Food Insecurity in a Low-Income, Predominantly African American Cohort Following the Covid-19 Pandemic

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ID11036612
AutoresTamara Dubowitz (0009-0004-0023-0188, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Madhumita Ghosh Dastidar (0000-0002-2890-8235, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Wendy M Troxel (0000-0002-2147-8041, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Robin Beckman (The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Alvin Nugroho (0000-0003-0740-2996, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Sameer Siddiqi (The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Sameer M Siddiqi (0000-0001-8094-5677, RAND Corporation), Jonathan Cantor (0000-0003-4468-833X, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Matthew Baird (0000-0001-8785-0865, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Matthew D Baird (0000-0003-3016-480X, RAND Corporation), Andrea S Richardson (0000-0001-6894-8226, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Gerald P Hunter (The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Gerald Hunter (RAND Corporation), Alexandra Mendoza-Graf (0000-0003-2529-7085, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.), Rebecca L Collins (0000-0003-2459-2306, The authors are with the RAND Corporation, and this work was performed in the Division of Social and Economic Well-Being.)
Año2021
Volumen111
Número3
Páginas494-497
Fecha de publicación2021-03-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaAmerican Journal of Public Health (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0090-0036 • E-ISSN: 1541-0048
EditorialAmerican Public Health Association (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.2105/ajph.2020.306041
PMID33476228
OpenAlexW3123467156
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas26
Referencias citadas7

Objectives. To examine the impact of COVID-19 shutdowns on food insecurity among a predominantly African American cohort residing in low-income racially isolated neighborhoods. Methods. Residents of 2 low-income African American food desert neighborhoods in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, were surveyed from March 23 to May 22, 2020, drawing on a longitudinal cohort (n = 605) previously followed from 2011 to 2018. We examined longitudinal trends in food insecurity from 2011 to 2020 and compared them with national trends. We also assessed use of food assistance in our sample in 2018 versus 2020. Results. From 2018 to 2020, food insecurity increased from 20.7% to 36.9% (t = 7.63; P Conclusions. Longitudinal data highlight profound inequities that have been exacerbated by COVID-19. Existing policies appear inadequate to address the widening gap

African american · Agriculture · Cohort · Cohort study · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) · Disease · Economics · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Longitudinal study · Low income · Pandemic · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Demography · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability · Gerontology