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. 2019 May:57:107-121.
doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2019.03.011. Epub 2019 Apr 24.

Disability and food access and insecurity: A scoping review of the literature

Naomi Schwartz  1 , Ron Buliung  2 , Kathi Wilson  3
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Disability and food access and insecurity: A scoping review of the literature

Naomi Schwartz et al. Health Place. 2019 May.
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Abstract

A scoping review was conducted, using a social ecological model approach, of 106 articles examining the effect of disability on food access and (in)security. Results of the review show a consistently increased risk of food insecurity among people with disabilities with a higher risk for mental health disabilities, and among disabled younger adults. Mediators of this relationship were underexplored. Disability was mainly conceptualized as a problematic category preventing food access while ignoring disabling social and environmental barriers. A social model of disability can inform future research by acknowledging the role of socio-environmental influences on the production and experience(s) of disability.

Keywords: Disability; Food access; Household food insecurity; Mobility; Social ecological model.

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