Solidarity through food: Coping with food insecurity among adolescent migrants in transit through Mexico and Central America.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The food choices of migrants are frequently limited by lack of access to sufficient and adequate food. Food insecurity (FI) during adolescence has potential negative health consequences, however the experiences of FI of adolescent in-transit migrants have seldom been reported.

Objective

To explore the experiences of FI of adolescent in-transit migrants and their ways of coping with it.

Methods

Qualitative study, with 19 semi-structured interviews with adolescents (ages 13-19 years), in shelters for migrants in Mexico in 2022-2023. We followed a reflexive thematic analysis strategy.

Results

Most participants had experienced FI during the journey, and responded by limiting intake, choosing food according to price, seeking temporary work or asking for f

SUBMITTER: Bojorquez I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11227384 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature