Food Security is a situation that exists when all people, at all times, have physical, social, and economic access to sufficient, safe and nutritious food that meets their dietary needs and food preferences for an active and healthy life (FAO, 1996). 17% of Kentuckians are food insecure (Kentucky Department of Agriculture, 2016). This study explored the quality of life (QoL) impact of the Bluegrass Double Dollars (BGDD) program on Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants through secondary data analysis. Utilizing the categories of quality of life indicators established by The Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and Social Progress (CMEPSP) the results from this study concluded that participating in the BGDD program provides some level of quality of life benefits.

The purpose of this study was to investigate how temporary employment affects a work place and its employees and also, from a gender perspective, investigate how individuals relate to their insecure work situation. To achieve the purpose of the study, a qualitative approach was used, and the study is based on interviews with eight employees at a department store for consumer electronics. In order to understand and analyze the employees’ stories Guy Standing’s theory about the precariat and Raewyn Connell and Yvonne Hirdmans’ gender-theories were applied. The results of the study have shown that the current working conditions generate a high degree of insecurity and lack of control amongst the employees when it comes to future employment, work hours and income, which also affect the employees’ current and future personal life. The insecurity at the work place does furthermore cause high competition, disloyalty and absence of empathy amongst the workers, which weakens and challenges the norms that regulate human behavior. By, for example, stealing each other’s customers, the employees take measures to secure their position in the work place. Regarding the gender perspective the results have shown that both individuals who identify themselves as male and female feel insecure due to the work situation, but there are different, gender specified, ways to handle the insecurity. The individuals that identify themselves as male tend to handle the situation by for example highlight themselves and their work performance in order to maintain the superior position in the gender system, while it is characterizing for the femininity to be excessively self-critical.

This study explored food insecurity by examining the ways in which residents of low-income, urban communities access food. The primary elements of this thesis are an analysis of the demographic and socioeconomic characteristics of the populations surrounding food retailers, and a survey of the availability, cost, and quality of fresh fruits and vegetables in food stores commonly found in the urban environment. Overall, this study found that low-income, minority communities are largely served by independent supermarkets, small grocers and convenience stores that charge higher prices for staple foods. Conversely, it was found that wealthy areas enjoy easy access to corporate supermarkets that offer higher-quality foods at lower prices.

Master of Arts / Department of Sociology, Anthropology, and Social Work / Gerad Middendorf / Despite ideals of justice and equality, certain segments of the U.S. population are denied the rights and privileges available to the more affluent. This thesis examines the relationships between 1) neighborhood race and class composition and 2) food availability. We explore the extent to which physical and social isolation affects healthy food availability to groups marginalized by race and class. Specifically, we examine the relationship between residential racial and income composition and the availability of healthy foods. We use census tract data from the 2010 U.S. census and 5-year estimates from the 2006-2010 American Community Survey for Topeka, Kansas. For data on food stores we use InfoUSA, a professionally maintained database that provides detailed information on a variety of businesses. We verify this data with various “on the ground” techniques. We conclude with a discussion of the relevance of this work to the knowledge base regarding food environments in the United States.

This paper discusses and aims to give the reader a greater understanding of how police cadets experiencing stress in relation to their employment status and a gender perspective on male and female cadets experience different demands and expectations. As scientists, we will also study how aspirants handle stress and how they experience the benefit of the work. This is because the one who is rejected by the aspirant will lose all possibilities of becoming a police officer. The essay will primarily highlight the impact of employment status have on stress according to police cadets and how gender can affect the stress. During the research process, the researcher will have worked through qualitative semi-structured interviews with six respondents who work as police cadets. We have analyzed our material by Karasek and Theorell of requirements, control and support model that is about the extent of demand and control individuals have the work-related aspects. We also give examples of how the requirements and control support model works for police cadets in the field with the help of research addressing the topic. The other theoretical starting point is an occupational stress research of Kelloway, Hurrel & Days (2008). Data collection shows, and supported by our theory that the form of employment is creating concerns over future work, and that perceived stress is equal for both men and women. / Polisyrket är ett skiftande arbete som ställer enormt höga krav på varje polis. I jämförelse med andra yrken har polisen en viktig roll i samhället. Polisens huvuduppgift är att göra skillnad i samhället. Att vara polis innebär att samhället förväntar sig att denne ska ingripa i en situation där ingen annan kan eller får ingripa. Situationer som omfattar allt från brottslighet, våld, sorg och kris. Polisen har oftast tillträde till situationer och områden som ingen civilperson har rätt till. Det finns relativt många studier som handlar om olika anställningsformer i relation till stress och osäkerhet, dock upplever vi som forskare att det råder brist på studier som berör polisaspirantens anställningsform. Vi finner därmed ett starkt intresse att forska kring det ämnet.   Nyutbildade poliser sätts på prov under sex månader genom att vara anställd som polisaspirant, detta innebär att man är provanställd. Hur upplever polisaspiranter sin anställningsform i relation till stress? Detta är en fråga som vi forskare kommer att lägga stor vikt på under forskningsprocessen. Polisaspiranten får ingen fastanställning först denne blivit godkänd efter dessa sex månader. Vi har under studiens gång undersökt hur denna form av anställning påverkat polisaspiranten negativt, genom upplevd stress och osäkerhet. Tack vare vårt empiriska material kan vi konstatera att en osäker anställningsform skapar negativ stress som påverkar aspiranten psykiskt då kraven är höga och prövningen lång.

Student Number : 0217201P - MA (Housing) dissertation - School of Architecture and Planning - Faculty of Humanities / South Africa currently has the fastest growing HIV/AIDS pandemic in the world. Against this backdrop it is therefore not suprising to learn that 4 million children or about 10% of the entire South African population will be orphaned by the year 2015 (Davis, 2002:52; Whiteside & Sunter, 2000 in Madhavan, [2000:1]). These projections paint a clear picture of the challenges that lie ahead for accommodating and sustaining a prevailing family structure of households that are headed by children who are left behind by parents succumbing to the ravages of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Because of their vulnerable age and laws and policies that do not fully cater for their needs, these children become victims of exploitation and abuse and forfeit their human rights enshrined in the Bill of Rights of the South African Constitution (1996). This study aims to unearth the plight of these children. In particular it will focus on the right of entitlement to family property when their parents die or are debilitated by HIV/AIDS related diseases. It concludes by challenging government and other stakeholders to review existing policies and to ensure that legislation is in place that mitigates against any form of violence, abuse, trauma or ostracism to which orphaned children are subjected to by unscrupulous caregivers.

Dissertation submitted to the Department of Psychology, University of the Witwatersrand, in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts. / The aim of the present study was to develop and evaluate a process model linking stressful environmental change, perceived job insecurity and stress reactions, A review of the literature revealed that stressful changes in the environment are linked to individual stress reactions, Stress theory has also recognised that appraisal of a stressful situation leads to stress reactions, Moreover, the literature has identified job Insecurity as a form of appraisal in that it is an internal event reflecting a transformation of beliefs about what 's happening in the organisation and environment. Job insecurity in turn has been shown to result in various stress reactions in individuals, Based on such research and theorising, a causal model was developed and tested using structural equation modeling techniques, It was assessed whether: stressful environmental change impacted upon stress reactions and job insecurity; job insecurity impacted upon stress reactions; and whether Job insecurity operated as a form of appraisal in mediating the relationship between stressful environmental change and stress reactions, The Independent variable, stressful environmental change, was specified as a common factor of the measured variables, political change, social change and organisational change, The proposed mediator variable, job insecurity, was specified as a common factor of the measured variables perceived threat to total job multiplied by powerlessness, and perceived threat to job features multiplied by powerlessness, The dependent variable, stress reactions, was specified as a common factor of the measured variables psychological distress, job dissatisfaction and reduced organisational commitment. The model was tested empirically using a combined sample of 267 subjects from three organisations, Results indicated that all relationships In the proposed model were confirmed, and that a reasonable fit was demonstrated between the empirical data and the theoretical model. Stressful environmental change was causally related to both stress reactions and Job insecurity, Job Insecurity was causally related to stress reactions, and in addition operated as a partial mediator between stressful environmental change and stress reacdons. Conceptual and methodological reasons for the findings are discussed, as well as some theoretical and practical implications, Limitations in the methodology are identified and future considerations of research are suggested, / AC2017

O presente trabalho tem como objetivo situar, metapsicologicamente, a experiência afetiva do sentimento de insegurança, que tem surgido como uma demanda clínica por pacientes que se consideram excessivamente inseguros. Esse sentimento estaria relacionado com uma falta de confiança em si mesmo e nas suas capacidades, bem como a uma baixa autoestima, levando a quadros que podem, no limite, chegar a um estado de angústia paralisante. Dessa forma, é relevante examinar o sentimento de insegurança, do ponto de vista metapsicológico, no sentido de angariar subsídios teóricos para o exercício clínico. Dado que o sentimento de insegurança não foi objeto do estudo de Freud, foi feita sua articulação com o sentimento de inferioridade e com o autossentimento (Selbstgfühl), presentes na obra deste autor, mas pouco desenvolvido por ele. Estando no campo das experiências afetivas, foi abordada a dimensão polissêmica do termo afeto na obra de Freud, um ponto de parada essencial no estudo de um sentimento sob a perspectiva deste autor, o que rendeu desdobramentos conceituais referentes aos mecanismos de operação dos afetos, bem como das diferenças funcionais entre afetos distintos. Em seguida, o Eu e o narcisismo foram investigados, na medida em que a experiência afetiva da insegurança diz respeito, necessariamente, ao Eu que não se sente seguro. O narcisismo foi examinado como um complexo afetivo de matiz amoroso, ligado ao Eu, ou seja, seu amor próprio, sendo diferenciado da experiência mais geral do autossentimento, que seria o conjunto de todos os afetos referentes ao Eu, incluindo aqueles de valência negativa, como os sentimentos de insegurança e de inferioridade. Com esses elementos, o sentimento de insegurança pôde ser lido como um afeto produzido pela percepção de estar em perigo e não ter os recursos necessários para enfrentar essa ameaça, sendo levantados três tipos de sentimentos de insegurança: a realista, referente a um perigo vindo do mundo externo; a neurótica, referente a um perigo vindo do mundo interno, em particular da perda de amor do Super-eu; e a insegurança ontológica, referente a um perigo de desintegração do próprio Eu, que seria produzido em casos de maior comprometimento das funções do aparelho psíquico / The objective of this study is to situate, metapsychologically, the affective experience of the feeling of insecurity that has emerged as a clinical demand for patients who consider themselves to be excessively insecure. This feeling would be related to a lack of confidence in oneself and their abilities, as well as to a low self-esteem, leading to cadres who may, in the limit, reach a state of paralyzing anxiety. Thus, it is relevant to examine the feeling of insecurity, from the metapsychological point of view, in order to obtain theoretical subsidies for clinical exercise. Since the feeling of insecurity was not the object of Freud\'s study, its articulation was made with the feeling of inferiority and self-feeling (Selbstgfühl), present in the work of this author, but undeveloped by him. Being in the field of affective experiences, the polysemic dimension of the term affection in the work of Freud, an essential stoppage in the study of a feeling from the perspective of this author, was approached, which yielded conceptual unfoldings referring to the mechanisms of the operation of affections, as well as functional differences between different affections. Then the ego and the narcissism were investigated, insofar as the affective experience of insecurity necessarily concerns the ego which does not feel secure. Narcissism was examined as an affective complex of a love hue, connected to the ego, that is, its self-love, being differentiated from the more general experience of self-feeling, which would be the set of all affections regarding the ego, including those of negative valence, such as feelings of insecurity and inferiority. With these elements, the feeling of insecurity could be read as an affection produced by the perception of being in danger and not having the necessary resources to face this threat, being raised three types of feelings of insecurity: the realistic one, referring to a danger coming from external world; the neurotic, referring to a danger coming from the inner world, in particular from the loss of love of the superego; and the ontological insecurity, referring to a danger of disintegration of the ego that would be produced in cases of greater impairment of the functions of the psychic apparatus

Objetivo. Verificar a existência de associações entre a insegurança alimentar e nutricional e padrões alimentares, a participação em programas sociais, dentre outros fatores em adolescentes de escolas públicas de Piracicaba (SP). Métodos. Este estudo foi conduzido em amostra probabilística de 488 escolares da 5ª série do ensino fundamental da rede pública de Piracicaba. Foram coletadas informações demográficas, antropométricas, bioquímicas e de pressão arterial, sobre a adesão à alimentação escolar, e de consumo alimentar a partir de Questionário de Frequência Alimentar Simplificado para Adolescentes (QFASA). Também foram obtidas informações sobre situações de insegurança alimentar e nutricional (IAN), participação em programas de transferência de renda e informações socioeconômicas. Foram realizadas análises descritivas, testes de Qui-quadrado de Pearson, t de Student e U de Mann Whitney. Padrões alimentares foram definidos a partir de Análise de Componentes Principais. A análise de regressão logística avaliou a influência de múltiplas variáveis na presença de IAN (variável dependente dicotômica). O estudo foi aprovado pelo Comitê de Ética da Faculdade de Saúde Pública. Resultados. De 308 escolares da amostra final, 54,5 por cento eram meninas. Mais de 40 por cento dos lares de escolares entrevistados apresentaram algum nível de IAN. Observaram-se elevadas proporções de adesão à alimentação escolar (70 por cento ) e de excesso de peso (39 por cento ). O principal padrão alimentar observado contou com maior participação de doces, massas, carnes, salgados, pães, frutas e hortaliças. Conclusão. A insegurança alimentar e nutricional determinou a participação no Programa Nacional de Alimentação Escolar e em programas de transferência de renda. Quando se observa um adolescente que pratica o padrão alimentar descrito, que reconhece a importância da alimentação escolar para o desenvolvimento físico e que cujo domicílio tem mais pessoas ocupadas, a probabilidade de tratar-se de um indivíduo que está em situação de IAN é menor. / Objective . To verify possible associations between food insecurity and food patterns, participation in social programs and other factors among adolescents enrolled in public schools of Piracicaba (SP). Methods . This study was conducted in a representative sample of 488 students enrolled in the fifth grade of public schools of Piracicaba. Data about demographic, anthropometric, biochemical, blood pressure, school feeding and food intake information were collected using computerized questionnaires and a Food Frequency Questionnaire Simplified for Adolescents (QFASA). Information about food insecurity, socioeconomic characteristics, and participation in Conditional Cash Transfer Programs were also obtained. Descriptive analysis, Chi-squared test to categorical variables, and t-Student and Mann-Whitney U test in order to compare means between groups were performed. Food patterns were predicted from food intake data, using the Principal Component Analysis method. These food patterns were transformed in variables and were used in logistic regression analysis. Food insecurity was the dependent variable. The study was approved by the Ethical Committee of the School of Public Health. Results. Out of the total 308 scholars of the final sample, 55 per cent were girls. More than 40 per cent of adolescents households presented some level of food insecurity. High proportions of students who consumed the school feeding (70 per cent ) and that were overweight (39 per cent ) were observed. The main dietary pattern observed was composed of higher participation of sweets, pasta, meats, pastries breads, fruits and vegetables. Conclusion. Food and nutrition insecurity (FNI) in scholars enrolled in public schools of Piracicaba determined their participation in the National School Feeding Program and in the Conditional Cash Transfer Programs. A teenager who practices the described eating pattern, who recognizes the importance of the school feeding for the physical development and whose home has more people employed, is less likely to be in a FNI status.

Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional é a garantia, a todos, de condições de acesso a alimentos básicos de qualidade, em quantidade suficiente, de modo permanente e sem comprometer outras necessidades essenciais, e o desrespeito a este direito indica a insegurança alimentar. Para caracterizar a situação de segurança alimentar das famílias e o estado nutricional de crianças menores de 5 anos de idade de creches no município de Ribeirão Preto-SP desenvolveu-se um estudo transversal e descritivo, com 344 crianças e suas famílias. A segurança alimentar das famílias foi avaliada com a Escala Brasileira de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (EBIA) e as famílias classificadas em situação de Segurança Alimentar (SA) e Insegurança Alimentar Leve (IAL), Moderada (IAM) e Grave (IAG). Aplicou-se uma entrevista com os pais para coleta de variáveis sócio-econômicas e demográficas com um questionário estruturado. A antropometria foi realizada nas creches e os índices Peso/Idade (P/I), Peso/Estatura (P/E), Estatura/Idade (E/I) e IMC/Idade (IMC/I) calculados segundo padrão da Organização Mundial da Saúde (2006). Para a classificação do estado nutricional adotou-se os pontos de corte do SISVAN (Ministério da Saúde). Foram calculadas medidas de prevalências e verificou-se associação entre as variáveis do estudo pelo teste qui-quadrado. Identificou-se que a SA estava presente em 45,7% das famílias, enquanto que a IAL, IAM e IAG foram encontradas em 42,4%, 7,8% e 4,1% das famílias, respectivamente. A análise dos dados sócio-econômicos apontou maior proporção de mães com ensino fundamental e de pais que não moram com a família entre aquelas com IA. Verificou-se proporção maior de residência inacabada, menor número de cômodos, maior número de moradores no domicílio, vinculo com programas sociais e menor renda per capita entre as famílias em situação de IA (p<0,05). Não se observou diferenças entre as prevalências de desvios nutricionais e a condição de SA das famílias. Entretanto, observou-se prevalência de 9,3% de baixa estatura, 2,3% de baixo peso pelo índice P/I e 1,5% de magreza segundo P/E e IMC/I. O excesso de peso segundo P/I foi encontrado em 11,0% das crianças. Os índices IMC/I e P/E indicaram prevalências de 8,7% e 7,3% de crianças acima de +2 escoreZ, 2,9% e 2,3% acima de +3 escoreZ, respectivamente. A situação de insegurança alimentar é prevalente na população estudada, sobretudo entre as famílias com pior condição socioeconômica. Foi observado que o excesso de peso é o principal problema nutricional nesta população infantil. Novos estudos são necessários para o melhor conhecimento das características que condicionam a insegurança alimentar e o estado nutricional desta população visando a elaboração de estratégias de enfrentamento desta situação. / Food and Nutritional Security is the assurance of everyone´s right to regular and permanent acess to food in sufficient amounts, permanently and without endangering other essential needs. Disregard to such rights would indicate food security. In order to characterize a situation of food insecurity in families and the nutritional status of under 5-year-old 344 children enrolled in day care center in Ribeirão Preto city and their families was developed on descriptive and cross-section study. The food security of each family was assessed with the Brazilian Food Security Scale Escala Brasileira de Segurança Alimentar e Nutricional (EBIA) and the families were rated according to their situation: food security and mild, moderate and severe food insecurity. Interviews with the parents was performed to collect socioeconomic and demographic variables with a structured questionnaire. The childrens weight and heigth were taken and the indicators of weight-for-age (WAZ), weight-for-height (WHZ), height-for-age (HAZ) and body mass index-age (BMZ) was defined to the 2006 WHO child growth tandards, and the classification of the nutritional status were adopted the cut-off scores of SISVAN. The prevalence values were calculated and an association between the variables of the study was evaluated by according to the chi-quadrate test. Prevalence of food security was 45.7%, and mild, moderate and severe food insecurity were found in 42.4%, 7.8% and 4.1% households. Socioeconomic analysis showed a higher frequence of low maternal education and fathers who do not live with their families among household food insecurity. There was a higher proportion of unfinished residence, fewer rooms, a larger number of household members, social programs link and with lower per capita income among families in IA (p <0.05). However, the prevalence of 9.3% of stunting (HAZ), 2.3% of underweight (WAZ) and 1.5% of wasting to WHZ and BMZ was observed. Overweight according to WAZ was found in 11.0%. The BMZ and WHZ indicated the prevalence of 8.7% and 7.3% overweight and 2.9% and 2.3% children of obesity. The situation of food insecurity is prevalent in this population, especially among families with lower socioeconomic status. We found that excess weight is the main nutritional problem in this infant population. Further studies are necessary to improve knowledge of the characteristics that govern food insecurity and the nutritional status of this population, with the goal of elaborating coping strategies for such a situation.