Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, Rutgers University School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ.
Department of Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, Rutgers University School of Health Professions, Newark, NJ.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2021 May;53(5):428-433. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2020.11.003. Epub 2021 Jan 19.
To determine the prevalence of food insecurity and the factors associated with it among health sciences graduate students.
A cross-sectional web-based survey conducted in 2019 on an urban health sciences campus of a large, public northeastern university among health sciences graduate students. Food security status was assessed using the US Department of Agriculture validated 6-item short-form food security module.
Of the 302 respondents (response rate, 8.8%), the mean age ± SD was 28.8 ± 7.30 years; 28.5% were food insecure. After adjusting for other covariates, receiving loans was independently associated with higher odds of being food insecure (P < 0.001).
Universities may consider screening graduate students for food insecurity risk, especially those receiving student loans. Future research on this topic with graduate students and program administrators in other universities may help identify potential interventions. The impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic on food insecurity among graduate students merit exploration to develop context-specific interventions.
确定健康科学研究生中粮食不安全的流行情况及其相关因素。
2019 年，在东北部一所大型公立大学的城市健康科学校园内，对健康科学研究生进行了一项基于网络的横断面调查。使用美国农业部验证的 6 项简短食物安全模块评估食物安全状况。
在 302 名应答者（应答率为 8.8%）中，平均年龄±标准差为 28.8±7.30 岁；28.5%的人存在粮食不安全问题。在调整其他协变量后，获得贷款与更高的粮食不安全风险几率独立相关（P<0.001）。
大学可能需要对研究生的粮食不安全风险进行筛查，特别是那些获得学生贷款的研究生。在其他大学对研究生和项目管理人员进行该主题的进一步研究可能有助于确定潜在的干预措施。需要探索 2019 年冠状病毒病对研究生粮食不安全的影响，以制定有针对性的干预措施。
