Feeding hungry students: College students' experiences using food pantries and successful strategies for implementing on-campus food assistance programs.
| Autor: | Taniey R; Community Health and Social Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Manhattan, United States., Leyden L; Department of Environmental, Occupational, and Geospatial Health Sciences, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Manhattan, United States. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Journal of American college health : J of ACH [J Am Coll Health] 2024 Aug-Sep; Vol. 72 (6), pp. 1925-1940. Date of Electronic Publication: 2022 Jul 26. |
| DOI: | 10.1080/07448481.2022.2098031 |
| Abstrakt: | Objective: To examine the components of successful food assistance programs for college students. Participants: Focus groups conducted during the fall 2019 semester included undergraduate students who accessed a food assistance program on campus (n = 26). Key informant interviews were conducted with professionals working with campus-based food assistance programs (n = 5). Methods: Student insight regarding experiences on campus-based food assistance programs was gathered. Key informant interviews were conducted to gain an understanding of strategies put in place to alleviate food insecurity among college students. Results: Emerging focus group themes included financial stressors, eating strategies, struggling to feed dependents, utilization of university-based food assistance programs, and SNAP enrollment. Key informant interviews revealed six strategies of effective food assistance programs: increasing access, securing funding, procurement/distribution of healthy foods, partnerships, outreach, and decreasing stigmatization. Conclusions: A "mission driven" approach has the potential to meet the complex needs of food insecure college students. |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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