The impact of changes in social policies on household food insecurity in British Columbia, 2005–2012

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 93, Issue , 2016, Pages 151-158

  Li, Na ^a   Dachner, Naomi ^a   Tarasuk, Valerie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; Food insecurity; Rental assistance; Social assistance

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLOMBIA; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FOOD INSECURITY; HOUSING; IMMIGRANT; INCOME; INDIGENOUS PEOPLE; POLICY; POPULATION RESEARCH; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETIREMENT; SOCIAL STATUS; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CATERING SERVICE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; FAMILY SIZE; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRENDS;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FOOD SUPPLY; GEOGRAPHY; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; POVERTY; PUBLIC POLICY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84994060952     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2016.10.002     Document Type: Article

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