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Peer reviewed papers are an important way for researchers to communicate knowledge, translate, and exchange evidence on food insecurity. The papers on this website represent research around Household food insecurity in Australia. All of the articles listed were published in peer-reviewed academic journal.

A number of these papers have been co-authored by our SHARE collaboration group.

We have collated a list of papers, found under the headings below.

• Determinants of Food Insecurity
• Measuring Food Insecurity
  • Tools and measures of household insecurity
  • Prevalence and experiences of food insecurity
• Addressing Food Insecurity: Initiatives, programs and food relief alternatives

Examining the association between food literacy and food insecurity
Andrea Begley, Ellen Paynter, Lucy M Butcher, Satvinder S Dhaliwal - 2019

Using cross-sectional data to identify and quantify the relative importance of factors associated with and leading to food insecurity
Alison Daly, Christina M Pollard, Deborah A Kerr, Colin W Binns, Martin Caraher, Michael Phillips - 2018

Traditional food availability and consumption in remote Aboriginal communities in the Northern Territory, Australia
Megan Ferguson, Clare Brown, Claire Georga, Edward Miles, Alyce Wilson, Julie Brimblecombe - 2017

Removing the Australian tax exemption on healthy food adds food stress to families vulnerable to poor nutrition
Timothy J Landrigan, Deborah A Kerr, Satvinder S Dhaliwal, Victoria Savage, Christina M Pollard - 2017

Healthy diets ASAP – Australian Standardised Affordability and Pricing methods protocol
Amanda J Lee, Sarah Kane, Meron Lewis, Elizabeth Good, Christina M Pollard, Timothy J Landrigan & Mathew Dick - 2018

The important role of charity in the welfare system for those who are food insecure
Fiona McKay, Rebecca Lindberg - 2019

Food Insecurity and Hunger in Rich Countries—It Is Time for Action against Inequality
Christina M Pollard, Sue Booth - 2019

Food security, remoteness and consolidation of supermarket distribution centres: Factors contributing to food pricing inequalities across Queensland, Australia
Lila Singh-Peterson, Scott Lieske, Steven J.R. Underhill, Noni Keys - 2016
Australian Geographer

The Association between Stressful Events and Food Insecurity: Cross-Sectional Evidence from Australia
Jeromey B. Temple - 2018
​International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Social Assistance Payments and Food Insecurity in Australia: Evidence from the Household Expenditure Survey
Jeromey B Temple, Sue Booth, Christina M Pollard - 2019

Predictors of Food Insecurity among Australian University Students: A Cross-Sectional Study
Megan C. Whatnall, Melinda J. Hutchesson, Amanda J. Patterson - 2019
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

A longitudinal study of the cost of food in Victoria influenced by geography and nutritional quality
Claire Palermo, Julia McCartan, Sue Kleve, Kompal Sinha, Alan Shiell - 2016

Exploring nutrition capacity in Australia's charitable food sector.
Kate Wingrove, Liza Barbour, Claire Palermo - 2017
Nutrition and Dietetics

Tools and measures of household insecurity

Developing measures of food and nutrition security within an Australian context
Claire Archer, Danielle Gallegos and Rebecca McKechnie - 2017

Measurement of the dimensions of food insecurity in developed countries: a systematic literature review
Stephanie Ashby, Suzanne Kleve, Rebecca McKechnie, Claire Palermo
Public Health Nutrition - 2016

Evaluation Tool Development for Food Literacy Programs
Andrea Begley, Ellen Paynter and Satvinder S. Dhaliwal - 2018

Food insecurity, food crimes and structural violence: an Australian perspective
Sue Booth, Christina Mary Pollard - 2020

Identifying and responding to food insecurity in Australia
Mitchell Bowden - 2020
Australian Institute of Family Studies: Child Family Community Australia

Preliminary validation and piloting of a comprehensive measure of household food security in Australia.
Sue Kleve, Danielle Gallegos, Stephanie Ashby, Claire Palermo, Rebecca McKechnie - 2018
Public Health Nutrition

Protocol for the development of a food stress index to identify households Most at risk of food insecurity in Western Australia
Timothy J Landrigan, Deborah A Kerr, Satvinder S Dhaliwal, Christina M Pollard - 2019

Single-item measure of food insecurity used in the National Health Survey may underestimate prevalence in Australia
Rebecca McKechnie, Gavin Turrell, Katrina Giskes, Danielle Gallegos - 2018

Using the Food Stress Index for Emergency Food Assistance: An Australian Case Series Analysis, during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Natural Disasters.
Christina Mary Pollard, Timothy John Landrigan, Jennie Margaret Gray, Lockie McDonald, Helen Creed and Sue Booth - 2021

Prevalence and experiences of food insecurity

Understanding food insecurity in Australia
Mitchell Bowden - 2020
Australia Institute of Family Studies: Child Family Community Australia

Food Insecurity and Child Development: A State-of-the-Art Review
Danielle Gallegos, Areana Eivers, Peter Sondergeld, Cassandra Pattinson - 2021

A comparison of maternal feeding responses to child fussy eating in low-income food secure and food insecure households
Holly A.Harris, Sally Staton, Alina Morawska, Danielle Gallegos, Candice Oakes, Karen Thorpe

Migration, Stress and the Challenges of Accessing Food: An Exploratory Study of the Experience of Recent Afghan Women Refugees in Adelaide, Australia
Foorough Kavian, Kaye Mehta, Eileen Willis, Lillian Mwanri, Paul Ward and Sue Booth - 2020

Prevalence and Socio-Demographic Predictors of Food Insecurity in Australia during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Katherine Kent, Sandra Murray, Beth Penrose, Stuart Auckland, Denis Visentin, Stephanie Godrich and Elizabeth Leste- 2020

Food Insecurity Prevalence, Severity and Determinants in Australian Households during the COVID-19 Pandemic from the Perspective of Women
Sue Kleve, Christie J. Bennett, Zoe E. Davidson, Nicole J. Kellow, Tracy A. McCaffrey, Sharleen O’Reilly, Joanne Enticott, Lisa J. Moran, Cheryce L. Harrison, Helena Teede and Siew Lim - 2021

Walking the Food Security Tightrope—Exploring the Experiences of Low-to-Middle Income Melbourne Households
Sue Kleve, Sue Booth, Zoe E. Davidson, Claire Palermo - 2018
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Are low-to-middle-income households experiencing food insecurity in Victoria, Australia? An examination of the Victorian Population Health Survey, 2006-2009
Sue Kleve, Zoe E. Davidson, Emma Gearon, Sue Booth, Claire Palermo - 2017
Australian Journal of Primary Health

Food security experiences of aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander families with young children in an urban setting: Influencing factors and coping strategies
Leisa McCarthy, Anne B. Chang, Julie Brimblecombe - 2018

The prevalence, severity and experience of food insecurity in Australia: An investigation of food aid use
Fiona H.McKay, Bronte C.Haines, Holly Beswick, Hayley Mckenzie, Rebecca Lindberg - 2020
Health & Social Care in the Community

Experiences of food access for asylum seekers who have ceased using a food bank in Melbourne, Australia
Fiona H.McKay, Megan Bugden, Matthew Dunn, Chantelle Bazerghi - 2018
British Food Journal

Food Aid Provision in Metropolitan Melbourne: A Mixed Methods Study
Fiona H.Mckay, Hayley McKenzie - 2016
Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Social Assistance Payments and Food Insecurity in Australia: Evidence from the Household Expenditure Survey
Jeromey Temple, Sue Booth, Christina Mary Pollard - 2019
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health

Food insecurity among older Aboriginal and Torres Strait islanders
Jeromey B Temple, Joanna Russell - 2018
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Long-term food insecurity, hunger and risky food acquisition practices: A cross-sectional study of food charity recipients in an Australian capital city
Christina M Pollard, Sue Booth, Jonine Jancey, Bruce Mackintosh, Claire E Pulker, Janine L Wright, Andrea Begley, Sabrah Imtiaz, Claire Silic, S Aqif Mukhtar, Martin Caraher, Joel Berg, Deborah A Kerr - 2019

How Do Disadvantaged Children Perceive, Understand and Experience Household Food Insecurity?
Stefania Velardo, Christina M Pollard, Jessica Shipman, Sue Booth - 2021

Gratitude, resignation and the desire for dignity: lived experience of food charity recipients and their recommendations for improvement, Perth, Western Australia
Sue Booth, Andrea Begley, Bruce Mackintosh, Deborah Anne Kerr, Jonine Jancey, Martin Caraher, Jill Whelan and Christina Mary Pollard, 2018

‘Sustainable’ Rather Than ‘Subsistence’ Food Assistance Solutions to Food Insecurity: South Australian Recipients’ Perspectives on Traditional and Social Enterprise Models
Sue Booth, Christina Pollard, John Coveney, Ian Goodwin-Smith, 2018

Feasibility of a novel participatory multi-sector continuous improvement approach to enhance food security in remote Indigenous Australian communities
J. Brimblecombe, R. Bailie, C. van den Boogaard, B. Wood, S. C. Liberato, M. Ferguson, J. Coveney, R. Jaenke, J. Ritchie - 2017

Moving beyond coping to resilient pragmatism in food insecure households
Rhonda Dryland, Julie-Anne Carroll and Danielle Gallegos - 2021

Effectiveness of Foodbank Western Australia’s Food Sensations® for Adults Food Literacy Program in Regional Australia
Catherine Dumont, Lucy M Butcher, Frances Foulkes-Taylor, Anna Bird, Andrea Begley - 2021

Re-Evaluating Expertise: Principles for Food and Nutrition Security Research, Advocacy and Solutions in High-Income Countries
Danielle Gallegos and Mariana M. Chilton - 2019

Problems, policy and politics – perspectives of public health leaders on food insecurity and human rights in Australia
Stephanie L Godrich, Liza Barbour, Rebecca Lindberg - 2021

The Food Literacy Action Logic Model: A Tertiary Education Sector Innovative Strategy to Support the Charitable Food Sectors Need for Food Literacy Training
Tanya Lawlis, Ros Sambell, Amanda Douglas Watson, Sarah Belton, Amanda Devine - 2019
Nutrients

Sustainable, resilient food systems for healthy diets: the transformation agenda
Mark Andrew Lawrence, Phillip Ian Baker, Claire Elizabeth Pulker, Christina Mary Pollard -2019

The impact of social enterprise on food insecurity – An Australian case study
Rebecca Lindberg, Julia McCartan, Alexandra Stone, Ashleigh Gale, Alice Mika, Marina Nguyen, Sue Kleve - 2019
Health & Social Care in the Community

Addressing Food and Nutrition Security in Developed Countries
Christina Mary Pollard, Sue Booth - 2019

Charitable Food Systems’ Capacity to Address Food Insecurity: An Australian Capital City Audit
Christina M. Pollard, Bruce Mackintosh, Cathy Campbell, Deborah Kerr, Andrea Begley, Jonine Jancey, Martin Caraher, Joel Berg and Sue Booth - 2018

Population‐based interventions addressing food insecurity in Australia: A systematic scoping review
Vivien Yii, Claire Palermo, Sue Kleve - 2019
Nutrition & Dietetics

Interventions to address household food insecurity in high-income countries
Rachel Loopstra - 2018
Proceedings of the Nutrition Society

Kitchens and Pantries—Helping or Hindering? The Perspectives of Emergency Food Users in Victoria, Australia
Rebecca Lindberg, Mark Lawrence, Martin Caraher  - 2016
Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition

Improving access to community-based food systems: Comparing perspectives of low socioeconomic individuals and food system representatives
Kylie Markow, Sue Booth, Stephanie Savio, John Coveney - 2016

New frontiers in community initiatives to increase vegetable consumption
Sue Noy, Rebecca Patrick, Claire Henderson-Wilson, Sonia Nuttman, Isabella Ryan - 2018
Health Promotion Journal of Australia

An evaluation of SecondBite®'s FoodMate®, a nutrition education and skill‐building program aimed at reducing food insecurity
Lena D. Stephens, Geoff Smith, Dana Lee, Kylie Ball  - 2019
Health Promotion Journal of Australia

The Role of a Food Literacy Intervention in Promoting Food Security and Food Literacy—OzHarvest’s NEST Program
Elisha G West, Rebecca Lindberg, Kylie Ball, Sarah A McNaughton - 2020