Food Insecurity & Trauma

These articles demonstrate the relationship between violence and food insecurity, and cover programs mentioned in the Painful Truth about Hunger in America

They are co-authored with many students, colleagues, and members of Witnesses to Hunger.

  1. How trauma-informed programming to treat social determinants unveils challenges to systems alignment

    Weida, E, Egan, V., Chilton, MM Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 2021

  2. Effects of a trauma-informed curriculum on depression, self-efficacy, economic security, and substance use among TANF participants: Evidence from the Building Health and Wealth Network Phase II.

    Dugan J, Booshehri LG, Phojanakong P, Weida, E., Bloom, S. Chilton MM Social Science and Medince 2020

  3. Trauma-Informed Financial Empowerment Programming Improves Food Security Among Families With Young Children

    Phojanakong P, Welles S, Dugan J, Booshehri L, Brown Weida E, Chilton MM Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior 2020

  4. Experiences of Racial and Ethnic Discrimination Are Associated with Food Insecurity and Poor Health

    Phojanakong, P., Brown Weida, E., Grimaldi, G., Lê-Scherban, F., Chilton, MM. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2019

  5. Adverse Childhood Experiences and Household Food Insecurity: Findings From the 2016 National Survey of Children's Health

    Jackson DB, Chilton MM, Johnson KR, Vaughn MG. Am J Prev Med. 2019

  6. The intergenerational circumstances of household food insecurity and adversity

    Chilton, MM, Knowles, M*, Bloom, S. Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition. 2016

  7. Childhood adversity and adult reports of food insecurity among households with children

    Sun, J., Knowles, M., Patel, F., Frank, DA, Heeren, T, Chilton, MM. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2016

  8. The relationship between childhood adversity and food insecurity: 'It's like a bird nesting in your head'

    Chilton, MM, Knowles, M, Rabinowich, J, Arnold K. Public Health Nutrition 2015

  9. "Do You Wanna Breathe or Eat?": Parent Perspectives on Child Health Consequences of Food Insecurity, Trade-Offs, and Toxic Stress

    Knowles, M, Rabinowich, J, Ettinger de Cuba, S, Cutts, DB, & Chilton, MM. Maternal Child Health Journal 2015

  10. Very low food security in the USA is linked with exposure to violence

    Chilton, M.M., J.R. Rabinowich, and N.H. Woolf. Public Health Nutrition, 2013

  11. Hunger of the body and hunger of the mind: African American women's perceptions of food insecurity, health and violence

    Chilton, MM and Booth, S. Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, 2007

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