Can the Healthcare System Improve Food Security? A Need for Collaborative Community Partnerships.

Autor:	Wiens K; A medical student at the University of Toronto's Temerty Faculty of Medicine in Toronto, ON., O'Neill M; An epidemiologist and evaluation specialist at the Population Health Analytics Laboratory, Dalla Lana School of Public Health in the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON., Redelmeier RJ; A research fellow at the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine in the UHN in Toronto, ON., Wali S; A digital health researcher at eHealthInnovation in the UHN in Toronto, ON., Chagpar A; A managing director at Healthcare Human Factors in the UHN in Toronto, ON., Dube S; The manager of community and policy at the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine in the UHN in Toronto, ON., Diemert L; A project manager at the Population Health Analytics Laboratory, Dalla Lana School of Public Health in the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON., Michalski C; An epidemiologist at the Population Health Analytics Laboratory, Dalla Lana School of Public Health in the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON., Ziebell B; A community food programs manager at FoodShare Toronto in Toronto, ON., Elliott S; A Food RX coordinator at FoodShare Toronto in Toronto, ON., Campbell L; A special projects senior coordinator at FoodShare Toronto in Toronto, ON., Rosella L; The principal investigator and scientific director at the Population Health Analytics Laboratory and an associate professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health in the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON., Boozary A; Is the executive director of Population Health and Social Medicine at the Gattuso Centre for Social Medicine in the UHN and an assistant professor at the Dalla Lana School of Public Health in the University of Toronto in Toronto, ON. He can be contacted by e-mail at andrew.boozary@uhn.ca.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	Healthcare quarterly (Toronto, Ont.) [Healthc Q] 2022 Jul; Vol. 25 (2), pp. 26-33.
DOI:	10.12927/hcq.2022.26892
Abstrakt:	The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened the food insecurity crisis in Canada, and existing supports have been largely insufficient to meet the food needs of communities. In response to increasing reports of food insecurity among Toronto residents during the pandemic, the Food RX program was developed as a collaborative initiative between FoodShare Toronto - a local, community-based food justice organization - and the University Health Network, a large university-affiliated hospital network in downtown Toronto, ON. This commentary describes the Food RX program, highlights the lessons learned during its early implementation and offers a set of recommendations for building community partnerships moving forward. (Copyright © 2022 Longwoods Publishing.)
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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