Pub Date : 2022-05-22DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2078683
Kakul Joshi, Caitlin E. Caspi, F. Briggs, D. Gunzler, Jin E. Kim-Mozeleski, Erika S. Trapl
ABSTRACT Food banks served a record of 60 million people in 2020, but little is known regarding sources and quality of foods distributed, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic’s widespread disruptions. This mixed-methods study examined changes in food bank sourcing in 2020 relative to prior years. Findings highlight food bank-led purchases and federal commodities were used to meet increased food needs. While the inventory of fresh produce decreased proportionally in 2020 versus 2019, it increased in overall poundage by over a million pounds (p < 0.01). These findings have implications for nutritional food ranking across and within food banks.
{"title":"Food Banking during COVID-19 Pandemic: Food Sourcing and Food Quality across 3 Food Banks in Minnesota","authors":"Kakul Joshi, Caitlin E. Caspi, F. Briggs, D. Gunzler, Jin E. Kim-Mozeleski, Erika S. Trapl","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2078683","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2078683","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Food banks served a record of 60 million people in 2020, but little is known regarding sources and quality of foods distributed, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic’s widespread disruptions. This mixed-methods study examined changes in food bank sourcing in 2020 relative to prior years. Findings highlight food bank-led purchases and federal commodities were used to meet increased food needs. While the inventory of fresh produce decreased proportionally in 2020 versus 2019, it increased in overall poundage by over a million pounds (p < 0.01). These findings have implications for nutritional food ranking across and within food banks.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"78 1","pages":"851 - 868"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-05-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76794858","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 : 2022-05-18DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2077159
E. Moya, A. Wagler, Jessica Ayala, Matt Crouse, Araceli Garcia, Gregory S. Schober
ABSTRACT This study explores food and housing insecurity among university students at a public Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) located in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Classification and regression trees were used to identify the principal factors leading to food or housing insecurity in a predominately Hispanic student population. An analysis of Hispanic university students is needed to better understand the challenges of the fastest growing group with the highest enrollment gain. Findings will inform decision makers and faculty in their efforts to address food and housing insecurity and enhance the responses necessary to better serve Hispanics and all students.
{"title":"Analysis of Food and Housing Insecurity among University Students at a Public Hispanic-Serving Institution","authors":"E. Moya, A. Wagler, Jessica Ayala, Matt Crouse, Araceli Garcia, Gregory S. Schober","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2077159","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2077159","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explores food and housing insecurity among university students at a public Hispanic-Serving Institution (HSI) located in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Classification and regression trees were used to identify the principal factors leading to food or housing insecurity in a predominately Hispanic student population. An analysis of Hispanic university students is needed to better understand the challenges of the fastest growing group with the highest enrollment gain. Findings will inform decision makers and faculty in their efforts to address food and housing insecurity and enhance the responses necessary to better serve Hispanics and all students.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"9 1","pages":"21 - 35"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-05-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72678945","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 : 2022-05-17DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2077160
Michaeline Anglemire, Avni Gupta, M. P. Chaparro
ABSTRACT This paper examined geographic patterns of changes in the density of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications at the zip code level in New Orleans, LA in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic (March–May 2020), compared to pre-pandemic times (March–May 2019). All zip codes analyzed experienced increases in SNAP application density, ranging from 25% to 360%. While disadvantaged zip codes had higher SNAP application densities at baseline, they experienced a comparatively lower increase across time. Results highlight the staggering need for food assistance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in areas with historically low need.
{"title":"Geographic Patterns of Applications to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) in New Orleans, Louisiana in the Immediate Aftermath of the COVID-19 Pandemic","authors":"Michaeline Anglemire, Avni Gupta, M. P. Chaparro","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2077160","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2077160","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This paper examined geographic patterns of changes in the density of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) applications at the zip code level in New Orleans, LA in the immediate aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic (March–May 2020), compared to pre-pandemic times (March–May 2019). All zip codes analyzed experienced increases in SNAP application density, ranging from 25% to 360%. While disadvantaged zip codes had higher SNAP application densities at baseline, they experienced a comparatively lower increase across time. Results highlight the staggering need for food assistance as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, including in areas with historically low need.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"15 1","pages":"568 - 577"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-05-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"80846569","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 : 2022-04-21DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2067511
E. Ruder, Meg Demment, M. Graham
ABSTRACT The Cleaned.Cut.SNAP fruit and vegetable (FV) incentive program provided two weekly discounts of $5 off a $10 FV purchase via a grocery store loyalty card. The purpose of this study was to understand barriers to healthy eating, motivation for incentive use, redemption challenges, and perceived benefits of incentive use among participants. Twenty-two program participants in the 16-week pilot completed 1:1 semi-structured telephone interviews. The incentives helped participants overcome the barrier of affordability w to healthy eating, with cost-savings and improved health being motivators for incentive use. Participants reported purchasing/consuming more FV, improved health, food budgeting, and dietary variety during Cleaned.Cut.SNAP.
{"title":"Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) Shoppers Experience in A Grocery Store Fruit and Vegetable Incentive Program: A Qualitative Study","authors":"E. Ruder, Meg Demment, M. Graham","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2067511","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2067511","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT The Cleaned.Cut.SNAP fruit and vegetable (FV) incentive program provided two weekly discounts of $5 off a $10 FV purchase via a grocery store loyalty card. The purpose of this study was to understand barriers to healthy eating, motivation for incentive use, redemption challenges, and perceived benefits of incentive use among participants. Twenty-two program participants in the 16-week pilot completed 1:1 semi-structured telephone interviews. The incentives helped participants overcome the barrier of affordability w to healthy eating, with cost-savings and improved health being motivators for incentive use. Participants reported purchasing/consuming more FV, improved health, food budgeting, and dietary variety during Cleaned.Cut.SNAP.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"3 1","pages":"553 - 567"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83303603","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 : 2022-04-19DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2065597
Kristen Brassard Wirkkala, M. Niles, E. Belarmino, F. Bertmann
ABSTRACT We examine the relationship of home food procurement (HFP) during COVID-19 to emotional eating and stress using a statewide representative survey (n = 600) in Vermont. Women and people with a job change since COVID-19 were more likely to experience higher stress and emotional eating. Engaging in HFP, especially gardening, is associated with less emotional eating. However, people who fished, hunted, or canned more since the pandemic began were more likely to eat for emotional reasons and experience higher stress. These results suggest that gardening, even during a pandemic, may contribute to stress reduction, more so than other nature-based food production activities.
{"title":"The Fruits of Labor: Home Food Procurement and Mental Health in the Time of COVID-19","authors":"Kristen Brassard Wirkkala, M. Niles, E. Belarmino, F. Bertmann","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2065597","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2065597","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT We examine the relationship of home food procurement (HFP) during COVID-19 to emotional eating and stress using a statewide representative survey (n = 600) in Vermont. Women and people with a job change since COVID-19 were more likely to experience higher stress and emotional eating. Engaging in HFP, especially gardening, is associated with less emotional eating. However, people who fished, hunted, or canned more since the pandemic began were more likely to eat for emotional reasons and experience higher stress. These results suggest that gardening, even during a pandemic, may contribute to stress reduction, more so than other nature-based food production activities.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"45 1","pages":"450 - 469"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87636120","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 : 2022-04-08DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2060718
Tara L Crowell, Emily H. Chau, Brianna Fusco
ABSTRACT Many residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey, a food desert, experience food insecurity. COVID-19, along with summer school closures, compounds this problem. AtlantiCare’s Free Summer Meals for Children and Teens helps combat this crisis. This case study provides an overview of the programs and descriptive statistics highlighting participants and their perceptions. Data indicate a positive experience and a high impact on their food insecurity, nutrition, physical and mental health, quality of time with friends and family, and writing and reading skills. This article illustrates how AtlantiCare is helping to close the meal gap and identifies the need for future efforts.
{"title":"Closing the Summer Meal Gap during COVID-19: AtlantiCare’s Free Summer Meals for Children and Teens","authors":"Tara L Crowell, Emily H. Chau, Brianna Fusco","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2060718","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2060718","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT Many residents of Atlantic City, New Jersey, a food desert, experience food insecurity. COVID-19, along with summer school closures, compounds this problem. AtlantiCare’s Free Summer Meals for Children and Teens helps combat this crisis. This case study provides an overview of the programs and descriptive statistics highlighting participants and their perceptions. Data indicate a positive experience and a high impact on their food insecurity, nutrition, physical and mental health, quality of time with friends and family, and writing and reading skills. This article illustrates how AtlantiCare is helping to close the meal gap and identifies the need for future efforts.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"20 1","pages":"928 - 940"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89745228","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 : 2022-04-04DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2058333
Anne O. Musa, Carlos E. Carpio, Oldewage-Theron Wilna
ABSTRACT This study was designed to identify households’ characteristics associated with participation in private food charities compared to those associated with participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This cross-sectional study used data from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and generalized and multiple linear regression models. Participants in SNAP and private food charities were found to differ across several sociodemographic characteristics. Overall, households who use private food charities were found to be older and poorer relative to SNAP households.
{"title":"Who Uses Food Banks and Other Private Food Charities? A Comparison with SNAP Users","authors":"Anne O. Musa, Carlos E. Carpio, Oldewage-Theron Wilna","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2058333","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2058333","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study was designed to identify households’ characteristics associated with participation in private food charities compared to those associated with participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). This cross-sectional study used data from the National Household Food Acquisition and Purchase Survey (FoodAPS). The data were analyzed using descriptive statistics and generalized and multiple linear regression models. Participants in SNAP and private food charities were found to differ across several sociodemographic characteristics. Overall, households who use private food charities were found to be older and poorer relative to SNAP households.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"1 1","pages":"164 - 177"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"91236288","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 : 2022-03-30DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2052782
Alexander E. C. Hill, Stephanie Gonzalez Guittar
ABSTRACT This study explores the emotional aspects of receiving food assistance and how these experiences may affect future assistance seeking. Through interviews with food recipients, our analysis revealed that individuals experience an overwhelming sense of gratitude, but also a sense of powerlessness, and at times a lack of dignity when reaching out for assistance. We explore how individuals directly and indirectly assert their agency to create a positive outcome despite the circumstances. The findings support the importance of accounting for emotions when researching food insecurity because achieving food security takes more than simply providing emergency food.
{"title":"Powerlessness, Gratitude, Shame, and Dignity: Emotional Experiences of Food Pantry Clients","authors":"Alexander E. C. Hill, Stephanie Gonzalez Guittar","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2052782","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2052782","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study explores the emotional aspects of receiving food assistance and how these experiences may affect future assistance seeking. Through interviews with food recipients, our analysis revealed that individuals experience an overwhelming sense of gratitude, but also a sense of powerlessness, and at times a lack of dignity when reaching out for assistance. We explore how individuals directly and indirectly assert their agency to create a positive outcome despite the circumstances. The findings support the importance of accounting for emotions when researching food insecurity because achieving food security takes more than simply providing emergency food.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"17 1","pages":"192 - 208"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-03-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82430682","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 : 2022-03-23DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2055437
Brenda A. Z. Abu, Samantha Tavarez, W. Oldewage-Theron
ABSTRACT This study evaluated University students’ experiences and suggested solutions to food insecurity (N = 16). A questionnaire survey measured students’ socio-demography and food security status using Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). Focus group discussions assessed students’ experiences and suggestions, grouped into themes. Half (50%) of the students were male, mean age was 25.1 years and 62% were food insecure. Food insecure students reported skipping meals, and grocery shopping infrequently. Students propose a campus farmers’ market, cooking classes, online nutrition education, and financial literacy would address student resource management limitations. Revising financial aid, international study and work guidelines should address systemic gaps.
{"title":"University Students Suggest Solutions to Campus Food Insecurity: A Mixed Methods Study","authors":"Brenda A. Z. Abu, Samantha Tavarez, W. Oldewage-Theron","doi":"10.1080/19320248.2022.2055437","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/19320248.2022.2055437","url":null,"abstract":"ABSTRACT This study evaluated University students’ experiences and suggested solutions to food insecurity (N = 16). A questionnaire survey measured students’ socio-demography and food security status using Household Food Insecurity Access Scale (HFIAS). Focus group discussions assessed students’ experiences and suggestions, grouped into themes. Half (50%) of the students were male, mean age was 25.1 years and 62% were food insecure. Food insecure students reported skipping meals, and grocery shopping infrequently. Students propose a campus farmers’ market, cooking classes, online nutrition education, and financial literacy would address student resource management limitations. Revising financial aid, international study and work guidelines should address systemic gaps.","PeriodicalId":51621,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition","volume":"88 1","pages":"96 - 111"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2022-03-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"76644726","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 : 2022-03-20DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2052781
T. Jennings, Nafisatu Bukari, M. Hendrickson, H. Plourde, Beccah Frasier
ABSTRACT The present study sought to evaluate the effectiveness of program expansion of an afterschool Nutrition and Culinary Education Program with a 79% participation rate. A retrospective matched-pairs analysis was conducted on pre- and post-survey data of all five sites of 284 young participants (and their parents) who took part in a 10-week, 2-hour cooking and educational workshop. The results demonstrate that NCEP’s are effective, producing significant positive change in diverse neighborhoods in areas of knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors around food. However, results varied among individual sites. Further study is needed to understand factors, which may influence outcomes between individual sites.
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