Beckett Anne G, Humphries Debbie, Jerome J Gregory, Teng Jessica E, Ulysse Patrick, Ivers Louise C
Internal Medicine Residency, Department of Medicine, Brigham & Women's Hospital, 75 Francis St., Boston, MA 02115 USA ; Department of Medicine, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA USA ; Partners In Health, Boston, MA USA.
Department of Epidemiology of Microbial Disease, Yale School of Public Health, 60 College Street, Ste 318, New Haven, CT 06510 USA.
AIDS Res Ther. 2016 Feb 17;13:11. doi: 10.1186/s12981-016-0096-9. eCollection 2016.
Ready-to-use supplementary food (RUSF) is increasingly used as a component of food rations for adults with HIV.
We undertook a qualitative study to evaluate the acceptability and use of peanut-based RUSF compared to corn-soy blend (CSB) among adults living with HIV in rural Haiti who had been enrolled in a prospective, randomized trial comparing the impact of those rations. A total of 13 focus groups were conducted with 84 participants-42 selected from the RUSF arm of the study, and 42 from the CSB arm-using a guide with pre-designated core topics and open-ended questions.
We found that RUSF was highly acceptable in terms of taste, preparation, and packaging. Both types of food ration were widely shared inside and outside households, especially with children. However, while CSB was without exception stored with the communal household food supply, RUSF was frequently separated from the household food supply and was more often reserved for consumption by individuals with HIV.
RUSF was a highly acceptable food ration that, compared to CSB, was more often reserved for use by the individual with HIV. Qualitative examination of the perceptions, use, and sharing of food rations is critical to understanding and improving the efficacy of food assistance for food-insecure people living with HIV.
即食补充食品（RUSF）越来越多地被用作感染艾滋病毒成年人食品配给的一个组成部分。
我们进行了一项定性研究，以评估在海地农村参与一项比较这些配给影响的前瞻性随机试验的艾滋病毒感染者中，与玉米 - 大豆混合食品（CSB）相比，以花生为基础的RUSF的可接受性和使用情况。使用带有预先指定核心主题和开放式问题的指南，共对84名参与者进行了13个焦点小组访谈，其中42名选自研究的RUSF组，42名选自CSB组。
我们发现RUSF在口味、制备和包装方面非常容易被接受。两种食品配给在家庭内外都被广泛分享，尤其是与儿童分享。然而，虽然CSB无一例外地与家庭公共食品供应一起储存，但RUSF经常与家庭食品供应分开，并且更多地留给艾滋病毒感染者个人食用。
RUSF是一种非常容易被接受的食品配给，与CSB相比，更多地留给艾滋病毒感染者个人使用。对食品配给的认知、使用和分享进行定性研究，对于理解和提高对粮食不安全的艾滋病毒感染者的粮食援助效果至关重要。
