Food Insecurity Prevalence and Risk Factors at a Large Academic Medical Center in Michigan.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Health care systems are increasingly adopting methods to screen for and integrate food insecurity and other social risk factors into electronic health records. However, there remain knowledge gaps regarding the cumulative burden of food insecurity in large clinical settings, which patients are most at risk, and the extent to which patients are interested in social assistance through their health care system.

Objective

To evaluate the 5-year prevalence and associated risk factors of food insecurity among adult primary care patients, and to examine factors associated with patients' interest in social assistance among those with food insecurity.

Design, setting, and participants

This cross-sectional analysis of a retrospective cohort study took place at a tert

SUBMITTER: Leung CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10966414 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature