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Food Insecurity And Culture - A Study Of Cambodian And Brazilian Immigrants, Sarvnaz Modarresi Ghavami
Food Insecurity And Culture - A Study Of Cambodian And Brazilian Immigrants, Sarvnaz Modarresi Ghavami
Masters Theses 1911 - February 2014
ABSTRACT
FOOD INSECURITY AND CULTURE- A STUDY OF CAMBODIAN AND BRAZILIAN IMMIGRANTS
SEPTEMBER 2013
SARVNAZ MODARRESI GHAVAMI, B.S., IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES
M.S., UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS AMHERST
Directed by: Jerusha Nelson Peterman
Vulnerable immigrant populations such as refugees and undocumented immigrants are at higher risk for food insecurity and its health consequences than other low- income populations. Acculturation and adaptation of certain coping strategies, as well as certain characteristics, make these populations vulnerable to food insecurity.
This thesis focuses on two of the understudied immigrant populations in Lowell, Massachusetts: Brazilian immigrants and Cambodian refugees and immigrants. To better understand …