L’accès aux ressources alimentaires : facteurs prédicteurs de l’insécurité alimentaire sévère parmi les ménages bénéficiers des programmes communautaires en sécurité alimentaire à Montréal
Objectives: To explore the association between access to food resources and household food insecurity level among new participants in food security interventions in Montreal.  Methods: This is a cross-sectional study involving 785 new participants with less than 6 months involvement in community organizations delivering food security interventions. Data were collected through face-to-face interviews and geographic measures. The dependent variable was household food insecurity.  While the independent variable was access to food resources, assessed through: location of the most used grocery store, distance between participant’s residence and the community organization used, mode of transportation, walking time to the grocery store most used, satisfaction regarding the acceptability and affordability of food available at the grocery store most used, and self-reported difficulties in access to food. Using the severe food insecurity as reference, multivariate logistic regression models were used to estimate the association between household food insecurity level and each explanatory variable.   Results: Our data suggest that the severity of household food insecurity is associated with difficulty accessing food due to food affordability (OR=0.13, CI: 0.07-0.25 for food security and OR=0.42, CI: 0.28-0.63 for moderate food insecurity), doing groceries outside the neighborhoods or not shopping food frequently (OR=0.50, CI: 0.30-0.84 for moderate food insecurity), having access to public transportation (OR=1.73, CI: 1.09-2.73 for moderate food insecurity), residing between 1000 and to less than 2000 meters from the community organization (OR=1.83, CI: 1.14-2.92 for moderate food insecurity), and difficulty accessing food due transportation constraints (food security; OR=0.18, CI 95 % 0.06-0.52).   Conclusion: Access to food resources is associated with household food insecurity level among new participants in food security interventions in Montreal.
Food supply Food access Food insecurity Food resources