Food Insecurity Screening and Referral Practices of Pediatric Clinicians in Metropolitan Washington, DC
Immediately after the release of the AAP Policy Statement, it was found that few pediatric clinicians appropriately and frequently screened for FI in our regional sample. Our data emphasize the common misconceptions held by clinicians around FI and the necessity to incorporate training that underscores the invisibility of FI along with effective techniques to screen and intervene.
Authors
- Michael P. Burke (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6704-2294)
- Kofi Essel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7320-9855)
- William H. Dietz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6972-0925)
- Laura Fischer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1314-3911)
- Mark Weissman
Institutions
- Milken Institute (US)
- Children's National (US)
- University of South Carolina (US)
- George Washington University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Children
- Published
- 2024-09-23
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3390/children11091147
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.55