Food security in older australians from different cultural backgrounds

Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior

Volumn 42, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 328-336

  Radermacher, Harriet ^a   Feldman, Susan ^a   Bird, Stephen ^b  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CATERING SERVICE; COST; CULTURAL FACTOR; ECONOMICS; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AUSTRALIA; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; FOCUS GROUPS; FOOD SUPPLY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 77956419118     PISSN: 14994046     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jneb.2009.10.004     Document Type: Article

References (29)

1. VicHealth. Healthy Eating - Food Security Investment Plan 2005-2010. Accessed February 4, 2010. http://www.vichealth.vic.gov.au/Resource-Centre/Publications-and-Resources/Healthy-Eating/Food-Security.aspx.
2. Dowler E. Food as a utility: ensuring food security for all. Consumer Policy Review 1998, 8:162.
3. Frongillo E.A., Horan C.M. Hunger and aging. Generations-Journal of the American Society on Aging 2004, 28:28-33.
4. Quine S., Morrell S. Food insecurity in community-dwelling older Australians. Public Health Nutr 2006, 9:219-224.
5. Wolfe W.S., Olson C.M., Kendall A., Frongillo E.A. Hunger and food insecurity in the elderly: its nature and measurement. J Aging Health 1998, 10:327-350.
6. Torres-Gil F.M. Malnutrition and hunger in the elderly. Nutr Rev 1996, 54(suppl):S7-S8.
7. United Nations. Population Ageing. Population Division, Department of Economic and Social Affairs; 2006. Accessed February 4, 2010. http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/ageing/ageing2006.htm.
8. World Health Organization. Diet, nutrition and the prevention of chronic diseases. Accessed February 4, 2010. http://www.who.int/dietphysicalactivity/publications/trs916/en/index.html.
9. Food Security Options Paper: A Planning Framework and Menu of Options for Policy and Practice Interventions 2003, New South Wales (NSW) Health, NSW Centre for Public Health Nutrition, Gladesville, NSW.
10. Lee J.S., Frongillo E.A. Factors associated with food insecurity among US elderly persons: importance of functional impairments. J Gerontol Ser B Psychol Sci Soc Sci 2001, 56(suppl 2):S94-S99.
11. Glanz K., Sallis J.F., Saelens B.E., Frank L.D. Healthy nutrition environments: concepts and measures. Am J Health Promot 2005, 19:330-333.
12. Rideout K., Riches G., Ostry A., Buckingham D., MacRae R. Bringing home the right to food in Canada: challenges and possibilities for achieving food security. Public Health Nutr 2007, 10:566-573.
13. Temple J. Food insecurity among older Australians: prevalence, correlates and well-being. Australas J Ageing 2006, 25:158-163.
14. Locher J.L., Ritchie C.S., Roth D.L., Baker P.S., Bodner E.V., Allman R.M. Social isolation, support, and capital and nutritional risk in an older sample: ethnic and gender differences. Soc Sci Med 2005, 60:747-761.
15. Martin K.S., Cook J.T., Rogers B.L., Joseph H.M. Public versus private food assistance: barriers to participation differ by age and ethnicity. J Nutr Educ Behav 2003, 35:249-254.
16. Older Australia at a Glance 2002, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, Canberra, Cat. No. AGE 25.
17. Gibson D., Braun P., Behnam C., Mason F. Projections of Older Immigrants: People from Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Backgrounds, 1996-2026, Australia May 2001, Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (Aged Care Series no. 6), Canberra, AIHW cat. no. AGE 18.
18. Axelson M. The impact of culture on food related behavior. Annu Rev Nutr 1986, 6:345-363.
19. Gubrium J., Sankar A. Qualitative Methods of Aging Research 1994, SAGE Publications, Thousand Oaks, CA.
20. 2006 Census of Population and Housing 2006, Australian Bureau of Statistics, ABS, Canberra.
21. Australian Bureau of Statistics. 2001 Census of Population and Housing - Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA). Published 2001. Accessed February 4, 2010. http://www.abs.gov.au/websitedbs/D3110124.NSF/f5c7b8fb229cf017ca256973001fecec/a17dc48d988ecf63ca256dad00005ea3!OpenDocument.
22. Western Metropolitan Region: Health and Social Wellbeing Profile 2002, Australian Department of Human Services, Department of Human Services, Melbourne, Australia. 2nd ed.
23. Western Region Profiles 2004, Migrant Resource Centre, Migrant Resource Centre, North West Region, Melbourne.
24. Census of Population and Housing: Socio-Economic Indexes for Areas (SEIFA) 2006, Australian Bureau of Statistics, Commonwealth of Australia, Canberra, Cat. No. 2033.0.55.001.
25. Bickel G., Nord M., Price C., Hamilton W., Cook J. Measuring Food Security in the United States: Guide to Measuring Household Food Security, Revised 2000 2000, Food and Nutrition Service, US Department of Agriculture, Alexandria, VA.
26. Wolfe W.S., Frongillo E.A., Valois P. Understanding the experience of food insecurity by elders suggests ways to improve its measurement. J Nutr 2003, 133:2762-2769.
27. Silverman D. Doing Qualitative Research: A Practical Handbook 2000, SAGE Publications, London, United Kingdom.
28. Frongillo E.A., Valois P., Wolfe W.S. Using a concurrent events approach to understand social support and food insecurity among elders. Family Economics and Nutrition Review 2003, 15:25-32.
29. Hamm M.W., Bellows A.C. Community food security and nutrition educators. J Nutr Educ Behav 2003, 35:37-43.