Identifying and Addressing Childhood Food Insecurity in Healthcare and Community Settings

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Kersten, Hans B. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Beck, Andrew F. (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Klein, Melissa (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Child Health,
• Subjects: Maternal and child health services.; Pediatrics.; General practice (Medicine).; Clinical nutrition.; Maternal and Child Health.; General Practice / Family Medicine.; Clinical Nutrition.

This salient resource offers clinicians a comprehensive multi-tiered framework for identifying, addressing, and reducing food insecurity among children and their families. Reinforcing the importance of food insecurity as a key social determinant of health, this monograph reviews the epidemiology and...

Table of Contents:

• Epidemiology and pathophysiology of food insecurity
• Training providers to screen and provide resources to address food insecurity
• Scope of interventions to address food insecurity
• Developing and evaluating community partnerships
• Developing an Action Plan to Fight Food Insecurity.