Ethnic/Racial Comparisons in Strategies Parents Use to Cope with Food Insecurity: A Systematic Review of Published Research

Kamdar, Nipa; Rozmus, Cathy L; Grimes, Deanna E.; Meininger, Janet C.

doi:10.1007/s10903-018-0720-y

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“…While families of color may be more likely to need food assistance, Kamdar et al’s (2019) meta-analysis does not suggest much difference in the propensity of different racial/ethnic group to access food pantries, with the exception that undocumented migrants may be fearful of using services that might require documentation.…”

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Food Assistance Deserts in Central Florida: Identifying Service Gaps Using Spatial Analysis

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Armenia

2021

Journal of Applied Social Science

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Food assistance works to relieve food insecurity, a persistent problem in the United States disproportionately affecting marginalized communities. In this study, we take a closer look at geographical service gaps in food assistance using Geographic Information System (GIS) analysis to measure food assistance deserts, a term for areas where the nearest food assistance location is more than a mile away from the population centroid of a block group. By combining geographic data with data from the American Community Survey, we identified characteristics and predictors of food assistance deserts. Our results indicate that locations of food assistance in Central Florida are generally responsive to the needs of the community but are lacking in more affluent areas. This research was made possible through a partnership between our institution and Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida. The affordability and accessibility of this project should serve as a model for assessing spatial inequality in social service agencies through collaborative community-based research.

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Food Assistance Deserts in Central Florida: Identifying Service Gaps Using Spatial Analysis

Curran

Armenia

2021

Journal of Applied Social Science

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“…The present study examined the coping strategies people employed to manage the current cost‐of‐living crisis and how use of these coping strategies relates to the severity of food insecurity. Research has explored how people cope with financial hardship generally (Baek & DeVaney, 2010; Edin & Lein, 1997) and food insecurity specifically (Kamdar et al., 2019; Farahbakhsh et al., 2015; Leddy et al., 2020; Gundersen & Garasky, 2012). Some recent research has explored the intersection between food insecurity and financial coping actions (Luo et al., 2022; Niles et al., 2020), but gaps remain in terms of the breadth of actions examined, how these actions configure into strategies and the impact of the severity of food insecurity on the employment of these strategies.…”

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Cutting more than meals: Increasing severity of food insecurity is associated with the number and types of household financial strategies used to cope with inflation

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Kocar,

Visentin

et al. 2024

Aust J Social Issues

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Food insecurity is a prominent social determinant of health. There is evidence of increasing food insecurity in high‐income countries amid inflationary pressures. Yet, we know relatively little about the strategies that people employ to manage food insecurity nor how the severity of food insecurity affects the use of these strategies. Accordingly, this study of a nonprobability convenience online panel sample of 1284 adults in Tasmania assessed food insecurity and the strategies undertaken to manage rising costs of living. Structural equation modelling of 51 financial management actions revealed five strategies: reducing food quantity and quality, reducing housing and transport costs, drawing on assets, savings and credit, reducing insurance costs and reducing discretionary expenditure. Generalised linear regression modelling demonstrated that the use of coping strategies increased significantly with each categorical increase in food insecurity for each strategy except reducing insurance costs, in which increases became significant at moderate food insecurity. Overall, the results suggest that those experiencing food insecurity are also sacrificing in other areas, which is likely to have immediate and longer‐term effects on health, social and financial wellbeing. Opportunities to mitigate these consequences, including strengthening of social safety nets, nutrition programmes and structural investment to ensure universal access to food, are discussed.

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“…However, these effects are assumed to be limited, as the USDA HFSSM has previously been adapted for use in various cultures and languages and generally shows to be a valid tool for the assessment of food insecurity status [52][53][54]. In addition, a recent literature review showed that strategies to cope with food insecurity are similar across different ethnic/racial groups, but more research on the ethnic differences in perception of food insecurity and coping strategies is needed [55].…”

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Exploring food insecurity and obesity in Dutch disadvantaged neighborhoods: a cross-sectional mediation analysis

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Background: Food insecurity is related to risk of adverse health outcomes such as obesity, but the explanatory factors underlying this association are still unclear. This study aimed to assess the association between food insecurity and obesity, and to explore potential mediation by sociodemographic and lifestyle factors. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted among 250 participants in a deprived urban area in the Netherlands. Data on sociodemographic and lifestyle factors, food insecurity status and diet quality were collected using questionnaires. Diet quality was determined based on current national dietary guidelines. BMI was calculated from self-reported height and weight. Regression analyses were performed to explore the association between food insecurity and BMI status. Mediation analyses were performed to estimate the total-, direct-, and indirect effect and proportion of total effect mediated of the food insecurity-obesity association. Results: The overall prevalence of food insecurity was 26%. Food insecurity was associated with obesity (OR = 2.49, 95%CI = 1.16, 5.33), but not with overweight (OR = 1.15, 95%CI = 0.54, 2.45) in the unadjusted model. The food insecurity-obesity association was partially mediated by living situation (proportion mediated: 15.4%), diet quality (− 18.6%), and smoking status (− 15.8%) after adjustment for other covariates. Conclusions: The findings of this study suggest an association between food insecurity and obesity. Living situation, diet quality and smoking status explained part, but not all, of the total association between food insecurity and obesity. Future longitudinal studies are warranted to examine the temporal order of the food insecurity-obesity association and potential mediators in this relationship. In addition, food insecurity and its potential consequences need to be taken into account in obesity prevention programs and policies.

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Ethnic/Racial Comparisons in Strategies Parents Use to Cope with Food Insecurity: A Systematic Review of Published Research

Cited by 19 publications

References 22 publications

Food Assistance Deserts in Central Florida: Identifying Service Gaps Using Spatial Analysis

Food Assistance Deserts in Central Florida: Identifying Service Gaps Using Spatial Analysis

Cutting more than meals: Increasing severity of food insecurity is associated with the number and types of household financial strategies used to cope with inflation

Exploring food insecurity and obesity in Dutch disadvantaged neighborhoods: a cross-sectional mediation analysis

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