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Understanding patterns of food insecurity and family well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic using daily surveys.

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Steimle, S; Gassman-Pines, A; Johnson, AD; Hines, CT; Ryan, RM
Published in: Child development
September 2021

This paper investigates economic and psychological hardship during the COVID-19 pandemic among a diverse sample (61% Latinx; 16% White; 9% Black; 14% mixed/other race) of socioeconomically disadvantaged parents (90% mothers; mean age = 35 years) and their elementary school-aged children (ages 4-11; 49% female) in rural Pennsylvania (N = 272). Families participating in a local food assistance program reported on food insecurity (FI) and parent and child mood and behavior daily from January to May 2020. Longitudinal models revealed that FI, negative parent and child mood, and child misbehavior significantly increased when schools closed; only FI and parent depression later decreased. FI decreased most among those who received the local food assistance program; Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program receipt uniquely predicted decreases in child FI.

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Child development

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EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

September 2021

Volume

92

Issue

5

Start / End Page

e781 / e797

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Food Insecurity
  • Food Assistance
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child
 

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Steimle, S., Gassman-Pines, A., Johnson, A. D., Hines, C. T., & Ryan, R. M. (2021). Understanding patterns of food insecurity and family well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic using daily surveys. Child Development, 92(5), e781–e797. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13659
Steimle, Samantha, Anna Gassman-Pines, Anna D. Johnson, Caitlin T. Hines, and Rebecca M. Ryan. “Understanding patterns of food insecurity and family well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic using daily surveys.Child Development 92, no. 5 (September 2021): e781–97. https://doi.org/10.1111/cdev.13659.
Steimle S, Gassman-Pines A, Johnson AD, Hines CT, Ryan RM. Understanding patterns of food insecurity and family well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic using daily surveys. Child development. 2021 Sep;92(5):e781–97.
Steimle, Samantha, et al. “Understanding patterns of food insecurity and family well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic using daily surveys.Child Development, vol. 92, no. 5, Sept. 2021, pp. e781–97. Epmc, doi:10.1111/cdev.13659.
Steimle S, Gassman-Pines A, Johnson AD, Hines CT, Ryan RM. Understanding patterns of food insecurity and family well-being amid the COVID-19 pandemic using daily surveys. Child development. 2021 Sep;92(5):e781–e797.
Journal cover image

Published In

Child development

DOI

EISSN

1467-8624

ISSN

0009-3920

Publication Date

September 2021

Volume

92

Issue

5

Start / End Page

e781 / e797

Related Subject Headings

  • SARS-CoV-2
  • Pandemics
  • Male
  • Humans
  • Food Insecurity
  • Food Assistance
  • Female
  • Developmental & Child Psychology
  • Child, Preschool
  • Child