Nicholson-Robinson Vanessa, Krobath Danielle M, Dixit-Joshi Sujata, Hawkins Cassandra, Miller Julian, Schultz Daniel J, Economos Christina
Vanessa Nicholson-Robinson is with the School of Medicine, Tufts University, Boston MA. Danielle M. Krobath is with the Arnold School of Public Health, University of South Carolina, Columbia. Sujata Dixit-Joshi, Daniel J. Schultz, and Christina Economos are with the Tufts Friedman School of Nutrition, Tufts University, Boston, MA. Cassandra Hawkins is with the Department of Social Sciences, Mississippi Valley State University, Itta Bena, MS. Julian Miller is with the Reuben V. Anderson Institute for Social Justice, Tougaloo College, Jackson, MS.
Am J Public Health. 2025 Apr;115(4):528-535. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307937. Epub 2025 Feb 6.
For generations, Mississippi Delta residents have been subjected to food inequity and resource deprivation from centuries of racism. The Food Is Medicine (FIM) movement is gaining salience as one solution to address diet-related health conditions in partnership with health care providers, medical systems, and local agriculture groups. The Delta GREENS (Growing a Resilient, Enriching, Equitable, Nourishing food System) FIM research study conducted focus groups in July and August 2023 to center the perspectives and lived expertise of residents in the Mississippi Delta receiving health care services from the Delta Health Centers. This analytic essay provides context of the past and present food and farming infrastructure in the Mississippi Delta from the residents of these communities. The goal is to inform equitable and sustainable FIM interventions in the rural South and elsewhere in the country among historically marginalized populations. (. 2025;115(4):528-535. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307937).
几代人以来，密西西比三角洲的居民一直遭受着几个世纪种族主义导致的食物不平等和资源匮乏。“食物即药物”（FIM）运动作为一种解决方案正变得越来越重要，它与医疗保健提供者、医疗系统和当地农业团体合作，以解决与饮食相关的健康问题。三角洲绿色食品（培育有韧性、丰富、公平、营养的食品系统）FIM研究项目在2023年7月和8月开展了焦点小组讨论，以关注密西西比三角洲接受三角洲健康中心医疗服务的居民的观点和实际经验。这篇分析性文章从这些社区居民的角度介绍了密西西比三角洲过去和现在的食物及农业基础设施情况。目标是为美国南部农村地区和其他地区历史上被边缘化的人群提供公平且可持续的FIM干预措施的相关信息。（. 2025;115(4):528 - 535. https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.2024.307937）
