Understanding the Reasons Why Patients With Food Insecurity Decline Social Assistance at a Large Academic Medical Center
Strategies to connect patients with food assistance must target multiple levels, including improving assistance methods, increasing provider knowledge, and prioritizing patient comfort.
Authors
- Julia A. Wolfson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9155-2609)
- Alicia J. Cohen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3859-6164)
- Jennifer T. Lee (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9108-0610)
- Cindy W. Leung (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6718-3487)
- Minal Patel (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3400-5155)
- Alexander Connelley
- Wei Hao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5367-1479)
- Markell Miller (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-6045-7091)
- Abigail Young
- Eileen Spring
Institutions
- Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Johns Hopkins University (US)
- Brown University (US)
- University of Michigan (US)
- Providence VA Medical Center (US)
- Center for Innovation (US)
- Ann Arbor Center for Independent Living (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- AJPM Focus
- Published
- 2025-02-07
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.focus.2025.100320
- Citations
- 2
- Primary Topic
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 5.63
Funders
- U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs
- Health Services Research and Development
- National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases