College campus food pantry program evaluation: What barriers do students face to access on-campus food pantries?

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dc.contributor.authorBrito-Silva, Francilia de K.
dc.contributor.authorWang, Wanyi
dc.contributor.authorMoore, Carolyn E.
dc.contributor.authorWarren, Cynthia
dc.contributor.authorMiketinas, Derek C.
dc.contributor.authorTucker, Wesley J.
dc.contributor.authorDavis, Kathleen E.
dc.creator.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-1142-3004
dc.date.accessioned2023-03-09T19:54:24Z
dc.date.available2023-03-09T19:54:24Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.descriptionArticle originally published by Nutrients, 14(14), 2807. Published online 2022. https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142807
dc.description.abstractThe purpose of this study was to explore barriers Texas Woman’s University (TWU) students face in accessing on-campus food pantries. This cross-sectional, survey-based study was conducted in Fall 2021. Students’ use of the food pantries and barriers to utilization, including qualitative questions, were evaluated using descriptive statistics and thematic analyses. Students (n = 529) completed the survey. Despite a high prevalence of food insecurity (49.2%), most students reported never using the pantries (89.8%). Almost half of the students were unaware that these pantries existed on campus (47.8%). More than one in four students believed there were barriers to accessing the pantries, with time tissues, lack of transportation, limited food pantry hours of operation, and social stigma most commonly cited as major barriers to access. Food insecurity remains an urgent problem at TWU since the prevalence has remained high since 2019 despite the institutions’ efforts to reduce it. One of those resources has not been utilized as expected, which might impede improvements in food security among students. TWU on-campus food pantries can use these findings to address major barriers by offering after-hours access through the libraries or campus police, partnering with public transportation, and normalizing accessing food assistance.en_US
dc.identifier.citationThis is the published version of an article that is available at https://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142807. Recommended citation: Brito-Silva, F. de, Wang, W., Moore, C. E., Warren, C., Miketinas, D. C., Tucker, W. J., & Davis, K. E. (2022). College campus food pantry program evaluation: What barriers do students face to access on-campus food pantries? Nutrients, 14(14), 2807. This item has been deposited in accordance with publisher copyright and licensing terms and with the author’s permission.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11274/14638
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.3390/nu14142807
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherMDPIen_US
dc.rights.licenseCC BY 4.0
dc.subjectFood securityen_US
dc.subjectFood insecurityen_US
dc.subjectCollege studentsen_US
dc.subjectFood pantryen_US
dc.subjectOn-campus food pantriesen_US
dc.subjectHungryen_US
dc.subjectBarriersen_US
dc.subjectFood pantry barriersen_US
dc.titleCollege campus food pantry program evaluation: What barriers do students face to access on-campus food pantries?en_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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