Refugees Connecting with a New Country through Community Food Gardening
Refugees Connecting with a New Country through Community Food Gardening
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DOI：
10.3390/ijerph110909202
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发表时间：
2014-09-01
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Somerset, Shawn
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作者：
Harris, Neil;Minniss, Fiona Rowe;Somerset, Shawn
难民是由于被迫移徙而经历营养过渡的特别脆弱的人群。本文探讨了参与社区食品园如何帮助非洲人道主义移民与他们的新国家建立联系。对参加校园社区食品园的非洲难民进行了一项有目的的抽样调查。对12名非洲人道主义移民进行了半结构化访谈，他们在花园里照看既定的花园地块。对访谈数据进行了主题分析，揭示了与会者认为与社区花园参与有关的三个重要因素：土地保有权、与农业文化的重新联系和社区归属感。社区食品园为非洲难民和其他弱势或边缘化人口提供了一种建立社区和社区联系的切实手段。鉴于人们越来越多地认识到社会联系对福祉的重要性，这一点意义重大。
Refugees are a particularly vulnerable population who undergo nutrition transition as a result of forced migration. This paper explores how involvement in a community food garden supports African humanitarian migrant connectedness with their new country. A cross-sectional study of a purposive sample of African refugees participating in a campus-based community food garden was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with twelve African humanitarian migrants who tended established garden plots within the garden. Interview data were thematically analysed revealing three factors which participants identified as important benefits in relation to community garden participation: land tenure, reconnecting with agri-culture, and community belonging. Community food gardens offer a tangible means for African refugees, and other vulnerable or marginalised populations, to build community and community connections. This is significant given the increasing recognition of the importance of social connectedness for wellbeing.