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Breda O'Mahony; Claire Kerins; Claire Barrett; Celine Murrin; Colette Kelly – Journal of School Health, 2026
Background: Internationally, nutrition standards for school food have been implemented. Food service professionals are key to their implementation. This mixed-methods systematic review provides an overview of the barriers and facilitators faced by food service professionals when implementing food/nutrition standards and provides an important link…
Descriptors: Food Service, Program Implementation, Nutrition, Standards
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Samantha G. Alarcon Basurto; Rishitha Reddy Chintala; Dorbor Tarley; Julia Gross; Erin R. Hager; Susan M. Gross – Journal of School Health, 2026
Background: The Maryland Department of Education participated in the USDA's Direct Certification with Medicaid (DC-M) pilot during the 2022-2023 school year. This program lets Medicaid-enrolled students automatically qualify for Free or Reduced-Price Meals (FARM) and incorporates Medicaid data into eligibility calculations for the Community…
Descriptors: Health Services, Federal Programs, State Federal Aid, Eligibility
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Dania Orta-Aleman; Monica D. Zuercher; Leah E. Chapman; Marlene B. Schwartz; Caitlin D. French; Anisha I. Patel; Lorrene Ritchie; Juliana Cohen; Wendi Gosliner – Journal of School Health, 2026
Background: Universal school meals (USMs) policies, which provide free meals to all students regardless of income, have the potential to improve child nutrition and reduce stigma. Quantitative evidence on the association between USM and stigma is limited. Methods: Leveraging a natural policy variation in state-level USM implementation, we surveyed…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Social Bias, Nutrition, Middle School Students