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Growing need, hidden hunger or supplier-induced demand: a quantitative examination of rising food bank use and insecure food access in the UK.

不断增长的需求、隐性饥饿或供应商引起的需求：对英国食品银行使用量增加和食品获取不安全的定量研究。

基本信息

批准号：
ES/N017358/1
负责人：
Rachel Loopstra
金额：
$ 20.21万
依托单位：
King's College London
依托单位国家：
英国
项目类别：
Research Grant
财政年份：
2016
资助国家：
英国
起止时间：
2016 至无数据
项目状态：
已结题

来源：
https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=ES%2FN017358%2F1
关键词：
Growing need hidden hunger supplier

项目摘要

Nearly unheard of five years ago, in 2014/15 the UK's largest network of food banks, the Trussell Trust, distributed over one million food parcels, over sixteen-times the number distributed in 2010/11. In light of rising food bank use, the issue of hunger is at the forefront of domestic political debate in the UK. Have welfare reforms caused rising hunger or are people just taking advantage of newly available free food? Are people really struggling to afford enough food or is this a problem of lack of food skills? These debates have revealed the limited evidence on the scope and causes of insecure access to food in the UK, impeding development of appropriate policy and practice responses.The need to understand this problem is pressing. Insecure access to food has profound impacts on social well-being and health, impacting child development and ability to learn, mental health, and nutritional intakes. Identifying whether the problem is increasing, what is driving its growth, and the level of vulnerability in the population are urgent concerns. There have been calls from government agencies and non-profit advocacy groups alike for systematic research on this problem.This study will fill these knowledge gaps and advance understanding of insecure access to food in the UK. Specifically, study aims are: 1. To develop a conceptual framework for understanding and evaluating food insecurity in the UK2. To quantitatively evaluate the change in food insecurity and its determinants through the recessionary and austerity periods in the UK and compare these trends with the rise in food bank use.First, I will bring together key debates and evidence on food bank use in the UK to map a conceptual framework for understanding insecure access to food and its drivers. Next, using data from publicly available datasets, including Understanding Society (an ESRC priority dataset), I will construct novel indicators of food insecurity to allow me to examine trends in insecure access to food through recession and implementation of welfare reform. These will then be compared with trends in food bank use, enabling me to examine the extent to which (1) there is evidence rising food bank use has exceeded rising insecure access to food, suggesting 'supplier-induced demand', or (2) there is evidence that trends in food bank use are not capturing the extent to which food insecurity has risen, suggesting there is 'hidden hunger'. Lastly, I will use data from these surveys to understand what household factors are associated with vulnerability to food insecurity, such as unemployment, loss of wages, and experience of welfare reforms.Given the importance of this work for resolving public and policy debate about rising food bank use, key study aims also include having impact in policy, practice, and academic communities in the UK. Specifically, the impact aims of this project include: 3. To contribute to a better informed public sector, civil society, and public by answering questions about the extent to which food insecurity has increased and its causes.4. To advance policies and practice recommendations aimed at addressing food insecurity.5. To enhance theoretical understanding of what food insecurity is, how it can be measured and monitored, and why it is important to do so.6. To build a collaborative research network to take forward monitoring and research on food insecurity.This project builds upon established relationships with food aid providers, policymakers, advocacy groups, and researchers, who include the Food Foundation, Oxfam GB, the Trussell Trust, and members of the Feeding Britain network. Knowledge exchange activities include establishing a stakeholder advisory group, a one-day conference for food aid providers, a policymaker roundtable, and a collaborative two-day research conference for researchers and stakeholders to share research findings and set a research agenda for food insecurity in the UK going forward.

五年前，在2014/15年度，英国最大的食品银行网络Trussell Trust分发了100多万个食品包裹，是2010/11年度分发数量的16倍，几乎闻所未闻。鉴于食品银行使用率的上升，饥饿问题成为英国国内政治辩论的焦点。福利改革是导致饥饿加剧，还是人们只是在利用新获得的免费食物？人们真的很难买得起足够的食物吗，或者这是一个缺乏食物技能的问题？这些辩论揭示了关于英国食品不安全的范围和原因的有限证据，阻碍了制定适当的政策和实践应对措施。理解这个问题的必要性迫在眉睫。粮食获取不安全对社会福祉和健康产生深远影响，影响儿童的发展和学习能力、心理健康和营养摄入量。确定这个问题是否在增加，是什么推动了它的增长，以及人口中的脆弱性水平是迫切需要关注的问题。政府机构和非营利性倡导团体都呼吁对这一问题进行系统研究。这项研究将填补这些知识空白，并增进对英国不安全食品获取的理解。具体来说，研究的目标是：1.为了解和评估英国的粮食不安全状况制定一个概念性框架。为了定量评估英国经济衰退和紧缩时期食品不安全及其决定因素的变化，并将这些趋势与食品银行使用的上升进行比较。首先，我将汇集英国关于食品银行使用的关键辩论和证据，以绘制一个概念框架，以了解食品不安全及其驱动因素。接下来，使用可公开获得的数据集的数据，包括了解社会(ESRC的优先数据集)，我将构建新的粮食不安全指标，使我能够检查通过经济衰退和福利改革的实施而获得粮食不安全的趋势。然后将这些与食品银行使用的趋势进行比较，使我能够检查以下情况：(1)有证据表明，食品银行使用的增加已经超过了获得食物的不安全程度的增加，这表明“供应商诱导的需求”；或(2)有证据表明，食品银行的使用趋势没有反映出粮食不安全的程度，这表明存在“隐性饥饿”。最后，我将使用这些调查的数据来了解哪些家庭因素与食品不安全的脆弱性有关，如失业、工资损失和福利改革的经验。鉴于这项工作对于解决关于食品银行使用量上升的公共和政策辩论的重要性，主要研究目标还包括在英国的政策、实践和学术界产生影响。具体而言，该项目的影响目标包括：3.通过回答有关粮食不安全的程度及其原因的问题，促进公共部门、民间社会和公众更了解情况。推进旨在解决粮食不安全问题的政策和实施建议。从理论上更好地理解什么是粮食不安全，如何衡量和监测粮食不安全，以及为什么这样做很重要。建立一个合作研究网络，以推进对食品不安全的监测和研究。该项目建立在与食品援助提供者、政策制定者、倡导团体和研究人员建立的关系基础上，这些研究人员包括食品基金会、英国乐施会、特鲁塞尔信托基金和英国食品供应网络的成员。知识交流活动包括建立利益攸关方咨询小组、为期一天的粮食援助提供者会议、政策制定者圆桌会议，以及为期两天的研究人员和利益攸关方合作研究会议，以分享研究结果并制定未来英国粮食不安全的研究议程。