Contextual Determinants of Household Food Security in African-American and Hispanic Neighborhoods in the Southern US

美国南部非裔美国人和西班牙裔社区家庭粮食安全的背景决定因素

• 批准号: 0130473
• 负责人: Margaret Bentley
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-01-15 至 2002-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0130473&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Contextual; Determinants; Household; Food; Security

15 years ago, Fitchen (1997) posed the question, "Why do we continue to tolerate hunger amidst the affluence of the United States?" She hypothesized that Americans expect the poor to eat marginally-the rich shall eat steak and the poor shall have cheese. Although the prevalence of food insecurity and hunger in the general population has fallen, high rates continue among African-Americans and Hispanics. What is the social and cultural context in which minority households experience food insecurity in the US? In Durham County, NC, this doctoral student will investigate the relationship between structural, community, and household factors that contribute to food security. She proposes to develop a theoretical model of food security based on the perspectives of African-American and Hispanic families living in urban and rural neighborhoods. Using food access indicators developed through GIS to identify 8 case study neighborhoods, she will use qualitative and participatory research methods to conduct key informant interviews and focus group interviews. Participants will document their own sources of household food security, the role that food assistance plays in their household food security, and the relationship of food access to food assistance and household food security. The results from this study will provide important insights into the determinants of household food security beyond and within the household.

15年前，Fitchen（1997）提出了一个问题，“为什么我们在美国的富裕中继续忍受饥饿？她假设，美国人希望穷人吃边际-富人应该吃牛排，穷人应该吃奶酪。 虽然一般人口中粮食不安全和饥饿的发生率有所下降，但非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔美国人的发生率仍然很高。在美国，少数民族家庭经历粮食不安全的社会和文化背景是什么？ 在北卡罗来纳州的达勒姆县，这名博士生将调查结构，社区和家庭因素之间的关系，有助于粮食安全。 她建议开发一个基于生活在城市和农村社区的非洲裔美国人和西班牙裔家庭的观点的粮食安全的理论模型。 使用通过GIS开发的食物获取指标来确定8个案例研究社区，她将使用定性和参与性研究方法进行关键的线人访谈和焦点小组访谈。 与会者将记录他们自己的家庭粮食安全来源、粮食援助在家庭粮食安全中发挥的作用以及获得粮食与粮食援助和家庭粮食安全之间的关系。 这项研究的结果将为了解家庭内外家庭粮食安全的决定因素提供重要的见解。