Impact of the Multifactorial Crisis on Food Security, Care, and Quality of Life of Older People in Cuba
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12425915 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Claudia González Marrero (0000-0003-4465-4770, Food Monitor Program, International Institute of Social Studies (ISS) , The Hague, AX 2518, corresponding author), Elaine Acosta González (Cuido60, Cuban Research Institute—Florida International University , Miami, FL 33199) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 407-429 |
| Publication date | 2025-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social Politics International Studies in Gender State & Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1072-4745 • E-ISSN: 1468-2893 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1093/sp/jxaf020 |
| OpenAlex | W4413097042 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 7 |
In this article, we analyze the challenges affecting Cuban society, driven by a high rate of demographic aging and a severe multifactorial crisis, connecting food insecurity and the care crisis. We explore the socioeconomic and social policy factors that explain the state of vulnerability to post-COVID-19 shortages in people over sixty years of age. This article is based on a study carried out jointly by the Food Monitor Program and Cuido60, in which people over sixty were interviewed in four provinces. We identified the worsening of structural conditions and the gradual abandonment of egalitarian distributive criteria in social policies, which have harmed the protection and care of older people in Cuba, especially older women, who face greater difficulties in obtaining adequate, stable, and healthy nutrition, as well as safely accessing services such as energy and drinking water
Abandonment (legal · Agriculture · Business · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economic shortage · Economics · Environmental health · Face (sociological concept · Food security · Geography · Government (linguistics · Older people · Political science · Population · Psychological intervention · Social security · Social vulnerability · Socioeconomic status · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Vulnerability (computing · Aging, Health, and Disability · Medicine · Nursing · Gerontology
| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |