1Guangzhou Sport University,Guangzhou,Guangdong 510620,People's Republic of China.
4Department of Physical Education,Dalian University of Technology,Dalian,People's Republic of China.
Public Health Nutr. 2019 Jun;22(9):1704-1716. doi: 10.1017/S1368980019000144. Epub 2019 Mar 5.
Food pantries play a critical role in combating food insecurity. The objective of the present work was to systematically review and synthesize scientific evidence regarding the effectiveness of food pantry-based interventions in the USA.
Keyword/reference search was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, Scopus, Cochrane Library and CINAHL for peer-reviewed articles published until May 2018 that met the following criteria.
food pantry and/or food bank in the USA; study design: randomized controlled trial (RCT) or pre-post study; outcomes: diet-related outcomes (e.g. nutrition knowledge, food choice, food security, diet quality); study subjects: food pantry/bank clients.
Fourteen articles evaluating twelve distinct interventions identified from the keyword/reference search met the eligibility criteria and were included in the review. Five were RCT and the remaining seven were pre-post studies. All studies found that food pantry-based interventions were effective in improving participants' diet-related outcomes. In particular, the nutrition education interventions and the client-choice intervention enhanced participants' nutrition knowledge, cooking skills, food security status and fresh produce intake. The food display intervention helped pantry clients select healthier food items. The diabetes management intervention reduced participants' glycaemic level.
Food pantry-based interventions were found to be effective in improving participants' diet-related outcomes. Interventions were modest in scale and usually short in follow-up duration. Future studies are warranted to address the challenges of conducting interventions in food pantries, such as shortage in personnel and resources, to ensure intervention sustainability and long-term effectiveness.
食品储藏室在解决食品不安全问题方面发挥着关键作用。本研究的目的是系统地回顾和综合美国基于食品储藏室的干预措施的有效性的科学证据。
在 PubMed、Web of Science、Scopus、Cochrane Library 和 CINAHL 中进行了关键词/参考文献搜索，以查找符合以下标准的已发表同行评审文章，截至 2018 年 5 月：研究地点为美国的食品储藏室/银行；研究设计：随机对照试验 (RCT) 或前后研究；结果：与饮食相关的结果（例如营养知识、食物选择、食品保障、饮食质量）；研究对象：食品储藏室/银行的客户。
从关键词/参考文献搜索中确定了 14 篇评估了 12 项不同干预措施的文章符合入选标准并纳入了综述。其中 5 项为 RCT，其余 7 项为前后研究。所有研究均发现，基于食品储藏室的干预措施在改善参与者的饮食相关结果方面是有效的。特别是营养教育干预和客户选择干预提高了参与者的营养知识、烹饪技能、食品保障状况和新鲜农产品的摄入量。食品展示干预有助于储藏室客户选择更健康的食品。糖尿病管理干预降低了参与者的血糖水平。
基于食品储藏室的干预措施被发现可以有效改善参与者的饮食相关结果。干预措施规模较小，随访时间通常较短。需要进一步的研究来应对在食品储藏室中进行干预的挑战，例如人员和资源短缺，以确保干预的可持续性和长期效果。
