Dave Jayna M, Thompson Deborah I, Svendsen-Sanchez Ann, Cullen Karen W
USDA/ARS Children's Nutrition Research Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas.
Department of Health and Human Performance, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences, University of Houston, Houston, Texas.
Health Equity. 2017 Jan 1;1(1):28-34. doi: 10.1089/heq.2016.0009. eCollection 2017.
To explore perspectives on barriers of eating healthy among food pantry clients. Food pantry clients participated in focus groups/interviews. Qualitative data were coded and analyzed using content analyses and grounded theory approach. Themes were then identified. Quantitative data were analyzed for frequencies and descriptives. Fifty-four clients from 10 pantries participated in interviews/focus groups and completed questionnaires. Two major themes emerged: concern over obesity and other chronic diseases, and barriers to healthy eating. Several subthemes for barriers to healthy eating were identified: financial uncertainty, cost of healthy foods, lack of time, rationing food within family, lack of transportation, lack of adequate kitchen equipment, lack of nutrition knowledge and skills, and social support network. Issues identified above and those identified by others working with low-income populations need to be systematically addressed and incorporated into programs and nutrition education interventions for this group.
为探究食品救济站客户在健康饮食方面所面临障碍的观点。食品救济站客户参与了焦点小组/访谈。定性数据采用内容分析法和扎根理论方法进行编码与分析，随后确定主题。定量数据则分析其频率和描述性统计量。来自10个救济站的54名客户参与了访谈/焦点小组并完成了问卷调查。出现了两个主要主题：对肥胖和其他慢性病的担忧，以及健康饮食的障碍。确定了健康饮食障碍的几个子主题：经济不确定性、健康食品成本、时间不足、家庭内部食物配给、交通不便、缺乏足够的厨房设备、缺乏营养知识和技能，以及社会支持网络。上述所确定的问题以及其他与低收入人群打交道的人所发现的问题，需要系统地加以解决，并纳入针对该群体的项目和营养教育干预措施中。
