ArticlePublic health nutrition2022
Risk factors for Veteran food insecurity: findings from a National US Department of Veterans Affairs Food Insecurity Screener.
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- An Evidence Map of the Women Veterans' Health Literature, 2016 to 2023: A Systematic Review.JAMA network open · 2025Pooled it
- "It Would be a Burden off My Back": Veterans' Perceptions of Social Risk and Needs Screening Acceptability.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- "It's Just a Matter of Doing It": Women Veterans' Experiences with Changing Behavior for Cardiovascular Risk Reduction.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Article
- Health-Related Social Needs and Outpatient and Emergency Department Use Among US Women Veterans: NHIS 2015-2018.Journal of general internal medicine · 2026Observational
- Prevalence of Food Insecurity and Its Associated Factors Among Ambulatory Hand Patients in a Large Metropolitan Area.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026Article
- A Qualitative Study to Investigate the Nutrition Perspectives and Experiences of Veterans with CKD.Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN · 2025Article
- American Hunger Games: Food Insecurity Among the Military and Veterans.Federal practitioner : for the health care professionals of the VA, DoD, and PHS · 2025Article
- Demographic, Social, Behavioral, and Clinical Characteristics Associated with Long-Term Opioid Therapy and Any Opioid Prescription in High-Risk VA Patients.Journal of general internal medicine · 2025Article
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- Using social risks to predict unplanned hospital readmission and emergency care among hospitalized Veterans.Health services research · 2025Article
- Studying Veteran food insecurity longitudinally using electronic health record data and natural language processing.AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science proceedings. AMIA Joint Summits on Translational Science · 2025Article
- The Social Risk ACTIONS Framework: Characterizing Responses to Social Risks by Health Care Delivery Organizations.Population health management · 2024Article
- Unit-Based Correlates of Marginal Food Insecurity Among US Soldiers.Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) · 2024Article
- Food Insecurity Among LGBQ+ Veterans.JAMA network open · 2024Article
- Nutrition and Food Security Among Veterans: Operationalizing Nutritional Functioning.Archives of physical medicine and rehabilitation · 2024Article
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- Prevalence and Correlates of Food and/or Housing Instability among Men and Women Post-9/11 US Veterans.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Article
- Food Insecurity Prevalence and Risk Factors at a Large Academic Medical Center in Michigan.JAMA network open · 2024Article
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- Food desert residence has limited impact on veteran fecal microbiome composition: a U.S. Veteran Microbiome Project study.mSystems · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveFood insecurity is associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. The US Veterans Health Administration (VHA) began universal food insecurity screening in 2017. This study examined prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among Veterans screened.
designRetrospective cross-sectional study using VHA administrative data. Multivariable logistic regression models were estimated to identify sociodemographic and medical characteristics associated with a positive food insecurity screen.
settingAll US Veterans Administration (VA) medical centres (n 161).
participantsAll Veterans were screened for food insecurity since screening initiation (July 2017-December 2018).
resultsOf 3 304 702 Veterans screened for food insecurity, 44 298 were positive on their initial screen (1·3 % of men; 2·0 % of women). Food insecurity was associated with identifying as non-Hispanic Black or Hispanic. Veterans who were non-married/partnered, low-income Veterans without VA disability-related compensation and those with housing instability had higher odds of food insecurity, as did Veterans with a BMI < 18·5, diabetes, depression and post-traumatic stress disorder. Prior military sexual trauma (MST) was associated with food insecurity among both men and women. Women screening positive, however, were eight times more likely than men to have experienced MST (48·9 % v. 5·9 %).
conclusionsFood insecurity was associated with medical and trauma-related comorbidities as well as unmet social needs including housing instability. Additionally, Veterans of colour and women were at higher risk for food insecurity. Findings can inform development of tailored interventions to address food insecurity such as more frequent screening among high-risk populations, onsite support applying for federal food assistance programs and formal partnerships with community-based resources.
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