Cross-Sectional Analysis of Factors Predicting Food Assistance Stigma [PDF]
Behavioral SciencesThe stigma associated with food assistance can be a barrier to resolving food insecurity. Self-reliance expectations likely contribute to this stigma. Aim: This cross-sectional study identified factors that predict perceptions of food assistance stigma ...
Frances Hardin-Fanning +2 more
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?People Like Us?: News Coverage of Food Assistance During the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]
Health Equity, 2022 Objective: To understand how the public discourse around food assistance and social responsibility evolved during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic by analyzing news coverage.
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Frontiers in Nutrition, 2021 The coronavirus disease of 2019 (COVID-19) disrupted health, economy, and food systems across the United States. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship between food access worries, food assistance use, and purchasing behaviors and food ...
Lauren A. Clay, Stephanie Rogus
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?Those Who Need It the Most?: Equity Framing in 2021 U.S. Print News About Food Assistance [PDF]
Health Equity, 2023 Objective: To understand how equity appeared in news about food assistance from 2021. Methods: We assessed a national sample of news articles (N=298) for equity arguments and language about racial and health equity.
Mahmood H +9 more
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BMI Was Maintained Among Women with Low Incomes in Indiana Who Participated in Food Assistance and/or Federal Nutrition Education Over 1 Year [PDF]
Current Developments in NutritionBackground: Longer-term (≥1 y) associations between federal food assistance and federal nutrition education with BMI are unclear. Objectives: This exploratory study determined the relationship of participation in a federal nutrition education ...
Yue Qin +5 more
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Food insecurity, food assistance, and physical and cognitive functioning among older Americans. [PDF]
PLoS ONEIntroductionFood insecurity is associated with adverse late-life health outcomes, including disability, dementia, and mortality. But its role in changes in physical and cognitive functioning remains unclear, as does the impact of food assistance ...
Usha Dhakal +2 more
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Association between early-pandemic food assistance use and subsequent food security trajectories among households in Washington State during the first three years of the COVID-19 pandemic. [PDF]
PLoS ONEBackgroundResearch on COVID-19's impact on food insecurity has primarily relied on cross-sectional data or long recall periods, with limited investigations into longitudinal patterns or the role of food assistance.MethodsWe analyzed longitudinal data ...
James H Buszkiewicz +7 more
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Exploring the associations of food and financial insecurity and food assistance with breastfeeding practices among first-time mothers [PDF]
Public Health NutritionObjective: Social determinants of health (SDoH), such as food and financial insecurity and food assistance, are potentially modifiable factors that may influence breastfeeding initiation and duration.
Junia N de Brito +4 more
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Incorporating cash-based interventions into food assistance programs in humanitarian settings [PDF]
Frontiers in Public Health, 2023 Juliette Lash +3 more
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Food Insecurity in Pregnancy, Receipt of Food Assistance, and Perinatal Complications.
JAMA Netw OpenImportanceFood insecurity is a growing public health concern, but its association with perinatal complications remains unclear.ObjectiveTo examine whether food insecurity in pregnancy was associated with the risk of perinatal complications and determine whether these potential associations differed by receipt of food assistance.Design, Setting, and ...
Chehab RF +6 more
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