Service, Scholarship, and Sacrifice: A Qualitative Analysis of Food Security Barriers and Strategies among Military-Connected Students

Schinkel, Kerry R; Budowle, Rachael; Porter, Christine; Dai, Boyi; Gifford, Cody; Keith, Jill F.

doi:10.1016/j.jand.2022.07.002

Cited by 8 publications

(10 citation statements)

References 26 publications

Supporting

Mentioning

Contrasting

Order By: Relevance

“…In 2019, a multi-institutional survey found that 39 % of the nearly 167 000 college students reported being food insecure in the prior 30 d (6) . Similar rates of food insecurity have been found at higher education institutions around the country (5)(6)(7) . Although rates of food insecurity may be somewhat comparable from one institution to another, food insecurity manifests in unique ways and as a result, a one-size-fits-all approach is not effective at reducing food insecurity among this population (1,2) .…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 68%

“…In 2019, a multi-institutional survey found that 39% of the nearly 167,000 college students reported being food insecure in the prior 30 days (6) . Similar rates https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022002294 Published online by Cambridge University Press Accepted manuscript of food insecurity have been found at higher education institutions around the country (5)(6)(7) .…”

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 52%

“…Risk factors for college food insecurity include: classification as a first-generation, nontraditional, international student, or military connected-student; disability status; having dependents; identifying as gender nonconforming or transgendered or part of a racial, ethnic, or minority group (1)(2)(4)(5)(6)(7) . Campuses across the country have implemented a wide range of programming to improve food security such as food pantries, campus gardens, farmers' markets, meal share or voucher programs, mobile food applications, campus food gleaning, food recovery efforts, and meal deliveries while some higher education institutions have relied on working groups or task forces to further these efforts (1,(33)(34)(35)(36)(37)(38) .…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Furthermore, adopting such transdisciplinary approaches to promoting and improving food security is essential for facilitating equal and optimal scholastic achievement for students at heightened risk of food insecurity. This includes students who identify with one or more of the following characteristics: (1) lower socio-economic status background, (2) has a disability, (3) first-generation student, (4) non-traditionally aged student, (5) international student, (6) non-binary or transgender student and (7) racial or ethnic minority student, (8) has dependents and 9) military-connected students (1,2,(4)(5)(6)(7) . To best improve food security and promote health equity for these students, higher education educators and administrators should use a conceptual framework that employs inclusive and interdisciplinary approaches aligning with the needs of students, which vary from one higher education institution to another.…”

Section: Position Statementmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 3 more Smart Citations

Creating a culture that supports food security and health equity at higher education institutions

Savoie‐Roskos

Hood

Hagedorn‐Hatfield

et al. 2022

Public Health Nutr.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

Food insecurity on college campuses is a major public health problem and has been documented for the last decade. Sufficient food access is a crucial social determinant of health, thus campuses across the country have implemented various programs, systems and policies to enhance access to food which have included food pantries, campus gardens, farmers’ markets, meal share or voucher programs, mobile food applications, campus food gleaning, food recovery efforts, meal deliveries, and task force/working groups. However, little is understood about how to best address food insecurity and support students who are struggling with basic needs. The impact of food insecurity on students’ academic and social success, in addition to their overall well-being, should be investigated and prioritized at each higher education institution. This is especially true for marginalized students, such as minority or first-generation students, who are at heightened risk for food insecurity. In order to create a culture of health equity, in which most at-risk students are provided resources and opportunities to achieve optimal well-being, higher education institutions must prioritize mitigating food insecurity on the college campus. Higher education institutions could benefit from adopting comprehensive and individualized approaches to promoting food security for marginalized students in order to facilitate equal opportunity for optimal scholastic achievement among students of all socio demographic backgrounds.

show abstract

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 68%

Section: Introductionsupporting

confidence: 52%

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Position Statementmentioning

confidence: 99%

See 2 more Smart Citations

Creating a culture that supports food security and health equity at higher education institutions

Savoie‐Roskos

Hood

Hagedorn‐Hatfield

et al. 2022

Public Health Nutr.

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

show abstract

“…Moreover, research increasingly shows that historically marginalized and underrepresented populations of college and university students are inequitably at greater risk for experiencing food insecurity. Recent studies focus on whether students of color, first-generation students, students who are parents, international students, military-connected students, and LGBTQIA+ students disproportionately experience food insecurity (Goldrick-Rab et al, 2018;Henry, 2020;Savoie-Roskos et al, 2022;Schinkel et al, 2023;Wilcox et al, 2022). The COVID-19 pandemic has only exacerbated these challenges .…”

mentioning

confidence: 99%

Justice and equity approaches to college and university student food (in)security: Introduction to the special section

Budowle

Porter

McLennan

2023

J. Agric. Food Syst. Community Dev.

Self Cite

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

According to myriad studies, college and university student food insecurity is a pervasive and systemic problem. Most show that nearly half of college and university students experience food insecurity (Breuning et al., 2017; Broton, 2020; Nazmi, 2019). As defined by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), food insecurity is the “limited or uncertain availability of nutritionally adequate and safe foods, or limited or uncertain ability to acquire acceptable foods in socially acceptable ways” (USDA Economic Research Service, 2022, para. 3). The experience of food insecurity, however, manifests in various ways for students, including the actuality of being hungry, not having enough food, consuming poor-quality food, rationing, embarrassment and stigma, and consistent worry and fear about accessing their next meal (Henry, 2020). . . .

show abstract

Food and housing insecurity among community college student‐veterans

Soria,

Smith

2024

New Drctns Community Coll

View full text Add to dashboard Cite

In this manuscript, the authors examined the rates of food and housing insecurity experienced by student‐veterans enrolled at community colleges in fall 2020. The results of a multi‐institutional survey of student‐veterans at 113 community colleges suggested that 37.6% of community college student‐veterans experienced food insecurity and 52.5% of community college student‐veterans experienced housing insecurity. Additionally, 17.8% of community college student‐veterans experienced homelessness in the past year. The results also suggest that community college student‐veterans who experienced food and housing insecurity had lower grade point averages, higher rates of clinically significant generalized anxiety disorder, and higher rates of clinically significant major depressive disorder. Examples of strategies to support community college student‐veterans experiencing food and housing insecurity are included.

show abstract

Service, Scholarship, and Sacrifice: A Qualitative Analysis of Food Security Barriers and Strategies among Military-Connected Students

Cited by 8 publications

References 26 publications

Creating a culture that supports food security and health equity at higher education institutions

Creating a culture that supports food security and health equity at higher education institutions

Justice and equity approaches to college and university student food (in)security: Introduction to the special section

Food and housing insecurity among community college student‐veterans

Contact Info

Product

Resources

About