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Direct linkWilcox, Melanie; Baker, Camille; Burish, Emily; Arnold, Renissa; Cherry, Megan; Moss, Tierra – Journal of Student Affairs Research and Practice, 2022
Food insecurity (FI) is a leading public health concern yet is understudied amongst postsecondary students. A substantial proportion (34.4%) of our student sample reported FI; Black, low-SES, and low-SES women students were most likely to experience FI; and FI was related to poorer academic, health, and stress outcomes. Employee awareness was low,…
Descriptors: Food, Hunger, Poverty, Public Health
Powell, Russell; Klaver, Ellen – College Student Journal, 2022
Research has shown that dietary patterns and obesity are associated with cognitive deficits. The present study examined the extent to which undergraduate students' tendency to overeat was associated with difficulties in cognitive functioning. Participants (n = 300) completed an online survey that assessed the relationship of dietary patterns to…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Eating Habits, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Ability
Download full textRP Group, 2023
In spring 2023, The Research and Planning Group for California Community Colleges (The RP Group) partnered with the CEO Affordability, Food & Housing Access Taskforce of the Community College League of California (CCLC) to assist in survey data collection efforts and provide updated data trends regarding California Community College (CCC)…
Descriptors: Community College Students, Student Needs, Food, Housing
Robinson, Kristen L. – ProQuest LLC, 2023
Food insecurity, housing insecurity, and homelessness are pervasive issues within the United States. Research conducted to understand the extent to which college students specifically experience food and housing insecurity indicates a relationship between unmet basic needs and negative educational outcomes. Both higher education institutions and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, School Holding Power, Student Needs, Relationship
Rechelle L. Pearlman – ProQuest LLC, 2023
The problem addressed by this study was how food insecurity influences the school environment and student academic achievement in grades kindergarten through eight (K-8). This qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore how K-8 school leaders describe the influence of food insecurity on K-8 students' school environment and academic achievement.…
Descriptors: Administrators, Elementary School Teachers, Middle School Teachers, Food
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
Craig Gundersen – Journal of Applied Research on Children, 2023
Food insecurity is the leading indicator of well-being for vulnerable children in the United States due to the magnitude of the problem (9.3 million in 2021) and the associated numerous negative health and other consequences. Given the magnitude of food insecurity and its health consequences, food insecurity is a leading contributor to health…
Descriptors: Access to Health Care, Disadvantaged, Food, Hunger
Sarita Cargas; Tammy Thomas – International Journal of Human Rights Education, 2024
There have now been fifteen years of research on the basic needs of college students in the U.S. The studies have primarily focused on assessing the prevalence of food and housing insecurity. Determining who is responsible and finding solutions have been less emphasized. The scholarship has also not framed the problems of students' basic needs…
Descriptors: College Students, Student Needs, Civil Rights, Hunger
Susheela Ismail; Nurfarhana Diana Mohd Nor; Nurul Fadhilah Abdullah – Southeast Asia Early Childhood, 2024
Globally, malnutrition is an issue that has never been overcome, even after a series of efforts by experts, which have never been impressive. The world's malnutrition burden remains unsatisfactory since malnutrition is solely responsible for more illnesses than other reasons. Malnutrition continues to be a significant problem in Malaysia. The most…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Mothers, Toddlers, Preschool Children
Dimitra Hartas – European Journal of Psychology and Educational Research, 2024
This study used the COVID Social Mobility and Opportunities (COSMO) Study to examine home learning and parent attitudes to education during COVID-19 in relation to demographic and household financial circumstances and parent educational aspirations. The findings showed that White, female, and degree-educated parents were more likely than their…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Parent Participation, Gender Differences
Khomkrit Bunkhiao; Jidapa Koomklang; Wee Rawang; Seree Woraphong – Journal of Education and Learning, 2024
The objective of this research is twofold: firstly, to examine the level of local food security and the community members' understanding of environmental education; and secondly, to develop a model that enhances local food security by implementing the environmental education practices of the community residents. Utilized mixed-methods research.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Food, Hunger, Regional Characteristics
Carmen Shurtleff – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2024
Research consistently describes the large percentage of community college students who struggle to meet their basic needs such as food and housing. These challenges may be exacerbated for students in rural communities. At the same time, we are also learning more about the connection between addressing students' basic needs and improving their…
Descriptors: Food Service, Rural Colleges, Community College Students, Hunger
Turner, Victoria E.; Demissie, Zewditu; Sliwa, Sarah A.; Clayton, Heather B. – Journal of School Health, 2022
Background: Studies show that food insecurity is associated with adverse health behaviors for children and adults. However, published data among adolescents are limited. The objective of this study was to examine the association between food insecurity and substance use behaviors among US high school students. Methods: Data from the 2017 Youth…
Descriptors: Hunger, High School Students, Health Behavior, Drug Abuse
Dykens, Elisabeth M.; Roof, Elizabeth; Hunt-Hawkins, Hailee – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2022
Background: Despite work on the self-identities of people with intellectual disabilities, research has yet to describe the self-perceptions of people with Prader-Willi syndrome (PWS). The perspectives of those with PWS are also important for rapidly evolving clinical trials aimed at treating symptoms of PWS. Method: Twenty-one young people with…
Descriptors: Genetic Disorders, Self Concept, Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Hunger
Schonberger, H. Lester; Yang, Lily L.; Chase, Melissa; Drape, Tiffany; Misyak, Sarah; Boyer, Renee – Journal of Extension, 2022
Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) educators are uniquely positioned to support the food recovery organizations (FROs) which address hunger-related needs resulting from food insecurity. Based on an online survey to measure how VCE educators have engaged with FROs and their experiences, respondents who previously supported FROs did so across…
Descriptors: Extension Education, Extension Agents, Hunger, Food
