Diana P Brostow, Alexandra A Smith, Nazanin H Bahraini, Karen Besterman-Dahan, Jeri E Forster, Lisa A Brenner
{"title":"Food Insecurity and Food Worries During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Point-In-Time Study of Injured United States Veterans.","authors":"Diana P Brostow, Alexandra A Smith, Nazanin H Bahraini, Karen Besterman-Dahan, Jeri E Forster, Lisa A Brenner","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2118564","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>US Military Veterans experience higher rates of food insecurity compared to civilians, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Veterans is unclear. We conducted a nationwide survey of injured post-9/11 Veterans' food security, Coronavirus exposure, and nutrition habits. Of 193 Veterans, 63 (32.6%) were food insecure. Food insecurity was associated with Hispanic ethnicity (<i>p</i> = 0.02), prior homelessness (<i>p</i> = 0.003), combat service (<i>p</i> < 0.0001), and food-related worries (<i>p</i> = 0.003). Food insecure Veterans were more likely to report anxiety about stigma related to COVID-19 infection (<i>p</i> = 0.007). Nutrition assistance initiatives should attend to emergent psychosocial factors, beyond well-established economic factors, that increase risk for food insecurity.</p>","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.2000,"publicationDate":"2022-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9670250/pdf/nihms-1836701.pdf","citationCount":"2","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2118564","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"PUBLIC, ENVIRONMENTAL & OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH","Score":null,"Total":0}
引用次数: 2
Abstract
US Military Veterans experience higher rates of food insecurity compared to civilians, but the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Veterans is unclear. We conducted a nationwide survey of injured post-9/11 Veterans' food security, Coronavirus exposure, and nutrition habits. Of 193 Veterans, 63 (32.6%) were food insecure. Food insecurity was associated with Hispanic ethnicity (p = 0.02), prior homelessness (p = 0.003), combat service (p < 0.0001), and food-related worries (p = 0.003). Food insecure Veterans were more likely to report anxiety about stigma related to COVID-19 infection (p = 0.007). Nutrition assistance initiatives should attend to emergent psychosocial factors, beyond well-established economic factors, that increase risk for food insecurity.
京公网安备 11010802042870号
京ICP备2023020795号-1
分享
求助内容：
应助结果提醒方式：
扫码关注我们
