| Autor: |
Bradley SE; Center for Healthcare Outcomes & Policy (CHOP) Michigan Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA.; Research Service, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA., Heuer JN; Research Service, VA Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA., Hahm B; Research Service, Edward Hines, Jr. VA Hospital, Hines, Illinois, USA., Pettey K; Office of Rural Health, Veterans Rural Health Resource Center, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA., Besterman-Dahan K; Mental Health, VISN 5 Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center, Baltimore, Maryland, USA. |
| Abstrakt: |
Food security among rural veteran populations is an understudied subject. This study uses qualitative data from 106 semi-structured interviews conducted with staff from programs at the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and other federal agencies, staff from non-governmental organizations (NGOs), food security researchers, and food insecure veterans to identify the barriers to and facilitators for rural veteran food security. Barriers identified included external, structural barriers that exist in rural areas; internal barriers to using food assistance, such as feeling stigmatized; and barriers related to other social determinants of health, including a lack of education, employment, or housing stability. |
