Food security & food assistance
Exploring Spatial Variation in Food Insecurity & Receipt of Assistance
Concern about spatial access to food retailers and food assistance, and the relationship of access to food to household food security or food outcomes has increased in recent years. Yet, researchers are still learning about the pathways through which proximity to food retailers and providers of food assistance is related to household food consumption and well-being. Articles and papers below reflect effort to advance conceptual thinking and empirical insights into the relationship between place and food security.
Allard, Scott W., Maria Wathen, and Sandra K. Danziger. 2021. “The Spatial Context of Food Assistance: Examining Local Food Assistance Environment in the Context of SNAP.” Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition.
Ruggles, Patricia, Scott W. Allard, and Catherine Ruggles. 2018. “Analyzing Variations in Food Prices Using IRI and FoodAPS Data.” University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research.
Allard, Scott W., Maria Wathen, H. Luke Shaefer, and Sandra Danziger. 2017. “Neighborhood Food Infrastructure and Food Security in Metropolitan Detroit.” Journal of Consumer Affairs, 51(3): 566-97.
*Top 20 most read article in Journal of Consumer Affairs, 2016-17
Allard, Scott W. and Patricia Ruggles. 2017. “The Spatial Context of Food Shopping: Understanding How Local Food Retailer Access and Pricing Affect Household Behavior.” University of Kentucky Center for Poverty Research Discussion Paper Series, DP2017-06.
Allard, Scott W., Sandra Danziger, Maria Wathen, and H. Luke Shaefer. 2015. “Food Resource Access in Metropolitan Detroit.” Focus, 32(1):7-12.
Allard, Scott W., Sandra Danziger, and Maria Wathen. 2014. “Food Assistance During and After the Great Recession in Metropolitan Detroit.” University of Wisconsin, Institute of Research on Poverty, IRP Discussion Paper No. 1420-14.
Allard, Scott W. 2013. “Placing Food Security in a Spatial Context.” The Committee on National Statistics, National Academies of Sciences and the Food and Nutrition Board of the Institute of Medicine.
