Warren Andrea M, Frongillo Edward A, Alford Shana, McDonald Erin
University of South Carolina, Columbia, South Carolina, USA.
Common Threads, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
Qual Health Res. 2020 Jun;30(7):988-1003. doi: 10.1177/1049732320906143. Epub 2020 Feb 28.
Food insecurity results in poor health among seniors. Food and nutrition assistance targeted to seniors experiencing or at risk of food insecurity prevents poor health outcomes and enables seniors to age in place. Currently, the primary modes of service delivery are targeted to seniors who are older and frailer than average, rendering these modes less responsive to the needs of the broader population of food-insecure seniors and limiting the preventive potential of food assistance. This study aimed to understand needs among seniors for food and food assistance and to develop a comprehensive taxonomy for these needs. The taxonomy depicts seniors' self-identified needs that relate to their ability to access and use food and nutrition assistance across three domains: physical abilities, consuming food, and access and use of transportation. The results of this study are intended to provide in-depth information to support effective alignment of programs with seniors' needs.
粮食不安全导致老年人健康状况不佳。针对面临粮食不安全或有粮食不安全风险的老年人的食品和营养援助可预防不良健康后果，并使老年人能够在自己家中安度晚年。目前，主要的服务提供模式针对的是比平均年龄更大、身体更虚弱的老年人，这使得这些模式对更广泛的粮食不安全老年人群体的需求反应不够灵敏，并限制了食品援助的预防潜力。本研究旨在了解老年人对食品和食品援助的需求，并为这些需求制定一个综合分类法。该分类法描述了老年人自我认定的与他们获取和使用食品及营养援助能力相关的需求，涵盖三个领域：身体能力、食品消费以及交通的获取和使用。本研究结果旨在提供深入信息，以支持各项计划与老年人需求的有效匹配。
