A mixed methods study exploring food insecurity and diet quality in households accessing food clubs in England.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food clubs are a higher-agency food aid intervention that charge a small fee for a set number of items. Some incorporate longer-term solutions such as budgeting support and cooking skills. These are in place in England to help address inadequate reliable access to affordable, nutritious food. We used a convergent parallel mixed methods design to describe the food insecurity households accessing food clubs experience and to assess diet quality and wellbeing at the start and after at least three months of using food clubs in the South of England.

Methods

Participants accessing food clubs in Wessex from March 31 to November 3, 2022 were recruited after providing informed consent. They completed a survey at recruitment that collected data on diet and health. Food secu

SUBMITTER: Ziauddeen N 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11948647 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature