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DOI10.1016/j.appet.2018.05.1.47
A geo-ethnographic analysis of low-income rural and urban women’s food shopping behaviors
MacNell, Lillian
通讯作者MacNell, Lillian
来源期刊APPETITE
ISSN0195-6663
EISSN1095-8304
出版年2018
卷号128页码:311-320
英文摘要

Many scholars have found evidence that low-income neighborhoods contain fewer supermarkets, but there is a lack of consensus regarding whether and how this matters to residents. A few qualitative studies have asked food desert residents about their experiences of their food environments, while a small number of other studies have utilized spatial analyses to examine actual shopping behaviors. To better understand barriers to food access, this study combines the two in a geo-ethnographic analysis. This study draws on data from a USDA-funded project about families and food to combine quantitative geographic data with qualitative interview data of 100 rural and urban low-income mothers of young children. For each participant, the nearest supermarket, as well most frequented supermarket, was mapped, and distances to stores were calculated. On average, participants traveled more than twice as far as their nearest supermarket to reach a preferred store. Interviews with participants were conducted to assess the motivations and strategies of shoppers, in particular why they chose to bypass their nearest supermarkets. They shared a variety of reasons for doing so; foremost to find lower prices of food in order to stretch income and SNAP benefits. Access to transportation also played a major role in determining where people shopped for food. This research challenges scholars, policymakers, and health practitioners to look beyond proximate food environments to consider the lived experiences of food desert residents. Efforts to address poor food access should aim to increase household income, in addition to providing targeted food and nutrition assistance.


英文关键词Food access Food deserts Geographic information systems (GIS) Mapping Mixed methods Food shopping
类型Article
语种英语
国家USA
收录类别SCI-E ; SSCI
WOS记录号WOS:000441490000036
WOS关键词NEIGHBORHOOD ; ENVIRONMENT ; FRUIT ; COMMUNITIES ; STRATEGIES ; PATTERNS ; ACCESS ; STORES ; DIET ; GIS
WOS类目Behavioral Sciences ; Nutrition & Dietetics
WOS研究方向Behavioral Sciences ; Nutrition & Dietetics
资源类型期刊论文
条目标识符http://119.78.100.177/qdio/handle/2XILL650/207594
作者单位Campbell Univ, Dept Publ Hlth, POB 1090, Buies Creek, NC 27506 USA
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MacNell, Lillian. A geo-ethnographic analysis of low-income rural and urban women’s food shopping behaviors[J],2018,128:311-320.
APA MacNell, Lillian.(2018).A geo-ethnographic analysis of low-income rural and urban women’s food shopping behaviors.APPETITE,128,311-320.
MLA MacNell, Lillian."A geo-ethnographic analysis of low-income rural and urban women’s food shopping behaviors".APPETITE 128(2018):311-320.
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