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ArticleJournal of hunger & environmental nutrition2026

Perspectives on COVID-19-related relief measures and experience of food insecurity among low-wage worker families in two US cities.

Molly De Marco, Emily Welle, Rebekah Pratt, Kristi Fordyce, Curtis Antrum, Brett Sheppard, Maria Gombi-Vaca, Caitlin Caspi

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Article in Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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8 authors.

Molly De MarcoCenter for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
Emily WelleUniversity of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN.
Rebekah PrattUniversity of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN.
Kristi FordyceUniversity of Minnesota, Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Program in Health Disparities Research, 717 Delaware St. SE, Minneapolis, MN.
Curtis AntrumRudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut.
Brett SheppardCenter for Health Promotion & Disease Prevention, University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, 1700 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. Chapel Hill, NC 27599.
Maria Gombi-VacaRudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut.
Caitlin CaspiRudd Center for Food Policy and Obesity, University of Connecticut.

Funding

University of Minnesota Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UMN CTSI)UL1TR002494 · NCATS · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI BLAZAR, BRUCE R, WEISDORF, DANIEL J · 2018 to 2022
$34.9M
A Natural Experiment Evaluating the Effect of a Minimum Wage Increase on Obesity and Diet-Related OutcomeR01DK118664 · NIDDK · UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA · PI CASPI, CAITLIN EICHER · 2018 to 2022
$3.2M
NCATS NIH HHS UL1 TR002494NIDDK NIH HHS R01 DK118664
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

To explore how 2020-2022 federal COVID-19 relief measures impacted food security, economic hardship and housing stability, we interviewed low-income workers in Minneapolis, MN and Raleigh, NC. Participants were a subset of 40 from a larger study with at least one child. We identified themes including mechanisms of potential impact: food assistance, increased household cash, promoting housing stability, and reducing household expenses. No single measure ameliorated hardship. Participants reported healthier food behaviors. Flexible relief measures allowed people to spend according to their needs. These effects were not durable because relief measures were temporary. Nonetheless, relief measures likely averted worse outcomes.

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COVID-19food insecuritylow-wage workerrelief measureSNAP

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PMID42358672
PMCPMC13293521

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