@article{Metta_Olabisi_Wallace_2021, place={Ithaca, NY, USA}, title={A system dynamics approach to examining household food insecurity}, volume={10}, url={https://foodsystemsjournal.org/index.php/fsj/article/view/953}, DOI={10.5304/jafscd.2021.102.028}, abstractNote={<p>Household food security is influenced by the socio-political environment, resource access, and experiential factors, but the systemic interactions of these drivers are rarely considered in the same study. In collaboration with stakeholders, we built a system dynamics model to examine the drivers of food insecurity in Detroit and how community-led interventions could promote food security. We found that single interventions were not as effective as multiple interventions in combination, due to the complex limits on a households’ ability to purchase healthy foods. The iterative modeling process allowed stakeholders to jointly understand and generate insights into the cross-scale limits that households must navigate in order to achieve food security. Furthermore, our modeling effort demonstrates how time is a fundamental resource stock that limits the efficacy of behavioral and structural interventions.</p>}, number={2}, journal={Journal of Agriculture, Food Systems, and Community Development}, author={Metta, Kyle and Olabisi, Laura and Wallace, Renee}, year={2021}, month={Mar.}, pages={455–472} }