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Ahmed T, Shane J, Chu C, Edwards A, Verdino J, Caicedo D, Ilieva RT, Jiang K, Brusche D, Wong HY, Yan A, Shay L, Aleong C. "If the college adjusted the prices…": comparing food secure and insecure college students during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Am Coll Health 2024:1-12. [PMID: 38498602 DOI: 10.1080/07448481.2024.2325928] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2023] [Accepted: 02/22/2024] [Indexed: 03/20/2024]
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Objective: We examined how students' food insecurity related to their demographic information, academic experiences, use of food programs, and reflections on food during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants: 246 NYC undergraduates during the first 9 months of the pandemic. Methods: Students reported on food insecurity (eg, USDA's 10-item AFSSM), household income, impact of food insecurity on academics, GPA, and use of food programs. They wrote two food narratives. Results: 135 (54.88%) participants reported high food security; 51 (20.73%) reported low or very low food security. Compared to high food security students, low and very low-security students were more likely to identify as Black and first-generation immigrants, reported lower household income, more frequently used food programs, had a lower GPA, reported more academic difficulties, and wrote more often about financial and programmatic difficulties related to food. Conclusions: Food-insecure students need greater financial, academic, and programmatic support during public health crises.
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Affiliation(s)
- Tanzina Ahmed
- CUNY Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Carleton College, North Field, Minnesota, USA
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- CUNY Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College, New York, New York, USA
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- CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, New York, USA
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- CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- CUNY Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, New York, USA
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- Villanova University, Villanova, Pennsylvania, USA
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Ilieva RT, Fraser KT, Cohen N. From multiple streams to a torrent: A case study of food policymaking and innovations in New York during the COVID-19 emergency. Cities 2023; 136:104222. [PMID: 36879669 PMCID: PMC9977326 DOI: 10.1016/j.cities.2023.104222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2021] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 01/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The COVID-19 pandemic has had significant effects on urban and regional food systems. Local administrations worldwide have been challenged to design and implement policies to mitigate immediate food system disruptions while planning for longer-term equity and resilience. The fast pace and high degree of uncertainty of the pandemic have made systematic tracking and assessment of food system change and related policy responses arduous. To address this gap, this paper applies the multilevel perspective on sociotechnical transitions and the multiple streams framework on policy change to 16 months of food policy (March 2020 through June 2021) during the New York State-issued COVID-19 state of emergency, comprising more than 300 food policies advanced by New York City and State legislators and administrators. Content analysis of these policies revealed the most salient policy areas during this period, the status of legislation, and key programs and budget allocations, as well as local food governance and the organizational spaces within which food policy operates. The paper shows that food policy domains that gained prominence focused on support for food businesses and food workers and on ensuring and expanding food access through food security and nutrition policies. Most COVID-19 food policies were incremental and were limited to the duration of the emergency, yet the crisis allowed for enactment of novel policies that deviated from the common policy issues or the typical scale of changes proposed pre-pandemic. Taken together, and viewed through a multilevel and policy streams framework, the findings provide insight into the trajectory of food policymaking in New York during the pandemic and the areas that food justice activists, researchers, and policy makers should focus on as the COVID-19 pandemic is abated.
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- Rositsa T Ilieva
- CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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- CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy, The City University of New York, New York, NY, USA
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Fraser KT, Ilieva RT, James CJ, Chong VP, Shapiro S, Willingham C, Roberts C, Freudenberg N. Use of environmental scan to assess density, content, and variation of predatory food and beverage marketing in New York City. Health Place 2022; 76:102843. [PMID: 35728454 DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2022.102843] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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To explore the presence of predatory food and beverage marketing in different neighborhoods in New York City (NYC), this study describes the methodology of an outdoor environmental scan of the physical environment. The study was conducted in four NYC neighborhoods over a three-week period, in which pairs of trained researchers canvassed designated neighborhoods to document the presence of food and beverage marketing using photographs taken on digital smart phone devices. Commercial areas in the vicinity of NYC Public Schools and NYC Housing Authority campuses located in four neighborhoods with the highest and lowest nutrition related health indicators were studied: South Bronx, Pelham Throggs Neck, Upper West Side, Chelsea/Greenwich Village. Advertisements were coded against 50+ indicators to quantify pertinent variables including the frequency and content of food and beverages advertised and all forms of predatory marketing observed. Comparisons of prevalence and content of food and beverage advertisements and predatory marketing were made across neighborhoods with the highest and lowest health indicators, using chi-squared analysis, and a significance level of p < 0.05. This article demonstrates a disproportionate presence of predatory marketing in low income NYC neighborhoods with negative health outcomes compared to wealthier neighborhoods. Further, this paper demonstrates the benefits and limitations of using an environmental scan methodology to assess predatory food and beverage marketing in a large urban area such as NYC.
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- Katherine Tomaino Fraser
- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Urban Food Policy Institute, 55 W 125th Street, Room 603, New York City, New York, 10027, United States.
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- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Urban Food Policy Institute, 55 W 125th Street, Room 603, New York City, New York, 10027, United States
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- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Urban Food Policy Institute, 55 W 125th Street, Room 603, New York City, New York, 10027, United States
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- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Urban Food Policy Institute, 55 W 125th Street, Room 603, New York City, New York, 10027, United States
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- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Urban Food Policy Institute, 55 W 125th Street, Room 603, New York City, New York, 10027, United States
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- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Urban Food Policy Institute, 55 W 125th Street, Room 603, New York City, New York, 10027, United States
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- CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, Urban Food Policy Institute, 55 W 125th Street, Room 603, New York City, New York, 10027, United States
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Ahmed T, Ilieva RT, Shane J, Reader S, Aleong C, Wong HY, Chu C, Brusche D, Jiang K, Lopez D, Yan A. A Developing Crisis in Hunger: Food Insecurity within 3 Public Colleges before and during the COVID-19 Pandemic. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 2022. [DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2026853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tanzina Ahmed
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Human Services, CUNY Kingsborough Community College, New York, New York, USA
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- CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, CUNY Brooklyn College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, CUNY Bronx Community College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Health, Physical Education, and Recreation, CUNY Bronx Community College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Public Policy, Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, USA
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- Department of Psychology, CUNY Brooklyn College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, CUNY Brooklyn College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, CUNY Brooklyn College, New York, New York, USA
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- Department of Psychology, CUNY Brooklyn College, New York, New York, USA
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Ahmed T, Ilieva RT, Clarke A, Wong HY. Impact of a Student-Led Food Insecurity Intervention on Diverse Community College Students. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2021.1985030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Tanzina Ahmed
- Department of Behavioral Sciences and Human Services, Kingsborough Community College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, United States of America
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- CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, CUNY Graduate School of Public Health & Health Policy,City University of New York (CUNY), New York, United States of America
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- School of Education, Brooklyn College, City University of New York (CUNY), New York, United States of America
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- Department of Psychology, Columbia University, New York, United States of America
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Ilieva RT. Experiencing Food, Designing Dialogues: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Food Design and Food Studies (EFOOD 2017), Ricardo Bonacho, Alcinda Pinheiro de Sousa, Cláudia Viegas, João Paulo Martins, Maria José Pires and Sara Velez Estêvão
(eds) (2017). International Journal of Food Design 2020. [DOI: 10.1386/ijfd_00006_5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/02/2022] Open
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Review of: Experiencing Food, Designing Dialogues: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Food Design and Food Studies (EFOOD 2017), Ricardo Bonacho, Alcinda Pinheiro de Sousa, Cláudia Viegas, João Paulo Martins, Maria José Pires and Sara Velez
Estêvão (eds) (2017)Leiden: CRC Press, 174 pp.,ISBN 978-1-13857-538-7, h/bk, £120
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- Rositsa T. Ilieva
- CUNY Urban Food Policy Institute, 0000000122985718The City University of New York
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