Food insecurity among refugee families in East London: results of a pilot assessment

[摘要] Objective:To identify child hunger and examine its association with family factors, receipt of benefits, housing conditions and social support among recently arrived refugee families with young children.Design:Structured and semi-structured questionnaire administered to a service-based, purposive sample of caregivers.Setting:East London, United Kingdom.Subjects:Thirty households with children

[学科分类] 卫生学

[关键词] Child hunger;Asylum seekers;Somali;Brava;Kosovo;Albania;Colombia;Ecuador;Poverty;Low income;Nutrition;Policy;United Kingdom