Document Type
Dissertation
Degree
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Major/Program
Dietetics and Nutrition
First Advisor's Name
Fatma Huffman
First Advisor's Committee Title
Committee chair
Second Advisor's Name
Adriana Campa
Second Advisor's Committee Title
Committee member
Third Advisor's Name
Catherine Coccia
Third Advisor's Committee Title
Committee member
Fourth Advisor's Name
Florence George
Fourth Advisor's Committee Title
Committee member
Keywords
adult and continuing education, Arabic studies, cognitive behavioral therapy, community health and preventative medicine, dietetics and clinical nutrition, English language and literature, epidemiology, health services administration, health services research, medical education, medical humanities, medicine and health sciences, mental and social health, other public health, mental and social health, psychiatric and mental health, public health, public health education and promotion, women's health
Date of Defense
11-4-2019
Abstract
Syrian refugees settled in the United States may experience food insecurity due to different socioeconomic factors that may include nutrition knowledge, language proficiency, women’s education, and perceived stress. The structure and the type of households may also contribute to food insecurity in this population.
The objective of this study was to measure food security among Syrian refugees residing in Florida. It also aimed to determine the socioeconomic factors that may attribute to food insecurity at household level.
A comprehensive 228-item questionnaire was administered to N=80 households (n=43 in rural areas, n=37 in urban areas). Families with and without children were interviewed (88.7% families with children, 11.3% families without children). Interviewees included 78.5% women and 21.5% men with different levels of education.
The food security scale showed that refugees in rural and urban areas were moderately food insecure without hunger (4.9±2.4, 4.5±2.8 respectively).
Households with children in rural areas were 79.3% less likely to be food secure compared with counterparts in urban areas. The odds of being food secure were greater in urban cities than in rural areas, when controlling the number of employed individuals in the corresponding regression model.
Perceived stress had an inverse relationship with food security in rural areas, when it had a positive relationship in urban areas. There was a marginal significant (p=0.07) correlation between food security score and perceived stress score among all of households.
Identifier
FIDC007843
Recommended Citation
Sankar, Racha, "The Impact of Socioeconomic Factors on Food Insecurity among Syrian Refugees in Florida" (2019). FIU Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 4351.
https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/4351
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