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To document the experience of adult food insecurity in an urban context, a community-university research collaboration conducted a qualitative study of adults' personal experiences of food insecurity and its perceived effects on aspects of health, using individual interviews with food-insecure adults. The study was designed to gain understanding of experiential knowledge and to relate respondents' experiences to an extant conceptual model (Campbell, 1991). Respondents reported insufficient access to food and experienced personal distress, frustration, and despair, which they linked to food insecurity. Food insecurity affected participation in typical social activities and contributed to feelings of isolation and alienation.
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