October 14, 2020

High Food Insecurity in Latinx Families and Associated COVID-19 Infection in the Greater Bay Area California

Category: Article Summary

Topic: Public Health Policy and Practice

Keywords (Tags): candidate, disparities, mental health personal impact, report, summarize

• [Preprint, not peer-reviewed] Increased food insecurity was found in Latinx communities in the San Francisco Bay Area during the COVID-19 pandemic. A series of phone interviews from three separate Latinx cohorts conducted from March to September 2020 in the San Francisco Bay Area (total 375 households, 1,875 individuals) found that only 47% of surveyed Latinx households report adequate food security. In the two cohorts with longitudinal data available prior to the pandemic, self-reported food insecurity was higher during the pandemic. 

Escobar et al. (Oct 14, 2020). High Food Insecurity in Latinx Families and Associated COVID-19 Infection in the Greater Bay Area California. Pre-print downloaded Oct 14 from https://doi.org/10.1101/2020.10.11.20210906