Generations of ‘shock absorbers
Women caregivers of young children and their efforts to mitigate food insecurity during the Covid-19 pandemic
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6414295 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Rebecca Lindberg (0000-0001-8848-9725, Deakin University, corresponding author), Carlton W Parks, C Parks, A Bastian, Amy J Bastian (0000-0001-6079-0997, Deakin University), Amy L Yaroch (0000-0001-9390-2449), Fiona H Mckay (0000-0002-0498-3572, Deakin University), Paige Van Der Pligt (0000-0003-4391-9431, Deakin University), Julia Zinga (0000-0003-3339-9102, Deakin University), Sarah A Mcnaughton (0000-0001-5936-9820, The University of Queensland) |
| Year | 2024 |
| Volume | 42 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 35-51 |
| Publication date | 2024-11-18 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Agriculture and Human Values (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0889-048X • E-ISSN: 1572-8366 |
| Publisher | Springer Nature (Netherlands) (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1007/s10460-024-10646-4 |
| OpenAlex | W4404486777 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 45 |
Despite their status as high-income food producing nations, children and their caregivers, both in the United States (U.S.) and Australia can experience food insecurity. Nutrition researchers formed a joint U.S.-Australia collaboration to help advance food security for households with young children aged 0–5 years. This study investigated food insecurity from the perspective of caregivers, especially their perceptions of the impact of food insecurity on their own childhood, their current life, and for the children in their care. Semi-structured interviews were conducted from July to September 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic. Participants were recruited in Omaha, Nebraska, U.S. ( n = 19) and Melbourne, Victoria, Australia ( n = 22), during periods of stay-at-home public health orders. These two case study sites enabled an exploration of some universal, and some context-specific, social, economic, and health conditions that buffer, or exacerbate, food insecurity for families in these neo-liberal political settings. An inductive thematic analysis was conducted and established six themes: growing up poor , lessons learned , feeding a family amidst a pandemic , caregiver coping strategies , food security in the early years and protecting (young) children . Perspectives on local anti-hunger strategies were organized to outline participant’s preferred solutions. Household food insecurity is conceptualized in public policy in the U.S. and Australia as a short-term crisis for people, justifying austere, time-limited and patchwork solutions. A narrative of caregivers’ lived experience of food insecurity suggests that it is inter-generational, and exacerbated by a food system shock (i.e., COVID-19). These findings from two varying cities and nations offer a different conceptualization of the timespan and nature of the phenomenon of food insecurity, challenging a dominant policy narrative and highlighting the inadequacy of current so-called solutions
2019-20 coronavirus outbreak · Agriculture · Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19 · Development economics · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental sociology · Food insecurity · Food security · Geography · Pandemic · Political science · Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2 · Shock (circulatory · Social science · Sociology · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations · Homelessness and Social Issues · Medicine · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Virology
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| Citations per year | 2 |
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| Citation span | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Highly cited | No |