Creating a culture that supports food security and health equity at higher education institutions

Food insecurity on college campuses is a major public health problem and has been documented for the last decade. Sufficient food access is a crucial social determinant of health, thus campuses across the country have implemented various programmes, systems and policies to enhance access to food whi...

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Autores principales: Savoie-Roskos, Mateja R, Hood, Lanae B, Hagedorn-Hatfield, Rebecca L, Landry, Matthew J, Patton-López, Megan M, Richards, Rickelle, Vogelzang, Jody L, Qamar, Zubaida, OoNorasak, Kendra, Mann, Georgianna
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Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9989698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36321438
http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022002294
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author Savoie-Roskos, Mateja R
Hood, Lanae B
Hagedorn-Hatfield, Rebecca L
Landry, Matthew J
Patton-López, Megan M
Richards, Rickelle
Vogelzang, Jody L
Qamar, Zubaida
OoNorasak, Kendra
Mann, Georgianna
author_facet Savoie-Roskos, Mateja R
Hood, Lanae B
Hagedorn-Hatfield, Rebecca L
Landry, Matthew J
Patton-López, Megan M
Richards, Rickelle
Vogelzang, Jody L
Qamar, Zubaida
OoNorasak, Kendra
Mann, Georgianna
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description Food insecurity on college campuses is a major public health problem and has been documented for the last decade. Sufficient food access is a crucial social determinant of health, thus campuses across the country have implemented various programmes, systems and policies to enhance access to food which have included food pantries, campus gardens, farmers’ markets, meal share or voucher programmes, mobile food applications, campus food gleaning, food recovery efforts, meal deliveries and task force/working groups. However, little is understood about how to best address food insecurity and support students who are struggling with basic needs. The impact of food insecurity on students’ academic and social success, in addition to their overall well-being, should be investigated and prioritised at each higher education institution. This is especially true for marginalised students, such as minority or first-generation students, who are at heightened risk for food insecurity. In order to create a culture of health equity, in which most at-risk students are provided resources and opportunities to achieve optimal well-being, higher education institutions must prioritise mitigating food insecurity on the college campus. Higher education institutions could benefit from adopting comprehensive and individualised approaches to promoting food security for marginalised students in order to facilitate equal opportunity for optimal scholastic achievement among students of all socio-demographic backgrounds.
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spelling pubmed-99896982023-03-08 Creating a culture that supports food security and health equity at higher education institutions Savoie-Roskos, Mateja R Hood, Lanae B Hagedorn-Hatfield, Rebecca L Landry, Matthew J Patton-López, Megan M Richards, Rickelle Vogelzang, Jody L Qamar, Zubaida OoNorasak, Kendra Mann, Georgianna Public Health Nutr Commentary Food insecurity on college campuses is a major public health problem and has been documented for the last decade. Sufficient food access is a crucial social determinant of health, thus campuses across the country have implemented various programmes, systems and policies to enhance access to food which have included food pantries, campus gardens, farmers’ markets, meal share or voucher programmes, mobile food applications, campus food gleaning, food recovery efforts, meal deliveries and task force/working groups. However, little is understood about how to best address food insecurity and support students who are struggling with basic needs. The impact of food insecurity on students’ academic and social success, in addition to their overall well-being, should be investigated and prioritised at each higher education institution. This is especially true for marginalised students, such as minority or first-generation students, who are at heightened risk for food insecurity. In order to create a culture of health equity, in which most at-risk students are provided resources and opportunities to achieve optimal well-being, higher education institutions must prioritise mitigating food insecurity on the college campus. Higher education institutions could benefit from adopting comprehensive and individualised approaches to promoting food security for marginalised students in order to facilitate equal opportunity for optimal scholastic achievement among students of all socio-demographic backgrounds. Cambridge University Press 2023-03 2022-11-02 /pmc/articles/PMC9989698/ /pubmed/36321438 http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022002294 Text en © The Authors 2022 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted re-use, distribution and reproduction, provided the original article is properly cited.
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Hood, Lanae B
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Richards, Rickelle
Vogelzang, Jody L
Qamar, Zubaida
OoNorasak, Kendra
Mann, Georgianna
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