Using a rapid assessment methodology to identify and address immediate needs among low-income households with children during COVID-19

Shreela V. Sharma; Amier Haidar; Jacqueline Noyola; Jacqueline Tien; Melinda Rushing; Brittni M. Naylor; Ru-Jye Chuang; Christine Markham

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0240009

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Using a rapid assessment methodology to identify and address immediate needs among low-income households with children during COVID-19

Shreela V. Sharma ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Amier Haidar ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Amier.h.haidar@uth.tmc.edu

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-1071

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Jacqueline Noyola ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brighter Bites, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Jacqueline Tien ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brighter Bites, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Melinda Rushing ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Brittni M. Naylor ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Ru-Jye Chuang ,

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Christine Markham

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America
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Using a rapid assessment methodology to identify and address immediate needs among low-income households with children during COVID-19

Shreela V. Sharma,
Amier Haidar,
Jacqueline Noyola,
Jacqueline Tien,
Melinda Rushing,
Brittni M. Naylor,
Ru-Jye Chuang,
Christine Markham

Published: October 1, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0240009

About the Authors

Shreela V. Sharma

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America

Amier Haidar

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: Amier.h.haidar@uth.tmc.edu

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3341-1071

Jacqueline Noyola

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brighter Bites, Houston, TX, United States of America

Jacqueline Tien

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Formal analysis, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Brighter Bites, Houston, TX, United States of America

Melinda Rushing

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Brittni M. Naylor

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Ru-Jye Chuang

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Data curation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Christine Markham

Contributed equally to this work with: Shreela V. Sharma, Amier Haidar, Jacqueline Noyola, Jacqueline Tien, Melinda Rushing, Brittni M. Naylor, Ru-Jye Chuang, Christine Markham

Roles Conceptualization, Investigation, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Department of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston (UTHealth) School of Public Health, Houston, TX, United States of America

Competing Interests

I have read the journal's policy and the authors of this manuscript have the following competing interests: Dr. Sharma is on the Board of Directors of Brighter Bites nonprofit organization, the goal of which is to improve access to fresh fruits and vegetables and nutrition education among underserved communities. This is an unpaid, advisory board position. The other authors have no conflicts of interest relevant to this article to disclose. This does not alter our adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

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