Journal
JOURNAL OF NUTRITION EDUCATION AND BEHAVIOR
Volume 43, Issue 4, Pages 288-294Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.11.004
Keywords
acculturation; Latino; food insecurity; Hispanic; social networks
Funding
- US Department of Agriculture FSNE
- Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health Disparities among Latinos
- National Institutes of Health-National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities [P20MD001765]
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Objective: To examine whether acculturation and social networks influence household food insecurity in an inner-city Puerto Rican community. Methods: A survey was administered to 200 low-income female Puerto Rican caregivers with at least 1 child 12-72 months old living in Hartford, CT. Food insecurity was measured with the Radimer/Cornell Hunger Scale. Multivariate logistic regression analyses were used to identify food insecurity risk factors. Results: Significant food insecurity risk factors included: being unemployed (odds ratio: 2.69), being single (2.34), being born in the United States (2.68), speaking only Spanish (3.15), planning to return to Puerto Rico (4.58), almost never/never attending Hispanic cultural events (6.85), and food stamps lasting less than a month (7.74). Conclusions and Implications: Low levels of acculturation, lack of social networks, and poor food stamps management skills may influence household food insecurity.
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