确定农村退伍军人粮食不安全高脆弱性地区
Sarah E Bradley1,2, Jacquelyn Heuer3, Bridget Hahm4
1University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.
Journal of primary care & community health
|November 23, 2024
概括
农村退伍军人面临着更高的粮食不安全. 地理信息系统 (GIS) 地图绘制确定了脆弱区域,指导了对这个研究不足的人群的未来研究和干预.
科学领域:
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
- 退伍军人事务 退伍军人事务
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 是指地理信息系统.
背景情况:
- 与美国普通人口相比,农村退伍军人经历了不成比例的高粮食不安全率.
- 农村退伍军人的粮食不安全是一个研究不足的公共卫生问题,缺乏足够的数据来进行有针对性的干预.
- 现有研究强调,需要更好地了解和识别弱势群体.
研究的目的:
- 利用地理信息系统 (GIS) 地图绘制来识别农村退伍军人粮食不安全的高脆弱性地区.
- 提供数据驱动的洞察力,以准未来的研究和开发本地化干预措施.
- 为了解决农村退伍军人社区中食物不安全的问题.
主要方法:
- 文献审查以确定表明农村退伍军人粮食不安全的脆弱性的关键因素.
- 在ArcGIS Pro中绘制地理信息系统 (GIS) 地图,结合了诸如退伍军人人口密度,社区健康指标,县级农村和食物沙漠位置等变量.
- 分析映射数据以确定具有最高复合脆弱性得分的特定地理区域.
主要成果:
- 确定具有农村退伍军人粮食不安全脆弱性因素高度的特定地理区域.
- 确定三个关键地点,服务于具有最大可识别脆弱性的高度农村患者群体.
- 展示GIS绘图作为可视化和量化特定人群粮食不安全风险的有效工具.
结论:
- 地理信息系统 (GIS) 地图绘制是识别农村退伍军人粮食不安全的脆弱地区的可行方法.
- 这些发现为制定地方和国家一级的有针对性的干预措施提供了基础.
- 这项研究强调了解决农村退伍军人面临的关于食品获取和安全的独特挑战的重要性.
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