An investigation of structural violence in the lived experience of food insecurity

Lindberg, Rebecca; McKenzie, Hayley; Haines, Bronte C.; McKay, Fiona H.

doi:10.1080/09581596.2021.2019680

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“…The experience of waiting has been explored in other work that has examined the experiences of people who use food charity, finding that people often wait for long periods simply to access the services, either in a physical queue, or on a waiting list for service (McKay et al, 2020;Lindberg et al, 2022). An important finding from this study is the trap that these participants are in, where they are waiting, queueing, and providing documents and other administrative proof, for both the state and the charity sector.…”

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Navigating the Australian Welfare System for Those Relying on Emergency and Community Food Assistance

McKenzie

Lindberg

McKay

2023

Social Policy and Society

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More than one in ten Australians live in poverty, with many relying on government provided support and emergency payments. These payments are insufficient to cover basic costs of living, and as a result, many people are forced to engage with emergency and community food assistance. The aim of this article is to explore the experiences of those who, despite being in receipt of an Australian welfare payment and engaged with the welfare system, rely on charitable food assistance for some or all of their weekly food supply. Interviews were conducted with seventy-eight people and were thematically analysed. The main findings of this study are the significant challenges faced by people who are on very low incomes when navigating the government-provided welfare and non-government charity systems and the insufficiency of the welfare system in providing income to meet basic costs of living.

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Navigating the Australian Welfare System for Those Relying on Emergency and Community Food Assistance

McKenzie

Lindberg

McKay

2023

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“…The dominant response has focused on government welfare payments and supporting emergency food relief initiatives within the charitable food sector (12,15) . Such technical fixes are unlikely to solve food insecurity challenge (16) . These technical fixes are primarily focused on issues of food access, reflecting a 'passive' welfare ethos, locking people into welfare dependency (17) .…”

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A scoping review of the conceptualisations of food justice

Murray

Gale

Adams

et al. 2023

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective The emerging concept of ‘food justice’ has been described as a movement and a set of principles that align with the goals of social justice, which demands recognition of human rights, equal opportunity, fair treatment, and is participatory and community specific. Considering its widespread use and variable definitions, this study establishes the scope of research by exploring diverse conceptualizations of food justice. Design A scoping review of peer-reviewed literature was conducted using the term “food justice”. This study used a five-step scoping review protocol. The databases included Scopus, Web of Science and Medline (OVID). Data were extracted on country of origin, research discipline, study type and conceptualizations of food justice. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to identify the themes. Results The search identified 546 abstracts of which 90 were peer-reviewed studies. Thematic analysis revealed five themes of food justice across 90 studies: 1) social equity, 2) food security 3) food systems transformation, 4) community participation and agency, and 5) environmental sustainability. Conclusions Current conceptualizations of food justice are evolving. Together these themes embrace a more holistic and structural view of the food system. They emphasize healthy, sustainable, and equitable food as a human right and acknowledge the need to address structural barriers to that right. Despite its 20-year history the parameters of food justice are still not well defined, making it difficult for communities to mobilize for transformative change. Community participation and agency in food justice decision-making are critical to create a healthy, sustainable, and more just food system.

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“…From a human rights perspective, this reflects the ability to acquire food with dignity and without stigma (397), essential enabling conditions to fulfil the right to mental health (398). There is evidence across settings, though concentrated in HICs, that many people feel a sense of shame or stigma using food charities (e.g., food pantries, 'soup kitchens'), free or reduced school meals, food aid, or relying on gifts from friends and family (32,325,(406)(407)(408)(409)(410)(411)(412)397,(399)(400)(401)(402)(403)(404)(405). The shift from food stamps to electronic benefit transfers in the US, for example, has been credited with reducing the stigma of receiving food assistance (413,414).…”

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Inequity in access to healthy foods

Schneider¹,

Bellows²,

Downs³

et al. 2023

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The Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN) is a Swiss-based foundation launched at the UN in 2002 to tackle the human suffering caused by malnutrition. Working with governments, businesses and civil society, we aim to transform food systems so that they deliver more nutritious food for all people, especially the most vulnerable. ABOUT FSECThe Food System Economics Commission (FSEC) is an independent academic commission set up to analyse the economics of a sustainable food system transformation and to identify a feasible agenda for implementing positive change. Our goal is to present lessons and feasible options for economic decisionmakers on what needs to be done to ensure a more inclusive, healthier, and nature-positive future for our food systems, by drawing on the best scientific analysis from economics and across the social sciences.

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An investigation of structural violence in the lived experience of food insecurity

Cited by 9 publications

References 27 publications

Navigating the Australian Welfare System for Those Relying on Emergency and Community Food Assistance

Navigating the Australian Welfare System for Those Relying on Emergency and Community Food Assistance

A scoping review of the conceptualisations of food justice

Inequity in access to healthy foods

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