Promoting Nutrition Security in Diverse Low-Income Communities: Methods to Comprehensively Assess Food Access
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- It is well understood that what we eat is intimately connected with our health. Traditional health promotion strategies rely heavily on individual behavioral interventions, but not all individuals have equitable access to the nutritious foods needed to live a healthy and disease-free life. Moreover, quantifying and addressing food access is difficult because of the multitude of complex factors involved. In response to this challenge, this study evaluates how a mixed multi-method approach of characterizing the food environment 1) addresses the conceptual definitions of food access; and 2) identifies assets and areas for community activation to increase access to nutritious foods. In particular, a food environment map using geographic information systems (GIS) will be discussed as a method to assess food access surrounding four independently owned mid-sized grocers and corner stores in San Jose, California. The GIS food environment map in this study is a supplemental piece of a larger project with the Our Voice initiative and The Food Trust which utilizes citizen science to promote nutrition security in the community. The map revealed a high prevalence of food outlets with processed food options as compared to food outlets with fresh produce options. It also revealed there were numerous opportunities to obtain food that were not acknowledged by the USDA Food Access Research Atlas. An accurate understanding of food access in the local environment, inclusive of community member insights, essential for developing and implementing solutions (interventions, policies, programs) to promote nutrition security in a community.
Description
| Type of resource | text |
|---|---|
| Publication date | October 18, 2022; August 2022 |
Creators/Contributors
| Author | Pangalangan, Julia |
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Subjects
| Subject | Nutrition |
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| Subject | Food security |
| Subject | Nutrition security |
| Subject | Community-engaged |
| Subject | Geographic information systems |
| Subject | Citizen science |
| Genre | Text |
| Genre | Thesis |
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- Pangalangan, J. (2022). Promoting Nutrition Security in Diverse Low-Income Communities: Methods to Comprehensively Assess Food Access. Stanford Digital Repository. Available at https://purl.stanford.edu/gz610hs6335. https://doi.org/10.25740/gz610hs6335.
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