Annotated Bibliography
Berry, D. S., & Clark, T. (2020). Effects of a Weekend Supplemental Nutrition Program on Food Insecure Children: A Longitudinal Intervention/Matched Control Group Study. Texas Public Health Journal, 72(1), 15–19.
According to Berry and Clark, food insecurity impacts approximately one in six United States families, with children and in Texas children reside in food insecure households. It has been documented about the negative impact on food insecurity of children’s physical health. One example, food insecure children suffer stomach problems, colds, and headaches, more frequently that their same age peers do. Negative child food insecure extend beyond a child’s physical health, but food insecure affects a child’s psychological health according to research. For example, elevated levels of anxiety, depression, and aggression is associated with children food insecure. Food insecurities also predict children’s performance academically, which causes children to miss school frequently than other children. Community and school-based programs are provided to provide supplemental nutrition to children on weekends. For example, the backpack program and shelf-stabled food and snacks has been provided for at risk children on Friday afternoons throughout the academic year. I think this is a great idea to ensure that children are fed on weekends.
Brück, T., Díaz Botía, O. M., Ferguson, N. T. N., Ouédraogo, J., & Ziegelhöfer, Z. (2019). Assets for Alimentation? The Nutritional Impact of Assets-based Programming in Niger. Journal of Development Studies, 55, 55–74. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1080/00220388.2019.1687876
I found this article interesting and knowledgeable to the agency that I’m evaluating. The Journal of Development Studies is concerned about the performance of the nutrition program, and this article will guide me in the right direction about how to go about finding answers to the agency that I will be evaluating. Its hypothesis that gains from direct food provision will be lost once the program cycle ends because the causes of food insecurity have not been tackled. The increase in assets provided by nutrition-sensitive interventions adds to household with and therefore to the capacity of household to sustain gains. Because assets can be liquidated to provide coping environments, which can interrupt both the supply of and the demand for nutrition-specific aid. This brings me to where I’m at with my evaluation questions. Will the Feed More Agency continue to have the assets to continue to provide insecure families food? What is being done so that the funds don’t run out?
D’Haene, E., & D’Haese, M. (2020). Milk in the city: profiles and development paths for urban dairy holders in Ethiopia. Development Southern Africa, 37(4), 644–660. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1080/0376835X.2019.1689099
I didn’t think about milk as a source of nutrition that is needed to feed hungry souls. Milk is important to children and pregnant woman. The agency that I’m evaluating provides food and other necessities, but now I question do they supply milk to the families who participate in the program? Have Feed More agencies even thought about providing milk to the families? Demands for dairy products are growing fast in urban areas. According to the article due to poorly developed rural infrastructure, urban dairy farms are pivotal in making milk affordable and available in towns and cities. It didn’t occur to me that infrastructure could cause a delay on food as well as milk getting to the families of Feed More. A detailed understanding of urban dairy systems is needed, to better help supply cities and towns. Research was conducted and the results suggest five distinct farms: surviving farms, processing female farms, young male entrepreneurs, established output-efficient farms, and established output-input efficient farms. Large discrepancies in terms of dairy enterprise’s productivity, profitability, and suitability in future urban policy planning. I like the way the article broke down the stakeholders. This helps me in identifying the stakeholders in the agency that I’m evaluating.
Florini, A., & Pauli, M. (2018). Collaborative governance for the Sustainable Development Goals. Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies, 5(3), 583–598. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1002/app5.252
I like the information provided in the article by Florini and Pauli because they talk about sustainable goals. Sustainable goals are important to the agency that I’m evaluating because by doing this doesn’t set the agency up for failure, but for future success and longevity. The article goes on to say that often business involvement takes the form of collaborations with more traditional governments and non-governmental organizations. Although partnerships for development have been seen before, the scale and expectations are new. This article explores how and why these cross -sector collaboration is evolving, and what steps, can or will be taken to ensure that partnerships create public and private value. The aims of the cross-sector collaborations coincide with several targets of the Sustainable Development Goals such as poverty alleviation, decreasing environmental impact, and achieving food security.
Jacob, M., & Rocha, C. (2021). Models of governance in community gardening: administrative support fosters project longevity. Local Environment, 26(5), 557–574. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1080/13549839.2021.1904855
According to Jacob and Rocha, community gardening contributed to the fulfillment of several agenda related to food and nutrition security which resulted positive outcomes. Several umbrella organizations in the public or nonprofit sectors have been supporting community garden projects. The article provides a better understanding of a day-to-day needs in community gardening projects under the governance project model, presenting the typical demands for support in different developmental stages. According to the article they used participatory observations and interviews by interviewing gardeners, garden coordinators, representatives of non- governmental organizations and government members. The governance structure that counts with administration support seems beneficial to the longevity of community gardens, mainly in low- income areas. Future studies could specify the tradeoffs between bottom-up and top-down governance models in community gardening in distinct political and socio-economic contexts. I learned a lot from this article to help me with my evaluation. This will help me answer some of my questions about what happens if Feed More agency runs out of funds, what will happen to the participants? Also, I plan on interviewing stakeholders, which the article mentioned. I’m interested in the longevity of the agency that I’m evaluating, so this article gave me something to think about.
Lam, Y., Fry, J. P., & Nachman, K. E. (2019). Applying an environmental public health lens to the industrialization of food animal production in ten low- and middle-income countries. Globalization & Health, 15(1), N.PAG. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1186/s12992-019-0479-5
In accordance with the Globalization & Health the demand for animal products has increased globally which has caused animal production to expand in many parts of the world. The article sheds light on health risk in ten low- and middle-income countries. Waste management at some facilities is typically handled in a manner that leads to unhygienic production conditions. In case of chickens raised for meat, dry manure from production is partially removed between flocks for other species, waste is typically handled in liquid form and is temporary stored in manure lagoons before being applied to agriculture land as fertilizer, sometimes exceeding appropriate agronomic rates. By me reading this article make me wonder if the agency that I’m evaluating considered how the food that they give to families of their program safe. The article reports that evidence exists to suggest that IFAP is responsible for significant public health and ecological burdens. Reading this article makes me wonder if Feed more agencies done their research on the facilities that they get their animal products from. I say this because the industrialized method of animal production was first developed in the United States. A question for me to ask the agency that I’m evaluating is where and what country do the animal products come from?
Maykondo, B. K., Horwood, C., Haskins, L., Mapumulo, S., Mapatano, M. A., Kilola, B. M., Mokanisa, M. B., Hatloy, A., John, V. M., & Bitadi, P. M. B. W. (2022). A qualitative study to explore dietary knowledge, beliefs, and practices among pregnant women in a rural health zone in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of Health, Population & Nutrition, 41(1), 1–11. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1186/s41043-022-00333-7
This article conducted a study in the rural health zone in the Democratic Republican of Congo among pregnant women about their beliefs, practices, and dietary knowledge. Maternal malnutrition is common in low- income countries. The Democratic Republican of Congo has a high prevalence of malnutrition among all population groups. This study adopted a qualitative approach using in-depth interviews with pregnant women and key informants, and focus groups discussions with grandmothers, and fathers in the community, to explore women’s knowledge and practice about diet during pregnancy. The triangulation method and thematic analyses were used. Woman showed general knowledge about nutrition and the need for increased and varied foods during pregnancy, but little technical knowledge about nutrients and sources of nutrition. Family members, healthcare facilities, media, and NGOs were the main sources of nutritional information. Due to poverty and poor access to a variety of foods, women were unable to put this knowledge into practice. To improve the health outcomes of both mother and child, a comprehensive approach is required to improve food insecurity, nutrition, and cultural practices. This article is useful to the agency Feed More that I’m evaluating because there may pregnant women who participate in Feed More who may not have knowledge of the amount of nutrition that they require.
Ravikumar, D., Spyreli, E., Woodside, J., McKinley, M., & Kelly, C. (2021). A rapid review of factors influencing food decisions among economically disadvantaged families. European Journal of Public Health, 31, iii491
Accordance to the European Journal of Public, deprived areas are mostly influence and nutritional disadvantaged because of fast food and convenience stores. Qualitative evidence on parental perspectives of environmental factors that influence food planning, purchasing, and processing among economically disadvantage families with children. Search strategies included seven concepts: family, food, perceptions, influences, environment, socio-economic statis, and study type. The article mentions fourteen articles form USA, Australia, and the UK were screened by two reviewers. All parents had a desire to provide health food for their children, but they were impeded by child food preferences and beliefs about food behaviors and nutrition. Social determinants had a dominate negative influence on food decisions, including hectic schedules, time constraint and mostly important limited finances. The qualitative evidence highlights the challenges and opportunities that low-income parents face to feed their families. Agencies like the one that I’m evaluating, and other support programs play a positive role in ensuring healthy food options for families.
This source presents information that points food insecurity is an ongoing health problem for low-income countries due to cheap, high-fat, added -sugar, and high in salt food. Some of the health issues include obesity, diabetes, and mental disorders. Food insecurity is not just in the United States, but other countries are fighting the same battle. This article is a real eye opener for me and heartbreaking to read about the effect of food insecurities. Without the lack of evidence and insight about the relationship between social determinants and food insecurity nothing will be done to help feed families in a healthy way. Changes in the food environment caused by globalization present important new challenges to understanding eating behaviors and promoting healthy food consumption. A qualitative study that allowed in -depth knowledge that considers gender roles, local food systems, socioeconomic status, and family dynamics are needed to help understand manifestations of the food insecurity in a globalized context. I think by doing an evaluation of Feed More will the agency see the positive influences it has on the families that healthy eating is important to their health.
Vilar-Compte, M., Burrola-Méndez, S., Lozano-Marrufo, A., Ferré-Eguiluz, I., Flores, D., Gaitán-Rossi, P., Teruel, G., & Pérez-Escamilla, R. (2021). Urban poverty and nutrition challenges associated with accessibility to a healthy diet: a global systematic literature review. International Journal for Equity in Health, 20(1), 1–19. https://doi-org.proxy.lib.odu.edu/10.1186/s12939-020-01330-0
According to the article in International Journal for Equity in Health, 55% of population live in the urban areas and by 2050 the population will be 70%. The urban poor areas lack resources and income to ensure an adequate well-being. It has been recognized that the urban poor are vulnerable to macroeconomic shocks that affect their capacity to generate income which leads to consume less healthy diets. I can understand it cost to eat healthy and families struggle who have children and programs that feed families are much appreciated. The article noted that research indicates that there are geographic differentials in access to food, which are linked to economic barriers in accessing healthy food options. I do feel that certain areas here you live play an important part being able to access food. Having said, it may be less fortunate people living in high-income areas that is having a difficult time feeding their children. Lower income doesn’t have access to diets rich in healthy foods including fresh fruits and vegetables.