Pub Date : 2023-10-20DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2270934
Kathleen S. Gorman, Orianna D. Carvalho, Christopher Vatral
ABSTRACTNearly 10% of older adults reported food insecurity in 2021. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) aims to reduce food insecurity by providing low-income households with benefits to purchase food. Twenty-one older adults discussed their experiences with SNAP during three focus groups. Thematic analysis indicated that benefits were appreciated but insufficient. Participants identified challenges to applying, using, and maintaining benefits in part due to age-related limitations. The results provide evidence that improved nutrition among older adults will require increasing benefit amounts, reducing paperwork, and easing restrictions on the use of benefits to purchase prepared foods.KEYWORDS: Older adultssupplemental nutrition assistance programfocus groups AcknowledgementsThis research was supported in part by a grant from the Tufts Health Plan Foundation. The authors are grateful to the community partner agencies and focus group participants for welcoming us into their sites and to Isabelle Masse for her assistance.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Data availability statementThe data that support the findings are available upon request.Notes1. The U.S. census identified older adults as those 65 and older; SNAP utilizes age 60.2. RI participates in a RMP which currently operates in 9 restaurants throughout the state.Additional informationFundingThis work was supported by the Tufts Health Plan Foundation.
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Pub Date : 2023-10-19DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2266687
Ana Diallo, Tiara Bolden, Sogand Karimian, Sally Russell, Ronald K. Elswick, Cherlie Magny-Normilus, Leland Waters, Chrisa Arcan, Katherine L. Tucker, Sameera A. Talegawkar
ABSTRACTFood insecurity is a major social determinant of health (SDH). However, further research is needed on the associations between SDH and diet among individuals living in urban food deserts. We designed a pilot study to examine the associations between diet and seven measures of SDH. Forty-five participants were enrolled in the study and were scheduled for an in-person or telephone interview. Food insecurity was significantly associated with greater intakes of fast food and refined grains. Employment was significantly associated with higher intake of alcohol. Findings from this pilot study confirm the importance of examining SDH in relation to diet.KEYWORDS: Dietfood insecuritysocial determinants of healthhealthy food environmenturban food desertshealth disparities Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Abbreviations USDA FI=USDA U.S. Household Food Security Survey ModuleJHS-FFQ=Jackson Heart Study Short Food Frequency QuestionnaireWIC=Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and ChildrenSNAP=Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramAuthor ContributionsA.D. designed the study; A.D., T.B. and S.K. conducted the study; A.D., S.R. and R.K. analyzed data; A.D. and S.T. interpreted results and tables; A.D. prepared initial draft of manuscript; T.B., S.K., L.W., C.A., K.L.T. and S.T. edited and revised manuscript. All authors approved final version of the manuscript.Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University [Intramural Grants Program].
{"title":"Associations Between Food Security and Social Determinants of Health with Dietary Intakes – A Pilot Study","authors":"Ana Diallo, Tiara Bolden, Sogand Karimian, Sally Russell, Ronald K. Elswick, Cherlie Magny-Normilus, Leland Waters, Chrisa Arcan, Katherine L. Tucker, Sameera A. Talegawkar","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2266687","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2266687","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTFood insecurity is a major social determinant of health (SDH). However, further research is needed on the associations between SDH and diet among individuals living in urban food deserts. We designed a pilot study to examine the associations between diet and seven measures of SDH. Forty-five participants were enrolled in the study and were scheduled for an in-person or telephone interview. Food insecurity was significantly associated with greater intakes of fast food and refined grains. Employment was significantly associated with higher intake of alcohol. Findings from this pilot study confirm the importance of examining SDH in relation to diet.KEYWORDS: Dietfood insecuritysocial determinants of healthhealthy food environmenturban food desertshealth disparities Disclosure StatementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Abbreviations USDA FI=USDA U.S. Household Food Security Survey ModuleJHS-FFQ=Jackson Heart Study Short Food Frequency QuestionnaireWIC=Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants and ChildrenSNAP=Supplemental Nutrition Assistance ProgramAuthor ContributionsA.D. designed the study; A.D., T.B. and S.K. conducted the study; A.D., S.R. and R.K. analyzed data; A.D. and S.T. interpreted results and tables; A.D. prepared initial draft of manuscript; T.B., S.K., L.W., C.A., K.L.T. and S.T. edited and revised manuscript. All authors approved final version of the manuscript.Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the School of Nursing, Virginia Commonwealth University [Intramural Grants Program].","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"18 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135730339","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-10-10DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2266694
Toai Nguyen, Thuy Nguyen, John Owolabi
ABSTRACTFood insecurity exists when households do not have physical, social and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences. Food insecurity remains a serious challenge for many households in Vietnam and the situation is even more prevalent among rural smallholders. Therefore, this study aims to assess the food insecurity status according to rural households’ profile and present better intervention strategies for policy makers to reduce food insecurity among rural households in Vietnam.KEYWORDS: Socioeconomic factorindigenous peoplerural householdVietnam AcknowledgementsWe would like to express our sincere thanks to the Aus4Skills program from the Australian government for their generous support to conduct this work under grant No. AAGF-R3-00060. We would like to send our gratitude to enumerators, local governments, park managers, local officers, and local people for their support and participation.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThe work was supported by the Aus4Skills, Australian Government [AAGF-R3-00060].
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Pub Date : 2023-09-24DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2261873
Kokila Kakarala, Andrew Popielski, Kaleigh Riggs, S. Shahrukh Hashmi, Zoabe Hafeez
ABSTRACTFood insecurity and transportation inequity are known to disproportionately impact the welfare of marginalized communities. Our study analyzed census data in Harris County, Texas comparing food insecurity rate and components of the Quality Affordable Transportation Index to explore their relationship. Mapping, geographically weighted regression (GWR), and linear regression methods were used to identify relationships between food insecurity and transportation. Poor walkability is more commonly associated with food insecure areas than is poor public transit in Harris County. GWR helped to identify an area of strong correlation between walkability and food insecurity in southwestern Harris County that may benefit from further study.KEYWORDS: Food insecuritytransportationsocial determinants of healthfood desertsspatial regression AcknowledgementsOur team would like to thank LINK Houston, The Kinder Institute for Urban Research at Rice University, and Feeding America for providing the data used in the study. We would also like to thank Shivani Mehta for her assistance with literature review.Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).
众所周知，粮食不安全和运输不平等对边缘社区的福利产生了不成比例的影响。我们的研究分析了德克萨斯州哈里斯县的人口普查数据，比较了食品不安全率和质量负担得起的交通指数的组成部分，以探索它们之间的关系。采用制图、地理加权回归(GWR)和线性回归方法确定粮食不安全与运输之间的关系。与哈里斯县糟糕的公共交通相比，糟糕的步行性更常与食品不安全地区联系在一起。GWR帮助确定了哈里斯县西南部的步行性和粮食不安全之间的强烈相关性，这可能会从进一步的研究中受益。关键词:食品不安全运输健康食品沙漠的社会决定因素空间回归我们的团队要感谢LINK Houston, Rice University Kinder Institute for Urban Research和Feeding America为研究提供的数据。我们还要感谢Shivani Mehta在文献综述方面的帮助。披露声明作者未报告潜在的利益冲突。
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Pub Date : 2023-09-22DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2261879
Caitlin P. Bailey, Amita Vyas, Jennifer Schrum, Melissa A. Napolitano
ABSTRACTThis online, cross-sectional study examined food insecurity and sleep quality among pregnant/recently pregnant women (N = 486). The prevalence of food insecurity was highest among emerging adults (69%), followed by young adults (57%) and middle-aged adults (31%). In adjusted models, emerging and young adults had 2.42 (1.19, 4.97) and 2.62 (1.60, 4.37) times the odds of food insecurity compared to middle-aged adults. Individuals reporting low food security (−0.29 [−0.44, −0.13]) and very low food security (−0.61 [−0.80, −0.41]) had lower sleep quality compared to individuals reporting food security. Emerging adult mothers are at risk of food insecurity and associated low sleep quality.KEYWORDS: Food securityyoung adultnutritionpregnancysleepage Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis study was funded by the George Washington University Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health under Grant No T76MC35370 from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau.
{"title":"Food Insecurity Among Pregnant and Recently Pregnant Emerging and Young Adults: An Online Cross-Sectional Survey Study","authors":"Caitlin P. Bailey, Amita Vyas, Jennifer Schrum, Melissa A. Napolitano","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2261879","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2261879","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACTThis online, cross-sectional study examined food insecurity and sleep quality among pregnant/recently pregnant women (N = 486). The prevalence of food insecurity was highest among emerging adults (69%), followed by young adults (57%) and middle-aged adults (31%). In adjusted models, emerging and young adults had 2.42 (1.19, 4.97) and 2.62 (1.60, 4.37) times the odds of food insecurity compared to middle-aged adults. Individuals reporting low food security (−0.29 [−0.44, −0.13]) and very low food security (−0.61 [−0.80, −0.41]) had lower sleep quality compared to individuals reporting food security. Emerging adult mothers are at risk of food insecurity and associated low sleep quality.KEYWORDS: Food securityyoung adultnutritionpregnancysleepage Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).Additional informationFundingThis study was funded by the George Washington University Center of Excellence in Maternal and Child Health under Grant No T76MC35370 from the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the Health Resources & Services Administration (HRSA) Maternal and Child Health Bureau.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"29 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-09-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136062274","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-08-11DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2245783
Laura C. Hopkins, Alison Webster, J. Kennel, J. Banna, Devon Bearden, Julia Finn, C. Gunther
ABSTRACT The study objectives were to pilot approaches to examine plate waste and explore plate waste patterns by delivery style (pre-assembled trays versus multi-offering tray line with Offer Versus Serve (OVS)) at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites. Mean plate waste in the USDA SFSP was highest for vegetables (70.9% wasted), followed by meat/meat alternate (56.0%), fruit (47.9%), grains (48.9%), and milk (41.0%). The amount of food wasted was consistently higher when meals were delivered on pre-assembled trays versus multi-offering tray line with OVS. Findings from this study provide initial insights into overall plate waste patterns at USDA SFSP sites and potential implications for waste by delivery style.
{"title":"Plate Waste in USDA Summer Food Service Program Open Sites: Results from the Project SWEAT Sub-Study","authors":"Laura C. Hopkins, Alison Webster, J. Kennel, J. Banna, Devon Bearden, Julia Finn, C. Gunther","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2245783","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2245783","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The study objectives were to pilot approaches to examine plate waste and explore plate waste patterns by delivery style (pre-assembled trays versus multi-offering tray line with Offer Versus Serve (OVS)) at United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Summer Food Service Program (SFSP) sites. Mean plate waste in the USDA SFSP was highest for vegetables (70.9% wasted), followed by meat/meat alternate (56.0%), fruit (47.9%), grains (48.9%), and milk (41.0%). The amount of food wasted was consistently higher when meals were delivered on pre-assembled trays versus multi-offering tray line with OVS. Findings from this study provide initial insights into overall plate waste patterns at USDA SFSP sites and potential implications for waste by delivery style.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"68 1","pages":"699 - 712"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-08-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90364999","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-27DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2228728
Samantha Sundermeir, Nina Martin, Lisa Poirier, Melissa Reznar, Daniel Barnett, Alessandra Uriarte, Jennifer Stephenson, Emma Lewis, Mika Matsuzaki, Joel Gittelsohn
The objective of this study was to define the types of digital tools currently used and desired by food pantries for pantry management. A nationwide online survey of U.S. food pantries was conducted by searching the foodpantries.org database. Surveys were sent via e-mail and completed using Google Forms. The most desired food pantry app/software features included staff and volunteer scheduling (49.2%); inventory management (42.1%); communicating with volunteers and staff (35.7%); client registration at the pantry (35.4%); and tracking pantry statistics (33.7%). Overall, food pantry staff and volunteers desire access to digital tools related to both staff/volunteer and client management.
{"title":"Current Use and Demand for Digital Tools to Enhance Food Pantry Management: Findings from a Nationwide Survey","authors":"Samantha Sundermeir, Nina Martin, Lisa Poirier, Melissa Reznar, Daniel Barnett, Alessandra Uriarte, Jennifer Stephenson, Emma Lewis, Mika Matsuzaki, Joel Gittelsohn","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2228728","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2228728","url":null,"abstract":"The objective of this study was to define the types of digital tools currently used and desired by food pantries for pantry management. A nationwide online survey of U.S. food pantries was conducted by searching the foodpantries.org database. Surveys were sent via e-mail and completed using Google Forms. The most desired food pantry app/software features included staff and volunteer scheduling (49.2%); inventory management (42.1%); communicating with volunteers and staff (35.7%); client registration at the pantry (35.4%); and tracking pantry statistics (33.7%). Overall, food pantry staff and volunteers desire access to digital tools related to both staff/volunteer and client management.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"135454354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-05-25DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2217105
J. Waity, Amelia Huelskamp, R. Hagedorn-Hatfield, R. Harding, A. Hege, Lanae B. Hood, Avril Rowerdink, J. Soldavini
ABSTRACT Food insecurity prevalence among college students has increased. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated food insecurity generally but the particular impact on college students was unclear. In-depth interviews were conducted at four North Carolina universities to determine how the pandemic impacted food access. Students were asked about the food resources they turned to and what universities could do to help. Evidence suggests food access was disrupted during the pandemic for most students, and disruption varied throughout the pandemic. Students provided recommendations for how universities can improve food access. Universities need to better prepare to support food security among students, pandemic or not.
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Pub Date : 2023-05-24DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2216651
Joelle N. Robinson-Oghogho, Kaitlyn M Harper, P. Ohri-Vachaspati, R. Neff
ABSTRACT We examine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on food access in US households located in low-income low-food access (LILA) zip codes and those in other areas. We explored changes in utilization of key food sources and in reported challenges, worries, and strategies related to obtaining food. Living in a LILA zip code was associated with a higher prevalence of using food programs, experiencing challenges finding help for food, worrying that food was unsafe, and worrying about losing access to food programs. Examining food acquisition during the pandemic may inform ways to reduce barriers to food access.
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