Food insecurity and social capital during Covid-19

A cross-national qualitative study of communities from South Africa and the United States

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ID9974896
AuthorsRobert J Barney (0000-0003-0544-2927, Stockton University, corresponding author), Chance Chagunda (0000-0002-7456-3127, University of Cape Town, South Africa; Whitaker Peace and Development Initiative, South Africa)
Year2023
Volume67
Issue3
Pages700-713
Publication date2023-08-23
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueInternational Social Work (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0020-8728 • E-ISSN: 1461-7234
PublisherSAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/00208728231186223
OpenAlexW4386091775
LanguageEN
References cited15

This study investigates the evolving ways in which social workers helped provide food assistance during the first months of the COVID-19 pandemic in communities in South Africa and the United States. A cross-national qualitative methodology was used to collect data about the nutritional services social workers delivered, the types of social capital used to assist in these efforts, and the challenges they experienced. This study not only highlights differences in the approaches of these two countries but also how these different communities might be able to learn from one another in delivering food relief during times of emergency

2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Agriculture · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Pandemic · Political science · Qualitative property · Qualitative research · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Social capital · Social science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Disaster Management and Resilience · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine

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