Service awareness among older adults experiencing barriers to food and eating
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Objective:
To explore (1) the services older adults use to address the barriers to food access they face and (2) how they found out about these services.
Design:
Semistructured, basic descriptive qualitative in-person interviews.
Setting:
Senior center and participants’ homes.
Participants:
A convenience sample of 24 older adults recruited from suburban and urban settings. Primarily Black females, living alone, and able to leave home without help.
Phenomenon of Interest:
Financial and nonfinancial barriers to food access, awareness of services available.
Analysis:
Codes were assigned to portions of the text in which participants described how they learned about a service. These codes were categorized into one of the 3 larger themes that emerged: (1) intentionally sought by the participant, (2) intentional outreach by the service, and (3) encounters in daily life and environment.
Results:
Most connections to services were made through encounters in participants’ daily life and environment; for example, word of mouth from family, friends or neighbors; connection through other services; referral from health care professionals; and seeing the service in their neighborhood.
Conclusions and Implications:
Robust social networks, medical screening, and referral may promote awareness of food assistance services. Future research and outreach should target those who are most isolated.
Originalsprog | Engelsk |
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Tidsskrift | Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior |
Vol/bind | 55 |
Udgave nummer | 8 |
Sider (fra-til) | 564-574 |
Antal sider | 11 |
ISSN | 1499-4046 |
DOI | |
Status | Udgivet - 2023 |
Bibliografisk note
Funding Information:
The project was supported by the Maryland Department of Aging (award no. 18010075 ). The funding agency had no involvement in the study design, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data; the writing of the report; and the decision to submit the article for publication.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior
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