Very Low Food Security Among Low-Income Households With Children in California Before and Shortly After the Economic Downturn From COVID-19

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• Journal Article:
  Preventing Chronic Disease (PCD)
• Personal Author:
  Molitor, Fred ; Doerr, Celeste
• Description:
  We examined levels of very low food security (VLFS) among low-income households with children in California before and shortly after the economic downturn from coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Households were randomly sampled in 2018, 2019, and 2020; 11,653 mothers were administered the US Department of Agriculture 6-item Food Security Survey Module. Post-COVID-19 (April 27 to July 21, 2020, a period when stay-at-home restrictions were eased in the state), 14.0% of mothers reported VLFS versus 19.3% pre-COVID-19 (November 21, 2019, to March 14, 2020) (P = .003), 22.2% in 2019 (P < .001), and 19.0% in 2018 (P = .004). Existing systems to quickly obtain food assistance benefits in California and new federal benefits available in response to COVID-19 may have reduced VLFS.
• Subjects:
  Child Child Welfare Chronic Disease Communicable Disease Control Coronavirus Infections COVID-19 Family Characteristics Female Food Security Humans Male Mothers Poverty Research Brief SARS-CoV-2 Self Report

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• Source:
  Prev Chronic Dis. 2021; 18
• ISSN:
  1545-1151
• Pubmed ID:
  33411669
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7845548
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  California
• Location:
  North America
• Volume:
  18
• Collection(s):
  Preventing Chronic Disease
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:43f524ab7ecbbf92228a2e1cc25bde4680ef62f210587cfdcd43d307e009fb5ac43206f036e62f9cae64c243de6a4176caa402c63bea87a72a17edf1707bb3a7
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