School of Social Work, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX.
School of Social Work, Boston College, Boston, MA.
J Nutr Educ Behav. 2018 Sep;50(8):829-835. doi: 10.1016/j.jneb.2018.05.020.
To examine the associations among acculturation, food environment, and food insecurity among Puerto Ricans in Boston.
The researchers used data from the second wave of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. The sample included 719 Puerto Rican adults in Boston. The researchers used logistic regression to examine the associations between psychological and language acculturation and food insecurity.
Individuals with medium psychological acculturation were more likely to be food insecure than were those with low or high psychological acculturation (P = .01). The association between language acculturation and food insecurity differed by distance of residence from primary shopping location (P = .02).
This study extends the understanding of acculturation and food insecurity by investigating the impact of psychological and language acculturation. The findings highlight biculturalism, indicated by medium psychological acculturation, as a risk factor for food insecurity. People with low language acculturation who live far from food shopping locations had the highest prevalence of food insecurity.
探讨波士顿波多黎各人的文化适应、食物环境与食物不安全之间的关联。
研究人员使用了波士顿波多黎各健康研究第二波的数据。该样本包括波士顿的 719 名波多黎各成年人。研究人员使用逻辑回归来检验心理和语言文化适应与食物不安全之间的关联。
与低或高心理文化适应者相比，具有中等心理文化适应者更有可能出现食物不安全（P =.01）。语言文化适应与食物不安全之间的关联因居住地点与主要购物地点的距离而异（P =.02）。
本研究通过调查心理和语言文化适应的影响，扩展了对文化适应和食物不安全的理解。研究结果强调了双文化主义，即中等心理文化适应，是食物不安全的一个风险因素。居住地点远离食物购物地点且语言文化适应程度低的人食物不安全的发生率最高。
