Improving well-being through food sovereignty : a meta-narrative literature review
department or school: Medicine, Faculty of
department or school: Population and Public Health (SPPH), School of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Wolff, Rebecca
issued: 2021-07-12T22:07:37Z
issued: 2021
related degree: Master of Science - MSc
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Industrialized agriculture and food security interventions have failed to eliminate global hunger, while creating complex environmental, health, and well-being challenges. The food sovereignty movement, which recognizes the power imbalances and social inequities in the global food system, presents a new lens through which to design interventions to improve how agricultural practices impact individual and community well-being. This thesis project answered the following research question: how can food sovereignty frameworks incorporate assessments of health and well-being? This research contributes to the gap in our understanding of the importance of food sovereignty practices to health and well-being through a meta-narrative literature review. Four well-being narratives (environmental, physical, cultural-spiritual, and social-political-economic) were identified from the literature and used to develop a novel framework demonstrating the relationship between food sovereignty practices and multi-dimensional well-being outcomes. A set of n=37 indicators were developed and organized into four themes of environmental, physical, cultural-spiritual, and social-political-economic wellbeing, to assess the relationship between food sovereignty practices and multiple forms of well-being. This study demonstrates how the application of food sovereignty practices can influence the well-being of individuals, their environments, and communities. As well, the results of this work emphasize the importance of defining well-being holistically, rather than viewing well-being outcomes from a purely biomedical health perspective. This framework presents a way for future researchers, farmers, and agricultural organizations to begin measuring well-being outcomes that result from their food production practices.
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note: Improving well-being through food sovereignty: a meta-narrative literature review by Rebecca Wolff B.A.S., University of Guelph, 2015 A THESIS SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF SCIENCE in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Population and Public Health) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) July 2021 © Rebecca Wolff, 2021 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the thesis entitled: Improving well-being through food sovereignty: a meta-narrative literature review submitted by Rebecca Wolff in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Population and Public Health Examining Committee: Dr. Hannah Wittman, Institute for Resources, Environment and Sustainability, UBC Co-supervisor Dr. Annalee Yassi, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Co-supervisor Dr. Jerry Spiegel, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Supervisory Committee Member Dr. Kate Weinberger, School of Population and Public Health, UBC Additional Examiner iii Abstract Industrialized agriculture and food security interventions have failed to eliminate global hunger, while creating complex environmental, health, and well-being challenges. The food sovereignty movement, which recognizes the power imbalances and social inequities in the global food system, presents a new lens through which to design interventions to improve how agricultural practices impact individual and community well-being. This thesis project answered the following research question: how can food sovereignty frameworks incorporate assessments of health and well-being? This research contributes to the gap in our understanding of the importance of food sovereignty practices to health and well-being through a meta-narrative literature review. Four well-being narratives (environmental, physical, cultural-spiritual, and social-polit…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2021-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0400133
language: eng
degree discipline: Population and Public Health
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
rights URI: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Wittman, Hannah
contributor: Yassi, Annalee
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/78927