Food Pantry Referral and Utilization in a Pediatric Primary Care Clinic.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

This study aimed to characterize progression from screening for food insecurity risk to on-site food pantry referral to food pantry utilization in pediatric primary care.

Methods

This retrospective study included 14,280 patients aged 0-21 years with ≥1 pediatric primary care visit from March 2018 to February 2020. Analyses were conducted in 2020-2022 using multivariable regression to examine patient-level demographic, clinical, and socioeconomic characteristics and systems-related factors associated with progression from screening positive for food insecurity risk to food pantry referral to completing ≥1 food pantry visit.

Results

Of patients screened for food insecurity risk, 31.9% screened positive; 18.5% of food-insecure patients received an on-site fo

SUBMITTER: Egan KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10922354 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature