Collaborating to Assess and Address Food Insecurity on a College Campus: a Case Study at a Mid-Sized, Regional Universit
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Collaborating to Assess and Address Food Insecurity on a College Campus: a Case Study at a Mid-Sized, Regional University Julia Ferrara Waity 1 & Amelia Huelskamp 2 & Jaime Russell 3 # Springer Nature B.V. 2020
Abstract
This study examined a cross-campus collaboration to assess levels of student food insecurity, to identify factors contributing to increased risk for food insecurity, and to determine how to address food insecurity. A random sample of students at a public, mid-sized, regional university were asked to complete an electronic survey about food insecurity and related topics. A majority (65%) indicated being at least marginally food insecure. In terms of strategies to address food insecurity, students were not aware of or did not use food pantries. These findings encouraged the university to engage in a collaborative effort to create a food pantry in support of student wellbeing and positive academic outcomes. Keywords Food insecurity . Food pantry . Collaboration . Prevalence Julia Waity received her M.A. and Ph.D. from Indiana University. She is Associate Professor of Sociology at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her research interests include food insecurity, food access, stratification and inequality, public sociology, and the scholarship of teaching and learning. Amelia Huelskamp received her M.A. from Ohio University and her Ph.D. from the University of Toledo. She is Assistant Professor at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She studies food insecurity, nutrition behaviors, and the effects of service learning on college student development. Jaime Russell received her M.A. from Edinboro University of Pennsylvania and her Ed.D. from the University of North Carolina Wilmington. She is the Director of the Office of Student Leadership and Engagement at the University of North Carolina Wilmington. Her research interests include college student development and success, specifically in the areas of community engagement and leadership development.
* Julia Ferrara Waity [email protected] Amelia Huelskamp [email protected] 1
Department of Sociology and Criminology, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
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School of Health and Applied Human Sciences, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
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Student Leadership and Engagement, University of North Carolina Wilmington, Wilmington, NC 28403, USA
Innovative Higher Education
As institutions of higher learning in the United States become increasingly aware of the problem of food insecurity within their student populations, an increasing number of institutions have taken steps to establish food banks for struggling students (College and University Food Bank Alliance, 2015). Established in 2012, the College and University Food Bank Alliance started out with 13 member institutions. In just six years that number has grown to 545 member institutions, representing schools in all stages of planning, opening, and maintaining an operational campus food bank (College and University Food Bank
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