Week 7 - Food Insecurity and Substance Abuse

(True or False) Food security is the same as nutrition security.

False

(True or False) Food security is a measure of hunger.

False

Compared with food-secure people, people with food insecurity typically have _____ nutrition and _____ risk for diet-related diseases.

Worse, higher

(True or False) Major clinical and public health tools to assess food security do NOT consider nutritional quality.

True

(True or False) People who experience food insecurity have a higher risk for obesity.

True

How can health care institutions address nutrition security and health equity?

Implement produce prescription programs

Provide medically tailored meals

Provide nutrition and culinary education

(True or False) SNAP Education, a nutrition and lifestyle education program, effectively reaches a large portion of the population who receive SNAP benefits. (SNAP Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program)

False

(True or False) Addressing nutrition security across health systems can reduce hospitalizations and health care costs.

True

In 2021, roughly _____ percent of US households experienced food insecurity at some point during the year

10

All of the following are approaches for increasing nutrition security, EXCEPT:

Lower prices for soda and junk food

The two forms of substances that can be abused/misused are legally approved and illicit.

True

Substance abuse is a chronic disease with a high relapse rate.

True

About how many people lost their lives to the opioid epidemic in the US in 2019?

50,000

Which of the following are health or socioeconomic consequences of the opioid crisis?

Uptick in children in foster care

Increase in HIV and Hepatitis C

Higher incidence of opioid dependency among children

The opioid crisis started with overprescribing of legal pain medications.

True

What is an example of actions the United States has taken to combat the epidemic?

Introduction to new limits on prescribing

Spikes in opioid deaths were seen in 2020 and 2021 in the COVID-19 pandemic.

True

Qualitative research methods can help researchers understand the development of substance use/abuse.

True

Which of the following are disciplines that study substance use/abuse?

Medicine

Public Health

Psychology

The study of substance use/abuse is unique to the United States.

False