Department of Population Health Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
Department of Pediatrics, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2024 Jul;72(5):1490-1495. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2022.2082840. Epub 2022 Jul 11.
This study reports on food insecurity (FI) amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.
College students in four regions of the US completed the two-item validated Hunger Vital Sign™ screening tool on Qualtrics.
FI increased significantly after March 2020 among US students (worry about food running out: 25% to 35%; food did not last: 17% to 21%) with significant regional increase in the Midwest and South. An adjusted multivariable logistic regression model indicated students that ran out of food were significantly at greater odds of experiencing hardship with paying bills (AOR: 5.59, 95% CI =3.90-8.06).
The findings identified an increase in the prevalence of FI among college students during the pandemic. Suggestions of how to address FI are discussed.
本研究报告了 COVID-19 大流行期间的粮食不安全状况。
美国四个地区的大学生在 Qualtrics 上完成了两项经验证的 Hunger Vital Sign™筛查工具。
2020 年 3 月后，美国学生的粮食不安全状况显著增加（担心食物耗尽：25% 至 35%；食物持续时间不足：17% 至 21%），中西部和南部地区的增幅显著。调整后的多变量逻辑回归模型表明，食物耗尽的学生在支付账单方面遇到困难的可能性显著增加（优势比：5.59，95%置信区间=3.90-8.06）。
研究结果发现，在大流行期间，大学生中粮食不安全的发生率有所增加。讨论了如何解决粮食不安全问题的建议。
