米国 の 医学生 の 中 で 食糧 不 安定 の 流行
Bassel M Shanab1, Pavan Khosla1, Nour M Hammad2
1Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut.
JAMA network open
|August 29, 2025
まとめ
アメリカの医学生の21%以上が 食糧不足に苦しんでいます これは全米平均のほぼ2倍です 人種的/民族的グループや 経済的負担を負う人々の間には 格差があるため 将来の医者を支援するための介入が必要である.
科学分野:
- 医学教育
- 公衆衛生
- 健康の社会経済的決定因子
背景:
- 食糧不安は,米国の家庭の約13.5%に影響を与え,COVID-19のパンデミックによって悪化しています.
- 医学部生における食糧不足の蔓延と要因は ほとんど特定されていないため 標的型支援は困難である.
- 基本的なニーズを満たすことは 医学生の幸福と学業の成功に不可欠です
研究 の 目的:
- アメリカのアロパシー医学生の食糧不足の割合を 調べるためでした
- この集団における食糧不安に関連した社会人口学的要因を特定する.
- 対象となる介入と支援システムの開発を促す.
主な方法:
- 8つのアメリカの医学部で1834人の医学生に横断調査が行われました.
- 米国農業省の成人食品安全調査モジュールは,食糧不安を評価するために使用されました.
- 単変数および多変数回帰分析により,食糧不安と人口統計学的要因との関連が確認されました.
主要な成果:
- 医学部生における食糧不足の総発生率は21.2%で 全国の平均を大幅に上回っています
- 黒人,東南アジア人,中東人/北アフリカ人,ヒスパニック系/ラテン系学生の間で格差が認められた.
- 医療分野に欠けている学生,ペル助成金受給者,高額な借金や扶養家族を持つ学生は 食料不足のリスクが高くなりました.
結論:
- 医学生の食糧不足の割合は 全国平均の2倍近くで 医学教育における重大な問題を強調しています
- 多様な学生集団の間で 食糧不足の有病率は大きく異なっており 公平な支援の必要性を強調しています
- 医学生の基本的ニーズに対処し,将来の医師の労働力を確保するために,機関や政策レベルの介入が緊急に必要とされています.
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