Religious food pantry culture: effects on nutrition policies and practices.
In 2020, Texas was overrepresented in food insecure households. One avenue many food insecure households take to subsidize their food intake is the use of food pantries. Previous literature has identified many efforts to incorporate nutritional information and foods at pantry sites. However, few hav...
| Publicado en: | Food, Culture & Society Vol. 27; no. 3; pp. 658 - 677 |
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Taylor & Francis Ltd
Jun2024
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| fields | @attributes: recordID: 1 pdfLink: plink: https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=ssf&AN=177594249&site=ehost-live header: @attributes: shortDbName: ssf uiTerm: 177594249 longDbName: Social Sciences Full Text (H.W. Wilson) uiTag: AN controlInfo: bkinfo: jinfo: jid: 15528014 1GVA jtl: Food, Culture & Society issn: 15528014 maglogo: N pubinfo: dt: Jun2024 vid: 27 iid: 3 pid: 377 pub: Taylor & Francis Ltd artinfo: ui: 177594249 10.1080/15528014.2022.2126228 ppf: 658 ppct: 19 formats: fmt: – @attributes: type: T – @attributes: type: P size: 435KB tig: atl: Religious food pantry culture: effects on nutrition policies and practices. aug: au: McNeely, Andrew Cisneros, Marissa Sanchez, Vanessa Gatson, Sarah N. affil: Sociology, TAMU, College Station, Texas, USA Veterinary Physiology & Pharmacology, TAMU, College Station, Texas, USA Nutrition, TAMU College Station, Texas, USA su: Texas Nutrition policy Corporate culture Food consumption Culture Pantries Religious identity Research questions sug: subj: Nutrition policy Corporate culture Food consumption Culture Texas Pantries Religious identity Research questions keyword: Food pantries nutrition religion Food pantries nutrition religion ab: In 2020, Texas was overrepresented in food insecure households. One avenue many food insecure households take to subsidize their food intake is the use of food pantries. Previous literature has identified many efforts to incorporate nutritional information and foods at pantry sites. However, few have considered how religious affiliation can impact organizational structure and agents in regards to nutritional focus. The purpose of this paper is to investigate perceptions of nutritional information, behaviors, and policies of the volunteers at our research sites and the how pantry operations impact the deployment of that information to clients. Our research question asks how do the religious elements of our research sites impact nutritional policy and concerns of food pantries? Using analysis of field notes generated from participant observation at 5 of the religiously-affiliated food pantries in Brazos County, TX, and a verbal survey on organizational nutrition policy administered to food pantry volunteers, we find that religious cultures at these food pantries create barriers to nutrition complementary to hegemonic nutrition. Our findings suggest that interventions targeting the improvement of organizational nutrition policy at local food pantries must consider organizational culture more critically, particularly religious elements. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: Article src: R language: English refInfo: copyright: @attributes: flag: N holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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