The Lived Experience of Food Pantry Users in Minnesota: Qualitative Findings from a Statewide Survey

Rivera, Gabrielle; Jama, Sagal; Bailey, Nicole; Gordon, Nora; Bliss-Barsness, Christina; Caspi, Caitlin E.; Pratt, Rebekah

doi:10.1080/19320248.2021.1932663

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“…Global access, use and facilitation of Food Banks is diverse and often challenging. Food Banks were often used by those with physical and mental health comorbidities and those experiencing complex and situational poverty such as impacts from higher costs of living and domestic violence (MacLeod et al, 2019;Mungai et al, 2020;Rivera et al, 2021), however, one study identified that food insecurity did not discriminate on neighbourhood or client demographics (Schramski et al, 2023). Shame and stigma of accessing the service were highlighted in the global literature, with some clients highlighting that they did not have the physical resources or food literacy to prepare food themselves (Hill & Guittar, 2023;Long et al, 2023;Pritt et al, 2018;Thompson et al, 2018).…”

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Food Security and Wellbeing Project Evaluation 2022 -2023

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confidence: 99%

Food Security and Wellbeing Project Evaluation 2022 -2023

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Miller

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“…However, food insecurity and low socioeconomic status (SES) also affect decision making [ 10 ]. Though food pantry clients endorse preferring healthy foods [ 11 , 12 , 13 ], food insecurity and low SES can increase cognitive attention towards evading hunger, swaying clients away from preferred foods and long-term needs [ 14 , 15 ]. This maladaptive pressure may also vary by SES, highlighting the need for equity analyses in food pantry nutrition programs.…”

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Effect of a Multicomponent Food Pantry Intervention in Client Subgroups

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Nutrition promotion programs may have varying effects and influence health disparities. SuperShelf promotes healthy choices in food pantries through inventory changes and nudge implementation (e.g., choice architecture). This secondary analysis of the SuperShelf cluster-randomized trial assessed whether the effect of SuperShelf on client diet quality differed by equity characteristics. English-, Spanish-, or Somali-speaking adult clients from 11 food pantries in Minnesota were included (N = 193). We measured change in diet quality by the Healthy Eating Index 2015 (HEI-2015; maximum score 100) using up to two 24 h dietary recalls from pre-intervention and post-intervention periods. We used linear mixed-effects models to determine whether the effect of SuperShelf on diet quality varied by self-reported gender, race/ethnicity, education, and employment status. In separate adjusted models, the interactions of SuperShelf and gender, education, or employment status were not significant. The interaction of SuperShelf and race/ethnicity was significant (p-interaction = 0.008), but pairwise comparisons in diet quality were non-significant in all racial/ethnic subgroups. SuperShelf did not have differential effects on diet quality by gender, race/ethnicity, education, or employment status, suggesting it does not worsen dietary disparities among food pantry clients, though more subgroup analyses are needed to explore potential racial/ethnic disparities in this context.

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The Lived Experience of Food Pantry Users in Minnesota: Qualitative Findings from a Statewide Survey

Cited by 2 publications

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Food Security and Wellbeing Project Evaluation 2022 -2023

Food Security and Wellbeing Project Evaluation 2022 -2023

Effect of a Multicomponent Food Pantry Intervention in Client Subgroups

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