Journal
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 53, Issue 11, Pages 921-930Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2021.06.005
Keywords
food insecurity; food pantry; food assistance; college students; higher education
Funding
- UC Basic Needs Initiative
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The study found that certain groups of students are more likely to visit campus food pantries frequently, and that the food security status of some students is related to their reasons for visiting.
Objective: To identify factors associated with campus food pantry (CFP) visits and evaluate outreach strategies. Design: Cross-sectional. Setting: Ten University of California campuses. Participants: University of California CFP student users (n = 1,513) completed a survey in 2019. Variables measured: Students reported reasons for CFP visits, how they heard about the CFP, monthly CFP visits, and food security status. Sociodemographic information was obtained through institutional records. Analysis: Poisson regression for associations of monthly CFP visits (dependent) with sociodemographic variables (Model 1), reasons for CFP visits (Model 2), and outreach strategies (Model 3). Logistic regression for associations between reasons for CFP visits and food security status (dependent; Model 4). Results: On average, students made 3.66 (SD, 4.75) CFP visits in the past month. Factors associated with more CFP visits included being first-generation to attend college, Filipino/Pacific Islanders, homeless, older, and male (Model 1). Not wanting to run out of food and hearing about the CFP through basic needs staff were associated with more CFP visits (Models 2 and 3). Students who visited the CFP because of financial insecurity had higher odds of food insecurity (Model 4). Conclusions and Implications: Findings suggest that CFPs provide critical emergency food assistance for students at risk of food insecurity.
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