If you Build it with them, they will come": What makes a supermarket intervention successful in a food desert?"
Equity Focus
This study targets supermarkets in food deserts and examined the interplay between regional geography, management models, political factors, financing and timing. In particular, community engagement plays an important role in the opening and sustainability of a new shop and contributes to subsequent improvements in the food landscape, built environment and nutritional health.
Case Summary
This project assessed the interplay between regional geography, management models, policy drivers, financing, and timing. It found that community engagement and cooperative management models are important factors to opening and sustaining a new store, contributing to subsequent improvements in the foodscape, built environment, and diet-related health. Findings showed that none of the nonprofit or community-driven stores have closed whereas nearly half of the commercial-driven and one third of government-driven cases resulted in canceled plans or closed stores.
Lessons Learned
- Community engagement is a critical component of effective policies for healthy food access. Future studies may wish to include measurements of community engagement with their case studies to better situate explanatory findings.
KEY FACTS
Country
United States
WHO region
Americas
Country income level
HIC
Action Area
Community food system model
Step
Engage & Transform
Authors
C. Brinkley; C. Glennie; B. Chrisinger; J. Flores
Year published
2019
Search results for Framework: Engage: 11
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NORTHERN IRELAND
Increasing knowledge of food deserts in Brazil: The contributions of an interactive and digital mosaic produced in the context of an integrated education for sustainability program
BRAZIL
A food environments feedback system (FoodBack) for empowering citizens and change agents to create healthier community food places
NEW ZEALAND
If you Build it with them, they will come": What makes a supermarket intervention successful in a food desert?"
UNITED STATES
Changing household dietary behaviours through community-based networks: A pragmatic cluster randomized controlled trial in rural Kerala, India
INDIA
Leveraging Citizen Science for Healthier Food Environments: A Pilot Study to Evaluate Corner Stores in Camden, New Jersey
UNITED STATES
FEAST: Utilization of a technology-driven approach to empower citizen scientists to advocate for healthy food environments
UNITED STATES
The role of a food policy coalition in influencing a local food environment: an Australian case study
AUSTRALIA
Developing and Implementing Waupaca Eating Smart": A Restaurant and Supermarket Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating Through Changes in the Food Environment"
UNITED STATES
Mobilizing Young People in Community Efforts to Improve the Food Environment: Corner Store Conversions in East Los Angeles
UNITED STATES
Challenges And Lessons Learned From Communities Using Evidence To Adopt Strategies To Improve Healthy Food Environments
UNITED STATES