Acculturation and food insecurity among Puerto Ricans living in Boston
제목
Acculturation and food insecurity among Puerto Ricans living in Boston
저자
KaipengWang
; YoosunChu
; Adolfo G.Cuevas
; Robert G.Hasson III
; Katherine L.Tucker
; Luis M.Falcón
키워드
acculturation
; food insecurity
; Latino
; Puerto Ricans
발행연도
2018-09-30
발행기관
Elsevier
인용정보
Journal of Nutrition Education and Behavior, vol. 50, no. 8, pp. 829 - 835
초록
Objective To examine the associations among acculturation, food environment, and food insecurity among Puerto Ricans in Boston. Methods The researchers used data from the second wave of the Boston Puerto Rican Health Study. The sample included 719 Puerto Rican adults in Boston. The researchers used logistic regression to examine the associations between psychological and language acculturation and food insecurity. Results Individuals with medium psychological acculturation were more likely to be food insecure than were those with low or high psychological acculturation (P = .01). The association between language acculturation and food insecurity differed by distance of residence from primary shopping location (P = .02). Conclusions and Implications This study extends the understanding of acculturation and food insecurity by investigating the impact of psychological and language acculturation. The findings highlight biculturalism, indicated by medium psychological acculturation, as a risk factor for food insecurity. People with low language acculturation who live far from food shopping locations had the highest prevalence of food insecurity.