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Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives
BACKGROUND: Households experiencing "food insecurity" have limited access to food due to a lack of money or resources. Poor nutrition, from food insecurity, can impact physical and cognitive development of children. Study objectives were to document the prevalence of Tennessee child care p...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8813683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34997439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03320-2 |
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author | Noerper, Tracy E. Elmore, Morgan R. Hickman, Rachel B. Shea, Madison T. |
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description | BACKGROUND: Households experiencing "food insecurity" have limited access to food due to a lack of money or resources. Poor nutrition, from food insecurity, can impact physical and cognitive development of children. Study objectives were to document the prevalence of Tennessee child care programs screening for food insecurity, explore differences between programs receiving child and adult care food program (CACFP) funding and those screening for food insecurity, and understand possible burdens food insecurity places on child care families as perceived by child care program directors. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study of licensed Tennessee child care programs, a 10-question survey and four-question follow-up survey were electronically distributed. Analysis included descriptive statistics, a chi-square of programs receiving CACFP funds and screening for food insecurity, and themes analysis of open-ended responses. RESULTS: The average child care program enrollment (N = 272) was 80.16 with programs serving mostly preschoolers (98.53%) and toddlers (91.91%). Over half (56.99%) of programs reported they received CACFP funding, yet only 9.19% screen for food insecurity. Chi-square analysis found that programs receiving CACFP funds differ significantly on whether they screen households for food insecurity [Formula: see text] (2) (1, n = 237) = 16.93, p ≤ 0.001. Themes analysis (n = 41) revealed that many child care program directors do not view food insecurity as a burden for families. CONCLUSIONS: Child care programs receiving CACFP funds are more likely to screen families for food insecurity than programs who do not. Programs indicate a willingness to include food insecurity screening questions on child care paperwork. |
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spelling | pubmed-88136832022-02-23 Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives Noerper, Tracy E. Elmore, Morgan R. Hickman, Rachel B. Shea, Madison T. Matern Child Health J Article BACKGROUND: Households experiencing "food insecurity" have limited access to food due to a lack of money or resources. Poor nutrition, from food insecurity, can impact physical and cognitive development of children. Study objectives were to document the prevalence of Tennessee child care programs screening for food insecurity, explore differences between programs receiving child and adult care food program (CACFP) funding and those screening for food insecurity, and understand possible burdens food insecurity places on child care families as perceived by child care program directors. METHODS: In this cross-sectional study of licensed Tennessee child care programs, a 10-question survey and four-question follow-up survey were electronically distributed. Analysis included descriptive statistics, a chi-square of programs receiving CACFP funds and screening for food insecurity, and themes analysis of open-ended responses. RESULTS: The average child care program enrollment (N = 272) was 80.16 with programs serving mostly preschoolers (98.53%) and toddlers (91.91%). Over half (56.99%) of programs reported they received CACFP funding, yet only 9.19% screen for food insecurity. Chi-square analysis found that programs receiving CACFP funds differ significantly on whether they screen households for food insecurity [Formula: see text] (2) (1, n = 237) = 16.93, p ≤ 0.001. Themes analysis (n = 41) revealed that many child care program directors do not view food insecurity as a burden for families. CONCLUSIONS: Child care programs receiving CACFP funds are more likely to screen families for food insecurity than programs who do not. Programs indicate a willingness to include food insecurity screening questions on child care paperwork. Springer US 2022-01-08 2022 /pmc/articles/PMC8813683/ /pubmed/34997439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03320-2 Text en © The Author(s) 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/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/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) . |
spellingShingle | Article Noerper, Tracy E. Elmore, Morgan R. Hickman, Rachel B. Shea, Madison T. Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives |
title | Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives |
title_full | Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives |
title_fullStr | Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives |
title_full_unstemmed | Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives |
title_short | Food Insecurity: Child Care Programs’ Perspectives |
title_sort | food insecurity: child care programs’ perspectives |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8813683/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34997439 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10995-021-03320-2 |
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