Exploring community perspectives on the impacts of COVID-19 on food security and food sovereignty in Nunavut communities
BACKGROUND: In Nunavut, where 70% of children are food insecure, many households rely on school breakfast or community food programmes for nourishment. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting policies to reduce the spread of the disease have the potential to exacerbate existing issues, including increas...
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ftpubmed:oai:pubmedcentral.nih.gov:10099909 2023-06-06T11:51:18+02:00 Exploring community perspectives on the impacts of COVID-19 on food security and food sovereignty in Nunavut communities Horlick, Sidney Chatwood, Susan 2023-04-12 http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10099909/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37042670 https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221139005 en eng SAGE Publications http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10099909/ http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37042670 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/14034948221139005 © Author(s) 2023 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage). Scand J Public Health Arctic Health Special Issue Text 2023 ftpubmed https://doi.org/10.1177/14034948221139005 2023-04-16T01:30:24Z BACKGROUND: In Nunavut, where 70% of children are food insecure, many households rely on school breakfast or community food programmes for nourishment. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting policies to reduce the spread of the disease have the potential to exacerbate existing issues, including increasing food insecurity in households. Funding programmes were implemented to limit the impact of public-health measures on household and community food security. The overall effects of the actions are not yet understood. METHODS: This project used a qualitative approach to examine the determinants of food security and sovereignty and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic policy responses on these determinants in Arviat and Iqaluit. Narrative analysis applied within a relational epistemology was used to describe the experiences of community members in Iqaluit and Arviat during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: Seven participants were interviewed in Iqaluit (n=3) and Arviat (n=4). Key themes included the importance of decolonisation for food sovereignty, the importance of food sharing to communities and the resilience of communities during COVID-19. Community members wished to see greater support and strengthening of the country (locally harvested) food economy to increase knowledge of food and harvesting skill, and for communities to find ways to reach residents who may fall through the cracks during times of need or crisis. CONCLUSIONS: This study is one of the first to document Nunavummiut experiences and perspectives of food security and sovereignty in Arviat and Iqaluit during the COVID-19 pandemic. Text Arctic Arviat Iqaluit Nunavut PubMed Central (PMC) Arctic Nunavut Scandinavian Journal of Public Health 140349482211390 |
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BACKGROUND: In Nunavut, where 70% of children are food insecure, many households rely on school breakfast or community food programmes for nourishment. The COVID-19 pandemic and resulting policies to reduce the spread of the disease have the potential to exacerbate existing issues, including increasing food insecurity in households. Funding programmes were implemented to limit the impact of public-health measures on household and community food security. The overall effects of the actions are not yet understood. METHODS: This project used a qualitative approach to examine the determinants of food security and sovereignty and the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic policy responses on these determinants in Arviat and Iqaluit. Narrative analysis applied within a relational epistemology was used to describe the experiences of community members in Iqaluit and Arviat during the COVID-19 pandemic. RESULTS: Seven participants were interviewed in Iqaluit (n=3) and Arviat (n=4). Key themes included the importance of decolonisation for food sovereignty, the importance of food sharing to communities and the resilience of communities during COVID-19. Community members wished to see greater support and strengthening of the country (locally harvested) food economy to increase knowledge of food and harvesting skill, and for communities to find ways to reach residents who may fall through the cracks during times of need or crisis. CONCLUSIONS: This study is one of the first to document Nunavummiut experiences and perspectives of food security and sovereignty in Arviat and Iqaluit during the COVID-19 pandemic. |
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