Obstacles to university food pantry use and student-suggested solutions: A qualitative study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

In the absence of federal programs and policies to alleviate college student food insecurity, the number of food pantries has grown rapidly in the United States. Yet, no studies, to date, have qualitatively examined students' experiences with this resource.

Objective

To explore college students' perspectives on barriers to using an on-campus food pantry and provide insights into student-suggested solutions.

Methods

In this qualitative study, 41 college students were recruited from a large public university in the southeastern US with a campus food pantry. Students participated in one-on-one, in-person, semi-structured interviews. All interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, managed using NVivo 12, and analyzed using inductive, semantic thematic

SUBMITTER: El Zein A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9122219 | biostudies-literature | 2022

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature