Food Insecurity Among Graduate Students and Postdoctoral Trainees.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Food insecurity on college campuses has emerged as an urgent public health priority; however, there has been a lack of studies focused on graduate students or postdoctoral trainees, particularly those enrolled at private academic institutions.

Objective

To estimate the prevalence of and factors associated with food insecurity among graduate students and postdoctoral trainees at a private academic university in Boston, Massachusetts.

Design, setting, and participants

In this cross-sectional survey study, a survey on food insecurity was sent to graduate students and postdoctoral trainees at 3 health-focused graduate schools at Harvard University during the end of the spring 2023 academic term (April to June). Participants were studying medicine, dental medici

SUBMITTER: Hammad NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10879943 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature