1. Objectifs

Intentions :
«Driven by the urgent need for more effective and efficient action, we undertook this study to refocus the debate on people and their needs by giving voice to households who make great efforts to access food. These either take part in community programmes for food security (CPFS) or do not. Our aim is to improve the response to needs by examining the food security experience and needs from the standpoint of a variety of food insecure households.» (p. 59)

2. Méthode

Échantillon/Matériau :
«We recruited a purposive sample of food-insecure households in Quebec City with the help of community organizations and advertisements in targeted low-income neighbourhoods.» (p. 59) The sample contains 55 food-insecure households.

Instruments :
Guide d’entretien semi-directif

Type de traitement des données :
Analyse de contenu

3. Résumé

«The households interviewed in this study are demanding more than food for survival; they need a set of conditions that will ensure them regular and sustainable access to good quality food. Within this set of conditions, financial access to food is indispensable. Indeed, households’ accounts underlined the important relationship between adequate income, diet and efforts they provide. In this purposive sample of 55 food-insecure households diversified in terms of age, family composition, source of income and type of housing, the needs expressed by participants reflect the fact that food insecurity is experienced as a cluster of problems. […] The accounts of households in this study reinforce the idea that achieving food security requires wide-ranging action that goes far beyond the simple issue of food and also highlight the fact that a community-scale response to food insecurity is not in itself sufficient to produce long-term food security.» (p. 66-67)
Note : Cette recherche met en lien les besoins financiers pour la nourriture avec le nombre d’enfants, le statut marital et les revenus familiaux.