Smith Dianna, Thompson Claire, Harland Kirk, Parker Storm, Shelton Nicola
Appl Geogr. 2018 Feb;91:21-31. doi: 10.1016/j.apgeog.2017.12.022. Epub 2018 Jan 5.
Despite the increasing recognition of household food insecurity as a policy issue, there is currently no routine measurement of food insecurity in the UK. There is nothing to suggest that Government will address this in the near future for all parts of the UK. In which case, policy makers and campaigners might instead seek out consistent and robust measures of the population-level factors which are known to contribute to food insecurity. However, no systematic measures exist, meaning that resources may not be targeted at those areas most in need. This paper presents the first objective estimate of high population-level risk of household food insecurity in English neighbourhoods (4.09% of the population, 95%CI 4.08-4.10) using public data. Estimated geographic distribution of factors contributing to household food insecurity is customisable to local pressures and is adaptable to settings outside of England.
尽管家庭粮食不安全作为一个政策问题越来越受到重视,但目前英国没有对粮食不安全状况进行常规测量。没有迹象表明政府会在近期为英国所有地区解决这一问题。在这种情况下,政策制定者和活动家可能会转而寻求对已知导致粮食不安全的人口层面因素进行一致且有力的衡量。然而,目前不存在系统性的衡量方法,这意味着资源可能无法针对最需要的地区。本文利用公共数据首次对英格兰社区家庭粮食不安全的高人口层面风险进行了客观估计(占人口的4.09%,95%置信区间为4.08 - 4.10)。导致家庭粮食不安全因素的估计地理分布可根据当地压力进行定制,并且适用于英格兰以外的地区。