Rachel Prowse
Biographic Data
| ID | 6340525 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Prowse |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Prowse |
| SIGNATURE | PROWSE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Memorial University of Newfoundland |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3015-2385 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2017 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Restaurant food waste reduction using nudge techniques at the customer level
Food waste is a critical global problem linked to food insecurity, environmental degradation, and economic losses. Food waste occurs across the supply chain, with a considerable portion generated at the consumer level, including restaurants. Food waste not only compromises global food security but also exacerbates environmental challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation, and water waste. Human behaviour significantly influences…
Prevalence, value, and food marketing methods of food-related sponsorship and contracts in Canadian recreation and sport facilities
Objective: To examine the prevalence, financial value, and marketing leveraging methods of food sponsorship agreements and food service contracts in Canadian recreation and sport facilities (RSFs). Design: Cross-sectional survey using descriptive analysis. RSF managers and directors reported the number, value, and types of marketing leveraging methods used in food-related sponsorship agreements and food service contracts. Setting: Publicly funded…
General and Sport-related Marketing Techniques in Canadian Recreation and Sport Facilities
Objective: To evaluate food marketing techniques used in Canadian recreation and sport facilities and assess the healthfulness of foods and beverages marketed by the techniques. Design: Cross-sectional content analysis of photographed food marketing instances coded for marketing techniques according to Health Canada’s Monitoring Protocol, developed for monitoring food marketing techniques across settings, supplemented with new inductively identif…
In-store beverage pricing and marketing before and after a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Newfoundland and Labrador
Objective: Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) introduced Canada’s first excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in 2022. Industry marketing practices in response to SSB taxation may affect public health impacts. We examined changes in posted beverage pricing and marketing of taxable and non-taxable beverages in NL before and after the SSB tax was implemented. Design: Pre-/post-observational study with in-store audits of beverage prices and mark…
Evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage tax effects
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) introduced Canada’s first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax in September 2022. Compared with national averages, NL has higher intakes of SSBs, lower intakes of plain water and milk, with higher rates of overweight and obesity and diabetes. Taxing SSBs is a recommended intervention but real-world effectiveness of SSB taxes requires more investigation. We evaluated changes in weekly beverage prices and sales pre- and…
Case Study Qualitative Inquiry of Healthy Food Retailing in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador
Multilevel, multicomponent interventions are recognized approaches to promote public health and prevent disease. Our study focused on diet and its determinants to understand factors impacting healthy food retailing in rural Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Canada, using a case study approach with community-engaged system-based processes. In three case study communities, we conducted two qualitative data generating processes (storeowner interviews …
Beverage consumption among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada prior to the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax
Our findings align with prior studies of socioeconomic position and SSB consumption in Canada, which collectively demonstrate that, on average, those with less education and income consume more SSBs and fewer unsweetened beverages. This research provides necessary understanding of social patterning of beverage consumption in NL prior to tax implementation. Post-tax evaluations of this policy should investigate potential impacts of the tax on diet…
Choice, Motives, and Mixed Messages
Unhealthy food and beverage availability and sponsorship undermine healthy food practices in sport and recreation. We conducted a focused ethnography with reflexive photo-interviewing to examine parents' awareness, reactions, and experiences of food and beverage marketing in and around their children's physical activity in public sport and recreation facilities. Eleven parents took photos of what they thought their facility was 'saying about food…
Seeing the food swamp for the weeds
Nutritional health of children and youth is an increasing cause for concern in Canada. Through food and beverage messaging in multiple environments, young people develop eating behaviours with ramifications throughout their life course. Unhealthy food retailers near schools, recreation facilities, and childcare centres-key activity settings for healthy eating promotion-present repeated, compounding exposures to commercial geomarketing. Geomarketi…
My coupons are like gold”
Objective: The British Columbia Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program (FMNCP) provides low-income households with coupons valued at $21/week for 16 weeks to purchase healthy foods in farmers’ markets. Our objective was to explore FMNCP participants’ experiences of accessing nutritious foods, and perceived program outcomes. Design: This study used qualitative description methodology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with FMNCP particip…
Unhealthy food options in the school environment are associated with diet quality and body weights of elementary school children in Canada
Objective: Increasing evidence links unhealthy food environments with diet quality and overweight/obesity. Recent evidence has demonstrated that relative food environment measures outperform absolute measures. Few studies have examined the interplay between these two measures. We examined the separate and combined effects of the absolute and relative densities of unhealthy food outlets within 1600 m buffers around elementary schools on children’s…
How can we support best practice? A situational assessment of injury prevention practice in public health
The results of this study suggest that there are several system level needs to support best practice in public health injury prevention in Ontario including reducing research to practice gaps and supporting opportunities for collaboration. Our research contributes to the literature of the complexity of public health practice, and presents several mechanisms of support to increase capacity at a system level to improve injury prevention practice, a…
Strengthening public health nutrition
Objective: To assess public health nutrition practice within the public health system in Ontario, Canada to identify provincial-wide needs for scientific and technical support. Design: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted to identify activities, strengths, challenges and opportunities in public health nutrition practice using semi-structured key informant interviews ( n 21) and focus groups ( n 10). Recorded notes were analysed concurren…
Testing the efficacy of and parents’ preferences for nutrition labels on children’s menus from a full-service chain restaurant
Objective: Test the efficacy and perceived effectiveness of nutrition labels on children’s menus from a full-service chain restaurant in an online study. Design: Using a between-groups experiment, parents were randomised to view children’s menus displaying one of five children’s nutrition labelling conditions: (i) No Nutrition Information (control); (ii) Calories Only; (iii) Calories + Contextual Statement (CS); (iv) Calories, Sodium + CS; or (v)…
Baseline results from the Eat, Play, Live trial
Promoting children’s health
Promoting children’s health
How can we support best practice? A situational assessment of injury prevention practice in public health
The results of this study suggest that there are several system level needs to support best practice in public health injury prevention in Ontario including reducing research to practice gaps and supporting opportunities for collaboration. Our research contributes to the literature of the complexity of public health practice, and presents several mechanisms of support to increase capacity at a system level to improve injury prevention practice, a…
Strengthening public health nutrition
Objective: To assess public health nutrition practice within the public health system in Ontario, Canada to identify provincial-wide needs for scientific and technical support. Design: A qualitative descriptive study was conducted to identify activities, strengths, challenges and opportunities in public health nutrition practice using semi-structured key informant interviews ( n 21) and focus groups ( n 10). Recorded notes were analysed concurren…
Testing the efficacy of and parents’ preferences for nutrition labels on children’s menus from a full-service chain restaurant
Objective: Test the efficacy and perceived effectiveness of nutrition labels on children’s menus from a full-service chain restaurant in an online study. Design: Using a between-groups experiment, parents were randomised to view children’s menus displaying one of five children’s nutrition labelling conditions: (i) No Nutrition Information (control); (ii) Calories Only; (iii) Calories + Contextual Statement (CS); (iv) Calories, Sodium + CS; or (v)…
Baseline results from the Eat, Play, Live trial
Seeing the food swamp for the weeds
Nutritional health of children and youth is an increasing cause for concern in Canada. Through food and beverage messaging in multiple environments, young people develop eating behaviours with ramifications throughout their life course. Unhealthy food retailers near schools, recreation facilities, and childcare centres-key activity settings for healthy eating promotion-present repeated, compounding exposures to commercial geomarketing. Geomarketi…
My coupons are like gold”
Objective: The British Columbia Farmers’ Market Nutrition Coupon Program (FMNCP) provides low-income households with coupons valued at $21/week for 16 weeks to purchase healthy foods in farmers’ markets. Our objective was to explore FMNCP participants’ experiences of accessing nutritious foods, and perceived program outcomes. Design: This study used qualitative description methodology. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with FMNCP particip…
Unhealthy food options in the school environment are associated with diet quality and body weights of elementary school children in Canada
Objective: Increasing evidence links unhealthy food environments with diet quality and overweight/obesity. Recent evidence has demonstrated that relative food environment measures outperform absolute measures. Few studies have examined the interplay between these two measures. We examined the separate and combined effects of the absolute and relative densities of unhealthy food outlets within 1600 m buffers around elementary schools on children’s…
Choice, Motives, and Mixed Messages
Unhealthy food and beverage availability and sponsorship undermine healthy food practices in sport and recreation. We conducted a focused ethnography with reflexive photo-interviewing to examine parents' awareness, reactions, and experiences of food and beverage marketing in and around their children's physical activity in public sport and recreation facilities. Eleven parents took photos of what they thought their facility was 'saying about food…
Evaluating sugar-sweetened beverage tax effects
Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) introduced Canada’s first sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) tax in September 2022. Compared with national averages, NL has higher intakes of SSBs, lower intakes of plain water and milk, with higher rates of overweight and obesity and diabetes. Taxing SSBs is a recommended intervention but real-world effectiveness of SSB taxes requires more investigation. We evaluated changes in weekly beverage prices and sales pre- and…
Case Study Qualitative Inquiry of Healthy Food Retailing in Rural Newfoundland and Labrador
Multilevel, multicomponent interventions are recognized approaches to promote public health and prevent disease. Our study focused on diet and its determinants to understand factors impacting healthy food retailing in rural Newfoundland and Labrador (NL), Canada, using a case study approach with community-engaged system-based processes. In three case study communities, we conducted two qualitative data generating processes (storeowner interviews …
Beverage consumption among adults in Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada prior to the implementation of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax
Our findings align with prior studies of socioeconomic position and SSB consumption in Canada, which collectively demonstrate that, on average, those with less education and income consume more SSBs and fewer unsweetened beverages. This research provides necessary understanding of social patterning of beverage consumption in NL prior to tax implementation. Post-tax evaluations of this policy should investigate potential impacts of the tax on diet…
Restaurant food waste reduction using nudge techniques at the customer level
Food waste is a critical global problem linked to food insecurity, environmental degradation, and economic losses. Food waste occurs across the supply chain, with a considerable portion generated at the consumer level, including restaurants. Food waste not only compromises global food security but also exacerbates environmental challenges such as greenhouse gas emissions, soil degradation, and water waste. Human behaviour significantly influences…
Prevalence, value, and food marketing methods of food-related sponsorship and contracts in Canadian recreation and sport facilities
Objective: To examine the prevalence, financial value, and marketing leveraging methods of food sponsorship agreements and food service contracts in Canadian recreation and sport facilities (RSFs). Design: Cross-sectional survey using descriptive analysis. RSF managers and directors reported the number, value, and types of marketing leveraging methods used in food-related sponsorship agreements and food service contracts. Setting: Publicly funded…
General and Sport-related Marketing Techniques in Canadian Recreation and Sport Facilities
Objective: To evaluate food marketing techniques used in Canadian recreation and sport facilities and assess the healthfulness of foods and beverages marketed by the techniques. Design: Cross-sectional content analysis of photographed food marketing instances coded for marketing techniques according to Health Canada’s Monitoring Protocol, developed for monitoring food marketing techniques across settings, supplemented with new inductively identif…
In-store beverage pricing and marketing before and after a sugar-sweetened beverage tax in Newfoundland and Labrador
Objective: Newfoundland and Labrador (NL) introduced Canada’s first excise tax on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB) in 2022. Industry marketing practices in response to SSB taxation may affect public health impacts. We examined changes in posted beverage pricing and marketing of taxable and non-taxable beverages in NL before and after the SSB tax was implemented. Design: Pre-/post-observational study with in-store audits of beverage prices and mark…
Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (12 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Business (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Public health (5 works) · Recreation (5 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works) · Marketing (4 works)