Cultivating Healthy Communities: Children's HealthWatch Lessons from the Field on Addressing Food Insecurity in Health Care Settings

While this policy brief specifically focuses on addressing food insecurity in pediatric populations, screening for food insecurity and connecting patients with resources may be implemented across diverse patient populations. A variety of health care-based approaches to addressing food insecurity – from easy entry to more complex, resource-intensive – can be tailored for the needs of individual health care settings.