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Direct linkLalli, Gurpinder Singh – British Educational Research Journal, 2023
Abstract Households with children eligible for Free School Meals are at risk of food insecurity. This paper reports on a rapid-response study that investigated the impact of the school food voucher scheme during the COVID-19 crisis on young people, families and schools. It pays close attention to the reliance of the state on the goodwill of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Economically Disadvantaged, Low Income Groups, Eligibility
Download full textBoehm, William T.; And Others – 1980
This report assesses the impact of Federal food assistance programs on hunger in America between the years 1967 and 1976. Data indicate that assistance to persons residing in counties with the highest infant mortality rate and counties with the lowest per capita income rose since 1967. Assistance to counties with lower infant mortality rates and…
Descriptors: Breakfast Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Aid, Federal Programs
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry. – 1988
This report presents the testimony of numerous expert witnesses who appeared at three hearings on the following topics: (1) Hunger and Related Nutritional Issues; (2) U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Assistance Programs; and (3) Domestic Hunger and Related Nutritional Issues. The following major issues were discussed: (1) the number of…
Descriptors: Child Welfare, Delivery Systems, Economic Factors, Economically Disadvantaged
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1974
These hearings began with an opening statement by Senator Mondale. Ronald Pollack, chairman, Panel on Nutrition and Special Groups, presented the report of the panel. This report was organized in four parts: Part 1, "Poverty, Inflation, and Hunger," included sections discussing the presence of undernutrition among the poor, and the effect of food…
Descriptors: American Indians, Breakfast Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Government
Congress of the U.S., Washington, DC. Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs. – 1974
These hearings before the Panel on Nutrition and Special Groups of the Select Senate Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs were held from June 19 to June 21, 1974. During each of the three days of hearings, various witnesses submitted statements and other testimony to the panel, as well as reports and publications pertaining to their testimony.…
Descriptors: American Indians, Breakfast Programs, Economically Disadvantaged, Federal Government
O'Neill, Martin; Rebane, Deanne; Lester, Carolyn – Health Education Journal, 2004
Objective: The research objective was to identify how healthy eating was understood in a disadvantaged community and how barriers to healthy eating might be overcome. Design: Participatory action research. Setting: Communities in Gurnos, Merthyr Tydfil, one of the most deprived areas in the UK. Method: Trainees on a participative methods course…
Descriptors: Methods Courses, Preservice Teachers, Action Research, Economically Disadvantaged
Dunifon, Rachel; Kowaleski-Jones, Lori – Institute for Research on Poverty, 2002
This paper examines the associations between food insecurity, participation in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP), and children's well-being. We address problems of selection by restricting our sample to children in families in which at least one child participates in the NSLP. Results suggest that food insecurity is associated with…
Descriptors: Lunch Programs, Food, Food Service, Well Being
