Food bank operational characteristics and rates of food bank use across Britain.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food banks are a common community-based response to household food insecurity in high-income countries. While the profile of their users and nature of the quality of food they provide have been researched, few studies have examined their operational characteristics to explore the accessibility of their services for people at risk of food insecurity. This study describes the nature of operations in a food bank network operating in Britain and explores how operations are associated with volume of use.

Methods

Data from The Trussell Trust Foodbank's network of 1145 distribution centres in 2015/16 on hours of operation, locations, and usage were combined with national statistics on Working Tax Credit claimants, disability and unemployment. Descriptive statistics focus

SUBMITTER: Loopstra R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6518699 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature