Food Insecurity Action Team, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, Texas, USA.
Robbins College of Health and Human Sciences, Department of Public Health, Baylor University, Waco, Texas, USA.
J Am Coll Health. 2024 Dec;72(9):3740-3747. doi: 10.1080/07448481.2023.2194435. Epub 2023 Mar 30.
This research seeks to understand food insecurity experiences among students at a large public university in the southern United States. Participants consented and completed an online survey disseminated on campus in April-May 2021 (N = 418). The participants sampled were predominantly undergraduate (78.2%), females (72.4%), who lived off campus (54.1%), and were racially/ethnically diverse. Descriptive statistics, multivariable logistic regression, and chi-squared tests were used to examine the differences and association between demographic characteristics and behaviors and food insecurity status. About 32% students surveyed had experienced food insecurity in the last year, which resembles national trends. There were significant differences in students' food insecurity status by race, sexual orientation, first-generation status, residential category, and main mode of transportation. Food insecurity impacted academic and socioeconomic student behaviors. This research has implications for improving the academic, physical, and psychological wellbeing of university students and should inform future programs and policies.
本研究旨在了解美国南部一所大型公立大学学生的粮食不安全经历。参与者同意并完成了 2021 年 4 月至 5 月在校园内分发的在线调查（N=418）。抽样参与者主要是本科生（78.2%）、女性（72.4%）、不住校（54.1%）和种族/民族多样化。使用描述性统计、多变量逻辑回归和卡方检验来检查人口统计学特征和行为与粮食不安全状况之间的差异和关联。大约 32%的被调查学生在过去一年中经历过粮食不安全，这与全国趋势相似。学生的粮食不安全状况在种族、性取向、第一代身份、居住类别和主要交通方式方面存在显著差异。粮食不安全影响了学生的学业和社会经济行为。本研究对改善大学生的学业、身体和心理健康有影响，应为本校未来的项目和政策提供信息。
