Cargando…
Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination
This paper examines risk factors influencing food insecurity during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in a state in the U.S. heavily impacted by it and offers recommendations for multi-sector intervention. The U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey was analyzed to evaluate the impacts of CO...
Autores principales: | , , , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
2022
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9235214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35785406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101871 |
_version_ | 1784736264585478144 |
---|---|
author | Nelson, Eva Bangham, Candice Modi, Shagun Liu, Xinyang Codner, Alyson Milton Hicks, Jacqueline Greece, Jacey |
author_facet | Nelson, Eva Bangham, Candice Modi, Shagun Liu, Xinyang Codner, Alyson Milton Hicks, Jacqueline Greece, Jacey |
author_sort | Nelson, Eva |
collection | PubMed |
description | This paper examines risk factors influencing food insecurity during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in a state in the U.S. heavily impacted by it and offers recommendations for multi-sector intervention. The U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey was analyzed to evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 on food security in Massachusetts from April 2020 through March 2021 using a study sample of 57,678 participants. Food security was defined as a categorical variable (food security, marginal food security, low food security, very low food security) and binary variable (food security and food insecurity). Known or suspected factors that contribute to it, such as childcare, education, employment, housing, and transportation were examined in multivariate logistic regression models. Data imputation methods accounted for missing data. Sociodemographic characteristics, including lower education level and living in a household with children, were determinants of food insecurity. Another factor that influenced food insecurity was economic hardships, such as unemployment, being laid off due to COVID-19, not working due to concerns about contracting or spreading COVID-19, or not having enough money to buy food. A third factor influencing food insecurity was food environment, such as lack of geographic access to healthy foods. Some of these factors have been exacerbated by the pandemic and will continue to impact food security. These should be addressed through a comprehensive approach with public health efforts considering all levels of the social ecological model and the context created by the pandemic. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-9235214 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2022 |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-92352142022-06-28 Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination Nelson, Eva Bangham, Candice Modi, Shagun Liu, Xinyang Codner, Alyson Milton Hicks, Jacqueline Greece, Jacey Prev Med Rep Regular Article This paper examines risk factors influencing food insecurity during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic in a state in the U.S. heavily impacted by it and offers recommendations for multi-sector intervention. The U.S. Census Bureau Household Pulse Survey was analyzed to evaluate the impacts of COVID-19 on food security in Massachusetts from April 2020 through March 2021 using a study sample of 57,678 participants. Food security was defined as a categorical variable (food security, marginal food security, low food security, very low food security) and binary variable (food security and food insecurity). Known or suspected factors that contribute to it, such as childcare, education, employment, housing, and transportation were examined in multivariate logistic regression models. Data imputation methods accounted for missing data. Sociodemographic characteristics, including lower education level and living in a household with children, were determinants of food insecurity. Another factor that influenced food insecurity was economic hardships, such as unemployment, being laid off due to COVID-19, not working due to concerns about contracting or spreading COVID-19, or not having enough money to buy food. A third factor influencing food insecurity was food environment, such as lack of geographic access to healthy foods. Some of these factors have been exacerbated by the pandemic and will continue to impact food security. These should be addressed through a comprehensive approach with public health efforts considering all levels of the social ecological model and the context created by the pandemic. 2022-06-27 /pmc/articles/PMC9235214/ /pubmed/35785406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101871 Text en © 2022 The Author(s) https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Regular Article Nelson, Eva Bangham, Candice Modi, Shagun Liu, Xinyang Codner, Alyson Milton Hicks, Jacqueline Greece, Jacey Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination |
title | Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination |
title_full | Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination |
title_fullStr | Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination |
title_full_unstemmed | Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination |
title_short | Understanding the impacts of COVID-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: A state-specific examination |
title_sort | understanding the impacts of covid-19 on the determinants of food insecurity: a state-specific examination |
topic | Regular Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9235214/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35785406 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101871 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT nelsoneva understandingtheimpactsofcovid19onthedeterminantsoffoodinsecurityastatespecificexamination AT banghamcandice understandingtheimpactsofcovid19onthedeterminantsoffoodinsecurityastatespecificexamination AT modishagun understandingtheimpactsofcovid19onthedeterminantsoffoodinsecurityastatespecificexamination AT liuxinyang understandingtheimpactsofcovid19onthedeterminantsoffoodinsecurityastatespecificexamination AT codneralyson understandingtheimpactsofcovid19onthedeterminantsoffoodinsecurityastatespecificexamination AT miltonhicksjacqueline understandingtheimpactsofcovid19onthedeterminantsoffoodinsecurityastatespecificexamination AT greecejacey understandingtheimpactsofcovid19onthedeterminantsoffoodinsecurityastatespecificexamination |