SNAP, campus food insecurity, and the politics of deservingness

Dickinson, Maggie

doi:10.1007/s10460-021-10273-3

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“…Through supporting research on social determinants, universities could advocate for stronger social safety nets for vulnerable communities including university staff and students which would support access to food. Further, equivalent programs to the US Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) a food assistance program that supports students (among other groups) do not exist in Australia [ 59 ], but support for such programs could be provided by universities.…”

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Severity of Food Insecurity among Australian University Students, Professional and Academic Staff

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Assessments of the severity of food insecurity within Australian university students are lacking, and the experience of food insecurity in Australian university staff is unknown. A cross-sectional online survey in March 2022 aimed to characterize the severity of food insecurity in students, professional and academic staff at the University of Tasmania (UTAS). The Household Food Security Survey Module six-item short form assessed food security status in addition to seven demographic and education characteristics for students and six demographic and employment characteristics for staff. Participants were categorized as having high, marginal, low, or very low food security. Multivariate binary logistic regression identified students and staff at higher risk of food insecurity. Among student respondents (n = 1257), the prevalence of food insecurity was 41.9% comprising 8.2% marginal, 16.5% low, and 17.3% very low food security. Younger, non-binary, first-year enrolled, on campus, and international students were at significantly higher risk of food insecurity. Among staff (n = 560), 16.3% were food insecure comprising 3.8% marginal, 5.5% low, and 7.0% very low food security. Professional staff, staff on casual contracts, and staff recently employed, were at significantly higher risk of food insecurity. Our findings suggest a high occurrence of food insecurity in UTAS students and staff, with a large proportion of food insecure staff and students experiencing very low food security. Our findings have implications for efforts towards reducing food insecurity at university campuses through a holistic and integrated approach, advocating for food systems that support healthy, sustainable, and equitable food procurement and provision for both university students and staff.

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“…In the college student population, a key barrier cited by researchers are unclear eligibility requirements [72,139,140]. In order to qualify for CalFresh benefits, college students must meet one of several criteria, including meeting income requirements, working an average of 20 h per week, participating in programs that increase their employability, or receiving federal Work Study [135].…”

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Food Insecurity in Higher Education: A Contemporary Review of Impacts and Explorations of Solutions

Loofbourrow

Scherr

2023

IJERPH

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Food insecurity is a global phenomenon which impacts a variety of social, economic, and life-stage groups. One such group affected by food insecurity is college students, who tend to experience food insecurity at a prevalence which exceeds the average of their local communities. The impacts of food insecurity in this population are multifaceted and have implications for their college experience and beyond. Food insecurity has been observed to have negative effects on college student academic performance, physical health, and mental health. This review explores the impacts of and solutions for food insecurity in this population globally, with particular emphasis on the United States, and specifically California.

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“…The fact that it is these non-material differences that contribute to misconceptions about why individuals are poor is exceedingly harmful and ignores the systemic contributions underlying class positionality (Bruyneel, 2020;Rank et al, 2003;Segalo & Fine, 2020). Specifically, policies have been and continue to be influenced by the logic that those who are poor somehow bring it upon themselves via these non-material characteristics including their flawed personality and lack of integrity; thus, guidelines including these kinds of qualities have been imposed to qualify for aid making people have to "prove" their deservingness for basic human needs (Dickinson, 2021;Goudarzi et al, 2020;Gross & Wronski, 2021). For example, creating demeaning or harmful stipulations (e.g., drug tests) to be seen as deserving of assistance such as through programs like Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program SNAP (Thompson, 2019).…”

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The hidden cues of social class: What do people rely on when determining someone else's social class?

Kiebler,

Stewart

2023

Anal Soc Iss & Public Policy

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We aimed to understand the cues individuals use to assess social class, and their relation to social theories. Participant (N = 235) open‐ended survey responses were coded in response to the following: “If you can at least sometimes tell if someone is (#1) working‐class/poor OR (#2) middle‐/upper‐class, how can you tell? What are all of the characteristics, behaviors, and/or other indicators that communicate their social class to you?” Based on participant comments, we created six themes: embodied cultural capital, material/economic capital, taste, status/position, institutional cultural capital, and social capital. First, we found spontaneous participant responses reflected several classic social class theories. Second, while the content often differed in terms of how participants discussed the working‐class/poor compared to the middle‐/upper‐class, there was only one significant difference in frequency of response. Specifically, participants were more likely to express the embodied cultural capital theme when asked about the working‐class/poor. Finally, participants with some more privileged identities (e.g., racially white, those with higher education, straight/heterosexual participants) were more likely to focus on symbolic or non‐material aspects of class compared to participants with some less privileged identities (e.g., participants with lower incomes in their families of origin), who focused more on material and economic cues in determining a person's class.

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SNAP, campus food insecurity, and the politics of deservingness

Cited by 18 publications

References 17 publications

Severity of Food Insecurity among Australian University Students, Professional and Academic Staff

Severity of Food Insecurity among Australian University Students, Professional and Academic Staff

Food Insecurity in Higher Education: A Contemporary Review of Impacts and Explorations of Solutions

The hidden cues of social class: What do people rely on when determining someone else's social class?

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