Feeding Children and Maintaining Food Service Operations during COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Implementation and Financial Challenges.
Feeding Children and Maintaining Food Service Operations during COVID-19: A Mixed Methods Investigation of Implementation and Financial Challenges.
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DOI：
10.3390/nu13082691
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发表时间：
2021-08-03
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影响因子：
5.9
通讯作者：
Bleich SN
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作者：
Kenney EL;Dunn CG;Mozaffarian RS;Dai J;Wilson K;West J;Shen Y;Fleischhacker S;Bleich SN
美国农业部（USDA）的全国学校午餐和早餐计划对美国学童的健康和食品安全至关重要，但由于2020年春季与COVID-19疫情相关的学校关闭，这些计划的获得受到干扰。虽然计划的临时政策变化使学校食品管理局（SFA）能够在整个社区而不是在学校建筑内分发膳食，但SFA在COVID-19期间面临复杂的挑战，外部支持很少。这项混合方法研究调查了COVID-19期间美国12个最大的城市SFA所经历的实施和财务挑战。我们对SFA领导人进行了半结构化访谈，并与定量财务数据一起进行了分析。我们发现，SFAs在几乎没有准备时间的情况下重新配置了其日常运营，同时试图防止员工感染COVID-19，为利益相关者提供有时相互竞争的优先事项，并保持财务偿付能力。由于学生的参与率远低于正常时间，而且收入与提供的膳食数量有关，即使有正常的运营成本，SFA的收入也大幅下降。对于未来的危机，需要制定备灾计划，帮助SFAs更好地转向经济上可行的社区分发方法。
The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) National School Lunch and Breakfast Programs are critical for the health and food security of U.S. schoolchildren, but access to these programs was disrupted by COVID-19 pandemic-related school closures in spring 2020. While temporary policy changes to the programs enabled school food authorities (SFAs) to pivot towards distributing meals throughout their communities instead of within school buildings, SFAs faced complex challenges during COVID-19 with minimal external support. This mixed methods study investigates the implementation and financial challenges experienced by twelve of the largest urban SFAs in the U.S. during COVID-19. We conducted semi-structured interviews with SFA leaders and analyzed alongside quantitative financial data. We found that SFAs reconfigured their usual operations with nearly no preparation time while simultaneously trying to keep staff from contracting COVID-19, accommodate stakeholders with sometimes competing priorities, and remain financially solvent. Because student participation was much lower than during regular times, and revenue is tied to the number of meals served, SFAs saw drastic decreases in revenue even as they carried regular operating costs. For future crises, disaster preparedness plans that help SFAs better navigate the switch to financially viable community distribution methods are needed.
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