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Mechanisms of Power Within a Community-Based Food Security Planning Process

Center for Health Promotion& Prevention Research, School of Public Health, University of Texas at Houston

David Pelletier, PhD

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Donald Barr, PhD

Department of Policy Analysis and Management, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Jennifer Wilkins, PhD, RD

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

Jean-Pierre Habicht, PhD

Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

A community food security movement has begun to address problems of hunger and food insecurity by uti-lizing a community-basedapproach.Althoughvarious models have been implemented,little empirical researchhasassessed howpoweroperateswithincommunity-basedfoodsecurityinitiatives.Thepurposeofthisresearchwas to determine how power influenced participation in decision-making, agenda setting, and the shaping ofperceived needs within a community-based food security planning process, with particular reference to disen-franchised stakeholders. Power influenced participation in decision-making, agenda setting, and the shaping ofperceived needs through managing 1) problem framing, 2) trust, 3) knowledge, and 4) consent. To overcomethese mechanismsof power, practitionersneed to address individual-,community-,and institutional-level barri-ers to participation in community-based food security planning processes. Practitioners and researchers canwork with disenfranchised groups to determine which agents have the power to create desired changes by utiliz-ing theory-based methods and strategies that focus on changing external determinants at multiple levels.

Key Words: critical perspective • power • community food security

Health Education & Behavior, Vol. 31, No. 2, 206-222 (2004)
DOI: 10.1177/1090198103259163


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