The Impact of Holiday Clubs on Household Food Insecurity—A Pilot Study

Michael Long; Paul Stretesky; Pamela Louise Graham; Katie Palmer; Eileen Steinbock; Margaret Anne (Greta) Defeyter

doi:10.1111/hsc.12507

The Impact of Holiday Clubs on Household Food Insecurity—A Pilot Study

Michael Long, Paul Stretesky^*, Pamela Louise Graham, Katie Palmer, Eileen Steinbock, Margaret Anne (Greta) Defeyter

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Abstract

This research investigates whether holiday clubs have the potential to reduce food insecurity among households in the United Kingdom. We survey parents (n=38) of children attending seven different holiday clubs to estimate the percentage of children in those programmes who come from food insecure households. Results suggest that 42% (16 out of 38 respondents) of children come from households defined as 'food insecure' and 24% (9 out of 38 respondents) come from households that are 'food insecure with hunger.' When secure and insecure households are compared, we discover that food insecure households benefit the most from holiday clubs, which suggests that they may play an important role in mitigating household food insecurity.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	e261-e269
Journal	Health and Social Care in the Community
Volume	26
Issue number	2
Early online date	10 Oct 2017
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12507
Publication status	Published - 1 Mar 2018

Keywords

Holiday Hunger
Food Poverty
Food Security
Food Policy

UN SDGs

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