Correlates of Transitions in Food Insecurity Status during the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic among Ethnically Diverse Households in Central Texas
| Autor: | Nalini Ranjit, Deborah Salvo, Kathryn M Janda, Pablo D. Lemoine, Joy Casnovsky, Alexandra E van den Berg, Aida Nielsen |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Employment
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) food access 030309 nutrition & dietetics Cross-sectional study Ethnic group Article Food Supply 03 medical and health sciences Race (biology) 0302 clinical medicine Surveys and Questionnaires Environmental health food insecurity Pandemic Ethnicity Humans TX341-641 030212 general & internal medicine Healthcare Disparities Pandemics Poverty Multinomial logistic regression disparities Family Characteristics 0303 health sciences Nutrition and Dietetics Nutrition. Foods and food supply SARS-CoV-2 digestive oral and skin physiology food availability COVID-19 Texas Food insecurity Cross-Sectional Studies Logistic Models Geography Food Science |
| Zdroj: | Nutrients Volume 13 Issue 8 Nutrients, Vol 13, Iss 2597, p 2597 (2021) |
| ISSN: | 2072-6643 |
| DOI: | 10.3390/nu13082597 |
| Popis: | Food insecurity increased substantially in the USA during the early stages of the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. The purpose of this study was to identify potential sociodemographic and food access-related factors that were associated with continuing or transitioning into food insecurity in a diverse population. An electronic survey was completed by 367 households living in low-income communities in Central Texas during June–July 2020. Multinomial logistic regression models were developed to examine the associations among food insecurity transitions during COVID-19 and various sociodemographic and food access-related factors, including race/ethnicity, children in the household, loss of employment/wages, language, and issues with food availability, accessibility, affordability, and stability during the pandemic. Sociodemographic and food access-related factors associated with staying or becoming newly food insecure were similar but not identical. Having children in the household, changes in employment/wages, changing shopping location due to food availability, accessibility and/or affordability issues, issues with food availability, and stability of food supply were associated with becoming newly food insecure and staying food insecure during the pandemic. Identifying as Latino and/or Black was associated with staying food insecure during COVID-19. These findings suggest that the COVID-19 pandemic did not create new food insecurity disparities. Rather, the pandemic exacerbated pre-existing disparities. |
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