Education-provided by the Oregon Food Bank

Guide to recent studies on hunger and poverty - Oregon

 

Profiles of Poverty and Hunger in Oregon 2006
Steve Randolph and Michael Leachman
Oregon Food Bank
October 2006
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/research_and_action/who_is_hungry/index.html

 

Food Insecurity and Hunger in Oregon: A New Look
Department of Agriculture and Resource Economics
Rural Studies Program
Oregon State University
Mark Edwards and Bruce Weber
November 2003
http://ruralstudies.oregonstate.edu/Publications/hunger.pdf

 

Workshop: The Future of Food in Oregon

Ken Meter, economist and CEO of Crossroads Community Center

April, 2008

View presentation >

View Crossroads Community Center's Web site >

 

Childhood Hunger: A Public Health Concern

Oregon Childhood Hunger Initiative Health Provider Survey Report
May, 2008

Read the report >

 

Health Consequences of Food Insecurity and Hunger

Donna Ching, registered nurse and pediatric nurse practitioner
April, 2007

http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/research_and_action/HealthConsequencesofHunger.html

 

The Causes and Costs of Domestic Hunger
Dr. J Larry Brown
November 2004
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/research_and_action/Dr.LarryBrown.html

 

Workshop: The Medical and Social Impacts of Childhood Hunger
Oregon Food Bank
Children First for Oregon
Providence Health System
Oregon Health & Science University
November 2004

 

Hunger in Oregon 2001
Michael Leachman
Oregon Center for Public Policy
November 2002
http://www.ocpp.org/
http://www.ocpp.org/2001/01hunger.htm

 

Hunger and food security of low-income households in Oregon
Community Planning Workshop
Department of Planning, Public Policy and Management
University of Oregon
Adam Alabarca
September 2000
http://www.oregonfoodbank.org/research_and_action/documents/CPWFoodSecurityReport_000.pdf

 

Hunger studies - National

 

Household Food Security in the United States, 2002
Mark Nord, Margaret Andrews and Steven Carlson
USDA
October 2003
http://ers.usda.gov/publications/fanrr29

 

  

Poverty studies

 

2003 Data Book
The Status of Oregon's Children: Family Financial Stability
Children First for Oregon
December 2003
http://www.kidscount.org/

 

Borrowing to Make Ends Meet: The Growth of Credit Card Debt in the '90's
Tamara Draut and Javier Silva
Demos
September 2003
http://www.demos-usa.org/pubs/borrowing_to_make_ends_meet.pdf