加拿大食品处方:证据,批评和机会
Matthew Little1, Warren Dodd2, Laura Jane Brubacher2
1School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.
概括
食品处方,医疗保健干预,通过券或盒子将患者与健康食品联系起来. 虽然改善了饮食和粮食安全,但它们对健康结果的影响需要进一步研究.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 医疗保健服务研究 医疗服务研究
- 营养干预 营养干预
背景情况:
- 粮食不安全是健康的重要社会决定因素,与营养不良,慢性疾病和医疗保健成本增加有关.
- 食品处方是一种新兴的干预措施,利用医疗机构改善患者获得营养食品的机会.
- 这种方法与社会处方和"食物是药"倡议保持一致.
研究的目的:
- 总结有关食品处方干预措施的当前证据.
- 批判性地评估食品处方的局限性和机会.
- 检查食品处方在加拿大医疗保健环境中的作用.
主要方法:
- 对食品处方现有文献和证据的审查.
- 对干预模式的分析,包括券和食品盒.
- 基于专家经验和对食品处方感兴趣的评论.
主要成果:
- 食品处方已经证明改善了水果和蔬菜的摄入量,并减少了家庭的粮食不安全.
- 关于食品处方对整体健康结果的影响的证据仍然不确.
- 加拿大对食品处方的研究有限,强调需要更多数据.
结论:
- 加拿大需要进一步评估食品处方的有效性,成本效益和潜在的保护主义.
- 了解食品处方如何与更广泛的社会福利系统相结合至关重要.
- 建立在加拿大的食品处方有效性和最佳实践的证据是优先事项.
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