Analyses recently published in JAMA Network Open

This analysis of 1973 customers who were randomly assigned to enrollment in Fresh Bucks versus assignment to remain on a waitlist, finds that enrollment in Fresh Bucks is associated with a 5.5 percentage point (31%) increase in food security and a 7.5 percentage point (37%) increase in likelihood of consuming fruits and vegetables at least three times per day.

Presentations and Posters

• Impact of Healthy Food Subsidies on Diet Quality and Food Security: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of Seattle’s Fresh Bucks Program. Melissa Knox, Melissa A. Knox, Jamie Wallace, Miriana Duran, KeliAnne Hara-Hubbard, Barbara Baquero, Jessica Jones-Smith. Podium presentation at ASHEcon – 13^th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists.
• Examining heterogeneity in fruit and vegetable benefit program outcomes by neighborhood food access characteristics. Jamie Wallace, M. Pia Chaparro, Edmund Seto, Nadine Chan, Melissa Knox, Barbara Baquero, Jessica Jones-Smith. Podium presentation at 2025 American Public Health Association Annual Meeting
• The Association Between Program Utilization and Enrollee Characteristics in Seattle’s Fresh Bucks Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program. Jamie Wallace, Barbara Baquero, Melissa Knox, KeliAnne Hara-Hubbard, Miriana Duran, Jessica Jones-Smith. Poster presentation at Nutrition 2024 (American Society for Nutrition).