Neighborhood Food Accessibility and Health Disparity: Examining the Impact of COVID-19 Using Spatial Models

COVID-19 exacerbated food system vulnerabilities globally. This study assesses the impact of shock events on food accessibility in New York City (NYC) by examining its association with neighborhood characteristics between 2019 and 2020. We model food accessibility using socioeconomic and built envir...

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Published in:International regional science review 2024-07, Vol.47 (4), p.443-474
Main Authors: Oh, Sung Eun Sally, Kwon, Daeyoung, Kim, Brian H. S.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Access
Built environment
COVID-19
Econometrics
Ethnic groups
Food
Health disparities
Healthy food
Minority & ethnic groups
Neighborhoods
Pandemics
Urban environments
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Summary:COVID-19 exacerbated food system vulnerabilities globally. This study assesses the impact of shock events on food accessibility in New York City (NYC) by examining its association with neighborhood characteristics between 2019 and 2020. We model food accessibility using socioeconomic and built environment factors, adjusting for spatial effects with spatial econometric models and geographically weighted regression (GWR). Our spatial modeling methods reveal diverging relationships between minority racial/ethnic groups and food accessibility, as well as a negative change in the effect of income. Overall, our results indicate that food accessibility worsened or polarized during the pandemic, suggesting the need for improved network connectivity and smaller-scale food stores to achieve equitable and resilient food systems.
ISSN:0160-0176
1552-6925
DOI:10.1177/01600176231214205