Household food insecurity in Canada, 2021

V Tarasuk, T Li, AA Fafard St-Germain - 2016 - tspace.library.utoronto.ca
Drawing on data for 54,000 households from Statistics Canada's Canadian Income Survey
(CIS) conducted in 2021, we found a disturbingly high rate of household food insecurity. By …

Cost-related medication nonadherence in Canada: a systematic review of prevalence, predictors, and clinical impact

AM Holbrook, M Wang, M Lee, Z Chen, M Garcia… - Systematic reviews, 2021 - Springer
Background Cost-related nonadherence to medications (CRNA) is common in many
countries and thought to be associated with adverse outcomes. The characteristics of CRNA …

Food insecurity amid the COVID-19 pandemic: food charity, government assistance, and employment

F Men, V Tarasuk - Canadian Public Policy, 2021 - utpjournals.press
To mitigate the effects of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic, the federal
government has implemented several financial assistance programs, including …

The relationship between diet quality and the severity of household food insecurity in Canada

J Hutchinson, V Tarasuk - Public Health Nutrition, 2022 - cambridge.org
Objective: To examine the relationship between the dietary quality of Canadian children and
adults and household food insecurity status. Design: Dietary intake was assessed with one …

Food insecurity is associated with mental health problems among Canadian youth

F Men, FJ Elgar, V Tarasuk - J Epidemiol Community Health, 2021 - jech.bmj.com
Background Research has linked food insecurity to mental health problems, though little is
known about this relationship among Canadian youth. We investigate the association …

Food insecurity and mortality in American adults: results from the NHANES-linked mortality study

S Banerjee, T Radak… - Health promotion …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Food insecurity is a significant public health problem in the United States leading to
substantial social, economic, and health care–related burdens. While studies continue to …

Food insecurity and delayed or forgone medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic

J Bertoldo, JA Wolfson… - … journal of public …, 2022 - ajph.aphapublications.org
Objectives. To describe food insecurity in the United States in December 2020 and examine
associations with underuse of medical care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Methods. We …

Association between household food insecurity and mortality in Canada: a population-based retrospective cohort study

F Men, C Gundersen, ML Urquia, V Tarasuk - Cmaj, 2020 - Can Med Assoc
BACKGROUND: Food insecurity affects 1 in 8 households in Canada, with serious health
consequences. We investigated the association between household food insecurity and all …

Food Insecurity Is Associated With Higher Health Care Use And Costs Among Canadian Adults: Study examines the association of food insecurity with acute care …

F Men, C Gundersen, ML Urquia, V Tarasuk - Health Affairs, 2020 - healthaffairs.org
Food insecurity predicts poorer health, yet how it relates to health care use and costs in
Canada remains understudied. Linking data from the Canadian Community Health Survey …

Household food insecurity in Canada

V Tarasuk - Topics in Clinical Nutrition, 2005 - journals.lww.com
Food insecurity became recognized as a problem in Canada in the early 1980s when
community groups began to establish charitable food assistance programs in response to …