ウェセックスの食品会員クラブにアクセスする家庭における食糧不安と食事の質:混合方法の研究
Elizabeth Taylor1, Nida Ziauddeen2, Nisreen A Alwan3
1School of Geography and Environmental Science, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK; NIHR Applied Research Collaboration Wessex, Southampton, UK.
Lancet (London, England)
|November 24, 2023
まとめ
ウェセックスのフードクラブの利用者の間で食糧不安が多く,多くの参加者は食糧不安が低いか非常に低いと報告しています. これらのクラブは 食事の質と参加者の健康状態の改善に 期待を寄せています
科学分野:
- 公衆衛生 栄養
- 食品安全に関する研究
- 地域保健の介入
背景:
- 食料不安は 十分な,手頃な価格の 栄養価の高い食料への不十分なアクセスと定義されていて 重要な公衆衛生問題です
- 食料会員クラブは 予算と料理のスキルのような 支援サービスに加えて 食料品を提供することで 解決策を提示します
- Wessex DIETプロジェクトは,これらのコミュニティベースの食品イニシアチブの有効性と利用者の受け入れを評価するために開始されました.
研究 の 目的:
- ウェセックスのフードクラブにアクセスする人の間での食糧不安の流行を定量化します.
- 参加者の基礎的な食事の質と健康状態を評価する.
- 食品クラブが食糧安全保障と健康上の成果に及ぼす長期的な影響を評価するための基盤を確立する.
主な方法:
- 2022年3月から7月の間にウェセックスのフードクラブから97人の参加者を募集した.
- ベースラインデータは,米国農務省 (USDA) の修正された6項目食品安全調査モジュールを使用して,調査 (紙面またはオンライン) を介して収集されました.
- 食事の摂取量,健康状態,人口統計情報を評価し,半構造面接に招待された参加者のサブセットを対象とした.
主要な成果:
- 74人の被験者の73%が 食料安全保障が低いか非常に低いと報告した.
- 参加者の半数以上 (57%) は,財政的な制約のために食事のサイズをスキップしたり,減らしたりしました.
- 最初の参加者のフィードバックは,食事と財務管理の改善を報告したクラブの肯定的な認識を示しました.
結論:
- この研究は,会員クラブのような食糧援助サービスを利用する人々の間で食糧不安の高い流行を確認しています.
- 食事クラブは好評で,参加者の食事の質と幸福を向上させるのに役立つ可能性があるようです.
- これらのクラブが持続的な食糧安全保障と健康に与える影響を完全に確認するために,さらなる縦断的な研究が必要である.
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