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Direct linkLauren M. Dinour; Manar Alsaidi; Christopher Snyder – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To explore how university students' dietary intakes changed during COVID-19, and whether these changes differed by food security status. Participants: Six hundred students attending a New Jersey public university. Methods: A cross-sectional online survey asked about student intake. Food security status was measured using the 18-item US…
Descriptors: College Students, COVID-19, Pandemics, Eating Habits
Emily Berger; Jenna Larsen; Nicholas Freudenberg; Heidi E. Jones – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: To test the association between food insecurity and educational disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of anxiety or depression in mediating this association. Participants: Representative sample of 2,282 City University of New York students. Methods: Using an April 2020 online survey, we estimated adjusted prevalence ratios…
Descriptors: Hunger, COVID-19, Pandemics, Anxiety
Soldavini, Jessica; Andrew, Hazael; Berner, Maureen – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2022
The majority of studies on food insecurity among college students in the United States have found higher rates than the general population. International students make up an important group of U.S. college students yet have not been the focus of past research on food insecurity. This study estimated the prevalence of and identified characteristics…
Descriptors: College Students, Foreign Students, Food, Hunger
Casley R. Matthews; Augusto X. Rodriguez; Laura S. Kabiri; Amanda M. Perkins-Ball; Heidi Y. Perkins; Cassandra S. Diep – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study assessed the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on college students' nutrition, including dietary behaviors and food security status. Participants: Participants included 140 students between 18 and 25 years of age, who were enrolled in a college or university in the greater Houston area. Methods: Analyses included descriptive…
Descriptors: Hunger, COVID-19, Pandemics, College Students
Miriam C. Kopels; Eric C. Shattuck; Jennifer Rocha; Casey J. Roulette – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: To examine the impact of the pandemic on a sample of college students, and test associations with food security and mental distress. Participants: A convenience sample of 132 students from a diverse U.S. institution. Methods: This is a cross-sectional study that utilized online surveys. Data was analyzed using X[superscript 2], binary…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Mental Health, College Students
Leah E. Daigle; Raven B. Muñoz; Katelyn P. Hancock – Journal of School Violence, 2024
A small body of research has identified a positive relationship between food insecurity and victimization risk, including intimate partner violence and sexual violence victimization as well as experiencing and witnessing childhood violence in the home. The question remains whether food insecurity is related to sexual victimization among college…
Descriptors: College Students, Food, Hunger, Sexual Abuse
Download full textAlan Perez; Sam Ayers; Jennifer Hogg; Johanna Lacoe; Jesse Rothstein – California Policy Lab, 2025
College students are more likely to be food insecure than the general population. CalFresh (SNAP) food benefits can reduce hunger by helping low-income students pay for their food. This is particularly relevant as the rising cost of food is putting extra strain on students' budgets. Unfortunately, the administrative hurdles and time required to…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Food, Low Income Students
Amos Jeng; Elise M. McCarren; Alejandro J. Suñé – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study explored the relationship between weekly hours worked and food security among full-time college students in the United States, as well as the extent to which this relationship depends on racial identity and regional location. Participants/Methods: We performed a secondary analysis of data from 1,450 full-time college students…
Descriptors: Hunger, Food, Part Time Employment, Student Employment
Chandra R. Story; Elizabeth Ann Smith; Idethia Shevon Harvey; Garvita Thareja; Jasmine Hayes – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Food insecurity has broad detrimental impacts on college students, including failing grades, depression, and social disconnection. Social disconnection is concerning as students often use various support resources to manage food insecurity. Racial disparities in food insecurity are well documented in the literature. The purpose of the current…
Descriptors: Hunger, College Students, Social Support Groups, Predictor Variables
Julia N. Soulakova; Lisa J. Crockett; Mary Schmidt-Owens; Eric W. Schrimshaw – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Since the pandemic started, food insecurity has become a more serious issue for U.S. college students. The study goals were to evaluate whether pandemic-specific stress contributes to current food insecurity (as of February-March of 2022) and to determine which student characteristics are associated with food insecurity. We used the 2022 Spring…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Financial Problems, Hunger
Amanda L. Mollet; Eugene T. Parker III – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2024
This quantitative study examined the material hardships experiences of LGBTQ students at research universities. Using a series of regression analyses, we find relationships between students' sexual identity and experiencing material hardship, including differential relationships when disaggregating by sexual orientation. These results identify…
Descriptors: LGBTQ People, College Students, Research Universities, Barriers
Melissa D. Olfert; Rebecca L. Hagedorn-Hatfield; Bailey Houghtaling; Monica K. Esquivel; Lanae B. Hood; Lillian MacNell; Jessica Soldavini; Maureen Berner; Mateja R. Savoie Roskos; Melanie D. Hingle; Georgianna R. Mann; Julia F. Waity; Linda L. Knol; Jennifer Walsh; Valerie Kern-Lyons; Christopher Paul; Keith Pearson; Jeannine R. Goetz; Marsha Spence; Elizabeth Anderson-Steeves; Elizabeth D. Wall-Bassett; J. Porter Lillis; E. Brooke Kelly; Adam Hege; Mary Catherine Fontenot; Patricia Coleman – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objectives: To quantify the number and type of students failing to secure basic needs. Participants: Students attending 22 postsecondary schools in the United States in Fall 2019. Methods: The Adult Food Security Module and part of the #RealCollege Survey were used to measure food and housing insecurity, respectively. Logistic and linear…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Housing, Homeless People
Adamovic, Emilie; Newton, Peter; House, Veronica – Journal of American College Health, 2022
Objective: Students are at risk of food insecurity. We aimed to determine: the prevalence of food insecurity among students; the variables associated with student food insecurity; and appropriate solutions. Participants: We collected data from 339 students at a large state university in the western United States between December 2016 and February…
Descriptors: Hunger, Incidence, College Students, At Risk Students
Gammon, Catherine; Van Camp, Cailyn; Harkema, Julie; Summers, Joelle; Leighton, Paul; Moraniec, Haley – Journal of American College Health, 2023
Objective: Describe trends in usage and shoppers of Eastern Michigan University's (EMU) food pantry over four academic years. Participants: Shoppers of EMU's pantry between September 2015 and April 2019. Methods: Data come from shopper questionnaires and pantry records of daily visits and food distribution. Descriptive statistics, t-tests, and…
Descriptors: College Students, Hunger, Food, Student Personnel Services
Heather R. Batchelder; Connor Drake; Tyler Johnson; Jorge M. Alfaro; Ruth Gilliam Phillips; Thomas Szigethy; Marina DelVecchio; Kate Zhang; Ralph Snyderman – Journal of American College Health, 2025
Objective: Identify the prevalence of food insecurity (FI) and compare sociodemographic, mental, physical, behavioral, and environmental risk factors for FI among students at a private university, community college, and historically black college or university (HBCU). Participants: Adult students attending a private university, community college,…
Descriptors: College Students, At Risk Persons, Hunger, Socioeconomic Status
