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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"pantry"”.
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Implementing food pantry nutrition policies: Perspectives from the field
… case study is to capture the experiences of food pantry and food bank directors while implementing nutrition policies within the Arkansas Delta Region. During a time when food pantry usage rates are on the rise (Chapman, 2017; Sangye, 2013; Wright, 2018), it is imperative research be expanded to …
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Qualitative evaluation of a food pantry fresh produce donation program
The student, Starr'Retiece Gibson, accepted the attached license on 2020-12-08 at 19:28.
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Use of emergency food by food pantry clients in Fairfax, Virginia
… distributing food to clients. Clients of a food pantry in Fairfax, Virginia, were surveyed to determine their satisfaction with the food they received and to help develop guidelines in order to improve future food deliveries. Thirty-six food deliveries were made during a 6-week study period. The …
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The Perception of the Food Pantry Customer Receiving Diabetes-Friendly Food Boxes
Food insecurity is on the rise in the United States, and food insecure individuals are more likely to have diabetes than those who are food secure. Diabetes self-management may be impaired as a result of food insecurity, and there are limited studies that examine the effect food distributed by food …
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Prime Pantry Optimization : a cost analysis and deep-dive in process improvement
Amazon's Prime Pantry is a specialty business that focuses on selling household goods such as toilet paper or bottled water. The business is a part of the consumables portfolio that has consistently met or exceeded forecasts. However as the business grows and lower Average Sales Price (ASP) items …
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Prevalence and Determinants of Chronic Diseases Among Food Pantry Users in Washoe County
… however, there are limited studies among food pantry users. This study aims to estimate the prevalence of chronic disease and determine the associated sociodemographic risk factors among food pantry users in Washoe County. The study used a cross-sectional study design. Face-to-face interviews …
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Dynamics of syndemic theory-based multilevel empowerment in food pantry users with diabetes
Submission published under a 24 month embargo labeled 'Closed Access', the embargo will last until 2026-12-01
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Helping Students Help Themselves: An Intervention to Facilitate Campus Food Pantry Use at a Public University
… of an intervention on increasing campus food pantry use by increasing students’ knowledge of the pantry and reducing cognitive barriers. A sample of enrolled students (N=11,400) were randomly assigned to be in either the partial intervention (n=3,800), full intervention (n=3,800), or control …
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Food Security, Diet Quality and Health of Food Pantry Participants in the North End of Hartford
<p> Food insecurity is an increasingly urgent problem in the United States. Food security is defined as having “consistent access to enough food for active healthy living.” Those who are food insecure typically lack access to healthy food, especially fresh fruits and vegetables, facing increased …
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Coping with food vulnerability: the role of social networks in the lives of Missouri food pantry clients
… utilizes data from Coping with Hunger: Food Pantry Clients in the Central Missouri Food Bank Region (2005) to better understand the ways in which informal social networks are utilized by families and individuals coping with food insecurity. Social networks included family, friends, coworkers, …
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The Exploratory Study of Consumers' Experience of Using Food Pantries and Their Self-Sufficiency and Quality of Life
… use has raised concern for food banks and food pantry directors who are interested in consumers' experience of using food pantries and their self-sufficiency during the period of relying on food pantries. In addition to knowing the demographic and socioeconomic status of consumers, there is …
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Empirical analyses of the social safety net
Chapter 1: Food Pantry Policies and Nutritional Quality: Applying the Healthy Eating Index to Food PantriesFood pantries are a significant source of food support for families suffering from food insecurity in Minnesota, but studies have found shortcomings in the nutritional quality of the bundles …
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Addressing barriers to food access among university employees: reducing stigma and raising awareness through a community-based pilot intervention
… programs like the Rams Against Hunger (RAH) food pantry, employee utilization of the pantry remains relatively low compared to student usage. Given the need by campus partners to understand and address the barriers preventing employees from accessing available university resources, this study …
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An Examination of Food Handling Practices at Food Pantries
… food storage, handling, and preparation at the pantry. Each pantry was visited once and observed for about two hours. The manager of the pantry completed a survey to determine basic food safety knowledge. Generally, pantries successfully followed basic food safety guidelines, however there were …
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An Evaluation of Frank Brown's Free Market
… of Frank Brown Hall, Free-Market (Food Pantry), within the grant timeframe from January to April 2024. The central objective was to examine the distinct resource demands of students limited to selecting three items each day. By employing careful observation, effective communication, and …
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The Evaluation of the Effectiveness of Community-based Mobile Meal Programs for Low-Income Families
… Advocacy Program (SUPAP), initiated a local food pantry program and study at a library to interview participants in the program for their perception of food disparity and personal impact that it has had on their lives. The SUPAP conducted and recorded the interviews, coded the topics covered in …
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Large-scale optimization for green logistics and stochastic resource allocation for food security
… its operations. We use data from 80 mobile food pantry programs served by one of the food banks in New York state to build guidelines for food bank personnel to better forecast the demand at these programs. We construct a data-driven representation of programs and apply a broad class of analytics …
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State of the art of supply chains and network design optimization in Emerging Economies : an Indian case study
… are currently delivering in rural India (food, pantry, commodities,'...). To the extent of our knowledge, this optimization network modeling has not been researched yet in developing economies. It was found that our methodology could help retailers get access to customers more efficiently. We …
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