Heflin discusses new SNAP study with Huffington Post, PBS, Common Dreams

November 7, 2019

Common Dreams,PBS,The Huffington Post

Colleen Heflin

Public Administration & International Affairs Department

Aging Studies Institute

Center for Policy Research

Food Security

Longevity

Nutrition

U.S. Health Policy

Colleen Heflin

"At a time when we’re thinking about restricting access to SNAP and its generosity, our [study] speaks to the importance of SNAP to such basic outcomes as mortality," Colleen Heflin, professor of public administration and international affairs, told HuffPost. She spoke to several media outlets about her recently published study, "The Effect Of The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program On Mortality."

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