研究生和博士后实习生中粮食不安全问题
Nour M Hammad1, Cindy W Leung1
1Department of Nutrition, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts.
JAMA network open
|February 20, 2024
概括
粮食不安全影响超过17%的研究生和12%的私立大学的博士后实习生. 种族,财政援助和住房不稳定等因素有助于这种公共卫生问题.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 学术医学 学术医学
- 社会学 社会学 社会学
背景情况:
- 粮食不安全是大学校园日益严重的公共卫生问题.
- 关于研究生和博士后实习生,特别是私立机构的粮食不安全问题的研究有限.
- 了解患病率和促成因素对于制定有针对性的干预措施至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 确定在研究生和博士后实习生中粮食不安全的普遍性.
- 确定这些人口中与粮食不安全相关的社会人口统计学和其他因素.
- 为在马萨诸塞州波士顿的一所私立学术大学提供机构和国家干预的数据.
主要方法:
- 在哈佛大学以健康为重点的课程中,在研究生和博士后实习生中进行了一项横截面调查研究.
- 美国家庭粮食安全调查模块被用于评估粮食不安全.
- 后勤回归模型分析了与粮食不安全相关的因素.
主要成果:
- 这项研究包括1745名参与者,反应率为55%.
- 在研究生中,粮食不安全的患病率为17.4%,在博士后实习生中为12.7%.
- 相关因素包括种族/种族,财政援助和研究生住房不稳定性;SNAP福利,住房不稳定性和博士后学员的汽车所有权.
结论:
- 这所私立学校的研究生和博士后实习生中很大一部分人经历了粮食不安全.
- 调查结果强调了针对结构因素的定制干预措施的必要性.
- 解决这些人群的粮食不安全问题对于学术和个人福祉至关重要.
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