Food insecurity, housing instability, and dietary quality among children with sickle cell disease: Assessment from a single urban center.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Food insecurity and housing instability, both social determinants of health (SDoH), disproportionately affect economically unstable, under-resourced US communities in which children with sickle cell disease (SCD) live. Association between these SDoH markers and dietary quality among children with SCD is unknown.

Procedures

We assessed a cross-sectional sample of dyadic parent-child patients and young adult patients up to age 21 from one pediatric SCD center. Food insecurity, housing instability, and dietary quality were measured using validated US instruments and a food frequency questionnaire. Better dietary quality was defined using US dietary guidelines. Multivariate regression assessed for associations among dietary quality and food insecurity with or without

SUBMITTER: Fernandez CR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8957542 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature