Understanding Persistent Food Insecurity: A Paradox of Place and Circumstance

Mammen, Sheila; Bauer, Jean W.; Richards, Leslie

doi:10.2139/ssrn.1183543

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“…For example, in food insecure households, children may express feelings of hunger, but parents are unable to adequately respond because of insufficient supply of food in the home (Sano, Garasky, Greder, Cook, & Browder, ). Food‐insecure individuals may engage in acts to minimize appetite, such as smoking cigarettes, ignoring mealtimes, or drinking caffeinated beverages (Mammen, Bauer, & Richards, ). The USDA's screening tool for food insecurity also identifies lack of satiety as a key factor, by connecting food insecurity with eating less than desired or not eating enough to satisfy hunger (Bickel et al., ).…”

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Food Insecurity: A Concept Analysis

Schroeder

Smaldone

2015

Nurs Forum

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Aim To report an analysis of the concept of food insecurity, in order to 1) propose a theoretical model of food insecurity useful to nursing and 2) discuss its implications for nursing practice, nursing research, and health promotion. Background Forty eight million Americans are food insecure. As food insecurity is associated with multiple negative health effects, nursing intervention is warranted. Design Concept Analysis Data sources A literature search was conducted in May 2014 in Scopus and MEDLINE using the exploded term “food insecur*.” No year limit was placed. Government websites and popular media were searched to ensure a full understanding of the concept. Review Methods Iterative analysis, using the Walker and Avant method Results Food insecurity is defined by uncertain ability or inability to procure food, inability to procure enough food, being unable to live a healthy life, and feeling unsatisfied. A proposed theoretical model of food insecurity, adapted from the Socio-Ecological Model, identifies three layers of food insecurity (individual, community, society), with potential for nursing impact at each level. Conclusion Nurses must work to fight food insecurity. There exists a potential for nursing impact that is currently unrealized. Nursing impact can be guided by a new conceptual model, Food Insecurity within the Nursing Paradigm.

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Food Insecurity: A Concept Analysis

Schroeder

Smaldone

2015

Nurs Forum

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“…One of the coping strategies is the reduction in the dietary intake manifested through either reduced number of meals or size of meals [4], [38], [52]–[54]. Poor dietary practices in food constrained situations emanate from the behavioral adaptations in response to food shortage [4], [55]. As reported by Norhasmah et al 2010[4], food related coping strategies follow sequential steps that progress into temporary alteration of the dietary intake patterns.…”

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Food Insecurity, Food Based Coping Strategies and Suboptimal Dietary Practices of Adolescents in Jimma Zone Southwest Ethiopia

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Despite the high prevalence of adolescent food insecurity in Ethiopia, there is no study which documented its association with suboptimal dietary practices. The objective of this study is to determine the association between adolescent food insecurity and dietary practices. We used data on 2084 adolescents in the age group of 13–17 years involved in the first round survey of the five year longitudinal family study in Southwest Ethiopia. Adolescents were selected using residence stratified random sampling methods. Food insecurity was measured using scales validated in developing countries. Dietary practices were measured using dietary diversity score, food variety score and frequency of consuming animal source food. Multivariable regression models were used to compare dietary behaviors by food security status after controlling for socio-demographic and economic covariates.Food insecure adolescents had low dietary diversity score (P<0.001), low mean food variety score (P<0.001) and low frequency of consuming animal source foods (P<0.001). After adjusting for other variables in a multivariable logistic regression model, adolescent food insecurity (P<0.001) and rural residence (P<0.001) were negatively associated with the likelihood of having a diversified diet (P<0.001) and frequency of consuming animal source foods, while a high household income tertile was positively associated. Similarly, multivariable linear regression model showed that adolescent food insecurity was negatively associated with food variety score, while residence in semi-urban areas (P<0.001), in urban areas (P<0.001) and high household income tertile (P = 0.013) were positively associated. Girls were less likely to have diversified diet (P = 0.001) compared with boys.Our findings suggest that food insecurity has negative consequence on optimal dietary intake of adolescents. Food security interventions should look into ways of targeting adolescents to mitigate these dietary consequences and provide alternative strategies to improve dietary quality of adolescents in Southwest Ethiopia.

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“…The policies used by federal and state agencies to determine housing support need to be reconsidered. Research has shown that housing costs are the biggest budget item, and long‐term stable housing influences food security (Bartfield, Dunifon, Nord & Carlson, 2006; Mammen, Bauer, & Richards, 2009). Providing housing support for longer periods of time may assist young women to find stable jobs and/or complete their educations.…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 99%