Food safety knowledge and hygienic‐sanitary control: A needed company for public well‐being

Along with concerns about higher education’s declining affordability, attention to food and housing insecurity among postsecondary students has risen, especially with the COVID-19 pandemic. In this...

Food and Housing Insecurity for Latinx/a/o College Students: Advancing an Intersectional Research Agenda

ABSTRACT During the COVID-19 pandemic, food insecurity increased across the United States, with college students being particularly vulnerable. This study surveyed 1989 undergraduates attending three public colleges before and during the first year of the pandemic. At all times, students’ food insecurity was related to worse academic performance, greater housing insecurity, poorer psychological and physical health, and less access to healthcare. Compared to pre-pandemic students, during-pandemic students reported greater use of and fewer barriers to food programs, spending more on and and receiving more government aid for food, experiencing more academic difficulties due to food insecurity, having greater housing insecurity, and enduring less access to healthcare.

A Developing Crisis in Hunger: Food Insecurity within 3 Public Colleges before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Background: In North America, upwards of 59% of postsecondary students experience food insecurity and there has been little study of students attending community college. The goal of this was to fi...

Food Insecurity and Community College Students.

Although community colleges are important entry points into higher education for many American students, few studies have investigated how community college students engage with different genres or...

Anita Yan

Papers

Hungry minds: Investigating the food insecurity of minority community college students

Values Analysis Within Narratives: In the Context of Food Insecure Students in Community College