"Is always that sense of wanting... never really being satisfied": Women's Quotidian Struggles With Food Insecurity in a Hispanic Community in New Mexico

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 183-209

  Page Reeves, Janet ^a,b   Anixter Scott, Amy ^a,b   Moffett, Maurice ^a,b   Apodaca, Veronica ^a,c   Apodaca, Vanessa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Santa Barbara Martineztown Community Learning Center   (United States)

Author keywords

critical food literacy; food insecurity; food justice; health disparity; Hispanic; women

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COPING BEHAVIOR; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FOOD INSECURITY; HEALTH DISPARITY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOCIAL ASPECT; UNITED STATES; WOMEN'S HEALTH;

EID: 84901263997     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2014.898176     Document Type: Article

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