Cargando…

Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents

This study explored strategies to improve adolescent food security using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 9 policy advocates, 12 parents and 15 adolescents aged between 17 and 20 years, living in households who were eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2020. This stu...

Descripción completa

Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Harper, Kaitlyn, Skinner, Rebecca, Martinez-Baack, Michelle, Caulfield, Laura E., Gross, Susan M., Mmari, Kristin
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
Materias:
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9699391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36432394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14224707
_version_ 1784839061336227840
author Harper, Kaitlyn
Skinner, Rebecca
Martinez-Baack, Michelle
Caulfield, Laura E.
Gross, Susan M.
Mmari, Kristin
author_facet Harper, Kaitlyn
Skinner, Rebecca
Martinez-Baack, Michelle
Caulfield, Laura E.
Gross, Susan M.
Mmari, Kristin
author_sort Harper, Kaitlyn
collection PubMed
description This study explored strategies to improve adolescent food security using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 9 policy advocates, 12 parents and 15 adolescents aged between 17 and 20 years, living in households who were eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2020. This study was part of a larger evaluation of adolescent food insecurity conducted in Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three key strategies arose during analysis—improving federal nutrition assistance programs for households, federal nutrition assistance programs for individual adolescents, and leveraging school programs and resources. Respondents described concordant views regarding the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in supporting households but held discordant views about the role of other federal programs, such as the school nutrition programs and Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The results of this study provide important insights about policy and programmatic supports that may assist adolescents to acquire food for themselves and their families. Future research should test how federal programs and policies specifically impact food security and nutrition for adolescents.
format Online
Article
Text
id pubmed-9699391
institution National Center for Biotechnology Information
language English
publishDate 2022
publisher MDPI
record_format MEDLINE/PubMed
spelling pubmed-96993912022-11-26 Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents Harper, Kaitlyn Skinner, Rebecca Martinez-Baack, Michelle Caulfield, Laura E. Gross, Susan M. Mmari, Kristin Nutrients Article This study explored strategies to improve adolescent food security using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 9 policy advocates, 12 parents and 15 adolescents aged between 17 and 20 years, living in households who were eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2020. This study was part of a larger evaluation of adolescent food insecurity conducted in Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three key strategies arose during analysis—improving federal nutrition assistance programs for households, federal nutrition assistance programs for individual adolescents, and leveraging school programs and resources. Respondents described concordant views regarding the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in supporting households but held discordant views about the role of other federal programs, such as the school nutrition programs and Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The results of this study provide important insights about policy and programmatic supports that may assist adolescents to acquire food for themselves and their families. Future research should test how federal programs and policies specifically impact food security and nutrition for adolescents. MDPI 2022-11-08 /pmc/articles/PMC9699391/ /pubmed/36432394 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14224707 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
spellingShingle Article
Harper, Kaitlyn
Skinner, Rebecca
Martinez-Baack, Michelle
Caulfield, Laura E.
Gross, Susan M.
Mmari, Kristin
Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents
title Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents
title_full Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents
title_fullStr Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents
title_full_unstemmed Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents
title_short Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents
title_sort strategies to improve adolescent food security from the perspectives of policy advocates, parents, and adolescents
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9699391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36432394
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu14224707
work_keys_str_mv AT harperkaitlyn strategiestoimproveadolescentfoodsecurityfromtheperspectivesofpolicyadvocatesparentsandadolescents
AT skinnerrebecca strategiestoimproveadolescentfoodsecurityfromtheperspectivesofpolicyadvocatesparentsandadolescents
AT martinezbaackmichelle strategiestoimproveadolescentfoodsecurityfromtheperspectivesofpolicyadvocatesparentsandadolescents
AT caulfieldlaurae strategiestoimproveadolescentfoodsecurityfromtheperspectivesofpolicyadvocatesparentsandadolescents
AT grosssusanm strategiestoimproveadolescentfoodsecurityfromtheperspectivesofpolicyadvocatesparentsandadolescents
AT mmarikristin strategiestoimproveadolescentfoodsecurityfromtheperspectivesofpolicyadvocatesparentsandadolescents