ArticlePublic health nutrition2022
Food insecurity in Detroit: exploring the relationship between patient-reported food insecurity and proximity to healthful grocery stores.
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- "I Shouldn't Have to Drive to the Suburbs": Grocery Store Access, Transportation, and Food Security in Detroit During the COVID-19 Pandemic.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Perception of the Food Environment and Food Security Levels of Residents of the City of Rio de Janeiro.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2025Article
- Protocol for the Support Application for Food PAntrieS trial: design, implementation, and evaluation plan for a digital application to promote healthy food access and support food pantry operations.Frontiers in public health · 2024Article
- Ecological risk and protective factors for food insufficiency in Los Angeles County during the COVID-19 pandemic.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- A mixed-method systematic review and meta-analysis of the influences of food environments and food insecurity on obesity in high-income countries.Food science & nutrition · 2022Article
- Refining the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) for Healthy Community Stores: Adaptations to Capture Alternative Food Retailers and Align with Dietary Guidelines.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- Balancing Mission and Margins: What Makes Healthy Community Food Stores Successful.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
- In this issue - Food insecurity.Public health nutrition · 2022Article
- A community partnership to evaluate the feasibility of addressing food insecurity among adult patients in an urban healthcare system.Pilot and feasibility studies · 2022Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of the current study was to determine if patients of a large health care system in Detroit who self-identify as food insecure live further away from healthy grocery stores compared with food secure patients. Second, we explored whether food insecurity and distance to healthy grocery stores are related to ecological measures of vehicle availability in the area of residence.
designA secondary data analysis that uses baseline data from a pilot intervention/feasibility study.
settingDetroit, Michigan, USA.
participantsPatients of Henry Ford Health System were screened for food insecurity to determine eligibility for a pilot intervention/feasibility study (i.e. Henry's Groceries for Health), conducted through a collaboration with Gleaners Community Foodbank of Southeastern Michigan. Only patients residing in Detroit city limits (including Highland Park and Hamtramck) were included in the secondary analysis. Of the 1,100 patients included in the analysis, 336 (31 %) were food insecure.
resultsAfter accounting for socio-demographic factors associated with food insecurity, we did not find evidence that food insecure patients lived further away from healthier grocery stores, nor was this modified by ecological measures of vehicle access. However, some neighbourhoods were identified as having a significantly higher risk of food insecurity.
conclusionsFood insecure patients in Detroit are perhaps limited by social and political determinants and not their immediate neighbourhood geography or physical access to healthy grocery stores. Future research should explore the complexity in linkages between household socio-economic factors, socio-cultural dynamics and the neighbourhood food environment.
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