Understanding Food Insecurity Among College Students: Experience, motivation, and local solutions
Understanding Food Insecurity Among College Students: Experience, motivation, and local solutions
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DOI：
10.1111/napa.12108
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发表时间：
2017-05-01
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0.7
通讯作者：
Henry, Lisa
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作者：
Henry, Lisa
大学生的粮食不安全程度高于全国平均水平12.7%。患病率研究报告称，14- 59%的学生在大学生涯的某个时候处于食物不安全状态。本文讨论了学生的粮食不安全的意义和经验，其对动机和学业成功的影响，以及参与者对当地解决方案的建议。进行了人种学，探索性研究，包括27个半结构化的采访与粮食安全的学生和五个焦点小组与粮食安全的学生。学生中的粮食不安全被认为是不公开的，没有标准的形象，往往是沉默的。大多数粮食无保障的学生每天都面临耻辱和羞耻的问题，这使他们无法向父母和联邦社会服务机构寻求帮助。参与者表达了上大学的强烈动机。获得学位、获得更好的工作和提高生活水平是优先考虑的问题，而不是饥饿问题。减轻学生的粮食不安全需要多种当地解决方案，这些解决方案应该是谨慎的，保护学生的机密性，并通过提高校园意识来减轻与粮食不安全相关的耻辱感。
Food insecurity among college students is higher than the national average of 12.7 percent. Prevalence studies report a range of 14-59 percent of students being food insecure at some point during their college career. This article discusses the meaning and experience of food insecurity among students, its impact on motivation and academic success, and participant suggestions for local solutions. An ethnographic, exploratory study was conducted, including 27 semistructured interviews with food insecure students and five focus groups with food secure students. Food insecurity among students is considered faceless, has no standard image, and is often silent. Most food insecure students were faced with issues of stigma and shame daily, which prevented them from seeking assistance from parents and federal social services. Participants articulated a strong motivation to attend college. Obtaining a degree, securing a better job, and improving their living standards were priorities that outweighed hunger concerns. Alleviating student food insecurity requires multiple local solutions, which should be discreet, protective of student confidentiality, and work to alleviate stigma associated with food insecurity by raising awareness on campus.