Title
Clinical and public policy interventions to address food insecurity among children
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Pediatrics
Publication Date
2022-02-01
Document Type
Article
Disciplines
Dietetics and Clinical Nutrition | Food Security | Health Policy | Infectious Disease | Pediatrics | Public Health | Virus Diseases
Abstract
PURPOSE OF REVIEW: This article describes the impacts of food insecurity (FI) on child health, outlines clinical and public policy interventions to mitigate FI in children, and defines new paradigms in population health to ameliorate the harmful effects of FI in children.
RECENT FINDINGS: Rates of FI among children have dramatically increased with the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, with particular adverse impact on low-income children. Population health innovations in screening, referral, and social service integration offer new opportunities to address FI.
SUMMARY: Despite advances in clinical practice and public policy, FI remains a persistent issue for many US children. Clinicians and policymakers have opportunities to leverage clinical and community-based integration to improve service delivery opportunities to ameliorate childhood hunger and racial and socioeconomic inequity in the United States.
Keywords
food insecurity, health policy, population health, social determinants of health, COVID-19
DOI of Published Version
10.1097/MOP.0000000000001096
Source
Brochier A, Garg A, Peltz A. Clinical and public policy interventions to address food insecurity among children. Curr Opin Pediatr. 2022 Feb 1;34(1):2-7. doi: 10.1097/MOP.0000000000001096. PMID: 34980871. Link to article on publisher's site
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Current opinion in pediatrics
Related Resources
PubMed ID
34980871
Repository Citation
Brochier A, Garg A, Peltz A. (2022). Clinical and public policy interventions to address food insecurity among children. COVID-19 Publications by UMass Chan Authors. https://doi.org/10.1097/MOP.0000000000001096. Retrieved from https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/covid19/341