title: Predictors of Food Insecurity among Older Adults in the United States.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Food insecurity among U.S. households is a national concern. Since 2010, the U.S. Healthy People goal has been to reduce food insecurity to 6%. Despite this goal, 14.5% of households remained food insecure in 2013 (U.S. Department of Agriculture). The purpose of this study was to examine the antecedents of food insecurity among older adults through the lens of the social ecological model.
  
  
  METHODS
  This retrospective cross-sectional study utilized secondary data from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) from the years 2007 and 2008 from a sample that included 2,045 adults 60 years of age and older.
  
  
  METHODS
  Variables related to the constructs of the social ecological model were examined using descriptive, chi-square, and logistic regression analyses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Analyses of the model indicated that the severity of depression, reports of financial support, and having ever received household food stamp benefits had statistically significant main effects on food insecurity among older adults.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The study findings have implications for nursing practice, education, and research and could facilitate the development of screening methods, interventions, and policy evaluation that focus on food insecurity at multiple spheres of influence among the targeted population.
authors.affiliation: Department of Nursing and Public Health, Colby-Sawyer College, New London, New Hampshire.
authors.forename: Shari L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Goldberg
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Massachusetts Lowell, Lowell, Massachusetts.
authors.forename: Barbara E
authors.initials: BE
authors.lastname: Mawn
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005260:Female; D005523:Food Supply / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009749:Nutrition Surveys; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D014481:United States
keywords: NHANES; food insecurity; older adults; social ecological model