Relation between annual trends in food pantry use and long-term unemployment in New York State, 2002-2012

We examined the correlation between trends in meals provided through food pantries and long-term unemployment from 2002 through 2012. The New York State Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program provided about 192 million meals through food pantries in 2012-double the number before the Grea...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:American journal of public health (1971) 2015-03, Vol.105 (3), p.e63-e65
Main Authors: Shackman, Gene, Yu, Chengxuan, Edmunds, Lynn S, Clarke, Lewis, Sekhobo, Jackson P
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Economic conditions
Economic Recession - statistics & numerical data
Economic recovery
Food
Food Assistance - economics
Food Assistance - trends
Food Assistance - utilization
Food programs
Food security
Food Services - economics
Food Services - trends
Food Services - utilization
Food Supply - economics
Great Recession
Humanitarian aid
Humans
Hunger
Meals
New York
Nutrition
Nutrition/Food
Online Research and Practice
Per capita
Public health
Recessions
Regression Analysis
Socioeconomic Factors
Trends
Unemployment
Unemployment - statistics & numerical data
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:We examined the correlation between trends in meals provided through food pantries and long-term unemployment from 2002 through 2012. The New York State Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program provided about 192 million meals through food pantries in 2012-double the number before the Great Recession. Annual food pantry use was strongly correlated with long-term unemployment and remained on an upward trend from 2006 through 2012, even after the Great Recession had ended. These findings suggest that efforts to reduce hunger and food insecurity should continue to be priorities.
ISSN:0090-0036
1541-0048
DOI:10.2105/AJPH.2014.302382