Diet quality and food security are a concern in school-aged children in Canada. In 2019, the Canadian federal government announced the intention to work towards a national school food program. Understanding the factors that impact school food program acceptability can inform planning to ensure that ...
Author(s)
Everitt, T.; Ward, S.; Martin, W.; Engler-Stringer, R.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK
Citation
Health Promotion International, 2023, 38, 1,
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,...
Author(s)
Hill, A. E. C.; Guittar, S. G.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 191-208
This qualitative study explores the barriers to food security for vulnerable women from the perspective of charity managers within the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) Region. Interviews were conducted with six charity managers. Analysis of charity's perspectives identified nine themes across two ...
Author(s)
Dawson, N.; Lawlis, T.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 272-291
This study examined consumption of fruits and vegetables, foods with added sugar and sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) based on the frequency of food pantry use. A repeated cross-sectional study was conducted among food pantry clients (n = 563) in Omaha, Nebraska. Daily intake of individual dietary...
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Chiappone, A.; Gribben, K.; Calloway, E. E.; Parks, C. A.; Fricke, H. E.; Stern, K. L.; Blaser, C.; Yaroch, A. L.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 261-271
In 2017, a community-University of Minnesota collaborative conducted a statewide survey of food pantry clients. Of the 188 food pantries surveyed, 4321 individual client surveys were returned, from which 2,251 open-ended responses were analyzed. Respondents shared gratitude for the food pantry in...
Author(s)
Rivera, G. B.; Jama, S.; Bailey, N.; Gordon, N.; Bliss-Barsness, C.; Caspi, C. E.; Pratt, R.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 178-191
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...
Author(s)
Musa, A. O.; Carpio, C. E.; Wilna, Oldewage -Theron
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 164-177
The emergency food system (EFS) is a critical part of the United States' social safety net. Using 2015-2020 Current Population Survey Food Security Supplement data, we identified trends in EFS use among food insecure, low-income households by estimating the probability of EFS use adjusting for...
Author(s)
Brady, P.; Harnack, L.; Widome, R.; Berry, K. M.; Valluri, S.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis, Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2023, 18, 2, pp 145-163
This cross-sectional study examined the experiences of people accessing Emergency Food Relief (EFR) in the regional city of Ballarat, Victoria, Australia, including determinants, impacts of food insecurity, and service delivery recommendations. The forty-one item survey examined demographics, food...
Author(s)
Kleve, S.; Greenslade, D.; Farrington, M.; Funston, S.; David, B. S.; Xi, J.; Swiney, C.; Clarke, E.; Pollard, C. M.; Booth, S.
Publisher
Wiley-Hindawi, London, UK
Citation
Health and Social Care in the Community, 2023, 2023, 8711041,
Objectives: To examine how food retailers completing Shop Healthy NYC, a healthy food retail program, (1) changed availability, placement, and promotion of healthier food immediately after participation and (2) sustained changes 1-year postintervention. Methods: From 2014 to 2017, stores in 2...
Author(s)
Signore Dresser, I. del; Crossa, A.; Dannefer, R.; Brathwaite, C.; Céspedes, A.; Bedell, J.
Publisher
Elsevier Inc., Philadelphia, USA
Citation
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2023, 55, 3, pp 205-214
Background: This study assessed staple food price volatility, household food consumption scores (FCS), poor household food consumption status and its association with socio-economic inequalities during enforcing and partial lifting of coronavirus disease-2019 (COVID-19) lockdown restrictions in...
Author(s)
Buzigi, E.; Onakuse, S.
Publisher
BioMed Central Ltd, London, UK
Citation
Nutrition Journal, 2023, 22, 4,