Pediatric Emergency Department-based Food Insecurity Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nearly 60% of survey participants in an urban pediatric ED during the COVID-19 pandemic experienced food insecurity, substantially higher than previous reports. These results support the ED's contributory role in FI screening, particularly during times of a public health crisis, and highlights the need for targeted outreach in this setting.
Authors
- Stephanie Ruest (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-2221-7309)
- Celeste Corcoran
- Linda Nguyen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7165-6678)
- Susan Duffy (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1705-7527)
Institutions
- Brown University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Western Journal of Emergency Medicine
- Published
- 2024-11-21
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.5811/westjem.19488
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00