the factors that enabled 2 SFSP sponsors in Maryland to dramatically increase meals distribution during the pandemic. Methods: Sponsors were selected based on their responses in the larger study and demographic characteristics of the area in which they served. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted over Zoom-4 interviews with Sponsor A (3 interviews with the sponsor, 1 interview with their vendor) and 1 interview with Sponsor B. Qualitative data were analyzed inductively and deductively. Participation data from 2019 and 2020 were obtained from the Maryland State Department of Education and analyzed. Results: Despite their differences in organization type and geographic region, they identified similar facilitators to their success-communication with the community and utilization of the United States Department of Agriculture-issued waivers. Conclusions: Strengthening community communication networks and permanently integrating more flexibility into regulation of the SFSP may increase meals participation during future out-of-school times. |
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MeSH term(s) | Adolescent ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; Child ; Food Services ; Humans ; Maryland/epidemiology ; Meals ; Pandemics ; Schools ; United States |
Language | English |
Publishing date | 2022-03-07 |
Publishing country | United States |
Document type | Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
ZDB-ID | 952835-0 |
ISSN | 1746-1561 ; 0022-4391 |
ISSN (online) | 1746-1561 |
ISSN | 0022-4391 |
DOI | 10.1111/josh.13145 |
Database | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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