FOOD/HEALTH/ MIGRATION
G. Conclusion
There are various questions which were raised by the results of the data and are valid for further study:
Future Lehman Lab Users
Future researchers should utilize more advanced technological tools to categorize data. Additionally, I believe that researchers with access to the Lehman Lab should cooperate to create a single, monumental project. It would essentially be the same premise. The potential researchers would work out individual aspects of the same project. While the current lab users have a shared topic, the majority of the researchers have an independent processes.
Policy Recommendation
It is the responsibility of local governments and community leaders to prioritize healthy food options for those they represent. By resolving the issue of scarcity, one could hope that members of the community will find themselves with ability to purchase local ingredients at reasonable prices. Transforming abandoned lots into community gardens helps transform the availability of a given neighborhood. When considering immense issues regarding social injustice (food justice, in particular), it is easy to become overwhelmed. And "Karen Washington: It’s Not a Food Desert, It’s Food Apartheid" gives focus by correcting the commonly used phrase "food desert". There is a push for the use of "food apartheid" because the term involves the indicates the wider implications for socioeconomic conditions without minimizing the communities themselves. "Karen Washington: It’s Not a Food Desert, It’s Food Apartheid" attempts to offer a solution to the current and anticipated crises in social justice. Washington (2018) warns that once "you lose diversity it will truly end up a desert... if you don't get young blood into the food system" (p.8). Her call to arms primarily asks for new generations of farmers to pick up the work of feeding urban communities. But Washington also presses each member of the community to pack part by supporting small scale farmers and consciously working to improve social conditions.
- Is there one particular social determinant of health which holds more control over potential health outcomes?
- Which regions maintain relative high wealth and health within the Kingsbridge / Bedford area?
- Which factors separate these wealthier / healthier areas of the community?
- Do any complex components of the Latino Health Paradox extend to other immigrant groups?
- How are health outlooks altered in communities with an abundance of health food options or a population which isn't predominately minority based?
Future Lehman Lab Users
Future researchers should utilize more advanced technological tools to categorize data. Additionally, I believe that researchers with access to the Lehman Lab should cooperate to create a single, monumental project. It would essentially be the same premise. The potential researchers would work out individual aspects of the same project. While the current lab users have a shared topic, the majority of the researchers have an independent processes.
Policy Recommendation
It is the responsibility of local governments and community leaders to prioritize healthy food options for those they represent. By resolving the issue of scarcity, one could hope that members of the community will find themselves with ability to purchase local ingredients at reasonable prices. Transforming abandoned lots into community gardens helps transform the availability of a given neighborhood. When considering immense issues regarding social injustice (food justice, in particular), it is easy to become overwhelmed. And "Karen Washington: It’s Not a Food Desert, It’s Food Apartheid" gives focus by correcting the commonly used phrase "food desert". There is a push for the use of "food apartheid" because the term involves the indicates the wider implications for socioeconomic conditions without minimizing the communities themselves. "Karen Washington: It’s Not a Food Desert, It’s Food Apartheid" attempts to offer a solution to the current and anticipated crises in social justice. Washington (2018) warns that once "you lose diversity it will truly end up a desert... if you don't get young blood into the food system" (p.8). Her call to arms primarily asks for new generations of farmers to pick up the work of feeding urban communities. But Washington also presses each member of the community to pack part by supporting small scale farmers and consciously working to improve social conditions.