Griffith Health Institute, Griffith University, University Drive, Meadowbrook 4131, Australia.
Health Place. 2010 Sep;16(5):934-41. doi: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.05.007. Epub 2010 May 25.
This study investigated how recently arrived refugees acquired food in their local food neighbourhood. Ten African humanitarian migrants belonging to separate households were asked to keep a travel and food diary for one week. Participants' food neighbourhoods were mapped using online satellite pictures and direct observation. On average 78 food outlets were available within a 2km radius of participants' homes. Vegetable consumption was higher in participants who resided <1km from a major grocery retailer (p<0.05). Foods provided during migrant orientation events were the major opportunities where subjects were introduced to foods more typical of reported usual intake in the general sedentee Australian population. The initial 12 months of resettlement is a critical period for acculturation as participants stabilise food habits. While participants seemed not to live in food deserts, intakes of all food groups remained inferior to recommended levels suggesting physical proximity and implied in-store choice alone do not guarantee a healthy diet. Migrant orientation events may represent an important setting for education about suitable options for adopting new foods into diets.
本研究调查了新抵达的难民如何在当地的食物社区获得食物。10 名来自不同家庭的非洲人道主义移民被要求记录一周的旅行和食物日记。参与者的食物社区使用在线卫星图片和直接观察进行了绘制。参与者家附近 2 公里范围内平均有 78 个食品店。居住在距离大型食品零售商<1 公里的参与者的蔬菜摄入量更高（p<0.05）。移民定位活动期间提供的食物是主要的机会，让参与者接触到更典型的澳大利亚一般久坐人口报告的常规摄入食物。重新安置的最初 12 个月是文化适应的关键时期，因为参与者稳定了饮食习惯。虽然参与者似乎没有生活在食物匮乏的地区，但所有食物组的摄入量仍低于建议水平，这表明身体上的接近和暗示店内选择并不能保证健康的饮食。移民定位活动可能代表了一个重要的教育环境，可以了解将新食物纳入饮食的合适选择。
