Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA.
Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2021 Nov 22;18(22):12251. doi: 10.3390/ijerph182212251.
Policy makers in several major cities have used quantitative data about local food environments to identify neighborhoods with inadequate access to healthy food. We conducted qualitative interviews with residents of a healthy food priority area to assess whether residents' perceptions of food access were consistent with previous quantitative findings, and to better understand lived experience of food access. We found that proximity to stores, transportation mode, and cost shaped decisions about food shopping. The local food bank played an important role in improving food access. Participants had varied suggestions for ways to improve the neighborhood, both related and unrelated to the food environment.
一些主要城市的政策制定者使用有关当地食品环境的定量数据来确定获得健康食品机会不足的社区。我们对一个健康食品优先地区的居民进行了定性访谈，以评估居民对食品获取的看法是否与先前的定量发现一致，并更好地了解食品获取的实际情况。我们发现，商店的远近、交通方式和价格决定了购物的选择。当地的食品银行在改善食品获取方面发挥了重要作用。参与者就改善社区的方法提出了各种建议，其中一些与食品环境有关，而另一些则无关。
