Partnering with carryouts: implementation of a food environment intervention targeting youth obesity
Equity Focus
The study targets the development and implementation of the B'More Healthy Communities for Kids intervention, which is working to improve access to and demand for healthy, affordable food, to prevent youth obesity.
Case Summary
The B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) trial worked at multiple levels of the food environment, including carryouts, to increase access to and demand for healthy, affordable foods. The objective of this study is to describe the development and implementation of BHCK's
carryout intervention. Process evaluation was conducted to assess intervention reach (number of interactions with youth and adults either in person or on social media), dose delivered (number of food samples and promotional materials distributed, social media posts and meetings with owners) and fidelity (availability of promoted items).
Lessons Learned
- Overall, the carryout intervention showed moderate to optimal reach, moderate to optimal dose delivered and moderate to optimal fidelity. These findings demonstrate a successfully implemented carryout intervention in a low-income urban setting. Lessons learned about new methods for engaging the community and increasing demand for healthy food can be used to inform future studies and programs to improve the food environment.
KEY FACTS
Country
United States
WHO region
Americas
Country income level
HIC
Action Area
Community food environment intervention
Step
Transform
Authors
K. Perepezko; L. Tingey; P. Sato; S. Rastatter; C. Ruggiero; J. Gittelsohn
Year published
2018
Search results for Framework: Transform: 12
Food environment intervention improves food knowledge, wellbeing and dietary habits in primary school children: Project Daire, a randomised-controlled, factorial design cluster trial
NORTHERN IRELAND
Child-centered food systems: reorienting food systems towards healthy diets for children
GLOBAL
Advancing healthy and sustainable food environments: The Flathead Reservation case study
UNITED STATES
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
Partnering with carryouts: implementation of a food environment intervention targeting youth obesity
UNITED STATES
Changes in School Competitive Food Environments after a Health Promotion Campaign
UNITED STATES
Changing the restaurant food environment to improve cardiovascular health in a rural community: implementation and evaluation of the Heart of New Ulm restaurant programme
UNITED STATES
Can the introduction of a full-service supermarket in a food desert improve residents' economic status and health?
UNITED STATES
Developing and Implementing Waupaca Eating Smart": A Restaurant and Supermarket Intervention to Promote Healthy Eating Through Changes in the Food Environment"
UNITED STATES
An Intervention To Enhance the Food Environment in Public Recreation and Sport Settings: A Natural Experiment in British Columbia, Canada
CANADA
Challenges And Lessons Learned From Communities Using Evidence To Adopt Strategies To Improve Healthy Food Environments
UNITED STATES