Investigadora Postdoctoral CIAPEC. Antropóloga Social y Magíster en Estudios de Género de la Universidad de Chile. Estudiante del Doctorado en Salud Pública de la Universidad de Chile, es estudiante tesista de CIAPEC con la tesis titulada: “Acceso a alimentos y calidad de la dieta de niños, niñas y adolescentes del área suroriente de Santiago durante la pandemia por Covid-19 (2020-2021): Relevancia de los entornos domésticos”. Su tutora es la dra. Camila Corvalán.
Cargo:
Estudiante tesista
Isabel Pemjean Contreras
Publicaciones
2024
Pemjean, Isabel; Mediano, Fernanda; Corvalán, Camila
How are intra-household dynamics, gender roles and time availability related to food access and children's diet quality during the Covid-19 lockdown? Artículo de revista
En: 2024.
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title = {How are intra-household dynamics, gender roles and time availability related to food access and children's diet quality during the Covid-19 lockdown?},
author = {Isabel Pemjean and Fernanda Mediano and Camila Corvalán},
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year = {2024},
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abstract = {- Otros autores: Hernández P.
- Cómo citar: Pemjean I, Hernández P, Mediano F, Corvalán C. How are intra-household dynamics, gender roles and time availability related to food access and children's diet quality during the Covid-19 lockdown? Soc Sci Med. 2024 Feb 13;345:116661. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116661. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38377834.
- Resumen: The association between food access and children's diet quality has been documented mainly from its external dimension (e.g., availability, prices, food properties, and marketing). However, existing research has underscored that the external food environment cannot fully account for variations in children's diet quality, even amid the COVID-19 lockdown. It is increasingly evident that elements within the domestic food environment also play a crucial role in shaping this relationship. Specifically, gender roles influence how food is procured and consumed, along with challenges related to time constraints. This study explores the influence of the domestic time-gender axis and household dynamics in food access and children's dietary quality in 14 female-headed households in Santiago, Chile, during the COVID-19 lockdown. Employing a photo-elicitation exercise, we engaged with families residing in the same urban neighborhood but exhibiting varying levels of dietary quality among their children. Our analysis utilized a framework incorporating both socio-ecological food environment and gender theories. Our findings show that within these households, only one unit of "person-time" was available to address all food and caregiving tasks. Due to an unequal gender system, this limited time allocation was disproportionately absorbed by women, who were already burdened with multiple responsibilities. The lack of time favors the consumption of ultra-processed foods and hinders the intake of fresh foods. Other associated intrahousehold dynamics, such as children's fussiness and special diets, accentuates these time scarcity consequences. These difficulties were further exacerbated by strategies adopted in response to the COVID-19 lockdown, however, in families where food-related responsibilities were shared more equitably the lockdown was less disrupting. These results indicate that on top of external food environment policies, comprehensive gender-transformative policies that include food socialization processes are needed to promote healthier diets among all.
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- Otros autores: Hernández P.
- Cómo citar: Pemjean I, Hernández P, Mediano F, Corvalán C. How are intra-household dynamics, gender roles and time availability related to food access and children's diet quality during the Covid-19 lockdown? Soc Sci Med. 2024 Feb 13;345:116661. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116661. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38377834.
- Resumen: The association between food access and children's diet quality has been documented mainly from its external dimension (e.g., availability, prices, food properties, and marketing). However, existing research has underscored that the external food environment cannot fully account for variations in children's diet quality, even amid the COVID-19 lockdown. It is increasingly evident that elements within the domestic food environment also play a crucial role in shaping this relationship. Specifically, gender roles influence how food is procured and consumed, along with challenges related to time constraints. This study explores the influence of the domestic time-gender axis and household dynamics in food access and children's dietary quality in 14 female-headed households in Santiago, Chile, during the COVID-19 lockdown. Employing a photo-elicitation exercise, we engaged with families residing in the same urban neighborhood but exhibiting varying levels of dietary quality among their children. Our analysis utilized a framework incorporating both socio-ecological food environment and gender theories. Our findings show that within these households, only one unit of "person-time" was available to address all food and caregiving tasks. Due to an unequal gender system, this limited time allocation was disproportionately absorbed by women, who were already burdened with multiple responsibilities. The lack of time favors the consumption of ultra-processed foods and hinders the intake of fresh foods. Other associated intrahousehold dynamics, such as children's fussiness and special diets, accentuates these time scarcity consequences. These difficulties were further exacerbated by strategies adopted in response to the COVID-19 lockdown, however, in families where food-related responsibilities were shared more equitably the lockdown was less disrupting. These results indicate that on top of external food environment policies, comprehensive gender-transformative policies that include food socialization processes are needed to promote healthier diets among all.
- Cómo citar: Pemjean I, Hernández P, Mediano F, Corvalán C. How are intra-household dynamics, gender roles and time availability related to food access and children's diet quality during the Covid-19 lockdown? Soc Sci Med. 2024 Feb 13;345:116661. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2024.116661. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 38377834.
- Resumen: The association between food access and children's diet quality has been documented mainly from its external dimension (e.g., availability, prices, food properties, and marketing). However, existing research has underscored that the external food environment cannot fully account for variations in children's diet quality, even amid the COVID-19 lockdown. It is increasingly evident that elements within the domestic food environment also play a crucial role in shaping this relationship. Specifically, gender roles influence how food is procured and consumed, along with challenges related to time constraints. This study explores the influence of the domestic time-gender axis and household dynamics in food access and children's dietary quality in 14 female-headed households in Santiago, Chile, during the COVID-19 lockdown. Employing a photo-elicitation exercise, we engaged with families residing in the same urban neighborhood but exhibiting varying levels of dietary quality among their children. Our analysis utilized a framework incorporating both socio-ecological food environment and gender theories. Our findings show that within these households, only one unit of "person-time" was available to address all food and caregiving tasks. Due to an unequal gender system, this limited time allocation was disproportionately absorbed by women, who were already burdened with multiple responsibilities. The lack of time favors the consumption of ultra-processed foods and hinders the intake of fresh foods. Other associated intrahousehold dynamics, such as children's fussiness and special diets, accentuates these time scarcity consequences. These difficulties were further exacerbated by strategies adopted in response to the COVID-19 lockdown, however, in families where food-related responsibilities were shared more equitably the lockdown was less disrupting. These results indicate that on top of external food environment policies, comprehensive gender-transformative policies that include food socialization processes are needed to promote healthier diets among all.
2023
Pemjean, Isabel; Mediano, Fernanda; Ferrer, Pedro; Garmendia, María Luisa; Corvalán, Camila
Food access, domestic environments, and dietary quality of low-middle income Chilean children during the COVID-19 pandemic Artículo de revista
En: Front. Public Health, 2023.
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title = {Food access, domestic environments, and dietary quality of low-middle income Chilean children during the COVID-19 pandemic},
author = {Isabel Pemjean and Fernanda Mediano and Pedro Ferrer and María Luisa Garmendia and Camila Corvalán },
doi = {doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1164357},
year = {2023},
date = {2023-06-19},
urldate = {2023-06-19},
journal = {Front. Public Health},
abstract = {- Otros autores: Pemjean I.
- Cómo citar: Pemjean I, Mediano F, Ferrer P, Garmendia ML, Corvalán C. Food access, domestic environments, and dietary quality of low-middle income Chilean children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front. Public Health. 2023;11:1164357. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1164357. PMID: 37408742. PMCID: PMC10319070. ISSN: 2296-2565. IF [JCR]: 5.2. Q1
- Resumen: Introduction: Food access is associated with dietary quality; however, people living in similar physical environments can have different food access profiles. Domestic environments may also influence how food access relates to dietary quality. We studied food access profiles of 999 low-middle income Chilean families with children during the COVID-19 lockdown and how these profiles relate to dietary quality; secondarily, we also explore the role of the domestic environment in this relationship.},
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- Otros autores: Pemjean I.
- Cómo citar: Pemjean I, Mediano F, Ferrer P, Garmendia ML, Corvalán C. Food access, domestic environments, and dietary quality of low-middle income Chilean children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front. Public Health. 2023;11:1164357. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1164357. PMID: 37408742. PMCID: PMC10319070. ISSN: 2296-2565. IF [JCR]: 5.2. Q1
- Resumen: Introduction: Food access is associated with dietary quality; however, people living in similar physical environments can have different food access profiles. Domestic environments may also influence how food access relates to dietary quality. We studied food access profiles of 999 low-middle income Chilean families with children during the COVID-19 lockdown and how these profiles relate to dietary quality; secondarily, we also explore the role of the domestic environment in this relationship.
- Cómo citar: Pemjean I, Mediano F, Ferrer P, Garmendia ML, Corvalán C. Food access, domestic environments, and dietary quality of low-middle income Chilean children during the COVID-19 pandemic. Front. Public Health. 2023;11:1164357. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1164357. PMID: 37408742. PMCID: PMC10319070. ISSN: 2296-2565. IF [JCR]: 5.2. Q1
- Resumen: Introduction: Food access is associated with dietary quality; however, people living in similar physical environments can have different food access profiles. Domestic environments may also influence how food access relates to dietary quality. We studied food access profiles of 999 low-middle income Chilean families with children during the COVID-19 lockdown and how these profiles relate to dietary quality; secondarily, we also explore the role of the domestic environment in this relationship.