Thériault Joanie, Joy Phillip, Boudhraâ Sana, Gao Min
Department of Occupational Therapy, VITAM Centre de recherche en santé durable - CIUSSS Capitale-Nationale, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada.
Applied Human Nutrition, Mount Saint-Vincent University, Halifax, NSW, Canada.
Front Public Health. 2025 Jun 13;13:1558700. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2025.1558700. eCollection 2025.
In Canada, recent statistics show that 8.7 million Canadians face food insecurity which disproportionately affects people of the 2S/LGBTQI+ communities. Food insecurity is intersectional: people belonging to one or more marginalized groups, like 2S/LGBTQI+, are at greater risk. Moreover, food security resources can pose due to the stigma and cis-heterosexism associated with the religious basis of some of these resources. Exploring ways to partner up with and for 2S/LGBTQI+ communities and food security organizations in order to reflect and imagine a new service model is a promising avenue to tackle the social injustice of food insecurity.
This research protocol presents the activities and strategies of a co-design study aiming to enhance safety and inclusivity of food security services with and for 2S/LGBTQI+ individuals. The team also seeks to identify how to improve food security services with and for 2S/LGBTQI+ communities and to co-create a prototype service model representing safe and inclusive services that communities and food security stakeholders can utilize to make improvements in that direction.
This protocol is based on a co-design methodology inspired by design thinking. The project will address desirability, feasibility, and viability - what is desirable, acceptable, achievable and sustainable in a prototype service model for 2S/LGBTQI+ individuals accessing food security services, organizations, and workers/volunteers. Participants will take part in seven online co-design workshops. Facilitators will guide the participants in offering free commentary, generating thoughts, and sharing new ideas along with reflective questions regarding a provisional prototype of the service model and framework principles. Discussions will be recorded for analysis purposes along with visual and textual content generated through the web-based collaborative tool. The data will be subjected to a qualitative thematic analysis.
This protocol recognizes and values the experience and knowledge of 2S/LGBTQI+ communities and illustrates participatory involvement to improve food security. It is expected that this protocol inspires researchers and organizations to partner up and explore ways to use, replicate, and improve or adapt the approach. Future results may find interest and usefulness in other 2S/LGBTQI+ communities and food security organizations.
在加拿大，近期统计数据显示，870万加拿大人面临粮食不安全问题，这对2S/LGBTQI+群体的影响尤为严重。粮食不安全具有交叉性：属于一个或多个边缘化群体（如2S/LGBTQI+）的人面临的风险更大。此外，由于这些资源的宗教基础所带来的耻辱感和顺性别异性恋至上主义，粮食安全资源可能会受到影响。探索与2S/LGBTQI+群体以及粮食安全组织合作的方式，以反映并设想一种新的服务模式，是解决粮食不安全这一社会不公问题的一条有前景的途径。
本研究方案介绍了一项协同设计研究的活动和策略，旨在提高粮食安全服务对2S/LGBTQI+个体的安全性和包容性。该团队还寻求确定如何改进面向2S/LGBTQI+群体的粮食安全服务，并共同创建一个原型服务模式，代表安全且包容的服务，社区和粮食安全利益相关者可利用该模式朝着这个方向进行改进。
本方案基于受设计思维启发的协同设计方法。该项目将关注可取性、可行性和可持续性——在面向2S/LGBTQI+个体获取粮食安全服务、组织以及工作人员/志愿者的原型服务模式中，什么是可取的、可接受的、可实现的和可持续的。参与者将参加七次在线协同设计研讨会。主持人将引导参与者提供自由评论、产生想法、分享新观点，以及就服务模式和框架原则的临时原型提出反思性问题。讨论将被记录下来用于分析，同时还会记录通过基于网络的协作工具生成的视觉和文本内容。数据将进行定性主题分析。
本方案认可并重视2S/LGBTQI+群体的经验和知识，并展示了参与式方法以改善粮食安全。预计本方案将激励研究人员和组织合作，探索使用、复制、改进或调整该方法的途径。未来的结果可能会引起其他2S/LGBTQI+群体和粮食安全组织的兴趣并具有实用性。
