SynthesisPublic health nutrition2024
Public policy interventions to mitigate household food insecurity in Canada: a systematic review.
Synthesis in Public health nutrition, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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Who cites it
7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 7 citations in OpenAlex.
- Food-based interventions to mitigate household food insecurity in Canada: a systematic review.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Pooled it
- A Seat at the (Dinner) Table: Food and Eating Practices in the Ontario Basic Income Pilot.Sociology of health & illness · 2026Article
- Clarifying the Association Between Food Insecurity and Chronic Disease: Why Methods Matter.Current nutrition reports · 2026Review
- Interventions to address individual/household food insecurity in Europe since COVID-19: a scoping review.BMC public health · 2026Article
- Food insecurity among waste-picking children in Iran and its associated factors.Scientific reports · 2026Article
- Parental perspectives concerning gluten-free food insecurity in households with children with coeliac disease: take away messages for policy makers.Journal of nutritional science · 2026Article
- The evidence is in: accountability needs to be injected into the policy-making process for household food insecurity reduction.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2025Article
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Authors and funding
9 authors at 4 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveThe objective of this systematic review is to synthesise the evidence on public policy interventions and their ability to reduce household food insecurity (HFI) in Canada.
designFour databases were searched up to October 2023. Only studies that reported on public policy interventions that might reduce HFI were included, regardless of whether that was the primary purpose of the study. Title and abstract screening, full-text screening, data extraction, risk of bias and certainty of the evidence assessments were conducted by two reviewers.
resultsSeventeen relevant studies covering three intervention categories were included: income supplementation, housing assistance programmes and food retailer subsidies. Income supplementation had a positive effect on reducing HFI with a moderate to high level of certainty. Housing assistance programmes and food retailer studies may have little to no effect on HFI; however, there is low certainty in the evidence that could change as evidence emerges.
conclusionThe evidence suggests that income supplementation likely reduces HFI for low-income Canadians. Many questions remain in terms of how to optimise this intervention and additional high-quality studies are still needed.
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