Contextual uncertainties, human mobility, and perceived food environment: The uncertain geographic context problem in food access research

X. Chen and M.-P. Kwan

American Journal of Public Health, 2015, vol. 105, issue 9, 1734-1737

Abstract: We examined the uncertainty of the contextual influenceson foodaccess through an analytic framework of the uncertain geographic context problem (UGCoP). We first examined the compounding effects of two kinds of spatiotemporal uncertainties on people's everyday efforts to procure food and then outlined three key dimensions (food access in real time, temporality of the food environment, and perceived nutrition environment) in which research on food access must improve to better represent the contributing environmental influences that operate at the individual level. Guidelines to address the UGCoP in future food access research are provided to account for the multidimensional influences of the food environmentondietarybehaviors.

Keywords: catering service; diet; environment; human; organization and management; research; spatiotemporal analysis; uncertainty, Diet; Environment; Food Supply; Humans; Research; Spatio-Temporal Analysis; Uncertainty (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2015.302792

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