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.

五年前几乎闻所未闻，在2014/15年度，英国最大的食品银行网络Trussell Trust网络分布了超过100万个食品包裹，超过了2010/11年度分布的16倍。鉴于食品银行使用的增加，饥饿问题是英国国内政治辩论的最前沿。福利改革是否导致了饥饿的上升，还是人们只是利用新的免费食物？人们真的在努力负担得起足够的食物吗？还是缺乏食物技能的问题？这些辩论揭示了在英国获得不安全食品的范围和原因的有限证据，阻碍了适当的政策和实践反应。了解这一问题的需求是紧迫的。不安全的食物获取对社会福祉和健康产生了深远的影响，从而影响儿童的发展以及学习能力，心理健康和营养摄入量。确定问题是否正在增加，是什么推动其增长以及人口中的脆弱性水平是紧迫的问题。政府机构和非营利性倡导组织都有有关此问题的系统研究的呼吁。这项研究将填补这些知识差距，并提高对英国不安全食品的了解。具体而言，研究的目的是：1。开发一个概念框架，以理解和评估UK2中的粮食不安全感。为了评估英国的经济衰退和紧缩时期的粮食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增加进行比较。首先，我将汇总英国食品银行使用的主要辩论和证据，以绘制一个概念上的概念框架，以了解对食品及其司机的不安全感访问。接下来，使用公开可用数据集的数据，包括了解社会（ESRC优先数据集），我将构建粮食不安全感的新颖指标，以使我能够通过经济衰退和实施福利改革来研究不安全的食品获得趋势。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（1）有证据表明食品银行使用的证据超过了不安全的不安全获取的不安全，表明“供应商诱发的需求”，或（2）有证据表明，食品银行使用的趋势没有捕获食品不稳定的程度，表明有哪些食物不稳定，表明存在着隐藏的匈牙利。最后，我将使用这些调查中的数据来了解哪些家庭因素与粮食不安全的脆弱性有关，例如失业，工资损失以及福利改革的经验。赋予这项工作对解决有关粮食银行使用的公众和政策辩论的重要性，关键研究的目的包括对政策，实践，学术界以及英国的学术社区影响。具体而言，该项目的影响包括：3。通过回答有关粮食不安全感增加及其原因的程度的问题，为更好的公共部门，公民社会和公众做出贡献。4。促进旨在解决粮食不安全的政策和实践建议5。为了增强对粮食不安全感的理论理解，如何测量和监控粮食，以及为什么这样做很重要。6。建立一个协作研究网络以进行粮食不安全感的监测和研究。该项目建立在与粮食援助提供者，政策制定者，倡导团体和研究人员建立的基础上，包括食品基金会，乐夫姆GB，Trussell Trust，Trussell Trust和Feeding Britain Network的成员。知识交流活动包括建立一个利益相关者咨询小组，为期一天的粮食援助提供商会议，一个决策者圆桌会议以及针对研究人员和利益相关者共享研究发现的为期两天的协作研究会议，并为英国的粮食不安全感设定了研究议程。