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Factors affecting the food security status and participation in food security intervention programmes in Maphumulo
This study assessed the factors affecting the food security status and participation in food security intervention programmes in Maphumulo. A number of food security intervention programmes were introduced in KZN Province to ensure food security. However, household food security status remains a …
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Exploring the Relationship Between Food Security Status and Mental Health Among SNAP-Eligible Virginia Mothers
Food insecurity is associated with increased stress, symptoms of mental illness, and persistent health disparities. Women caregivers (referred to as mothers) may be at an increased risk because they often compensate for food shortages by reducing their own intake and make household food decisions. …
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Food Insecurity And Child And Parent/Caretaker Overweight/Obesity In A Rural, Appalachian Mississippi Community
… child overweight/obesity by food security status in a rural, Appalachian, Mississippi community, as well as the relationship of parent/caretaker BMI and parent/caretaker-reported child overweight/obesity to food security status. A cross-sectional survey of elementary school …
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How Food Insecurity Impacts Children’s Oral Health Outcomes
Objectives: The objectives were to understand how food security status impacts children receiving dental care at the University of Illinois Chicago College of Dentistry (UIC COD) and to explore associations between food security status and a pediatric patient’s caries status. Methods: A …
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Food Insecurity And Physical And Mental Health Of Elementary School Children In A Rural, Appalachian Mississippi Community
Household food insecurity has been associated with poor physical health and behavioral and psychological problems in children. This study examined differences in parent/caregiver-perceived child health and parent/caregiver-reported behavioral and psychological problems by food security status of …
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Food Security and Glycemic Control Among Low-Income Patients with Diabetes
Background: Food insecurity -- lack of dependable access to adequate foods -- may play a role in poor diabetes control and be associated with poor health outcomes. Objective: To determine the relationship between food security status and multiple health outcomes -- including glycemic control, …
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Using experiential education to explore changes in students' perceptions toward those experiencing poverty and food insecurity
… toward individuals experiencing poverty and food insecurity (FI). The Undergraduate Perception of Poverty Tracking Survey (UPPTS), a 39-item Likert-scale survey instrument, was the tool used to measure perception toward poverty among the participants. Higher scores on the UPPTS indicate …
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Food insecurity at HIV diagnosis associated with subsequent viremia amongst adults living with HIV in an urban township of South Africa
We assessed the impact of food insecurity on antiretroviral adherence, retention in care, hospitalization, mortality, and HIV viremia in an urban township of Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. At the time of HIV testing, food security status was assessed using the Household Food Insecurity Access Scale …
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Food Insecurity and Health of International Students
… students may be at risk for suffering from food insecurity and poor health. The purposes of this study were to: 1) determine if the household adult food security status (HAFSS) differs between undergraduate and graduate international students (INSTUD) attending the University of Mississippi …
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Essays in Applied Economics Linking Policy, Obesity, and Health Economics
… of obesity risk factors. Chapter 3: Analyzing Food Insecurity Coping Strategies in Malawi: A Machine Learning Application with Panel Data Famines and food shortages are becoming more common in Malawi, where smallholder farmers make up more than 80% of the population. Malawi is currently …
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A Descriptive Study of the Foster Grandparent Program in Support of the Creation of an Afterschool Program to Address Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease Risk in Older Adults and Children
… for volunteering, mental and physical health status before and after the COVID-19 pandemic, and current household food security status. The study utilizes a survey, which was distributed by the National Senior Corps Association and the National Association of Foster Grandparent Program …
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Determinants of Food Insecurity Among Vulnerable White and Latino Households: Contextualizing the Impact of Sociodemographic and Household-Level Factors
… have been shown to be associated with food insecurity but studies among vulnerable populations are sparse. A food security assessment was developed to determine food security and collect sociodemographic and household level data across San Luis Obispo County. The assessments were …
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Exploring Illinois farmers’ food insecurity status
This study investigates the food insecurity status of Illinois farmers to help fill the gap in the literature. A review of the literature showed little to no research regarding food insecurity assessment of farm owners in developed countries using standardized measurement tools, but some research …
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Food Insecurity And Eating Behaviors Of Collegiate Male Athletes
… high school (HS) and collegiate (OM) household food security status (FSS) to current food consumption behaviors in a sample of NCAA Division 1 male, collegiate athletes ≥18 years of age (y). METHODS: A cross-sectional survey of NCAA athletes from a Southeastern Conference (SEC) university was …
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Investigating the nutritional and social determinants of favorable fetal growth conditions (FFGC) in pregnant women living in the Free State Province, South Africa
… in SA, it was also important to explore if HIV status influenced how nutritional and social factors contributed to FFGC. The purpose of the study was three-fold. First, to assess the sociodemographic status, nutritional status, micronutrient quality, food security status, stress levels, social …
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Food security and erractic weather coping strategies of small scale farmers in rural Kitwe-Zambia
… contribute such a large percentage to National Food availability, their individual household food availability is constrained by space a number of factors, one of which is rainfall. The aim of the study is to analyse the influence of rainfall on crop productivity and the strategies they employ …
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Prevalence and Determinants of Chronic Diseases Among Food Pantry Users in Washoe County
… of chronic disease has been associated with food insecurity, as individuals in these populations do not have access to healthcare and nutritionally safe foods due to financial constraints. The inception of food assistance programs in the early 1990's was to relieve food-insecure individuals …
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The prevalence and predictors of food insecurity among HIV-infected women in Cape Town, South Africa: A cross sectional study
Background: Food insecurity is a major public health concern in most settings where the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is prevalent, and it affects women disproportionately. However, the prevalence of food insecurity and associated risk factors for women who are living with HIV (WLH) in South …
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Analyzing the intersection of climate vulnerability and household food insecurity in northern ghana: a sustainable livelihoods approach
Achieving food security in the face of accelerating food demand, competition for depleting resources, and the failing ability of the environment to buffer increasing anthropogenic impacts is globally accepted as the foremost challenge of the present time. Without doubt, climate change is one among …
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Food Insecurity and Produce Behaviors of Adults with Children in Rural, Appalachian Mississippi
Adults living in food insecure households consume fewer fruits and vegetables than adults living in food secure households (Hanson & Connor, 2014). The purpose of this study was to examine differences in fruit and vegetable behaviors (intakes; perceptions) of parents of elementary school children …
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