Community Violence and its Impact on Food Retail, Food Purchasing Behavior, and Dietary Intake among Low-income African Americans

项目摘要/摘要 社区暴力在美国是一个主要的公共卫生问题，对社区的影响不成比例 主要是低收入和非裔美国居民。以前的研究已经将暴力犯罪(即， 谋杀、强奸、严重殴打和武装抢劫)在社区一级造成各种有害健康 行为和健康后果，包括滥用药物、精神疾病和缺乏身体活动。到目前为止，非常 关于社区暴力或社区暴力的营养后果的研究很少 个别级别。因此，人们对社区暴力如何影响零售食品的了解有限 环境与个人和家庭与饮食有关的行为。K01项目旨在填补这一空白 通过研究社区暴力及其对食品零售、食品购买行为的影响来了解知识，以及 位于伊利诺伊州芝加哥的低收入非裔美国人社区的饮食摄入量。一项混合方法研究 该方法将被用来实现以下三个研究目标：1)评估对 社区暴力通过开展一系列半结构化的活动影响了当地食品零售商的业务 深度访谈低收入非裔美国人食品零售企业的老板和经理 芝加哥暴力犯罪率高的社区，2)评估社区- 种族和社会经济特征、暴力犯罪率以及食物的可获得性和密度 零售商通过分析芝加哥市政府收集的10年数据(2008-2018)，以及3)检查协会 通过对低收入人群的调查，了解社区暴力暴露、食品购买行为和饮食摄入量之间的关系 居住在芝加哥以低收入为主的非裔美国人社区的非裔美国成年人 高暴力犯罪率。这项研究将极大地提高我们对暴力如何影响社区的理解 营养。此外，它将为研究人员、政策制定者和公共卫生提供有价值的信息 关于社区暴力在社区造成与营养有关的健康不平等中的作用的机构和 个别级别。这个K01项目的发现将为未来的R01提案提供参考，该提案将进一步探索 社区暴力、食品零售、食品购买行为与膳食摄入量的关系。

PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT Community violence is a major public health concern in the U.S. that disproportionately affects communities with predominately low-income and African American residents. Previous research has linked violent crime (i.e., murder, rape, aggravated assault, and armed robbery) at the community level to a variety of adverse health behaviors and health outcomes including substance abuse, mental illness, and physical inactivity. To date, very little research has been conducted on the nutritional consequences of community violence at the community or individual levels. As a result, there is limited understanding of how community violence affects the retail food environment and the diet-related behaviors of individuals and families. This K01 project seeks to fill this void in knowledge by examining community violence and its influence on food retail, food purchasing behavior, and dietary intake in low-income African American communities located in Chicago, IL. A mixed-methods research approach will be utilized to accomplish the following three research aims: 1) assess perceptions of how community violence has affected the business of local food retailers by conducting a series of semi-structured in-depth interviews with owners & managers of food retail businesses located in low-income African American communities in Chicago with a high violent crime rate, 2) evaluate longitudinal associations between community- level racial and socioeconomic characteristics, violent crime rates, and the availability and density of food retailers by analyzing 10 years of data collected by the City of Chicago (2008-2018), and 3) examine associations between exposure to community violence, food purchasing behavior, and dietary intake by surveying low-income African American adults who reside in a predominately low-income African American community in Chicago with a high violent crime rate. This research will greatly increase our understanding of how violence affects community nutrition. Furthermore, it will provide valuable information to researchers, policymakers, and public health agencies on the role of community violence in creating nutrition-related health inequities at the community and individual levels. Findings from this K01 project will inform a future R01 proposal that will further explore relationships between community violence, food retail, food purchasing behavior, and dietary intake.