Ali Atoui
Research Mentor(s): Nina Hill
Mentor Department: Institute for Healthcare Policy & Innovation
Authors: Ali Atoui, Ainsley Meyerson, Nina Hill, Tammy Chang
Session: Session 4 (1:00pm – 1:50pm)
Presentation Type: Poster 36
Abstract
Research objective: Food insecurity is common in the U.S., and contributes to poor diet quality and high rates of chronic disease. Youth are more likely to be food insecure than children or older adults and can benefit from increasingly common “food is medicine†interventions to improve diet quality, such as produce prescriptions. However, few studies describe youth attitudes toward food insecurity screening or produce prescriptions. We examined youth attitudes toward healthy eating, food insecurity screening, and produce prescriptions. Population studied: We conducted a qualitative study using the MyVoice Nationwide Poll of Youth, a nationwide text message-based survey of U.S. youth aged 14-24 years recruited using benchmarks based on weighted samples of the American Community Survey. Study design: In this qualitative study, five open-ended questions were sent to the MyVoice cohort. We used inductive content analysis to iteratively develop a qualitative codebook. The codes were independently applied to all responses by three investigators, with discrepancies resolved through discussion. Participant demographics are described using summary statistics.
