Brucker Debra L, Nord Derek
Debra L. Brucker, University of New Hampshire, Institute on Disability; and Derek Nord, University of Minnesota, Institute on Community Integration, Research and Training Center on Community Living. Derek Nord is now at the University of Indiana, Indiana Institute on Disability and Community.
Am J Intellect Dev Disabil. 2016 Nov;121(6):520-532. doi: 10.1352/1944-7558-121.6.520.
People with intellectual or developmental disabilities (IDD) face higher levels of poverty than others, which can lead to concerns regarding areas of well-being, such as food security. Young adults with IDD who are, in many cases, transitioning from the system of educational, health care, and income supports of their youth into the adult world may be particularly vulnerable. Using pooled data from the 2011-2014 National Health Interview Survey, we find that young adults with IDD have significantly higher levels of food insecurity than young adults without disabilities, even when controlling for poverty. Young adults with IDD who are living in low-income households are not significantly more likely to participate in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) than young adults without disabilities who are also living in low-income households. Although our results suggest that SNAP is effectively reaching many young adults with IDD in need of nutrition assistance, further research is needed to determine the specific effects of food insecurity and SNAP participation on overall economic and health outcomes for this population.
智力或发育障碍（IDD）患者面临着比其他人更高程度的贫困，这可能引发对诸如食品安全等福祉领域的担忧。在许多情况下，患有IDD的年轻人正从青少年时期的教育、医疗保健和收入支持体系过渡到成人世界，他们可能特别脆弱。利用2011 - 2014年全国健康访谈调查的汇总数据，我们发现，即使在控制了贫困因素之后，患有IDD的年轻人的粮食不安全程度仍显著高于无残疾的年轻人。与同样生活在低收入家庭的无残疾年轻人相比，生活在低收入家庭的患有IDD的年轻人参与补充营养援助计划（SNAP）的可能性并没有显著更高。尽管我们的结果表明SNAP有效地惠及了许多需要营养援助的患有IDD的年轻人，但仍需要进一步研究来确定粮食不安全和参与SNAP对这一人群的整体经济和健康结果的具体影响。
