ArticlePublic health nutrition2024
Exploring the world of food with families: perspectives of low-income families on factors influencing their food choices.
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- Healthcare and non-healthcare professionals' knowledge about nutrition in older adults: a cross-sectional study.BMC public health · 2025Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe aim of this study was to investigate the social and environmental factors involved in the food decision-making processes of families living on lower incomes on the Island of Ireland.
designA qualitative design was employed for this study, using photovoice and creative mapping methods. Parents were requested to take photos and draw maps of their food environments. Interviews were then conducted with parents, using the materials produced by parents as a cue to discuss their food environments, influences and decision-making processes around food choices.
settingThe participants were interviewed online via Microsoft Teams.
participantsThe participants were parents or guardians of children between the ages of 2 and 18 who self-defined as 'living on a tight budget'.
resultsTwenty-eight participants were recruited and interviewed for this study, including twelve parents in Northern Ireland and sixteen in the Republic of Ireland. The findings were mapped on to Bronfenbrenner's Ecological Systems Theory and showed that multiple, overlapping and intersecting factors at the individual, micro-, meso-, exo-, macro- and chrono-system were implicated in family food choices. Upstream factors in particular, including structural, policy and commercial determinants, appear to be significant drivers of behaviour.
conclusionsWhile the findings suggest that a complex range of factors are involved in family food choices, it is clear that policy measures and regulations are needed to stave off the impacts of rising social inequality and food poverty. Health promoters should strive to find non-stigmatising interventions to bridge the nutritional divide experienced by lower-income families.
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