Community food program use in Inuvik, Northwest Territories

BMC Public Health

Denise Kurszewski²  Susan Chatwood²  Hilary Blackett²  Marie-Pierre Lardeau¹  James D Ford¹ 

[1] Department of Geography, McGill University, Montreal, Canada;Institute for Circumpolar Health Research, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada

关键词: Indigenous;    Aboriginal;    Traditional foods;    Soup kitchen;    Food banks;    Inuvik;    Arctic Canada;    Food security;    Community food programs;   

Others  :  1161652
DOI  :  10.1186/1471-2458-13-970

 received in 2012-11-26, accepted in 2013-10-07,  发布年份 2013

【 摘 要 】

Background

Community food programs (CFPs) provide an important safety-net for highly food insecure community members in the larger settlements of the Canadian Arctic. This study identifies who is using CFPs and why, drawing upon a case study from Inuvik, Northwest Territories. This work is compared with a similar study from Iqaluit, Nunavut, allowing the development of an Arctic-wide understanding of CFP use – a neglected topic in the northern food security literature.

Methods

Photovoice workshops (n=7), a modified USDA food security survey and open ended interviews with CFP users (n=54) in Inuvik.

Results

Users of CFPs in Inuvik are more likely to be housing insecure, female, middle aged (35–64), unemployed, Aboriginal, and lack a high school education. Participants are primarily chronic users, and depend on CFPs for regular food access.

Conclusions

This work indicates the presence of chronically food insecure groups who have not benefited from the economic development and job opportunities offered in larger regional centers of the Canadian Arctic, and for whom traditional kinship-based food sharing networks have been unable to fully meet their dietary needs. While CFPs do not address the underlying causes of food insecurity, they provide an important service for communities undergoing rapid change, and need greater focus in food policy herein.

【 授权许可】

   
2013 Ford et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.

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