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Nanette Stroebele-benschop - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact of a smoking cessation program on smoking prevalence and Food security among Food pantry users - a study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.
BMC public health, 2020Co-Authors: Anja Simmet, Michael Teut, Romy Schleicher, Andreas Bschaden, Nanette Stroebele-benschopAbstract:BACKGROUND: Among Food pantry users there is a high prevalence of both smoking and Food insecurity, which may be related to one another. This study aims to evaluate the impact of a smoking cessation program carried out in Food Pantries on the smoking status and the Food security status of Food pantry users. METHODS / DESIGN: Before starting the cluster randomised controlled trial, stakeholders will be engaged to adapt a behavioural group counselling program for smoking cessation to the needs of the Food pantry users in a pre study. Food pantry users and workers as well as other experts, such as smoking cessation trainers, social workers, and psychologists, will be involved, using the world cafe technique and telephone interviews and a qualitative thematic analysis for data analysis to design the concept of the intervention program will be applied. In the second phase, the impact of the intervention on the smoking status and on Food insecurity will be investigated by a cluster randomised controlled trial. A total of 416 Food pantry users across 32 clusters (Food Pantries) in Berlin, Germany, should be recruited and randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the waiting list control group. The intervention will consist of a behavioural group counselling program for smoking cessation, specially tailored for Food pantry users, as well as optional nicotine replacement therapy and the implementation of environmental smoking reduction measures in the Food Pantries. The primary outcomes 6 months after the treatment will be self-reported continuous smoking abstinence, validated by exhaled carbon monoxide (< 10 ppm of carbon monoxide), and increased Food security level (the percentage of participants with an improved Food security level). DISCUSSION: This study will be the first long-term investigation into the effect of a smoking cessation program on smoking status and Food insecurity. The results of this study will inform the implementation of smoking cessation programs in Food Pantries throughout Germany. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Prospectively registered DRKS00020037 . Registered 29 April 2020.
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The Nutritional Quality of Food Provided from Food Pantries: A Systematic Review of Existing Literature.
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2016Co-Authors: Anja Simmet, Julia Depa, Peter Tinnemann, Nanette Stroebele-benschopAbstract:Abstract Background In many affluent countries, Food-insecure households use Food Pantries to keep their family fed. The long-term dependence of many users on these programs calls for a systematic review of studies on the nutritional quality of Food provided by Food Pantries. Objective The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the current scientific evidence about the nutritional quality of Food bags distributed by Food Pantries. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in the electronic databases PubMed, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Psychology Behavioral Sciences Collection to identify cross-sectional, cohort, and intervention studies reporting baseline data conducted in high-income countries and published between 1980 and 2015, which reported the nutritional quality of Food bags distributed by Food Pantries. Identified citations were screened in two stages and data were independently extracted by two authors using a predefined data sheet. The quality of included studies was evaluated using criteria of an adapted Ottawa Scale. The systematic review was reported in accordance to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Results Applying the two-stage screening, 9 of 1,546 articles were identified for inclusion. Nutritional quality of Food bags varied widely between and within studies. Milk products, vitamins A and C, and calcium were provided in particularly low amounts. None of the studies were nationally representative and only a few studies controlled for the household composition of the recipients of Food bags. Conclusion Food Pantries likely have a strong influence on users' diets, but the Food Pantries examined in the selected studies were largely unable to support healthy diets. The distribution of more perishable Foods would increase users' diet quality and may have an immense potential to address malnutrition in vulnerable population groups.
Anja Simmet - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Impact of a smoking cessation program on smoking prevalence and Food security among Food pantry users - a study protocol for a pragmatic cluster randomised controlled trial.
BMC public health, 2020Co-Authors: Anja Simmet, Michael Teut, Romy Schleicher, Andreas Bschaden, Nanette Stroebele-benschopAbstract:BACKGROUND: Among Food pantry users there is a high prevalence of both smoking and Food insecurity, which may be related to one another. This study aims to evaluate the impact of a smoking cessation program carried out in Food Pantries on the smoking status and the Food security status of Food pantry users. METHODS / DESIGN: Before starting the cluster randomised controlled trial, stakeholders will be engaged to adapt a behavioural group counselling program for smoking cessation to the needs of the Food pantry users in a pre study. Food pantry users and workers as well as other experts, such as smoking cessation trainers, social workers, and psychologists, will be involved, using the world cafe technique and telephone interviews and a qualitative thematic analysis for data analysis to design the concept of the intervention program will be applied. In the second phase, the impact of the intervention on the smoking status and on Food insecurity will be investigated by a cluster randomised controlled trial. A total of 416 Food pantry users across 32 clusters (Food Pantries) in Berlin, Germany, should be recruited and randomly assigned to either the intervention group or the waiting list control group. The intervention will consist of a behavioural group counselling program for smoking cessation, specially tailored for Food pantry users, as well as optional nicotine replacement therapy and the implementation of environmental smoking reduction measures in the Food Pantries. The primary outcomes 6 months after the treatment will be self-reported continuous smoking abstinence, validated by exhaled carbon monoxide (< 10 ppm of carbon monoxide), and increased Food security level (the percentage of participants with an improved Food security level). DISCUSSION: This study will be the first long-term investigation into the effect of a smoking cessation program on smoking status and Food insecurity. The results of this study will inform the implementation of smoking cessation programs in Food Pantries throughout Germany. TRIAL REGISTRATION: Prospectively registered DRKS00020037 . Registered 29 April 2020.
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The Nutritional Quality of Food Provided from Food Pantries: A Systematic Review of Existing Literature.
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2016Co-Authors: Anja Simmet, Julia Depa, Peter Tinnemann, Nanette Stroebele-benschopAbstract:Abstract Background In many affluent countries, Food-insecure households use Food Pantries to keep their family fed. The long-term dependence of many users on these programs calls for a systematic review of studies on the nutritional quality of Food provided by Food Pantries. Objective The purpose of this systematic review was to summarize the current scientific evidence about the nutritional quality of Food bags distributed by Food Pantries. Methods A systematic literature search was conducted in the electronic databases PubMed, PsycINFO, PsycARTICLES, and Psychology Behavioral Sciences Collection to identify cross-sectional, cohort, and intervention studies reporting baseline data conducted in high-income countries and published between 1980 and 2015, which reported the nutritional quality of Food bags distributed by Food Pantries. Identified citations were screened in two stages and data were independently extracted by two authors using a predefined data sheet. The quality of included studies was evaluated using criteria of an adapted Ottawa Scale. The systematic review was reported in accordance to the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement. Results Applying the two-stage screening, 9 of 1,546 articles were identified for inclusion. Nutritional quality of Food bags varied widely between and within studies. Milk products, vitamins A and C, and calcium were provided in particularly low amounts. None of the studies were nationally representative and only a few studies controlled for the household composition of the recipients of Food bags. Conclusion Food Pantries likely have a strong influence on users' diets, but the Food Pantries examined in the selected studies were largely unable to support healthy diets. The distribution of more perishable Foods would increase users' diet quality and may have an immense potential to address malnutrition in vulnerable population groups.
Marlene B. Schwartz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Food Pantries select healthier Foods after nutrition information is available on their Food bank s ordering platform
Public Health Nutrition, 2020Co-Authors: Katie S. Martin, Marlene B. SchwartzAbstract:OBJECTIVE In the USA, community-based Food Pantries provide free groceries to people struggling with Food insecurity. Many Pantries obtain Food from regional Food banks using an online shopping platform. A Food bank introduced a visible nutrition rank (i.e. green, yellow or red) onto its platform. The hypothesis was that pantry orders would increase for the healthiest options (green) and decrease for the least healthy options (red). DESIGN Interrupted time series (ITS) analysis of a natural experiment. Monthly data included nutrition ranks of available inventory and itemised records of all products ordered during the 15-month baseline period and 14-month intervention. SETTING A New England Food bank. PARTICIPANTS The twenty-five largest Food Pantries in the network based on pounds of Food ordered. RESULTS Descriptive analyses of 63 922 pantry ordering records before and after the visible ranks identified an increase in the proportion of green items ordered (39·3-45·4 %) and a decrease in the proportion of red items ordered (10·5-5·1 %). ITS analyses controlling for monthly changes in inventory available and pantry variables indicated that average monthly orders of green items increased by 1286 pounds (P < 0·001) and red orders decreased by 631 pounds (P = 0·045). Among the largest changes were increases in orders of fresh produce, brown rice, low-fat dairy and low-fat meats and decreases in orders of sugary juice drinks, canned fruit with added sugar, higher fat dairy and higher fat meats. CONCLUSIONS This promising practice can support system-wide efforts to promote healthier Foods within the Food banking network.
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Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP): changes to inventory in six Food Pantries over one year
Journal of Public Health, 2020Co-Authors: Kristen Cooksey Stowers, Katie S. Martin, Margaret Read, Michelle Mccabe, Talea Cornelius, Michele Wolff, Marlene B. SchwartzAbstract:The aim of the Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP) system is to rank, label, and organize Food pantry items according to whether they should be consumed often (green), sometimes (yellow), or rarely (red), using a stoplight system in accordance with the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This study assessed the nutritional quality of inventory available at six Food Pantries before and after implementing SWAP. The hypothesis was that the intervention would encourage efforts to procure healthier Foods. Six Food Pantries participated in the study. At baseline, the inventory was assessed over 4 weeks in the summer of 2016. The percentage of red, yellow, and green Foods was calculated by Food category. The intervention was implemented from October 2016 to June 2017. The follow-up inventory assessment occurred during 4 weeks in the summer of 2017. Multivariate regression analyses were performed to assess whether the nutritional quality of Food pantry inventory (measured by SWAP rank) improved post-intervention, adjusting for time trends and Food category fixed effects. Results revealed that post-intervention, the average weekly pantry inventory contained 28.35 (p = .037) more pounds of green Food in each Food category. There were no significant changes in the pounds of yellow (β = 13.77, p = .31) or red (β = −2.89, p = .78) Food available. One year post-intervention, the nutritional quality of Food pantry inventories improved. These findings support continued structural changes to promote healthy Food access to people experiencing Food insecurity.
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Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP): changes to inventory in six Food Pantries over one year
Journal of Public Health, 2020Co-Authors: Kristen Cooksey Stowers, Katie S. Martin, Margaret Read, Michelle Mccabe, Talea Cornelius, Michele Wolff, Marlene B. SchwartzAbstract:Background The aim of the Supporting Wellness at Pantries (SWAP) system is to rank, label, and organize Food pantry items according to whether they should be consumed often (green), sometimes (yellow), or rarely (red), using a stoplight system in accordance with the 2015–2020 Dietary Guidelines for Americans. This study assessed the nutritional quality of inventory available at six Food Pantries before and after implementing SWAP. The hypothesis was that the intervention would encourage efforts to procure healthier Foods. Methods Six Food Pantries participated in the study. At baseline, the inventory was assessed over 4 weeks in the summer of 2016. The percentage of red, yellow, and green Foods was calculated by Food category. The intervention was implemented from October 2016 to June 2017. The follow-up inventory assessment occurred during 4 weeks in the summer of 2017. Multivariate regression analyses were performed to assess whether the nutritional quality of Food pantry inventory (measured by SWAP rank) improved post-intervention, adjusting for time trends and Food category fixed effects. Results Results revealed that post-intervention, the average weekly pantry inventory contained 28.35 ( p = .037) more pounds of green Food in each Food category. There were no significant changes in the pounds of yellow (β = 13.77, p = .31) or red (β = −2.89, p = .78) Food available. Conclusions One year post-intervention, the nutritional quality of Food pantry inventories improved. These findings support continued structural changes to promote healthy Food access to people experiencing Food insecurity.
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Client Preferences for Nutrition Interventions in Food Pantries
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, 2018Co-Authors: Kristen Cooksey-stowers, Katie S. Martin, Marlene B. SchwartzAbstract:A racial and ethnically diverse sample of clients (N = 230) visiting four Food Pantries were surveyed about: (a) their level of support for interventions designed to promote healthy Food choices in...
Jackson P Sekhobo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Relation between annual trends in Food pantry use and long-term unemployment in New York State, 2002-2012.
American journal of public health, 2015Co-Authors: Gene Shackman, Lynn S Edmunds, Lewis Clarke, Jackson P SekhoboAbstract:We examined the correlation between trends in meals provided through Food Pantries and long-term unemployment from 2002 through 2012. The New York State Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program provided about 192 million meals through Food Pantries in 2012-double the number before the Great Recession. Annual Food pantry use was strongly correlated with long-term unemployment and remained on an upward trend from 2006 through 2012, even after the Great Recession had ended. These findings suggest that efforts to reduce hunger and Food insecurity should continue to be priorities.
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Relation Between Annual Trends in Food Pantry Use and Long-Term Unemployment in New York State, 2002–2012
American Journal of Public Health, 2015Co-Authors: Gene Shackman, Lynn S Edmunds, Lewis Clarke, Jackson P SekhoboAbstract:We examined the correlation between trends in meals provided through Food Pantries and long-term unemployment from 2002 through 2012. The New York State Hunger Prevention and Nutrition Assistance Program provided about 192 million meals through Food Pantries in 2012—double the number before the Great Recession. Annual Food pantry use was strongly correlated with long-term unemployment and remained on an upward trend from 2006 through 2012, even after the Great Recession had ended. These findings suggest that efforts to reduce hunger and Food insecurity should continue to be priorities.
Jackie Hendrickson - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Nudging Urban Food Pantry Users in Utah Toward Healthier Choices.
Health promotion practice, 2020Co-Authors: Casey Coombs, Mateja R. Savoie-roskos, Heidi Leblanc, Julie Gast, Jackie HendricksonAbstract:Purpose. To evaluate the impact of a nudge program on Food pantry clients’ self-reported selection and use of healthy Foods. Method. A convenience sample of clients of six urban Food Pantries in Ut...