Division of Kinesiology, Health and Sports Studies, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan.
Fam Community Health. 2022;45(4):267-271. doi: 10.1097/FCH.0000000000000339. Epub 2022 Jun 24.
Little is known about the influence of home or community garden (HCG) access on adolescent health. The objective of this study was to determine the association between adolescent self-rated health, nutrition knowledge, attitudes, and intake with HCG access. Urban high school students (n = 401) completed a questionnaire prior to a nutrition education intervention. Point biserial correlations and one-way analyses of variance evaluated garden access and health variables. Garden access differed by race ( P < .001), and students with HCG access consumed more vegetables than students who did not ( P = .003) and rated themselves as healthier ( P = .034). Findings suggest that garden access is associated with higher adolescent vegetable consumption and higher self-rated health. Future research should investigate adolescent levels of engagement in HCGs.
人们对家庭或社区花园（HCG）的使用对青少年健康的影响知之甚少。本研究的目的是确定青少年自我评估的健康状况、营养知识、态度和摄入量与 HCG 接触之间的关系。401 名城市高中生在接受营养教育干预之前完成了一份问卷。双点二项相关和单向方差分析评估了花园的使用情况和健康变量。花园的使用情况因种族而异（P<.001），有 HCG 使用权的学生比没有 HCG 使用权的学生摄入更多的蔬菜（P=.003），并且自我评估的健康状况更好（P=.034）。研究结果表明，花园的使用与青少年蔬菜摄入量的增加和自我评估健康状况的提高有关。未来的研究应该调查青少年对 HCG 的参与程度。
