ArticleJournal of public health (Oxford, England)2023
Risk of food insecurity in undocumented migrant households in Birmingham, UK.
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- Social Vulnerability and Child Food Insecurity in Developed Countries: A Systematic Review.Advances in nutrition (Bethesda, Md.) · 2025Pooled it
- TFOS lifestyle: Impact of societal challenges on the ocular surface.The ocular surface · 2023Pooled it
- Voices from the foodbank: experiencing food insecurity in North-West England during the cost-of-living crisis.Journal of public health (Oxford, England) · 2026Article
- Food insecurity among waste-picking children in Iran and its associated factors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- The people behind the pounds: a qualitative exploration of factors that help or hinder healthy, sustainable food purchases for people living with obesity and food insecurity in the UK.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Article
- Socio-demographic, migratory and health-related determinants of food insecurity among Venezuelan migrants in Peru.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Prevalence and socioeconomic determinants of food insecurity among Venezuelan migrant and refugee urban households in Peru.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Article
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Abstract
backgroundThis study aimed to understand the extent of household food insecurity amongst undocumented migrant families in Birmingham,UK.
methodsCross-sectional survey of households (n = 74) with dependent children using the USDA 18-item household food security (HFS) module. All households had an irregular immigration status and were accessing an immigration advice drop-in service (n = 98 adults; n = 138 children) in Birmingham.
resultsAbout 95.9% of households were food insecure, and 94.6% of children lived in households with low or very low food security. Food insecurity varied within households. Around 91.8% of adults were food insecure, compared to 75.6% of children. Spearman's rank-order correlation indicated a statistically significant positive correlation between household food insecurity level and number of children (rho = 0.253, P = 0.031). A Kruskal-Wallis H Test indicated no statistically significant difference (P = 0.730) in HFS score between households supported by asylum support, children's social services or paid employment in the informal economy and those that had no regular income.
conclusionsPrevalence of HFS was higher in this sample of undocumented migrant households with dependent children in Birmingham, UK, than in the wider population, and larger households were more food insecure. Households without a regular income were no more likely to be food insecure than households with financial support.
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