Challenges in assessing food environments in northern and remote communities in Canada.
Can J Public Health
; 107(Suppl 1): 5324, 2016 06 09.
Article
in En
| MEDLINE
| ID: mdl-27281518
ABSTRACT
Effective tools for retail food environments in northern and remote communities are lacking. This paper examines the challenges of conducting food environment assessments in northern and remote communities in Canada encountered during our experience with a food costing project. One of the goals of the Paying for Nutrition in the North project is to develop guidelines to improve current food costing tools for northern Canada. Paying for Nutrition illustrates the complex context of measuring food environments in northern and remote communities. Through the development of a food costing methodology guide to assess northern food environments, several contextual issues emerged, including retail store oligopolies in communities; the importance of assessing food quality; informal social food economies; and the challenge of costing the acquisition and consumption of land- and water-based foods. Food environment measures designed for northern and remote communities need to reflect the geographic context in which they are being employed and must include input from local residents.
Full text:
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Rural Population
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Indians, North American
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Commerce
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Food
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Food Supply
Type of study:
Health_economic_evaluation
Aspects:
Determinantes_sociais_saude
Limits:
Humans
Country/Region as subject:
America do norte
Language:
En
Journal:
Can J Public Health
Year:
2016
Document type:
Article