Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA.
New York State Health Foundation, New York, NY 10018, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2022 May 11;19(10):5838. doi: 10.3390/ijerph19105838.
The COVID-19 pandemic created barriers to participation in school meals. As a result, many students may have missed out on school meals. The objectives of this study are (1) to compare the number of school meals served by New York State public schools during the first spring and summer of the COVID-19 pandemic to the number served before the COVID-19 pandemic, and (2) to determine relationships between the number of meals served and the levels of school district need and urbanicity.
This study is a secondary analysis of administrative data. The percentage change in the number of school breakfasts and lunches served was calculated for each month and by school district need level and urbanicity level.
The number of school meals served decreased during the first spring of the pandemic compared to the spring of the previous school year (-43% in April, -51% in May), while the number of school meals served increased during the first summer of the pandemic compared to the summer of the previous school year (+92% in July, +288% in August).
Waivers may provide flexibility to increase participation in school meals, especially during the summer.
新冠疫情大流行给参与学校供餐造成了障碍。因此，许多学生可能错过了学校供餐。本研究的目的是：（1）比较新冠疫情大流行的第一个春季和夏季期间纽约州公立学校提供的学校餐数量与新冠疫情大流行前的数量；（2）确定提供餐数量与学区需求水平和城市性水平之间的关系。
本研究是对行政数据的二次分析。计算了每个月以及按学区需求水平和城市性水平计算的学校早餐和午餐数量的百分比变化。
与上一学年的春季相比，疫情大流行的第一个春季学校供餐数量减少（4 月减少 43%，5 月减少 51%），而疫情大流行的第一个夏季学校供餐数量与上一学年的夏季相比有所增加（7 月增加 92%，8 月增加 288%）。
豁免可能为增加学校供餐的参与度提供了灵活性，尤其是在夏季。
