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ArticlePublic health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974)

Food Worry in the Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Population During the COVID-19 Pandemic.

Alina Engelman, Raylene Paludneviciene, Kathryn Wagner, Katja Jacobs, Poorna Kushalnagar

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Article in Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974). The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8citing papers in PubMed
2.4field-weighted citation impact, top 9% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. When Education Pays Less: Psychological Well-Being, Financial Strain, and Social Support Among Deaf Adults.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2026
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  2. Disparate impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on deaf college students.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2025
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Alina Engelman14667 Department of Health Sciences, California State University, East Bay, Hayward, CA, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-2097-7121
Raylene Paludneviciene8366 Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA.
Kathryn Wagner8366 Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA.
Katja Jacobs8366 Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA.
Poorna Kushalnagar8366 Department of Psychology, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-8658-6932
Gallaudet University · USCalifornia State University, East Bay · US

Funding

Quality of Life and Needs of Deaf/Hard of Hearing CaregiversR01DC014463 · NIDCD · ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY · PI KUSHALNAGAR, POORNA · 2015 to 2020
$2.5M
NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC014463NIH HHS 3R01 DC014463-05S4
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThe coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID) pandemic has highlighted preexisting health disparities, including food insecurity, in the deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) population. We examined factors associated with food worry during the COVID-19 pandemic.

methodsWe collected survey data on worry about food shortages, worry about contracting COVID-19, and concerns about DHH people staying home and being lonely from April 17 through May 1, 2020, via a bilingual American Sign Language/English online survey platform. The sample consisted of 537 DHH adults living in the United States. We examined the relationship between demographic characteristics and food worry. We used logistic regression and model fitting to predict the likelihood of experiencing food worry.

resultsThe mean (SD) age of survey respondents was 47 (16), and 25% of the sample identified as people of color. Forty-two percent of survey respondents had a high level of food worry. Increased worry about contracting COVID-19 and concerns about DHH people staying home and being lonely among DHH younger adults or those without a college degree predicted food worry. Gender and race/ethnicity did not contribute to the model for food worry.

conclusionsFood worry was explained by multiple, intersecting factors, including demographic variables, worry about contracting COVID-19, and concerns about loneliness. Interventions or programs implemented by DHH-serving organizations as well as government programs, social service providers, and food banks should be fully accessible to subgroups of DHH young adults without a college degree who are at risk for food insecurity.

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Food InsecurityAdultAnxietyCOVID-19Educational StatusHumansMiddle AgedPersons with Hearing DisabilitiesSign LanguageUnited StatesCOVID-19deaffood securitysign languageworry

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PMID33296264
PMCPMC8093837
OpenAlexW3112854726

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