HOSPITAL FOODSERVICE AND ETHNIC FOODS: A SURVEY OF HOSPITALS IN TWO COUNTIES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA

Autor:	Eugenie I.L. Wong, R.D. Lucy M. Mcproud Ph.D., R.D. Joan M. Giampaoli M.S.
Rok vydání:	1995
Předmět:	Gerontology Hospital days Meal business.industry General Mathematics Ethnic group Food habits Cultural background Patient population Chi-square test General Earth and Planetary Sciences Medicine Health planning business Demography
Zdroj:	Foodservice Research International. 8:257-262
ISSN:	1745-4506 1524-8275
DOI:	10.1111/j.1745-4506.1995.tb00301.x
Popis:	The purpose of this project was to evaluate whether the foods served in the hospitals of two counties in Northern California reflected the ethnicities of the patient population each hospital serves. Only the two largest ethnic minority groups, Hispanic and Asian groups, were assessed. Information on the ethnicity of a hospital's patient clientele was provided by the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development. Dietitians were contacted and menus for regular diets were collected. For each hospital, breakfast, lunch and dinner entrees offered over one menu cycle were counted, and a proportion of all entrees that were Hispanic and Asian was determined. This proportion was compared to the proportion of hospital days accounted for by Hispanic and Asian patients, using the chi square test for differences between two independent proportions (p
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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