Sharkey Joseph R, Dean Wesley R, Johnson Cassandra M
Texas Healthy Aging Research Network (TxHAN) Collaborating Center, Department of Social and Behavioral Health, School of Rural Public Health, Texas A&M Health Science Center, College Station, Texas 77843-1266, USA.
J Nutr Gerontol Geriatr. 2011;30(2):187-200. doi: 10.1080/21551197.2011.572530.
The availability of an adequate household food supply is critical for the older population. There is little work that has examined food security and the influence of nativity on food security among older Mexican Americans living along the Texas-Mexico border. Using data from 140 older women (age ≥ 50 y) who participated in the 2009 Colonia Household and Community Food Resource Assessment (C-HCFRA), we examined demographic characteristics, health characteristics, food access and mobility, federal and community food and nutrition assistance programs, quality of food environment, food security, eating behaviors, and alternative food sources. 77% of participants experienced food insecurity, with 68% experiencing very low food security. Very low food security was associated with being born in Mexico, adjusting for household income and food assistance program participation. This article provides compelling evidence for enhanced research efforts that will better understand coping strategies and the use of food and nutrition assistance programs for reducing hardship associated with very low food security among older U.S.- and Mexico-born Mexican American women.
充足的家庭食物供应对于老年人口至关重要。很少有研究考察过居住在得克萨斯州与墨西哥边境的老年墨西哥裔美国人的食品安全状况以及出生地对食品安全的影响。我们利用参与2009年殖民地家庭与社区食物资源评估（C-HCFRA）的140名老年女性（年龄≥50岁）的数据，研究了人口统计学特征、健康特征、食物获取与流动性、联邦及社区食物与营养援助项目、食物环境质量、食品安全、饮食行为以及替代食物来源。77%的参与者经历过食物不安全状况，其中68%经历过极低食品安全状况。在对家庭收入和食物援助项目参与情况进行调整后，极低食品安全状况与出生在墨西哥有关。本文提供了有力证据，支持加大研究力度，以便更好地理解应对策略以及食物与营养援助项目的使用情况，从而减少出生在美国和墨西哥的老年墨西哥裔美国女性因极低食品安全状况而面临的困境。
