New York City’s (NYC’s) taxi/for-hire vehicle (FHV) drivers have occupational and demographic characteristics associated with food insecurity (low income, comorbidities, minority race/ethnicity).

    OBJECTIVE:

    To analyze food insecurity rates in a sample of NYC drivers and to identify associated factors.

    METHODS:

    At health fairs, we recruited a cross-sectional sample of licensed taxi/FHV drivers willing to receive study text messages. Most lacked a primary care provider. Food insecurity prevalence and associations with health and economic indicators were analyzed.

    RESULTS:

    Of 503 participants who completed a 2-item food security screener, 39.2% were food insecure. Significantly fewer food insecure than food secure drivers reported a doctor visit within the past year (48% vs 25%; P < .001). Food insecure drivers had greater weekly traffic ticket expenditure ($34 vs $24; P = .02) and were more likely to report insufficient household income (61% vs 39%; P < .001) and history of depression (14% vs 7%; P = .02), to have elevated (>200) measured total cholesterol (50% vs 37%; P = .02), and to have Perceived Stress Scale scores indicating greater stress than food secure drivers (14 vs 11; P = .002). In a binary logistic regression analysis, drivers who reported that their total household income was enough to meet their basic needs had significantly lower odds of being food insecure (0.695 odds ratio; P = .016).

    CONCLUSION:

    Food insecurity was high in this group of taxi/FHV drivers. Food insecurity interventions are needed and could be occupationally based, with worksite screening and resource navigation. Policies should address improving wages and healthcare access.


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    Titel :

    Food insecurity among New York City taxi and for-hire vehicle drivers


    Weitere Titelangaben:

    Food insecurity among NYC taxi drivers


    Beteiligte:
    Gany, Francesca M. (Autor:in) / Meraji, Nujbat Nasim (Autor:in) / Narang, Bharat (Autor:in) / Wu, Minlun (Autor:in) / Leng, Jennifer (Autor:in)

    Erschienen in:

    Work ; 74 , 4 ; 1585-1594


    Erscheinungsdatum :

    2022-12-14


    Format / Umfang :

    10 pages




    Medientyp :

    Aufsatz (Zeitschrift)


    Format :

    Elektronische Ressource


    Sprache :

    Englisch




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