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A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda

Comprehensive food lists and databases are a critical input for programs aiming to alleviate undernutrition. However, standard methods for developing them may produce databases that are irrelevant for marginalised groups where nutritional needs are highest. Our study provides a method for identifyin...

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Autores principales: Scarpa, Giulia, Berrang-Ford, Lea, Twesigomwe, Sabastian, Kakwangire, Paul, Peters, Remco, Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol, Patterson, Kaitlin, Namanya, Didacus B., Lwasa, Shuaib, Nowembabazi, Ester, Kesande, Charity, Harris-Fry, Helen, Cade, Janet E.
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103503
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author Scarpa, Giulia
Berrang-Ford, Lea
Twesigomwe, Sabastian
Kakwangire, Paul
Peters, Remco
Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol
Patterson, Kaitlin
Namanya, Didacus B.
Lwasa, Shuaib
Nowembabazi, Ester
Kesande, Charity
Harris-Fry, Helen
Cade, Janet E.
author_facet Scarpa, Giulia
Berrang-Ford, Lea
Twesigomwe, Sabastian
Kakwangire, Paul
Peters, Remco
Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol
Patterson, Kaitlin
Namanya, Didacus B.
Lwasa, Shuaib
Nowembabazi, Ester
Kesande, Charity
Harris-Fry, Helen
Cade, Janet E.
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description Comprehensive food lists and databases are a critical input for programs aiming to alleviate undernutrition. However, standard methods for developing them may produce databases that are irrelevant for marginalised groups where nutritional needs are highest. Our study provides a method for identifying critical contextual information required to build relevant food lists for Indigenous populations. For our study, we used mixed-methods study design with a community-based approach. Between July and October 2019, we interviewed 74 participants among Batwa and Bakiga communities in south-western Uganda. We conducted focus groups discussions (FGDs), individual dietary surveys and markets and shops assessment. Locally validated information on foods consumed among Indigenous populations can provide results that differ from foods listed in the national food composition tables; in fact, the construction of food lists is influenced by multiple factors such as food culture and meaning of food, environmental changes, dietary transition, and social context. Without using a community-based approach to understanding socio-environmental contexts, we would have missed 33 commonly consumed recipes and foods, and we would not have known the variety of ingredients’ quantity in each recipe, and traditional foraged foods. The food culture, food systems and nutrition of Indigenous and vulnerable communities are unique, and need to be considered when developing food lists.
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spelling pubmed-85373492021-10-24 A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda Scarpa, Giulia Berrang-Ford, Lea Twesigomwe, Sabastian Kakwangire, Paul Peters, Remco Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol Patterson, Kaitlin Namanya, Didacus B. Lwasa, Shuaib Nowembabazi, Ester Kesande, Charity Harris-Fry, Helen Cade, Janet E. Nutrients Article Comprehensive food lists and databases are a critical input for programs aiming to alleviate undernutrition. However, standard methods for developing them may produce databases that are irrelevant for marginalised groups where nutritional needs are highest. Our study provides a method for identifying critical contextual information required to build relevant food lists for Indigenous populations. For our study, we used mixed-methods study design with a community-based approach. Between July and October 2019, we interviewed 74 participants among Batwa and Bakiga communities in south-western Uganda. We conducted focus groups discussions (FGDs), individual dietary surveys and markets and shops assessment. Locally validated information on foods consumed among Indigenous populations can provide results that differ from foods listed in the national food composition tables; in fact, the construction of food lists is influenced by multiple factors such as food culture and meaning of food, environmental changes, dietary transition, and social context. Without using a community-based approach to understanding socio-environmental contexts, we would have missed 33 commonly consumed recipes and foods, and we would not have known the variety of ingredients’ quantity in each recipe, and traditional foraged foods. The food culture, food systems and nutrition of Indigenous and vulnerable communities are unique, and need to be considered when developing food lists. MDPI 2021-10-03 /pmc/articles/PMC8537349/ /pubmed/34684504 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103503 Text en © 2021 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Scarpa, Giulia
Berrang-Ford, Lea
Twesigomwe, Sabastian
Kakwangire, Paul
Peters, Remco
Zavaleta-Cortijo, Carol
Patterson, Kaitlin
Namanya, Didacus B.
Lwasa, Shuaib
Nowembabazi, Ester
Kesande, Charity
Harris-Fry, Helen
Cade, Janet E.
A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda
title A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda
title_full A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda
title_fullStr A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda
title_full_unstemmed A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda
title_short A Community-Based Approach to Integrating Socio, Cultural and Environmental Contexts in the Development of a Food Database for Indigenous and Rural Populations: The Case of the Batwa and Bakiga in South-Western Uganda
title_sort community-based approach to integrating socio, cultural and environmental contexts in the development of a food database for indigenous and rural populations: the case of the batwa and bakiga in south-western uganda
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8537349/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/34684504
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/nu13103503
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