Food equity
Updated Term 3 2023
The websites below will help you to research for this task. The links are colour coded based on how complex they are- green websites are the simplest, orange website are a little longer and more complex, and red websites are quite long and complex. We have mostly chosen websites from Australia, and we have mentioned if the information comes from another country.
You probably won't find all the information you need in one website so you will need to look for other websites. How to Google well in year 9 and 10 will help you to do that.
You may find some very long government reports when you look for information, but if you are confident using more complex resources don't let the length put you off using them. There will be a table of contents near the beginning of the report and you can use that to find relevant sections. You can also search the report by using command+F on a Mac and ctrl+F on Windows. If the reports use words you don't know, look up the meaning.
You will also need to evaluate any website you find to make sure it is reliable, so read evaluating a website to find out how to do that.
You can use the SLASA Referencing Generator for your bibliography. See Miss Hewson or the Library Moodle page for the login.
You probably won't find all the information you need in one website so you will need to look for other websites. How to Google well in year 9 and 10 will help you to do that.
You may find some very long government reports when you look for information, but if you are confident using more complex resources don't let the length put you off using them. There will be a table of contents near the beginning of the report and you can use that to find relevant sections. You can also search the report by using command+F on a Mac and ctrl+F on Windows. If the reports use words you don't know, look up the meaning.
You will also need to evaluate any website you find to make sure it is reliable, so read evaluating a website to find out how to do that.
You can use the SLASA Referencing Generator for your bibliography. See Miss Hewson or the Library Moodle page for the login.
Research tip: when you are looking for information try using the search term food insecurity, which is the commonly used jargon for this topic.
Resources that cover a number of the groups you can choose from
SBS Insight: Hungry - This is a 52min episode of a TV program where Australians who have experienced food inequity share their stories. If you scroll to the bottom of the page you can see the people featured, so you can just watch the parts where they are sharing their experience if you don't want to watch the whole program. The groups covered include: homeless, disabled, women and children, Indigenous Australians, rural communities. Nutrition - 2018: Australian Medical Association recommendations Foodbank Hunger Report 2022 Foodbank Hunger Report 2021 Food insecurity in Australia: Implications for general practitioners (doctors) 2015 |
People with mental illness
Food insecurity can affect your mental health - Science Daily (2017) - A short report on a global study Struggling to eat: Food insecurity and the use of mental health services (2018) [archive] - Summary of a Canadian study How does food insecurity affect physical and mental health (2019) - Forbes Food insecurity among adults with severe mental illness - Psychiatr Serv - A 2013 study from the US |
People with alcohol/drug issues
How do substance abuse and mental illness impact food insecurity? - Medical News Bulletin - A 2018 Canadian study The relationship between tobacco smoking and financial stress (2016) - Tobacco in Australia Alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in Australia (2020) - AIHW - This doesn't specifically talk about food insecurity but it talks about other hardships faced by people with alcohol/drug issues that could lead to food insecurity. |
People with dementia
The importance of good nutrition - Dementia Australia Are you going broke caring for a loved one with dementia? - Forbes [archive] - A 2016 article from the US VR workshop educates aged care workers in mealtimes for people with dementia (2020) - Aged Care Guide |
Chronically ill people
The 10 most common chronic diseases all have this one thing in common - Global Citizen - A 2017 article from the US Sometimes food is the best medicine (2019) - Forbes [archive] Food insecurity linked to 10 major chronic diseases - MinnPost - A 2017 article from the US responding to the comments of a US politician. Start reading from A strong predictor of disease |
People with disabilities People with disability in Australia (2020) - AIHW - This gives statistics about how many people in Australia are meeting nutritional requirements Put disability on the food security agenda (2013) - The Guardian Half of sick or disabled people on low incomes experienced food insecurity in 2016, study shows - The Independent UK (2019) Disabilities and food insecurity - Greater Chicago Food Depository - A summary of a 2017 US report |
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