Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Following Hurricane Harvey in Texas
| dc.contributor.author | Clay, Lauren | |
| dc.contributor.author | Ross, Ashley D. | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-05T22:54:38Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2023-01-05T22:54:38Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2020-01-25 | |
| dc.description.abstract | Food insecurity prevalence among disaster-affected households has been found to be higher than state prevalence in non-disaster times. This study applies a socio-ecological model of post-disaster food insecurity to a nested quota sample (n = 1002) recruited for a web survey from 41 Texas counties affected by Hurricane Harvey 12–15 months post-event. This analysis identifies risk and protective factors for food insecurity. Chi-square analysis was used to examine independent associations between individual, household, and social factors with food insecurity. A multivariate logistic model was fitted and adjusted odds ratios are reported. Economic instability (adjusted odds ratio (OR) 2.43; 95% Confidence Interval (CI) 1.73, 3.41), relocation due to Hurricane Harvey (OR 1.89; CI 1.15, 3.09), major home damage (OR 2.11; CI 1.12, 3.98), non-white race – black (OR 1.79; CI 1.01, 3.18), Hispanic (OR 1.67; CI 1.09, 2.54), other race (OR 4.39; CI 1.96, 9.82) – and community-based organization assistance (1.99; 1.11, 3.58) were risk factors while older age (45–64 years: 0.49; 0.32, 0.73; 65+ years 0.40; 0.22, 0.75), better physical health (0.46; 0.29, 0.71), better mental health (0.46; 0.32, 0.67), and high social support (0.37; 0.25, 0.55) were protective against food insecurity. Disaster policies and programs should address the disproportionate burden on households that relocate or have health conditions. Fostering social support networks, especially among relocated populations, may improve disaster health outcomes. | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | This research was funded by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program, Early Career Research Fellowship (A.R.) and internal research funding from D’Youville College. The APC was funded by the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine Gulf Research Program, Early Career Research Fellowship (L.A.C.). The authors acknowledge Abbey Hotard, graduate of the Master of Marine Resources Management program at Texas A&M University at Galveston, for creation of the map graphic. | en_US |
| dc.description.uri | https://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/17/3/762 | en_US |
| dc.format.extent | 17 pages | en_US |
| dc.genre | journal articles | en_US |
| dc.identifier | doi:10.13016/m234pq-5adl | |
| dc.identifier.citation | Clay, Lauren A., and Ashley D. Ross. 2020. "Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Following Hurricane Harvey in Texas" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 3: 762. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030762 | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17030762 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11603/26579 | |
| dc.language.iso | en_US | en_US |
| dc.publisher | MDPI | en_US |
| dc.relation.isAvailableAt | The University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) | |
| dc.relation.ispartof | UMBC Emergency Health Services Department Collection | |
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| dc.rights | Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | * |
| dc.title | Factors Associated with Food Insecurity Following Hurricane Harvey in Texas | en_US |
| dc.type | Text | en_US |
| dcterms.creator | https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3334-9666 | en_US |