abstract: 'This qualitative study aimed to determine the perceived barriers of

  different community stakeholders'' to providing resources for improving

  food security in households with young children in the U.S. Community

  stakeholders working with low-income families with children 0-3 years of

  age in Florida were recruited to represent healthcare (n = 7),

  community/policy development (n = 6), emergency food assistance (n = 6),

  early childhood education (n = 7), and nutrition education (n = 6)

  sectors. In 2020, one-on-one interviews were conducted with each

  stakeholder in via Zoom, using an interview script based on the

  PRECEDE-PROCEED model and questions to capture the impacts of COVID-19.

  The interviews were audio-recorded, transcribed verbatim, and analyzed

  using a deductive thematic approach. A cross-tab qualitative analysis

  was used to compare data across categories of stakeholders. Healthcare

  professionals and nutrition educators indicated stigma, community/policy

  development stakeholders indicated a lack of time, emergency food

  assistance personnel indicated a limited access to food, and early

  childhood professionals indicated a lack of transportation as the main

  barriers to food security prior to COVID-19. COVID-19 impacts included

  the fear of virus exposure, new restrictions, lack of volunteers, and a

  lack of interest in virtual programming as barriers to food security. As

  perceived barriers may vary with respect to providing resources to

  improve food security in families with young children and the COVID-19

  impacts persist, coordinated policy, systems, and environmental changes

  are needed.'
affiliation: 'Mobley, AR (Corresponding Author), Univ Florida, Coll Hlth \& Human
  Performance, Dept Hlth Educ \& Behav, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA.

  Varela, Elder Garcia; Zeldman, Jamie; Bolivar, Isabella; Mobley, Amy R., Univ Florida,
  Coll Hlth \& Human Performance, Dept Hlth Educ \& Behav, Gainesville, FL 32611 USA.'
article-number: '1438'
author: Varela, Elder Garcia and Zeldman, Jamie and Bolivar, Isabella and Mobley,
  Amy R.
author-email: amy.mobley@ufl.edu
author_list:
- family: Varela
  given: Elder Garcia
- family: Zeldman
  given: Jamie
- family: Bolivar
  given: Isabella
- family: Mobley
  given: Amy R.
da: '2023-09-28'
doi: 10.3390/nu15061438
eissn: 2072-6643
files: []
journal: NUTRIENTS
keywords: 'food security; early childhood; community resources; health

  professionals; nutrition educators; nutrition policy; food assistance;

  COVID-19; systems integration'
keywords-plus: 'POLICY DEVELOPMENT; HEALTH-PROMOTION; DIET QUALITY; INSECURITY;

  ENGAGEMENT; OPPORTUNITIES; ASSOCIATIONS; INTERVIEWS; OVERWEIGHT;

  STRATEGIES'
language: English
month: MAR
number: '6'
number-of-cited-references: '58'
orcid-numbers: Mobley, Amy/0000-0002-7477-942X
papis_id: 99cd73b4c41f5de98f6b119b8975b210
ref: Varela2023qualitativestudy
times-cited: '1'
title: A Qualitative Study to Compare Barriers to Improving Food Security among Households
  with Young Children in the US as Perceived by Different Types of Stakeholders before
  and during COVID-19
type: Article
unique-id: WOS:000958170400001
usage-count-last-180-days: '3'
usage-count-since-2013: '3'
volume: '15'
web-of-science-categories: Nutrition \& Dietetics
year: '2023'