Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents
This study explored strategies to improve adolescent food security using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 9 policy advocates, 12 parents and 15 adolescents aged between 17 and 20 years, living in households who were eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2020. This stu...
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| author | Kaitlyn Harper Rebecca Skinner Michelle Martinez-Baack Laura E. Caulfield Susan M. Gross Kristin Mmari |
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| description | This study explored strategies to improve adolescent food security using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 9 policy advocates, 12 parents and 15 adolescents aged between 17 and 20 years, living in households who were eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2020. This study was part of a larger evaluation of adolescent food insecurity conducted in Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three key strategies arose during analysis—improving federal nutrition assistance programs for households, federal nutrition assistance programs for individual adolescents, and leveraging school programs and resources. Respondents described concordant views regarding the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in supporting households but held discordant views about the role of other federal programs, such as the school nutrition programs and Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The results of this study provide important insights about policy and programmatic supports that may assist adolescents to acquire food for themselves and their families. Future research should test how federal programs and policies specifically impact food security and nutrition for adolescents. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-c7b9e758453140318d3433975910557b2023-11-24T09:29:48ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432022-11-011422470710.3390/nu14224707Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and AdolescentsKaitlyn Harper0Rebecca Skinner1Michelle Martinez-Baack2Laura E. Caulfield3Susan M. Gross4Kristin Mmari5Department of Environmental Health and Engineering, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USADepartment of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USADepartment of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USADepartment of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USADepartment of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USADepartment of Population, Family, and Reproductive Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USAThis study explored strategies to improve adolescent food security using semi-structured in-depth interviews with 9 policy advocates, 12 parents and 15 adolescents aged between 17 and 20 years, living in households who were eligible for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in 2020. This study was part of a larger evaluation of adolescent food insecurity conducted in Baltimore, Maryland, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. Three key strategies arose during analysis—improving federal nutrition assistance programs for households, federal nutrition assistance programs for individual adolescents, and leveraging school programs and resources. Respondents described concordant views regarding the role of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program in supporting households but held discordant views about the role of other federal programs, such as the school nutrition programs and Pandemic Electronic Benefit Transfer program. The results of this study provide important insights about policy and programmatic supports that may assist adolescents to acquire food for themselves and their families. Future research should test how federal programs and policies specifically impact food security and nutrition for adolescents.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/22/4707food insecuritynutritional insecurityadolescentsfederal policy |
| spellingShingle | Kaitlyn Harper Rebecca Skinner Michelle Martinez-Baack Laura E. Caulfield Susan M. Gross Kristin Mmari Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents Nutrients food insecurity nutritional insecurity adolescents federal policy |
| title | Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents |
| title_full | Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents |
| title_full_unstemmed | Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents |
| title_short | Strategies to Improve Adolescent Food Security from the Perspectives of Policy Advocates, Parents, and Adolescents |
| title_sort | strategies to improve adolescent food security from the perspectives of policy advocates parents and adolescents |
| topic | food insecurity nutritional insecurity adolescents federal policy |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/14/22/4707 |
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