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Healthy Food for All Policy Submissions
The Healthy Food For All Initiative aims to ensure that food poverty remains a priority issue on the political agenda. The prevention of food poverty requires alleviation of both socio-economic inequalities and the reasons for socioeconomic variations in dietary behaviour. This requires that critical public policies are co-ordinated across all departments, including economics, nutrition, agri-business, welfare, education and health. 

HFfA aim to highlight the issues by:

  • making relevant policy submissions to government departments  
  • lobbying the government to ensure policies do not impact on an individual's ability to obtain an affordable and nutritious diet 
  • making the connections between local action and national policy

HFfA Submission on the EU Scheme for the Most Deprived, May 2008

HFfA Response to 'Towards a Possible EU Fruit Scheme', 28th Feb. 2008

HFfA Pre Budget Submission 2008

HFfA Pre Budget Submission 2007

Submission on a New Social Partnership Agreement, Combat Poverty Agency, Crosscare & Society of St. Vincent de Paul, Dec. 2005

Combat Poverty, Crosscare, Society Vincent de Paul Submission on 'Repealing the Groceries Order', July 2005

 
Publications
  1. Food Poverty and Policy (Combat Poverty Agency, Crosscare & Society of St Vincent de Paul: 2004)
  2. Food Poverty: Fact or Fiction (PHAII: 2007)

  3. Review of Meals Services to Older People in the North West Inner City of Dublin. (Rourke; 2007) 
  4. Nutrition Poverty and Health: Making a Difference.  (Combat Poverty Agency, 2004)
  5. Food, Nutrition and Poverty Among Asylum-Seekers in North-West Ireland. Working Paper 2006/01 Combat Poverty Agency
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  6. The Financial Cost of Healthy Eating in Ireland Combat Poverty Agency Research Working Paper 04/01 Sharon Friel, Orla Walsh & Denise McCarthy. (Combat Poverty Agency: 2004)
  7. Standard of Healthy Living on the island of Ireland (safefood 2005)
  8. One Long Struggle – A Study of Low Income Families.  Vincentian Partnership for Social Justice (2000).  Summary available from  http://www.vpsj.ie/main_frameset.htm 
  9. Food Poverty Among Irish School Children: Research Factsheet based on HBSC findings:
    http://www.nuigalway.ie/hbsc/documents/factsheet_13.pdf
  10. Growing in Confidence: Evaluation of the Community Food Project (Perry Share & Geraldine Duignan: IT Sligo: 2004)
  11. Community Food Co-op: An Evaluation (Armagh & Dungannon Health Action Zone)
  12. A Study of Retail Accessibility for Older People: The Elderly Poor and Access to Retail Services (FM Kelly & AJ Parker, Centre for Retail Studies, UCD)

  13. Impact Analysis of the St. John’s JNS & St. Paul’s SNS Breakfast Club, Rathmullen, Drogheda (Helen Fitzgerald; 2006)

  14. Research into Food Poverty and Homelessness in Northern Ireland (Food Standards Agency NI, 2006).

  15. Eating for Health? A Survey of Eating Habits Among Children and Young People in Northern Ireland.  (Health Promotion Agency; HPA 2001).

  16. Fresh Fruit in Schools: Summary Report 2002-2006 (Health Promotion Agency NI, 2007)

  17. Hungry for Change: Social Exclusion, Food Poverty and Homelessness in Dublin (Focus Ireland: 2004) available from Focus Ireland

  18. Fresh Fruit in Schools: An Evaluation.  Community Nutrition and Dietetic Service(HSE Dublin North East; 2007) 
     
    Government Publications:

  19. Consultation Report on the National Action Plan Against Poverty and Social Exclusion.  (Department of Social & Family Affairs: 2006)

  20. Cardiovascular Health Strategy: Building Healthier Hearts.  (Department of Health & Children; 1999)

  21. Report of the National Task Force on Obesity (Department of Health & Children: 2004)  
  22. Review of Urban & Gaeltacht School Meals Schemes (Department of Social & Family Affairs: 2002)
  23. Examination of the cost of healthy eating and specialised diets for a single individual in Ireland (Department of Social & Family Affairs: 2006)
  24. Food and Nutrition Guidelines for Primary Schools (Department of Health, Health Promotion Unit: 2005) 

    25. International Publications:

  25. Low-Income Diet and Nutrition Survey (Food Standards Agency UK; 2007)

  26. 1992 World Declaration on Nutrition (Food and Agriculture Organisation; 1992)

  27. Is there a Relationship between Food Insecurity and Overweight/Obesity? (Ontario Public Health Research, Education and Development, 2007)

  28. Who has time to Cook? How Family Resources Influence Food Preparation.  (United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Report No. 40, 2007)

  29. Tackling Obesities: Future Choices - Project Report. (Foresight; 2007)

  30. Food Security, Poverty and Human Development in the United States (J.T. Cook & D. A. Frank, Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences; 2007)

  31. The Human Right to Food to Adequate Food (G. Riches, University of British Columbia; 2005)

  32. Discussion Paper on Household and Individual Food Insecurity. (V. Tarasuk, Health Canada; 2001)

  33. Tending the Garden. (Toronto Food and Hunger Action Committee; 2003)

  34. The Growing Season. (Toronto Food and Hunger Action Committee; 2001)

  35. Planting Season. (Toronto Food and Hunger Action Committee; 2000)

  36. Food Access: whose responsibility?  (New Policy Institute; 2000)

     

     

 
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HFfA recognises the need for a multisectoral response to combat food poverty, this section is designed to be an information hub for our community.

 
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