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.
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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":null,"pages":null},"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":null,"pages":null},"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.
{"title":"The COVID-19 Pandemic and College Student Food Access: Perspectives from Students at Four North Carolina Universities","authors":"J. Waity, Amelia Huelskamp, R. Hagedorn-Hatfield, R. Harding, A. Hege, Lanae B. Hood, Avril Rowerdink, J. Soldavini","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2217105","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2217105","url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74818848","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 : 2023-05-24DOI: 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.
{"title":"Changes in Food Acquisition Source, Behaviors, and Perceptions During Early Months of COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences Between Those Living in and Not Living in Low Income Low Food Access Urban Areas","authors":"Joelle N. Robinson-Oghogho, Kaitlyn M Harper, P. Ohri-Vachaspati, R. Neff","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2216651","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2216651","url":null,"abstract":"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.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89968317","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 : 2023-05-07DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2210080
S. Jung, Y. Shin, J. Hermann, Morgan Abercrombie, S. Wilson
ABSTRACT To examine the factors influencing college students’ willingness to consume local food, 425 students completed a validated self-administered paper-and-pencil survey measuring Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs, social influence, and self-identity. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothetical relationships. Perceived benefits, cues to action, self-efficacy, social influence, and self-identity had a significant positive impact on willingness to consume local foods, while perceived susceptibility and perceived severity regarding local food consumption did not. This study adds to the existing research by integrating HBM, social influence, and self-identity, and provides practical implications regarding local food offering to college students.
{"title":"Examining the factors of college students’ willingness to consume local foods using the health belief model with the addition of social influence and self-identity","authors":"S. Jung, Y. Shin, J. Hermann, Morgan Abercrombie, S. Wilson","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2210080","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2210080","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT To examine the factors influencing college students’ willingness to consume local food, 425 students completed a validated self-administered paper-and-pencil survey measuring Health Belief Model (HBM) constructs, social influence, and self-identity. Structural equation modeling was used to examine the hypothetical relationships. Perceived benefits, cues to action, self-efficacy, social influence, and self-identity had a significant positive impact on willingness to consume local foods, while perceived susceptibility and perceived severity regarding local food consumption did not. This study adds to the existing research by integrating HBM, social influence, and self-identity, and provides practical implications regarding local food offering to college students.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-05-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89266053","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 : 2023-04-20DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2204814
Christina L. Doll, Rita Millikan, Hollyn Neal
ABSTRACT To address food insecurity concerns presented by pandemic school closures, many communities relied on school mobile markets or on-site pantries. However, little scholarship has investigated how these programs adapted to the challenges presented by the pandemic. To address this absence, eleven food bank program coordinators who collectively manage over 200 school pantries were interviewed by phone. Our findings revealed a number of post-pandemic changes in the food distribution system and challenges in coordinating pantry efforts as on-site teacher-organizers shifted to remote learning. These findings suggest potential advantages to sharing best practices from schools who were successful in their crisis response.
{"title":"School-Based Food Pantries & the COVID-19 Pandemic: Pantry Organizers Suggest Both Challenges and Opportunities","authors":"Christina L. Doll, Rita Millikan, Hollyn Neal","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2204814","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2204814","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT To address food insecurity concerns presented by pandemic school closures, many communities relied on school mobile markets or on-site pantries. However, little scholarship has investigated how these programs adapted to the challenges presented by the pandemic. To address this absence, eleven food bank program coordinators who collectively manage over 200 school pantries were interviewed by phone. Our findings revealed a number of post-pandemic changes in the food distribution system and challenges in coordinating pantry efforts as on-site teacher-organizers shifted to remote learning. These findings suggest potential advantages to sharing best practices from schools who were successful in their crisis response.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"81394275","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 : 2023-04-16DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2202618
L. Chapman, Jing Hu, Sarah E. Seidel
ABSTRACT This research examined the association between COVID-19 cases and food insufficiency in the United States using repeated cross-sectional data from the Household Pulse Survey (April 23, 2020-May 24, 2021, n = 2,618,027). New daily cases averaged 65,160.93 throughout the study period. A 70,000-unit increase in COVID-19 cases was associated with a 13% higher odds of food insufficiency (OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.12–1.15). Participants with mild (OR = 2.72, 95% CI: 2.61–2.84), moderate (OR = 4.58, 95% CI: 4.36–4.81), or severe (OR = 8.75, 95% CI: 8.42–9.09) anxiety/depression and Black participants (OR = 2.36, 95% CI: 2.29–2.44) had the highest odds of reporting food insufficiency during the pandemic.
{"title":"COVID-19 Cases are Associated with Food Insufficiency in the United States During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"L. Chapman, Jing Hu, Sarah E. Seidel","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2202618","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2202618","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This research examined the association between COVID-19 cases and food insufficiency in the United States using repeated cross-sectional data from the Household Pulse Survey (April 23, 2020-May 24, 2021, n = 2,618,027). New daily cases averaged 65,160.93 throughout the study period. A 70,000-unit increase in COVID-19 cases was associated with a 13% higher odds of food insufficiency (OR = 1.13, 95% CI: 1.12–1.15). Participants with mild (OR = 2.72, 95% CI: 2.61–2.84), moderate (OR = 4.58, 95% CI: 4.36–4.81), or severe (OR = 8.75, 95% CI: 8.42–9.09) anxiety/depression and Black participants (OR = 2.36, 95% CI: 2.29–2.44) had the highest odds of reporting food insufficiency during the pandemic.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90814093","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 : 2023-04-10DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2023.2201172
Sarah E. Bradley
ABSTRACT The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused many significant disruptions to the food system, including the charitable food sector. Using qualitative interviewing, this research draws from the experiences of food pantry staff and volunteers during the early months of the pandemic in the greater Buffalo, New York area. Participants describe the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on product acquisition, distribution, and other challenges. Buffalo food charity organizations adapted to these challenges and demonstrated how diversified food supply lines, strong interorganizational relationships, and federal food assistance programs could increase food charity organizations’ resilience to emergencies like pandemics in the future.
{"title":"Challenges to Food Charity Resilience During the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Sarah E. Bradley","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2023.2201172","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2023.2201172","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The coronavirus 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic caused many significant disruptions to the food system, including the charitable food sector. Using qualitative interviewing, this research draws from the experiences of food pantry staff and volunteers during the early months of the pandemic in the greater Buffalo, New York area. Participants describe the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on product acquisition, distribution, and other challenges. Buffalo food charity organizations adapted to these challenges and demonstrated how diversified food supply lines, strong interorganizational relationships, and federal food assistance programs could increase food charity organizations’ resilience to emergencies like pandemics in the future.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2023-04-10","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"78342508","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}
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