Literaturnachweis - Detailanzeige
Autor/inn/en | Stuff, Janice E.; Horton, Jacqueline A.; Bogle, Margaret L.; Connell, Carol; Ryan, Donna; Zaghloul, Sahar; Thornton, Alma; Simpson, Pippa; Gossett, Jeff |
---|---|
Titel | High Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Hunger in Households in the Rural Lower Mississippi Delta |
Quelle | In: Journal of Rural Health, 20 (2004) 2, S.173-180 (7 Seiten)
PDF als Volltext |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0890-765X |
DOI | 10.1111/j.1748-0361.2004.tb00025.x |
Schlagwörter | Security (Psychology); Incidence; African American Children; Telecommunications; Telephone Surveys; Poverty; Family (Sociological Unit); Counties; Hunger; Nutrition; Arkansas; Louisiana; Mississippi |
Abstract | Residents of the Lower Mississippi Delta of Arkansas, Louisiana, and Mississippi are at risk for food insecurity since a high proportion of the population live in households with incomes below the poverty level and have reduced access to food and decreased availability of a variety of foods. However, the magnitude of the problem is unknown because presently only nationwide and state estimates of food insecurity are available. Purpose: This study was conducted by the Lower Mississippi Delta Nutrition Intervention Research Consortium to determine the prevalence of household food insecurity, identify high-risk subgroups in the Lower Delta, and compare to national data. Methods: A 2-stage stratified cluster sample representative of the population in 36 counties in the Lower Delta was selected using list-assisted random digit dialing telephone methodology. A cross-sectional telephone survey of 1662 households was conducted in 18 of the 36 counties using the US Food Security Survey Module. Findings: Twenty-one percent of Lower Delta households were food insecure, double the 2000 nationwide rate of 10.5%. Within the Lower Delta, groups with the highest rates of food insecurity were households with income below $15,000, black households, and households with children. The prevalence of hunger in Delta households with white children was 3.2% and in households with black children was 11.0%, compared to nationwide estimates of 0.3% and 1.6%. Conclusions: The Lower Mississippi Delta is characterized by a high prevalence of food insecurity and hunger. Future efforts to identify the household and community determinants of food insecurity to reduce its high prevalence are indicated. (Author). |
Anmerkungen | The Journal of Rural Health, Department of Family Medicine, U. B. Clinical Center 462 Grider Street, Buffalo, NY 14215. E-mail: ruralhealth@buffalo.edu. |
Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2017/4/10 |