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Using a trauma-informed policy approach to create a resilient urban food system
- Source :
- Public Health Nutrition
- Publication Year :
- 2018
- Publisher :
- Cambridge University Press, 2018.
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Abstract
- ObjectiveFood insecurity is associated with toxic stress and adverse long-term physical and mental health outcomes. It can be experienced chronically and also triggered or exacerbated by natural and human-made hazards that destabilize the food system. The Baltimore Food System Resilience Advisory Report was created to strengthen the resilience of the city’s food system and improve short- and long-term food security. Recognizing food insecurity as a form of trauma, the report was developed using the principles of trauma-informed social policy. In the present paper, we examine how the report applied trauma-informed principles to policy development, discuss the challenges and benefits of using a trauma-informed approach, and provide recommendations for others seeking to create trauma-informed food policy.DesignReport recommendations were developed based on: semi-structured interviews with food system stakeholders; input from community members at outreach events; a literature review; Geographic Information System mapping; and other analyses. The present paper explores findings from the stakeholder interviews.SettingBaltimore, Maryland, USA.SubjectsBaltimore food system stakeholders stratified by two informant categories: organizations focused on promoting food access (n 13) and community leaders (n 12).ResultsStakeholder interviews informed the recommendations included in the report and supported the idea that chronic and acute food insecurity are experienced as trauma in the Baltimore community.ConclusionsApplying a trauma-informed approach to the development of the Baltimore Food System Resilience Advisory Report contributed to policy recommendations that were community-informed and designed to lessen the traumatic impact of food insecurity.
- Subjects :
- Geographic information system
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Medicine (miscellaneous)
Trauma
Vulnerable Populations
Food Supply
Nutrition Policy
Public Policies
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Residence Characteristics
030225 pediatrics
Political science
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
Poverty
Social policy
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Nutrition and Dietetics
Food security
Resilience
business.industry
digestive, oral, and skin physiology
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Stakeholder
Community Participation
Public relations
Mental health
Research Papers
Outreach
Policy
Baltimore
Food systems
Psychological resilience
Food Assistance
business
Stress, Psychological
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 14752727 and 13689800
- Volume :
- 21
- Issue :
- 10
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Public Health Nutrition
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....7e708d77fbd566a08828d96e77bd12b2