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Scope of Interventions to Address Food Insecurity

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Identifying and Addressing Childhood Food Insecurity in Healthcare and Community Settings

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Abstract

This chapter examines the different types of responses that can occur when a patient or family is identified as having food insecurity (FI). The chapter begins with how an individual healthcare provider responds to a positive FI screen within a clinical setting. Next, there is a discussion of how the larger community or practice can address FI in a broader way largely outside the clinic walls. Finally, the chapter discusses how healthcare providers can affect change by developing and advocating for policy changes in their region or nationally.

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Abbreviations

AAP:

American Academy of Pediatrics

ACGME:

Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education

AMA :

American Medical Association

CHW :

Community health worker

EHR :

Electronic health record

FI :

Food Insecurity

FPL :

Federal poverty level

SDH :

Social Determinants of Health

SFSP :

Summer Food Service Program

SNAP :

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

TANF:

Temporary Assistance for Needy Families

WCC :

Well-child check

WIC :

Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children

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  1. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

    Janine S. Bruce

  2. Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston-Salem, NC, USA

    Deepak Palakshappa

  3. St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

    Hans B. Kersten

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Bruce, J.S., Palakshappa, D., Kersten, H.B. (2018). Scope of Interventions to Address Food Insecurity. In: Kersten, H., Beck, A., Klein, M. (eds) Identifying and Addressing Childhood Food Insecurity in Healthcare and Community Settings. SpringerBriefs in Public Health(). Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-76048-3_3

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