Abstract
Comprehensive assessment of food insecurity across all college community members is lacking. This research surveyed a random sample of an entire campus population at a Northeast University in two surveys (spring 2017, n = 1,037 and fall 2017, n = 1,123). Analysis of variance, t-tests, and multivariable logit models were used to understand food insecurity outcomes and comparisons among groups. The overall rate of food insecurity on campus was 19.6% (spring) and 15.0% (fall). Food insecurity rates were highest among undergraduates, graduate and medical students, and staff as compared to faculty. First generation students and off-campus students were also more likely to be food insecure in both surveys, while people of color were more likely to be food insecure in the spring survey. Findings suggest university members beyond undergraduates also face high rates of food insecurity, which has important implications for efforts to reduce food insecurity on college campuses.
Highlights
Consistent access to a sufficient amount of safe and nutritious food is a fundamental necessity for human health and wellbeing, yet millions of people in the United States experience food insecurity each year
We suggest that future studies consider surveying their entire campus populations, since these results build upon other studies to demonstrate food insecurity is occurring across all campus populations, especially undergraduate, graduate, medical students and staff
While some studies have explored graduate students, to our knowledge this is the first study to survey an entire campus populationundergraduate, graduate, and medical students and faculty and staff. These results suggest that one in five members of the community indicated they have experienced food insecurity, adding to the growing evidence that campus communities are more vulnerable to food insecurity than the general U.S population
Summary
Consistent access to a sufficient amount of safe and nutritious food is a fundamental necessity for human health and wellbeing, yet millions of people in the United States experience food insecurity each year. To date no studies have examined food insecurity rates among all campus populations including graduate and medical students, faculty (defined as professors and lecturers), and staff (other professionals or service workers on campus). To fill this gap in the literature, we surveyed a random sample of an entire campus community at a Northeastern U.S university to understand prevalence and factors associated with food insecurity among all campus populations
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