Chilton Mariana, Rose Donald
Department of Health Management and Policy, Drexel University School of Public Health, 1505 Race St, 11th Floor, Mail Stop 1035, Philadelphia, PA 19102-1192, USA.
Am J Public Health. 2009 Jul;99(7):1203-11. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2007.130229. Epub 2009 May 14.
Food insecurity is a serious public health problem associated with poor cognitive and emotional development in children and with depression and poor health in adults. Despite sizable continued investments in federal food assistance, food insecurity still affects 11.1% of US households--almost the same rate as in 1995, when annual measurement began. As a fresh approach to solving the problem of food insecurity, we suggest adoption of a human rights framework. This approach could actively engage those affected and would ensure that food security monitoring would be compared to benchmarks in national action plans. We describe key elements of a right-to-food approach, review challenges to implementing it, and suggest actions to foster its adoption.
粮食不安全是一个严重的公共卫生问题,与儿童认知和情感发育不良以及成年人的抑郁症和健康状况不佳有关。尽管联邦政府在粮食援助方面持续投入了大量资金,但粮食不安全问题仍影响着11.1%的美国家庭,这一比例与1995年年度测量开始时几乎相同。作为解决粮食不安全问题的新方法,我们建议采用人权框架。这种方法可以积极地让受影响者参与进来,并确保将粮食安全监测与国家行动计划中的基准进行比较。我们描述了粮食权方法的关键要素,审视了实施该方法所面临的挑战,并提出了促进其采用的行动建议。