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sujiro2023@u.northwestern.edu

Suji Ro, Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing,corresponding author 1 ,* Nhat-Ha Pham, Writing – review & editing, 2 Victoria N. Huynh, Writing – review & editing, 3 Q. Eileen Wafford, Investigation, Methodology, Resources, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing, 4 and Milkie Vu, Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Supervision, Writing – review & editing 5 Muhammad Shahzad Aslam, Editor

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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The author(s) received no specific funding for this work. Suji Ro's effort was supported through the Summer Internship Grant Program at Northwestern University. Milkie Vu's effort was supported through NCI T32CA193193. Publication fee is supported through the Northwestern Open Access Fund (provided by Northwestern University Libraries). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.

Keywords:

  • Science & Technology
  • Multidisciplinary Sciences
  • Science & Technology - Other Topics
  • HEALTH-CARE UTILIZATION
  • STRUCTURAL RACISM
  • PARTICIPATION
  • ASSISTANCE
  • BARRIERS
  • DEPRESSION

Food insecurity among Asian Americans: A scoping review protocol

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PLOS ONE

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Volume 18, Number 7

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, Pages e0287895-e0287895

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Article | Final Publisher PDF

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Introduction Food insecurity is prevalent in the U.S. and is associated with deleterious health, behavioral, and social consequences. Food insecurity is currently addressed largely through public and private food assistance programs (e.g., the Supplementary Nutrition Assistance Program, and food pantries). A body of research has explored racial and ethnic disparities and differences in food insecurity and coping strategies. However, limited literature has explored these experiences among Asian Americans and Asian origin groups in the United States. Objective The aim of this review is to establish what is known about the experience of food insecurity and nutrition program participation in the Asian American population and among Asian origin groups and to suggest further research and policy action to better address food insecurity in this population. Methods Our review is guided by the methodological framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley and refined and outlined by Levac and colleagues and the Joanna Briggs Institute. We will search key terms related to food insecurity and Asian Americans in Medline (Ovid), the Cochrane Library (Wiley), CINAHL Plus with Full Text (Ebsco), PsycINFO (Ebsco), and Scopus (Elsevier). An article will be included if it was published in the English language; is a peer reviewed research manuscript and reports primary research findings from analyses; and describes food insecurity or strategies to cope with food insecurity among individuals of Asian origins living in the U.S. An article will be excluded if it is a book, conference proceedings, or grey literature (e.g., thesis or dissertation); is a commentary, editorial, or opinion piece without primary research data; contains only research conducted outside of the U.S.; includes Asians in the sample but does not provide separate data on food insecurity or strategies to cope with food insecurity among Asians; and describes only dietary changes or patterns but not food insecurity. Two or more reviewers will participate in the study screening and selection process. We will record information from the final articles chosen to be included in the review in a data table template and will also prepare a summary narrative with key findings. Expected outputs Results will be disseminated through peer-reviewed publications and conference presentations. The findings from this review will be of interest to researchers and practitioners and inform further research and policy to better address food insecurity among this population.

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