DeBate Rita, Jarvis Jocelyn E, Perez Jacqueline, Jones Rashida, Himmelgreen David, Conner Kyaien, Dumford Amber D, Stern Marilyn
College of Public Health, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA (RD, JP, RJ).
Department of Child & Family Studies, College of Behavioral and Community Sciences, University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, USA (JEJ, MS).
Am J Lifestyle Med. 2025 Jun 10:15598276251351585. doi: 10.1177/15598276251351585.
College students are disproportionately more food insecure as compared to the general U.S. population with racial and ethnic minority students at greater risk. The purpose of this study is to explore socio-ecological characteristics of food pantry utilization among food insecure Black/African American non-Hispanic and Hispanic college students employing secondary data analyses of a larger cross-sectional study of food insecurity among college students. The current study sample (n = 460) was comprised of 174 self-identified Black/African American non-Hispanic, 26 Black/African American & Hispanic, and 260 Hispanic participants. Food pantry use served as the dependent variable. Multi-level independent variables included Individual, Interpersonal, and Community Level factors. A multivariate logistic regression model analyzed the relationship between food pantry use and independent variables found to be significant in earlier independent sample t-tests and chi-square analyses. Statistical significance was set at < .05 and a confidence interval (CI) of 95%. "Saving" coping mechanisms (OR = 1.15, 95% CI [1.082-1.231] and discrimination experiences of day-to-day unfair treatment (OR = 1.04, 95% CI [.1.000-1.077]) were predictive of food pantry utilization. This study suggests food pantry use among food insecure racial and ethnic minority college students may be influenced by socio-cultural influences at both interpersonal and community levels. Implications include interventions developed with a health equity framework.
与美国普通人群相比，大学生面临粮食不安全问题的比例过高，其中少数族裔学生面临的风险更大。本研究的目的是利用对大学生粮食不安全状况进行的一项更大规模横断面研究的二手数据分析，探讨粮食不安全的非西班牙裔黑人/非裔美国大学生和西班牙裔大学生使用食品储藏室的社会生态特征。本研究样本（n = 460）包括174名自我认定的非西班牙裔黑人/非裔美国人、26名黑人/非裔美国人与西班牙裔混血儿以及260名西班牙裔参与者。使用食品储藏室作为因变量。多层次自变量包括个人、人际和社区层面的因素。多变量逻辑回归模型分析了食品储藏室使用情况与在早期独立样本t检验和卡方分析中被发现具有显著意义的自变量之间的关系。统计学显著性设定为p <.05，置信区间（CI）为95%。“节省”应对机制（OR = 1.15，95% CI [1.082 - 1.231]）和日常不公平待遇的歧视经历（OR = 1.04，95% CI [1.000 - 1.077]）可预测食品储藏室的使用情况。本研究表明，粮食不安全的少数族裔大学生使用食品储藏室的情况可能受到人际和社区层面社会文化影响的左右。其意义包括制定以健康公平框架为基础的干预措施。
