Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program participation gaps within a pediatric leukemia clinical trial cohort
Poverty-exposed children with cancer are more likely to experience adverse outcomes. Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits improve food insecurity and child health outcomes, and could be used to mitigate disparities. We conducted a secondary analysis of parent-reported data collected in a frontline pediatric leukemia trial (NCT03020030) to assess SNAP eligibility (proxied by other means-tested program participation) and participation. At diagnosis, 105/287 families (37%) were SNAP-eligible, of whom 53 (50%) were SNAP participants. At 6 months, 104/257 families (41%) were SNAP-eligible, and 59 (57%) were SNAP participants. Interventions to increase benefits participation during childhood cancer treatment represent an immediate opportunity to reduce disparities.
Authors
- Colleen Kelly (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6577-714X)
- Rahela Aziz‐Bose (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4753-5144)
- Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1789-1009)
- Ariana Valenzuela
- Bruno Michon
- Colin Cernik (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9739-9262)
- Lewis B. Silverman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0007-7275-7650)
- Peter D. Cole (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3525-8015)
- Puja J. Umaretiya (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7587-4875)
- Justine M. Kahn (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3330-6754)
- Thai Hoa Tran (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8712-6233)
- Jennifer Welch (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9117-4812)
- Kira O'Neil Bona (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5602-7059)
- Lenka Ilcisin (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8934-5029)
- Lisa Gennarini (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-3888-2997)
- Kara M. Kelly
- Charlotte Bruce (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4413-9616)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- Boston University (US)
- Brigham and Women's Hospital (US)
- Boston Medical Center (US)
- Boston Children's Hospital (US)
- Roswell Park Comprehensive Cancer Center (US)
- Montefiore Medical Center (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- Columbia University Irving Medical Center (US)
- Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Sainte-Justine (CA)
- Centre hospitalier universitaire de Québec (CA)
- Hasbro Children's Hospital (US)
- Dana-Farber Cancer Institute (US)
- Université de Montréal (CA)
- The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Pediatric Blood & Cancer
- Published
- 2024-08-11
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1002/pbc.31274
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 3.33
Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Cancer Institute