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Health Clinic Readiness to Implement Nutrition Supports in Partnership With SNAP-Ed
Carrie L Draper1, Erin Morrissey1, Nicholas Younginer1
1Department of Health Promotion, Education, and Behavior, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC.
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.
Participants:
A convenience sample of key informants (n = 26) from health clinics (n = 15) interested in partnering with the SNAP-Ed program.
Phenomenon Of Interest:
Health clinic readiness to implement nutrition supports, including motivation, current capacities, and capacity-building needs.
Analysis:
Interviews were audio-recorded and transcribed verbatim. Transcripts were analyzed descriptively and thematically.
Results:
Clinics were most interested in implementing food insecurity screenings and making referrals to resources for accessing nutritious foods and produce prescription programs. Motivation was largely driven by a commitment to prevent chronic disease and on the basis of past success implementing a healthy eating strategy. A wide range of current capacities and capacity-building needs to implement strategies of interest were identified.
Conclusions And Implications:
Findings suggest the readiness of some clinics to partner with SNAP-Ed to implement nutrition support strategies and identifies early insights on areas practitioners might need to engage clinics in for capacity-building. Some implementers might need further training before having their own capacity to support clinics in the wide range of nutrition support strategies included, which could be explored in future studies.
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