探索以食物为基础的文化实践,以解决农村阿巴拉契亚地区的粮食不安全问题
Lauren Batey1, Emily DeWitt1, Dawn Brewer1
1University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.
概括
在经济困难和有限的获取条件下,阿巴拉契山脉的文化实践有助于解决粮食不安全问题. 未来阿巴拉契亚地区的健康倡议应该纳入这些文化影响,以获得更大的成功.
科学领域:
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 文化人类学 文化人类学
背景情况:
- 健康行为和差异受到文化和社会因素的影响.
- 中部阿巴拉契亚地区表现出独特的文化身份和相关的健康差异.
- 现有的以文化为基础的健康倡议还没有充分解决像阿巴拉契亚这样的地理联系紧密的文化.
研究的目的:
- 确定与粮食不安全相关的特定阿巴拉契亚文化方面.
- 为未来的倡议提供信息,以加强该地区的成年人饮食习惯和粮食安全.
- 在阿巴拉契亚中部,缩小文化实践与营养健康之间的差距.
主要方法:
- 2021年从一个农村中部阿巴拉契亚社区 (n=59) 的五个重点小组收集的定性数据.
- 用于数据分析的基础理论方法.
- 探索社区层面的粮食不安全和文化适应的经验.
主要成果:
- 出现了四个主要主题:社区衰退/经济困难,食物传统的转变以及对有限的食物获取的反应.
- 参与者表现出对自给自足和相互支持的骄傲,尽管地理隔离和贫困.
- 非公认的文化习惯正在被阿巴拉契亚人利用,以应对粮食不安全.
结论:
- 阿巴拉契亚人的文化实践正在积极地,虽然不知不觉地,解决粮食不安全问题.
- 这些文化习俗对营养状况的影响需要进一步研究.
- 未来在阿巴拉契亚地区的干预措施可能通过整合文化考虑而不是仅依赖传统方法更有效.
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