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Identifying populations and areas at greatest risk of household food insecurity in England

Identifying populations and areas at greatest risk of household food insecurity in England
Identifying populations and areas at greatest risk of household food insecurity in England
Despite the increasing recognition of household food insecurity as a policy issue, there is currently no routine measurement of food insecurity in the UK. There is nothing to suggest that Government will address this in the near future for all parts of the UK. In which case, policy makers and campaigners might instead seek out consistent and robust measures of the population-level factors which are known to contribute to food insecurity. However, no systematic measures exist, meaning that resources may not be targeted at those areas most in need. This paper presents the first objective estimate of high population-level risk of household food insecurity in English neighbourhoods (4.09% of the population, 95%CI 4.08-4.10) using public data. Estimated geographic distribution of factors contributing to household food insecurity is customisable to local pressures and is adaptable to settings outside of England.
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Smith, Dianna
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Thompson, Claire
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Harland, Kirk
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Parker, Storm
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Shelton, Nicola
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Smith, Dianna
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Parker, Storm
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Smith, Dianna, Thompson, Claire, Harland, Kirk, Parker, Storm and Shelton, Nicola (2018) Identifying populations and areas at greatest risk of household food insecurity in England. Applied Geography, 91, 21-31. (doi:10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.12.022).

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Despite the increasing recognition of household food insecurity as a policy issue, there is currently no routine measurement of food insecurity in the UK. There is nothing to suggest that Government will address this in the near future for all parts of the UK. In which case, policy makers and campaigners might instead seek out consistent and robust measures of the population-level factors which are known to contribute to food insecurity. However, no systematic measures exist, meaning that resources may not be targeted at those areas most in need. This paper presents the first objective estimate of high population-level risk of household food insecurity in English neighbourhoods (4.09% of the population, 95%CI 4.08-4.10) using public data. Estimated geographic distribution of factors contributing to household food insecurity is customisable to local pressures and is adaptable to settings outside of England.

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Accepted/In Press date: 23 December 2017
e-pub ahead of print date: 5 January 2018
Published date: February 2018

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Local EPrints ID: 416703
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/416703
ISSN: 0143-6228
PURE UUID: 33911de5-3919-4285-a81b-35eccfc74be2
ORCID for Dianna Smith: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0002-0650-6606

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Date deposited: 05 Jan 2018 17:30
Last modified: 16 Mar 2024 06:04

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Author: Dianna Smith ORCID iD
Author: Claire Thompson
Author: Kirk Harland
Author: Storm Parker
Author: Nicola Shelton

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