refugees connecting with a new country through community food gardening

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Abstract
Refugees are a particularly vulnerable population who undergo nutrition transition as a result of forced migration. This paper explores how involvement in a community food garden supports African humanitarian migrant connectedness with their new country. A cross-sectional study of a purposive sample of African refugees participating in a campus-based community food garden was conducted. Semi-structured interviews were undertaken with twelve African humanitarian migrants who tended established garden plots within the garden. Interview data were thematically analysed revealing three factors which participants identified as important benefits in relation to community garden participation: land tenure, reconnecting with agri-culture, and community belonging. Community food gardens offer a tangible means for African refugees, and other vulnerable or marginalised populations, to build community and community connections. This is significant given the increasing recognition of the importance of social connectedness for wellbeing.
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Authors ;Neil Harris;Fiona Rowe Minniss;Shawn Somerset
Journal archives of biochemistry and biophysics
Year 2014
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10.3390/ijerph110909202
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http://www.mdpi.com/1660-4601/11/9/9202
Keywords
refugee health nutrition transition social connectednessmedicine

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