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
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