使用空间分析来检查食品零售可访问性的不平等和时间趋势
Cindy Needham1, Claudia Strugnell1,2, Liliana Orellana3
1Deakin University, Global Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Institute for Health Transformation, Geelong3220, Australia.
Public health nutrition
|October 24, 2024
概括
在大墨尔本,健康食品零售的不平等现象依然存在. 城市增长地区对健康选择的获取最少,随着时间的推移,对不健康食品零售商的获取越来越多.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 城市规划 城市规划
- 食品环境 食品环境
背景情况:
- 食品零售供应对公众健康至关重要,并且可能分布不均.
- 快速的城市增长可能会加剧现有的健康不平等.
- 了解零售食品的空间和时间接入是解决差异的关键.
研究的目的:
- 在大墨尔本的地方政府地区 (LGA) 检查食品零售准入 (类型和健康性) 的不平等.
- 评估这些不平等是否因靠近中央商务区和增长区指定而有所不同.
- 为了确定确定的不平等是否会随着时间的推移而持续下去.
主要方法:
- 对食品出售点 (2008年,2012年2014年2016年) 进行反复的横截面普查的二次分析.
- 这项研究涉及澳大利亚墨尔本大区31个地方政府区域.
- 用于食品零售环境的空间分析的地理信息系统.
主要成果:
- 在LGA层面,在获得健康食品零售的机会方面发现了显著的,持久的不平等.
- 人口密度较低的城市增长区的居民最少获得健康食品零售.
- 不健康的零售食品更容易获得,随着时间的推移,城市增长地区的可访问性增加.
结论:
- 在大墨尔本地区,进入食品商店,特别是健康选择和超市的机会是不平等的.
- 与快速城市增长相关的健康不平等需要进一步研究食品与环境的相互作用.
- 需要有针对性的干预措施来解决在日益增长的城市地区粮食获取方面的差异.
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