Lamont, Allyson2023-09-062023-09-062022-06Thesis 11063https://unbscholar.lib.unb.ca/handle/1882/37341Food insecurity (FI), a social determinant of physical and mental health, is a public health problem. Therefore, it is unsurprising that people who are food insecure report differences in their use of, and access to, medical and mental health services. Similarly, race/ethnicity is a social determinant of health, and people who are non-White generally reported differences in service use/accessibility compared to their White counterparts. Despite these interrelationships between FI, race/ethnicity, and healthcare outcomes, no study in the Canadian literature has investigated race/ethnicity as a moderator of FI-healthcare associations. The current study addressed this gap using data from the 2015-2016 Canadian Community Health Survey. As exploratory analyses, two methods of modelling food security (FS) status were compared. Results indicated that: 1) Race/ethnicity rarely moderated FI-healthcare associations, and, 2) Interpretations of relationships at times differed based on the method of modelling FS status. Findings have implications for healthcare and poverty-related policies.xi, 186electronicenhttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::Health and medical services in societyINTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS::EthnicityFood security--Canada.Minorities--Canada.Medical care--Canada.Canada.master thesisSpeed, David(OCoLC)1418764345Psychology