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A food environments feedback system (FoodBack) for empowering citizens and change agents to create healthier community food places

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ID22944495
AuthorsStefanie Vandevijvere (0000-0003-3225-7524, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland, School of Population Health, Auckland, New Zealand, corresponding author), Rachel Williams (0009-0008-1488-734X, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland, School of Population Health, Auckland, New Zealand), R L Williams (0000-0003-1146-4399, University of Auckland), Rachel A Williams (0000-0002-8612-1000, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland, School of Population Health, Auckland, New Zealand), Essa Tawfiq (0000-0001-8147-079X, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland, School of Population Health, Auckland, New Zealand), Boyd Swinburn (Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, The University of Auckland, School of Population Health, Auckland, New Zealand), Boyd Swindurn (0000-0002-2131-045X, University of Auckland)
Year2019
Volume34
Issue2
Pages277-290
Publication date2019-04-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueHealth Promotion International (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0957-4824 • E-ISSN: 1460-2245
PublisherOxford University Press (OUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1093/heapro/dax079
PMID29149262
OpenAlexW2769657319
LanguageEN
Citations received5
References cited15

This study developed a systems-based approach (called FoodBack) to empower citizens and change agents to create healthier community food places. Formative evaluations were held with citizens and change agents in six diverse New Zealand communities, supplemented by semi-structured interviews with 85 change agents in Auckland and Hamilton in 2015-2016. The emerging system was additionally reviewed by public health experts from diverse organizations. A food environments feedback system was constructed to crowdsource key indicators of the healthiness of diverse community food places (i.e. schools, hospitals, supermarkets, fast food outlets, sport centers) and outdoor spaces (i.e. around schools), comments/pictures about barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and exemplar stories on improving the healthiness of food environments. All the information collected is centrally processed and translated into 'short' (immediate) and 'long' (after analyses) feedback loops to stimulate actions to create healthier food places. FoodBack, as a comprehensive food environment feedback system (with evidence databases and feedback and recognition processes), has the potential to increase food sovereignty, and generate a sustainable, fine-grained database of food environments for real-time food policy research.

Business · Food security · Food sovereignty · Food systems · Formative assessment · Geography · Political science · Public relations · Agriculture Sustainability and Environmental Impact · Marketing · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet · Psychology · Urban Agriculture and Sustainability

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Unique citing works5
Citations per year0,71
Citation span2019 - 2026 (8)
Citation velocitycurrent
Highly citedNo
Citation typesNeutral: 4
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