Food insecurity Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
Conditions
Interventions
The intervention is YLP food pantry membership. In exchange for a pay-on-use fee that ranges from £3.50 to £7 depending on the pantry, membership provides access to a weekly “shop” for ten items of a
Sponsors
University of Liverpool
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 120 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Individuals who filled out an application form to join a participating YLP pantry 2. Older than 18 years of age, no upper age limit 3. YLP membership application forms are only provided in English, however, applicants who don’t speak English may receive help to receive the form from YLP staff or volunteers or friends or family. To include participants who don’t speak English but who have applied for a YLP membership, over-the-phone interpretation services will be made available for them to find out about the study and fill out questionnaires
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. YLP sites located outside of England 2. Sites that opt not to take part in this study 3. Pantries that have been operating for 3 months or less at the start of data collection 4. Pantries that vary from YLP’s standard model, including allowing members to shop more than once a week and/or deviating from the standard allocation of seven heart and three diamond items 5. Individuals who are not able to provide informed consent 6. Due to the use of remote data collection in the study, individuals who are unable to complete questionnaires online or over the phone with a researcher
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Food insecurity measured by the Food and Agriculture Organisation's Food Insecurity Experience Scale at 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 10 weeks post application for a YLP membership | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. Mental health and well-being score, as measured by the Short (7 item) Warwick-Edinburgh Mental Health and Wellbeing Scale 2. Diet quality score as assessed by a short 14-item FFQ validated in the UK adolescent and adult population (Crozier et al. Proceedings of the Nutrition Society. 2021;80(OCE5):E186; Shaw et al. Nutrition Journal. 2021;20(1):5) 3. Proportion reporting ability to keep up with bills, debts, and credit commitments (adapted from the UK Wealth and Assets Survey) 4. Proportion reporting loneliness as measured by the UCLA 3-Item Loneliness Scale 5. Proportion reporting good or very good health as measured by a self-rated general health question used in UK-based surveys (e.g. Family Resources Survey) 6. Treated with dignity, measured using a single item from a self-perceived dignity measure: Hitlin S, Andersson MA. The Science of Dignity: Measuring Personhood and Well-Being in the United States: Oxford University Press; 2023 7. Proportion reporting going without one or more other non-food essential items based on Joseph Rowntree Foundation’s Destitution Measure All measured at 2 weeks, 6 weeks and 10 weeks post application for a YLP membership. | — |
Countries
England, United Kingdom
Contacts
Public ContactSuruchi Ganbavale
Outcome results
None listed