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Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States
BACKGROUND: Transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people face high rates of poverty, joblessness, and homelessness, rendering this population vulnerable to experiencing food insecurity. Yet, there is almost no empirical evidence concerning food insecurity and the use of local and federal food...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32349699 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08684-8 |
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description | BACKGROUND: Transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people face high rates of poverty, joblessness, and homelessness, rendering this population vulnerable to experiencing food insecurity. Yet, there is almost no empirical evidence concerning food insecurity and the use of local and federal food assistance resources in the TGNC community. Food insecurity, the use of local and Federal food assistance resources, and associations with gender-related minority stressors and resilience using the Gender Minority Stress and Resilience (GMSR) scale among TGNC individuals living in the Southeast United States (U.S.) were documented in this study. METHODS: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with TGNC people living in the Southeast U.S. Participants were recruited via targeted Facebook advertisements. RESULTS: In total, 105 TGNC people completed the survey; 79% of survey participants experienced food insecurity, 19% utilized Federal, and 22% utilized local food assistance resources. High levels of minority stress and community resilience were reported. The GMSR resilience scale Pride (aOR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.00–1.19, p = .04) was significantly associated with the use of local food pantries, but minority stressors were not. No significant associations were found between GMSR and food security. CONCLUSION: TGNC people living in the Southeast U.S. experienced food insecurity, unstable housing, low wages, and social stigma that were a barrier to using emergency food resources. Multi-level public health solutions that address discriminatory legislative policies and create linkages between TGNC people and local and federal food assistance are required to address issues of food insecurity in the TGNC population. |
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spelling | pubmed-71917292020-05-04 Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States Russomanno, Jennifer Jabson Tree, Jennifer M. BMC Public Health Research Article BACKGROUND: Transgender and gender non-conforming (TGNC) people face high rates of poverty, joblessness, and homelessness, rendering this population vulnerable to experiencing food insecurity. Yet, there is almost no empirical evidence concerning food insecurity and the use of local and federal food assistance resources in the TGNC community. Food insecurity, the use of local and Federal food assistance resources, and associations with gender-related minority stressors and resilience using the Gender Minority Stress and Resilience (GMSR) scale among TGNC individuals living in the Southeast United States (U.S.) were documented in this study. METHODS: A cross-sectional online survey was conducted with TGNC people living in the Southeast U.S. Participants were recruited via targeted Facebook advertisements. RESULTS: In total, 105 TGNC people completed the survey; 79% of survey participants experienced food insecurity, 19% utilized Federal, and 22% utilized local food assistance resources. High levels of minority stress and community resilience were reported. The GMSR resilience scale Pride (aOR = 1.09, 95% CI 1.00–1.19, p = .04) was significantly associated with the use of local food pantries, but minority stressors were not. No significant associations were found between GMSR and food security. CONCLUSION: TGNC people living in the Southeast U.S. experienced food insecurity, unstable housing, low wages, and social stigma that were a barrier to using emergency food resources. Multi-level public health solutions that address discriminatory legislative policies and create linkages between TGNC people and local and federal food assistance are required to address issues of food insecurity in the TGNC population. BioMed Central 2020-04-29 /pmc/articles/PMC7191729/ /pubmed/32349699 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08684-8 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 Open AccessThis article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original author(s) and the source, provide a link to the Creative Commons licence, and indicate if changes were made. The images or other third party material in this article are included in the article's Creative Commons licence, unless indicated otherwise in a credit line to the material. If material is not included in the article's Creative Commons licence and your intended use is not permitted by statutory regulation or exceeds the permitted use, you will need to obtain permission directly from the copyright holder. To view a copy of this licence, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/. The Creative Commons Public Domain Dedication waiver (http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/) applies to the data made available in this article, unless otherwise stated in a credit line to the data. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Russomanno, Jennifer Jabson Tree, Jennifer M. Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States |
title | Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States |
title_full | Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States |
title_fullStr | Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States |
title_full_unstemmed | Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States |
title_short | Food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the Southeast United States |
title_sort | food insecurity and food pantry use among transgender and gender non-conforming people in the southeast united states |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7191729/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32349699 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12889-020-08684-8 |
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