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ArticleChildren (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Food Insecurity Screening and Referral Practices of Pediatric Clinicians in Metropolitan Washington, DC.

Kofi Essel, Michael Burke, Laura Fischer, Mark Weissman, William Dietz

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Kofi EsselSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-7320-9855
Michael BurkeNutrition Consortium, Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC 29208, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-6704-2294
Laura FischerSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.ORCID 0000-0002-1314-3911
Mark WeissmanSchool of Medicine and Health Sciences, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.
William DietzThe Sumner M. Redstone Global Center for Prevention & Wellness, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, Washington, DC 20052, USA.

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WirelessTechnology Assisted Weight Management in Pre-Diabetic Adolescents...P20MD000198 · NIMHD · HOWARD UNIVERSITY · PI JENKINS, RENEE R. · 2002 to 2016
$17.2M
the National Institute on Minority Health And Health Disparities of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number P20MD000198 P20MD000198
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Abstract

BACKGROUND/

objectivesIn 2022, 17.3% of US households with children experienced food insecurity (FI). The objective of this study was to examine pediatric clinicians' FI screening and management immediately following the release of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) 2015 FI Policy Statement.

methodsData were collected in 2016 from 85 primary care pediatric clinicians via an online survey of clinicians in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. Descriptive statistics were calculated using univariate/bivariate analyses. Fisher's exact test and Chi-square tests were used to explore the association between FI screening, health insurance, and clinician demographics.

resultsSixty-six percent of clinicians indicated that they infrequently screened for FI. Only 13% of clinicians used a standardized FI screening tool. Forty-five percent of clinicians screened for FI only when they perceived an acute concern. About 70% of them screened for FI when a patient presented with poor weight gain or was underweight.

conclusionsImmediately after the release of the AAP Policy Statement, it was found that few pediatric clinicians appropriately and frequently screened for FI in our regional sample. Our data emphasize the common misconceptions held by clinicians around FI and the necessity to incorporate training that underscores the invisibility of FI along with effective techniques to screen and intervene.

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food insecuritypediatricianprimary carescreeningsocial drivers of health

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PMID39334679
PMCPMC11429817

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