学校营养利益相关者在MealSim中发现实用性:一种基于代理的模型
Shelly Palmer1, Iulia Ciubotariu1, Roland Ofori1
1Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana Champaign, Urbana, IL.
Journal of nutrition education and behavior
|April 7, 2024
概括
学校营养利益相关者发现MealSim,学校午餐的基于代理的模型,有助于减少食物浪费. 反重点是加强模型定制和培训,以便在学校餐饮计划中更广泛地应用.
科学领域:
- 在公共卫生和营养中基于代理物的建模.
- 用于食品系统分析的模拟建模.
- 利益相关者参与模型开发.
背景情况:
- 基于代理的模型 (ABM) 提供了一种新的方法来模拟复杂的系统,如学校午餐计划.
- 了解利益相关者的看法对于完善模拟工具以实现实际应用至关重要.
- 减少学校的食物浪费是一个重要的公共卫生和环境问题.
研究的目的:
- 收集学校营养利益相关者对基于MealSim剂的模型的反.
- 为学校午餐计划中MealSim的改进和未来应用提供信息.
- 评估MealSim在减少食物浪费方面的感知效用和适用性.
主要方法:
- 使用在线讨论小组与美国各地的学校营养利益相关者进行定性研究.
- 演方法,其次是对讨论组成绩单的诱导分析.
- 参与了28名学校营养专业人员,他们对MealSim模型提供了反.
主要成果:
- 利益相关者重视MealSim的可定制性,但建议纳入额外的学校餐饮系统因素 (例如,员工监督).
- 对于人员培训和政策宣传的高感知实用性,尽管被认为更代表小学而不是高中.
- 为 MealSim 实施提供了用户培训和技术援助的建议.
结论:
- 尽管对基于代理的模型不熟悉,但MealSim被学校营养利益相关者视为一种有价值的工具.
- 纳入利益相关者的反对于使MealSim与用户需求保持一致和改善系统估计至关重要.
- 该研究强调了模拟模型在学校营养计划中支持决策和资源管理的潜力.
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