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Appendix D: Approach to Literature Review
Pages 199-204

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... Data­ E bases searched included Academic Search Premier, Agricola, Congressional Research Service, EconLit, ERIC, MEDLINE, NTIS, PsycINFO, and Web of ­ Science (Science Citation Index and Social Science Citation Index)
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... 13,865 • economic insecurity, • food choice and cultural preferences, • food policy, • health and nutrition effects, and • program access. ORGANIZATION OF THE LITERATURE Relevant references obtained from the initial search were screened and categorized according to the research taxonomy shown in Box D-1.
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... Other food policies as they impact SNAP •  GA, other food assistance programs (Special Supplemental D N ­ utrition Program for Women, Infants and Children [WIC] ; National School Lunch Program [NSLP]
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... The types of research studies that provided the most valid evidence for examining the behavior of participants in food assistance programs were field experiments and survey-based studies. The committee identified a range of observational evidence, including population-based surveys and impact studies based on secondary data analysis, that reflected the complexity of variables relevant to the outcomes of interest, as well as the generalizability of the evidence to pertinent research questions.
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... APPENDIX D 203 the committee did not give these types of evidence equal weight with peerreviewed journal publications, it took them into account as part of the totality of evidence because of the additional insight they provided into the behavioral aspects of participation in food assistance programs.
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