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Racial Discrimination Is Associated With Food Insecurity, Stress, And Worse Physical Health Among College Students.

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Racial Discrimination Is Associated With Food Insecurity, Stress, And Worse Physical Health Among College Students.

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Racial discrimination is associated with food insecurity, stress, and worse physical health among college students.

Ryan Gamba¹, Negin Toosi², Lana Wood³

¹Department of Public Health, California State University, East Bay. SF 102. 25800 Carlos Bee Boulevard, 94542, Hayward, CA, USA. Ryan.Gamba@csueastbay.edu.

BMC Public Health

|March 23, 2024

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Summary

This summary is machine-generated.

Racial discrimination, particularly from police, housing, or hiring processes, significantly increases food insecurity risk for college students of color. Understanding discrimination location is key to addressing these disparities and improving student well-being.

Keywords:

College students Food insecurity Police discrimination Racial discrimination

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Area of Science:

Public Health
Sociology
Higher Education Studies

Background:

Students of color face disproportionate racial discrimination and food insecurity, negatively impacting academic and health outcomes.
Racial discrimination and food insecurity are critical issues affecting college students' overall well-being and academic success.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the association between the location of racial discrimination and food insecurity among college students.
To explore how racial discrimination relates to stress, physical health, and grade point average in a diverse student population.

Main Methods:

A cross-sectional study surveyed 143 students at a racially diverse public university.
Logistic and linear regression models were used to analyze the relationship between discrimination location, food insecurity, health, stress, and academic performance.

Main Results:

Students experiencing food insecurity reported significantly higher average racial discrimination scores (7.3) compared to food-secure students (2.3).
Racial discrimination experienced from police (OR 11.76), housing processes (OR 7.9), and hiring processes (OR 6.81) was associated with increased odds of food insecurity.

Conclusions:

The location of racial discrimination significantly influences its association with food security status among college students.
Further research is necessary to elucidate the mechanisms linking racial discrimination to food insecurity in this population.