Stanford Prevention Research Center, School of Medicine, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.
Department of Nutrition, College of Saint Benedict & Saint John's University, Saint Joseph, MN, USA.
Nutr Res Rev. 2024 Jun;37(1):108-120. doi: 10.1017/S0954422423000094. Epub 2023 May 9.
Despite over a decade of both quantitative and qualitative studies, food insecurity among US college/university students remains a pervasive problem within higher education. The purpose of this perspective piece was to highlight research gaps in the area of college food insecurity and provide rationale for the research community to focus on these gaps going forward. A group of food insecurity researchers from a variety of higher education institutions across the United States identified five thematic areas of research gaps: screening and estimates of food insecurity; longitudinal changes in food insecurity; impact of food insecurity on broader health and academic outcomes; evaluation of impact, sustainability and cost effectiveness of existing programmes and initiatives; and state and federal policies and programmes. Within these thematic areas, nineteen specific research gaps were identified that have limited or no peer-reviewed, published research. These research gaps result in a limited understanding of the magnitude, severity and persistence of college food insecurity, the negative short- and long-term impacts of food insecurity on health, academic performance and overall college experience, and effective solutions and policies to prevent or meaningfully address food insecurity among college students. Research in these identified priority areas may help accelerate action and interdisciplinary collaboration to alleviate food insecurity among college students and play a critical role in informing the development or refinement of programmes and services that better support college student food security needs.
尽管已经进行了十多年的定量和定性研究,但美国大学生的粮食不安全问题仍然是高等教育中普遍存在的问题。本文的目的是强调大学粮食不安全领域的研究差距,并为研究界提供理由,要求其今后重点关注这些差距。来自美国各地不同高等教育机构的一组粮食不安全问题研究人员确定了五个主题研究差距领域:粮食不安全的筛查和估计;粮食不安全的纵向变化;粮食不安全对更广泛的健康和学业成果的影响;评估现有方案和举措的影响、可持续性和成本效益;以及州和联邦政策和方案。在这些主题领域内,确定了 19 个具体的研究差距,这些差距的研究有限或根本没有经过同行评审和发表。这些研究差距导致对大学粮食不安全的程度、严重程度和持续时间、粮食不安全对健康、学业成绩和整体大学生体验的短期和长期负面影响,以及预防或有效解决大学生粮食不安全问题的有效解决方案和政策的理解有限。对这些确定的优先领域的研究可能有助于加快行动和跨学科合作,以缓解大学生的粮食不安全问题,并在为更好地满足大学生粮食安全需求而制定或完善方案和服务方面发挥关键作用。