Food insecurity associated with educational disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic for college students and the role of anxiety and depression.

To test the association between food insecurity and educational disruptions from the COVID-19 pandemic and the role of anxiety or depression in mediating this association. Representative sample of 2,282 City University of New York students. : Using an April 2020 online survey, we estimated adjusted prevalence ratios (aPR) for educational outcomes based on food insecurity status, adjusting for age, sex, race/ethnicity, and degree level with weighted Poisson regressions with robust standard errors.

The primacy of meeting public university students' essential needs in the wake of COVID-19: An overdue higher education priority.

Objectives: We investigated the holistic experiences of university students during the pandemic.

Participants: Thirty-eight students in a public university system in New York City (NYC) purposively selected from neighborhoods highly affected by the pandemic based on level of self-reported impact.

Methods: We conducted virtual in-depth interviews from May to August 2021 and analyzed data using thematic coding and constant comparison techniques informed by grounded theory.