A comparison of current food bank users, non-users and past users in a population of low income single mothers

Smith, Patricia K.; Hoerr, Sharon L.

doi:10.1016/s0022-3182(12)80142-7

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“…In this inner-city population, we observed more day-to-day variability in dietary intake than we have seen in a less economically disadvantaged population of children and adolescents 28 . In low income, inner-city populations, insufficient purchasing power and limited transportation or availability of fresh foods may result in chronic or sporadic food insufficiencies [29][30][31] . After we adjusted the correlations for day-to-day variation, the confidence intervals became very wide.…”

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Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among fourth to seventh grade inner-city school children: implications of age and day-to-day variation in dietary intake

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Peterson

Gortmaker

et al. 1999

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: To assess the reproducibility and validity of a semiquantitative food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) to classify children and adolescents in terms of daily servings of fruits and vegetables and intake of calories, protein, fat, carbohydrate, dietary fibre, vitamin C, phosphorous, calcium and iron. Design: FFQs were collected in the autumn of 1993 and 1994. Four 24-hour diet recalls were collected during the same 1-year period and their mean was compared to the FFQ diet estimates. Setting: Low income, inner-city state schools. Subjects: A sample of 109 inner-city fourth to seventh grade students. Results: The 1-year reproducibility of the FFQ, assessed with Spearman correlations, was lower among the fourth and fifth (range: r ¼ −0.26 to 0.40) than the sixth and seventh grade students (range: r ¼ 0.18-0.47). After adjusting for day-to-day variation in dietary intake, for most nutrients and foods the correlations between the FFQ and the 24-hour recalls remained greater among the junior high school students (fourth to fifth grade range: r ¼ 0.0-0.42; sixth to seventh grade range: r ¼ 0.07-0.76). Conclusions: Inner-city sixth and seventh grade students demonstrated the ability to provide valid estimates of intake of calories, carbohydrate, calcium, phosphorous, iron and vitamin C over the past year. However, children in the fourth and fifth grades experienced some difficulty in completing the FFQ. Our results suggest that, before using this instrument with fourth and fifth grade children, investigators should assess whether study participants can think abstractly and are familiar with the concept of 'average intake'.

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Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among fourth to seventh grade inner-city school children: implications of age and day-to-day variation in dietary intake

Field

Peterson

Gortmaker

et al. 1999

Public Health Nutr.

143

120

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“…In a recent review of family research and research needs, Commuri and Gentry (2000) noted the need for research on emerging family forms, including single-parent families. The limited research on the food expenditures of single parent households has largely focused on the impacts of low income often experienced by single mother on food access, nutrition, and money-saving strategies (Tanasuk and MacLean, 1990;Smith and Hoerr, 1992;Nesto, 1994). While there is little difference in budget proportion spent on food, dual-parent households in the U.S. spend more in absolute and relative terms on restaurant meals and convenience foods (Abdel-Ghany and Schwenk, 1993;Ahuja and Walker, 1994;Weiss, 1984).…”

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Doing what has to be done: strategies and orientations of married and single working mothers for food tasks

Heslop

Madill

Duxbury

et al. 2007

J of Consumer Behaviour

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Food-related tasks are demanding activities in all households because of their regularity, frequency, and centrality to family activities and relationships. This study develops typologies for food task orientations and strategies used by mothers, and studies the relationships among them. It uses a systems-based framework to examine related inputs and outcomes of these orientations and strategies and compares the situations of married and single mothers. The findings indicate some strategies are more successful than others as predictors of various work-family outcomes.

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“…There is speculation that food banks may actually 39 contribute to the problem of food insecurity, rather than solve it, by allowing governments to 'look 40 the other way', transferring the responsibility of food insecurity onto these charitable institutions, 41 rather than fixing the social conditions that allow it to prevail 2, 4, 5, 9 . 42 43 Several studies have found that most food bank users are young (mean age ranging from 25.5-46.3 44 years), have low paid, sporadic employment or are unemployed, and experience some degree of 45 food insecurity 12,10,13,14 . While these studies help paint a picture of who the 'typical' food bank 46 user might be, there are few papers that investigate how the people who use food banks feel about 47 the experience.…”

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The experiences and perceptions of food banks amongst users in high-income countries: An international scoping review

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The food bank industry continues to expand despite there being little evidence that food banks are an appropriate response for those facing food insecurity. This is worrying as the results of this review indicate that although participants value the service provided by the food bank, the experience can be largely negative. These findings raise questions about the food bank model as a long-term strategy.

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A comparison of current food bank users, non-users and past users in a population of low income single mothers

Cited by 12 publications

References 4 publications

Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among fourth to seventh grade inner-city school children: implications of age and day-to-day variation in dietary intake

Reproducibility and validity of a food frequency questionnaire among fourth to seventh grade inner-city school children: implications of age and day-to-day variation in dietary intake

Doing what has to be done: strategies and orientations of married and single working mothers for food tasks

The experiences and perceptions of food banks amongst users in high-income countries: An international scoping review

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