Food Insecurity and Community-Based Food Resources Among Caregivers of Hospitalized Children.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Children's hospitals are implementing interventions to connect families to community-based resources. This study describes food insecurity (FI) and food resource knowledge, need, and use among families with a hospitalized child.

Methods

Between November 2020 and June 2022, 637 caregivers of hospitalized children in an urban 42-ZIP-code area were surveyed as part of a randomized controlled trial. The United States Department of Agriculture 18-item Household Food Security Survey was used to evaluate 12-month food security (food secure [score of 0=FS]; marginally secure [1-2=MFS]; insecure [3-18=FI]). Food resource knowledge, need, and use were described by food security status and examined using Cochran-Armitage tests. The distribution of local resources was obtained

SUBMITTER: Asay S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11208882 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature