Emergency Department Food Insecurity Screening, Food Voucher Distribution and Utilization: A Prospective Cohort Study
A high proportion of participants screened positive for food insecurity and accepted food vouchers; however, less than half of all vouchers were redeemed at the co-located food market. These results imply ED food voucher distribution for food insecurity is feasible, but co-location of resources alone may be insufficient in addressing the social risk and alludes to a limited understanding of facilitators and barriers to resource utilization following ED-based social needs screening.
Authors
- Kevin Walters (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5718-5734)
- Alexander Ulintz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8972-7614)
- Peter S. Pang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3444-2811)
- Michael S. Lyons (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4774-1899)
- Tyler J Stepsis
- Seema S. Patel
- Katherine Anderson
Institutions
- Indiana University School of Medicine
- The Ohio State University (US)
- Indiana University – Purdue University Indianapolis (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-09-19
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.18513
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00