RAPID: Food security and community health during a period of transition

RAPID：转型时期的粮食安全和社区健康

• 批准号: 1328245
• 负责人: Craig Hadley
• 金额: $ 2.94万
• 依托单位: Emory University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2013
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2013-08-01 至 2014-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1328245&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RAPID; Food; security; community; health

Drs Craig Hadley (Emory University) and Edward Stevenson (University College London) will undertake research to advance understanding of the effects of local ecology on human well-being. Their research focuses on communities which are undergoing resettlement and a transition from agro-pastoralism to more intensive agriculture as part of a regional development scheme. This scheme will alter local ecology by enabling irrigation through newly built canals, but will constrain access to grazing land and alter seasonal population movements. Using surveys, interviews, and ethnographic methods, the study will lay the groundwork for later follow-up to answer three questions: (1) How do changes in local ecology affect food security, water security, and mental health? (2) Is later well-being better predicted by prior social status (e.g. gender and education) or economic status (household wealth)? (3) Do investments in education and medical services compensate for the stresses of relocation and greater population density, in terms of improving community health?This study will bring together researchers from public health and anthropology. It contributes to establishing a longitudinal research project that will assess food security and community health during momentous ecological and social changes. The effects of such changes on mental health are particularly important to document. The project stands to contribute to policy regarding resettlement, especially with regard to populations reliant on livestock herding. Pastoralist communities occupy approximately 50% of the land area of East Africa, but constitute only 10% of the population; state economic development initiatives are increasingly targeting such land for alternative uses, with important implications for local livelihoods. Longitudinal research on food security and community health should help to inform best practice in resettlement programs.

克雷格·哈德利博士（埃默里大学）和爱德华·史蒂文森博士（伦敦大学学院）将开展研究，以加深对当地生态对人类福祉影响的了解。他们的研究重点是正在经历重新安置和从农牧业向集约型农业转型的社区，这是区域发展计划的一部分。该计划将通过新建运河进行灌溉来改变当地生态，但将限制进入牧场并改变季节性人口流动。本研究将通过调查、访谈和民族志等方法，为后续回答三个问题奠定基础：（1）当地生态变化如何影响粮食安全、水安全和心理健康？ (2) 先前的社会地位（例如性别和教育）或经济地位（家庭财富）是否能更好地预测后来的福祉？ (3) 在改善社区健康方面，对教育和医疗服务的投资是否可以弥补搬迁和人口密度增加带来的压力？这项研究将汇集公共卫生和人类学的研究人员。它有助于建立一个纵向研究项目，评估重大生态和社会变化期间的粮食安全和社区健康。记录这些变化对心理健康的影响尤为重要。该项目将为重新安置政策做出贡献，特别是针对依赖畜牧业的人口。牧民社区约占东非土地面积的 50%，但仅占人口的 10%；国家经济发展举措越来越多地将这些土地用于替代用途，这对当地生计产生了重要影响。关于粮食安全和社区健康的纵向研究应有助于为移民计划的最佳实践提供信息。