Food Hubs as a Means to Promote Food Security in Post-Secondary Institutions: A Scoping Review
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:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Supplementary Materials
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Authors | Location | Timeframe of Study | Target Population | Participant Characteristics | Study Design |
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Ullevig et al. [20] | University of Texas at San Antonio | 2017–2018 | Students attending an urban institution | Survey of 438 students: 37% Hispanic, 22% African American, 15% Caucasian, 9% Multi-racial, 8% Asian, 9.6% Other/Unknown, 46% First-generation students, 7% had dependents, 28% were food insecure | Case Study |
Frank et al. [22] | La Salle University | Not reported | All students | Focus group of 38 undergraduate nutrition students. Survey of 206 students: 74% on-campus residents, 78% employed at least part-time, 36% food insecure | Program summary |
Morgan et al. [21] | Appalachian State University | 2019 | Students in a food science laboratory | Survey of 51 students: 92% Caucasian, 59% female, 47% Sophomore year, 66% lived off campus, 55% were not employed, 59% reported high food security at pre-assessment | Pre-post |
Hagedorn et al. [23] | Multiple institutes in the United States | Not reported | Stakeholders from post-secondary institutes | 30 stakeholders from 27 institutions completed a survey: 87% female, mean age 41 years, mean of 11.5 years in their profession | Cross-sectional |
Authors | Objective | Key Findings |
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Ullevig et al. [20] | To describe lessons learned from the establishment of a community garden and food pantry | Several challenges were identified including high turnover of students and volunteers, lack of awareness of the garden/pantry, lack of capacity for fresh food donations, limited variety of foods offered. Successes included staff involvement for continuity, increased awareness of food insecurity and sustainability within the institution in part due to the social marketing plan |
Frank [22] | To describe experiences and perspectives of students who participated in a pilot of an online program to distribute free food that would otherwise be thrown away | Over 12 months, 451 students enrolled in the pilot program with increasing engagement overtime. Reduced waste of catered foods, normalization of food rescue. The online program was effective, simple and budget friendly. |
Morgan et al. [21] | To implement a food literacy-based curriculum to increase food literacy-based skills and self-efficacy and reduce food insecurity among students enrolled in an established Food Science Laboratory course | Improvements were observed for food literacy-based behaviors, food literacy based self-efficacy and confidence in cooking and food preparation skills. Overall positive experiences in the program. No change in food security was observed (59% high food security at pre-assessment versus 63% at post-assessment). |
Hagedorn et al. [23] | To develop a toolkit for improving food security at higher education institutions based on a literature review and evaluate the toolkit among stakeholders | The toolkit included recommendations on implementation of food pantries, campus gardens, farmers markets, dining and recovery program, mobile applications and policy change. The toolkit was highly rated with respect to layout, content and initiatives/programs included but 50% identified barriers to implementation of the toolkit. |
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Murphy, R.A.; Guo, Y.J.; Cordeiro, H.S.M.P.; Stroshein, S.; Hamilton, C.; Kozicky, S. Food Hubs as a Means to Promote Food Security in Post-Secondary Institutions: A Scoping Review. Nutrients 2022, 14, 3951. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14193951
Murphy RA, Guo YJ, Cordeiro HSMP, Stroshein S, Hamilton C, Kozicky S. Food Hubs as a Means to Promote Food Security in Post-Secondary Institutions: A Scoping Review. Nutrients. 2022; 14(19):3951. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14193951
Chicago/Turabian StyleMurphy, Rachel A., Yu Jacqueline Guo, Heloise Sierra Melo Pinto Cordeiro, Sumara Stroshein, Casey Hamilton, and Sara Kozicky. 2022. "Food Hubs as a Means to Promote Food Security in Post-Secondary Institutions: A Scoping Review" Nutrients 14, no. 19: 3951. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14193951