Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review
Access to food is a right that every individual must have to ensure a standard of living that is sufficient for maintaining good health and wellbeing. This review, developed and implemented by a team of First Nations and non-First Nations peoples, aimed to scope the literature on programs addressing...
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| author | Alyse Davies Josephine Gwynn Margaret Allman-Farinelli Victoria Flood Michelle Dickson Nicole Turner Bobby Porykali Mark Lock (Ngiyampaa) |
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| description | Access to food is a right that every individual must have to ensure a standard of living that is sufficient for maintaining good health and wellbeing. This review, developed and implemented by a team of First Nations and non-First Nations peoples, aimed to scope the literature on programs addressing food security for First Nations peoples in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada, and the United States of America. Collectively, First Nations groups share continued traumas, disadvantages, and devastation brought upon them as a result of British colonisation. Despite the impacts of colonial conquest, the resilience of First Nations peoples continues through the fight for self-determination, sovereignty, equity, and equality. Three databases and grey literature were searched from 2010. Two reviewers completed screening, data extraction, and critical appraisal. Nine food security programs were included in this review. Five were from the United States of America and four from Canada, with no program from Australia or Aotearoa/New Zealand meeting the inclusion criteria. The programs that appear to be most suitable for addressing food security for First Nations peoples were participatory in design, had community governance, integrated cultural knowledge and food systems to increase the accessibility and availability of cultural foods, incorporated educational components, and utilized collaborations among various agencies. Findings showed that while it is important to address short-term emergency food relief, the aim should be sustainable food security through a longer-term system and policy change underpinned by co-designed research and evaluation. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-808eddf9f11a45ff883b6b57a025f5802023-11-18T20:47:34ZengMDPI AGNutrients2072-66432023-07-011514312710.3390/nu15143127Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping ReviewAlyse Davies0Josephine Gwynn1Margaret Allman-Farinelli2Victoria Flood3Michelle Dickson4Nicole Turner5Bobby Porykali6Mark Lock (Ngiyampaa)7Discipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaCharles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaDiscipline of Nutrition and Dietetics, Susan Wakil School of Nursing and Midwifery, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaSydney School of Health Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaThe Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaCharles Perkins Centre, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2006, AustraliaAboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Program, George Institute for Global Health, Sydney, NSW 2042, AustraliaGlobal Centre for Preventive Health and Nutrition, Institute for Health Transformation, School of Health and Social Development, Faculty of Health, Deakin University, Melbourne, VIC 3220, AustraliaAccess to food is a right that every individual must have to ensure a standard of living that is sufficient for maintaining good health and wellbeing. This review, developed and implemented by a team of First Nations and non-First Nations peoples, aimed to scope the literature on programs addressing food security for First Nations peoples in Australia, Aotearoa/New Zealand, Canada, and the United States of America. Collectively, First Nations groups share continued traumas, disadvantages, and devastation brought upon them as a result of British colonisation. Despite the impacts of colonial conquest, the resilience of First Nations peoples continues through the fight for self-determination, sovereignty, equity, and equality. Three databases and grey literature were searched from 2010. Two reviewers completed screening, data extraction, and critical appraisal. Nine food security programs were included in this review. Five were from the United States of America and four from Canada, with no program from Australia or Aotearoa/New Zealand meeting the inclusion criteria. The programs that appear to be most suitable for addressing food security for First Nations peoples were participatory in design, had community governance, integrated cultural knowledge and food systems to increase the accessibility and availability of cultural foods, incorporated educational components, and utilized collaborations among various agencies. Findings showed that while it is important to address short-term emergency food relief, the aim should be sustainable food security through a longer-term system and policy change underpinned by co-designed research and evaluation.https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/14/3127First Nationsfood securityfood insecurity |
| spellingShingle | Alyse Davies Josephine Gwynn Margaret Allman-Farinelli Victoria Flood Michelle Dickson Nicole Turner Bobby Porykali Mark Lock (Ngiyampaa) Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review Nutrients First Nations food security food insecurity |
| title | Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review |
| title_full | Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review |
| title_fullStr | Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review |
| title_short | Programs Addressing Food Security for First Nations Peoples: A Scoping Review |
| title_sort | programs addressing food security for first nations peoples a scoping review |
| topic | First Nations food security food insecurity |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2072-6643/15/14/3127 |
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