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Food Insecurity Among South Asian Immigrant Communities In The Inland Empire Of Southern California, Farhan Danish
Food Insecurity Among South Asian Immigrant Communities In The Inland Empire Of Southern California, Farhan Danish
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Background: Food insecurity amongst South Asian Americans is a major public health issue. The South Asian American (SAA) community is the third largest Asian community in the United States. Despite this fact, very few specific studies have been conducted to investigate the food needs and barriers that exist within the SAA community so as to successfully help them improve dietary habits.
Methods: This study utilized a mixed methods convergent parallel design, where both qualitative and quantitative methods were conducted and analyzed separately and compared and contrasted at the end.
Results: The results of this study demonstrate that ethnic grocery stores …