Partnering with community institutions to increase access to healthful foods across municipalities.
Prev Chronic Dis
; 10: E167, 2013 Oct 03.
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ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
Low-income and minority communities have higher rates of nutrition-related chronic diseases than do high-income and nonminority communities and often have reduced availability to healthful foods. Corner store initiatives have been proposed as a strategy to improve access to healthful foods in these communities, yet few studies evaluating these initiatives have been published. COMMUNITY CONTEXT Suburban Cook County, Illinois, encompasses 125 municipalities with a population of more than 2 million. From 2000 through 2009, the percentage of low-income suburban Cook County residents increased 41%; African-American populations increased 20%, and Hispanic populations increased 44%. A 2012 report found that access to stores selling healthful foods was low in several areas of the county.METHODS:
Beginning in March 2011, the Cook County Department of Public Health recruited community institutions (ie, local governments, nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions) who recruited corner stores to participate in the initiative. Corner stores were asked to add new, healthful foods (May-June 2011) to become eligible to receive new equipment, marketing materials, and enhanced community outreach (July 2011-February 2012).OUTCOMES:
Nine community institutions participated. Of the 53 corner stores approached, 25 (47%) participated in the trial phase, which included offering 6 healthful foods in their stores. Of those, 21 (84%) completed the conversion phase, which included expansion of healthful foods through additional equipment and marketing and promotional activities.INTERPRETATION:
Community institutions can play a key role in identifying and engaging corner stores across jurisdictions that are willing and able to implement a retail environment initiative to improve access to healthful foods in their communities.
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Colección:
01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Conductas Relacionadas con la Salud
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Relaciones Comunidad-Institución
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Conducta Alimentaria
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Alimentos
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Estilo de Vida
Tipo de estudio:
Evaluation_studies
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Prognostic_studies
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Límite:
Humans
País/Región como asunto:
America do norte
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Prev Chronic Dis
Asunto de la revista:
SAUDE PUBLICA
Año:
2013
Tipo del documento:
Article