Ellis L, Roe D A
Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Am J Public Health. 1993 Jul;83(7):1034-6. doi: 10.2105/ajph.83.7.1034.
This study examined the ability of six countywide home-delivered meals programs in upstate New York to meet the challenge of serving the elderly in geographically isolated and impoverished regions. The six counties were divided geographically into county subdivisions. For each subdivision, program client levels were analyzed in relation to two subdivision-level census statistics: poverty rates and population densities for community-residing individuals aged 65 years and older. Client levels were positively correlated with population densities but not with poverty rates. These findings suggest that service delivery was concentrated in densely populated regions. In contrast, impoverished and sparsely populated regions received minimal services.
本研究考察了纽约州北部六个全县范围的上门送餐项目应对为地理上偏远和贫困地区老年人提供服务这一挑战的能力。这六个县在地理上被划分为县下属分区。对于每个分区，根据两项分区层面的人口普查统计数据（65岁及以上社区居住人口的贫困率和人口密度）分析了项目客户水平。客户水平与人口密度呈正相关，但与贫困率无关。这些发现表明，服务集中在人口密集地区。相比之下，贫困和人口稀少地区得到的服务极少。
