Hunger in the primary school setting: evidence, impacts and solutions according to school staff in the North East of England, UK

Gooseman, Annabel; Defeyter, Margaret Anne; Graham, Pamela

doi:10.1080/03004279.2019.1602155

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“…These breakfast clubs provide the opportunity for children to consume a healthy breakfast at the start of the school day and support positive breakfast habits (Adolphus et al, 2019;Harvey-Golding et al, 2015). Despite the existence of these school-based programmes during term time, there is no universal state provision during the school holidays and it is evident that parents may experience increased financial pressure when these programmes are not available (Gooseman et al, 2019;Ridge, 2002). Whilst families may not be food insecure during term time, this risk may increase when some of the "safety nets" that are available during school term time are absent during the school holidays.…”

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Implementing Holiday Provision Programmes: A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Senior Stakeholders

Mann¹,

Widdison²,

Defeyter³

2020

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Holiday provision is a grassroots response to support low-income families during the school holidays with the provision of free food and activities. This qualitative study investigates the views of senior stakeholders (N = 15) who are responsible for facilitating or implementing programmes of holiday provision to determine the need for holiday provision, examples of best practice for delivering programmes of holiday provision and barriers for effective delivery. The findings identified a need for holiday provision as a result of cuts to welfare provision and local authority services which have increased pressures on household budgets. Senior stakeholders advocated a collaborative and flexible model of holiday provision and identified the need to utilize and develop existing community assets to deliver this provision, Yet, senior stakeholders acknowledged multiple barriers of delivery related to cost, sustainability and organizational capacity and, in the absence of a strategic response and sustained funding by national, regional and local governments, there are questions of whether this type of approach truly addresses and targets all of the most vulnerable in society.

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Implementing Holiday Provision Programmes: A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Senior Stakeholders

Mann¹,

Widdison²,

Defeyter³

2020

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“…Furthermore, when schools in England were locked down in March 2020 following a global pandemic, the government would have to make significant efforts to respond to those families who were socio-economically disadvantaged (Thompson, 2020). We also know food poverty has an adverse impact on children's lives both in relation to health and engagement in education (Gooseman et al 2020). This significant increase in childhood obesity (Pike & Colquihoun, 2012) has led to a policy response from the government.…”

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A review of the English school meal: ‘progress or a recipe for disaster’?

Lalli

2021

Cambridge Journal of Education

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This paper examines the discourse on school meals as evidence suggests that political agendas feed into policy making. The paper fills a void by proposing new insights into how school meals could be reformed following reflections from a doctoral study and a review of the changing narrative on school food in England. Recommendations include rethinking the coverage on school meals by taking into account this multifaceted area of inquiry by recognising the importance of the physical context of the meals and the subjects of school mealtime.

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“…Many low-income working parents say that school holidays are a significant strain on their household because they must pay for childcare. As a seasonal event, holiday hunger produces an emotional strain on parents who must find alternative ways to feed their children when they are not in school [30][31][32]. In addition, childcare costs often compete directly with household food budgets [30,33].…”

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Holiday Hunger and Parental Stress: Evidence from North East England

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Summer is a stressful time of year for many parents as they struggle to meet household expenses and feed children. The aim of the present study is to determine if there is an association between summertime food insecurity (i.e., holiday hunger) and parental stress among a sample of UK parents with school age children living in North East England. A cross-sectional sample of (n = 252) parents are analyzed using holiday hunger as the independent variable and a subjective measure of stress that treats summer as a ‘stressful event’ as the dependent variable. Of the parents in the sample, 64.8% reported at least some level of holiday hunger. We find parents facing any holiday hunger scored substantively higher on the overall 75-point Impact of Event Scale (mean difference = 30.4, 95% confidence interval ((CI) 24.2–36.6), the 35-point intrusion subscale (13.7, 95% CI 10.8–16.5), and the 40-point avoidance subscale (16.7, 95% CI 13.3–20.2). These findings are replicated in a regression analysis. In addition, we find that holiday hunger partially mediates the association between economic hardship (i.e., unemployment and poverty) and parental stress. We conclude by suggesting that government policies addressing economic hardship are not only likely to reduce holiday hunger, but also improve mental wellbeing.

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Hunger in the primary school setting: evidence, impacts and solutions according to school staff in the North East of England, UK

Cited by 7 publications

References 31 publications

Implementing Holiday Provision Programmes: A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Senior Stakeholders

Implementing Holiday Provision Programmes: A Qualitative Investigation of the Experiences of Senior Stakeholders

A review of the English school meal: ‘progress or a recipe for disaster’?

Holiday Hunger and Parental Stress: Evidence from North East England

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