CO-Creation and Evaluation of Food Environments to Advance Community Health (COACH)

Whelan, Jillian; Brimblecombe, Julie; Christian, Meaghan S; Vargas, Carmen; Ferguson, Megan; McMahon, Emma; Lee, Angela; Bell, Colin; Boelsen‐Robinson, Tara; Blake, Miranda; Lewis, Millie; Alston, Laura; Allender, Steven

doi:10.1016/j.focus.2023.100111

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“…Additionally, the COACH framework focuses less on the stakeholders’ roles and more prominence on policy change and/or alignment than the generic co-creation framework in public health. The COACH framework provides a checklist to guide its application [ 33 ]. The research team adapted this checklist to reflect the tasks that should be considered in each stage of the co-creation frameworks.…”

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“…There is limited peer-reviewed literature on utilizing co-creation concepts [ 28 , 32 ] in food retail environments [ 26 , 31 ]. Vargas et al [ 29 ] presented a co-creation framework for developing public health initiatives, and the CO-creation and evaluation of food environments to Advance Community Health (COACH) framework provides a specific guide to the use of co-creation to improve the healthiness of food environments in practice [ 33 ]. In this study, we apply the COACH framework alongside a generic co-creation framework [ 29 ] to examine the extent of co-creation used in developing, implementing, and evaluating a heath-enabling initiative in a regional supermarket.…”

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Developing Co-Creation Research in Food Retail Environments: A Descriptive Case Study of a Healthy Supermarket Initiative in Regional Victoria, Australia

Vargas,

Whelan,

Feery

et al. 2023

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Research into the co-creation of healthy food retail is in its early stages. One way to advance co-creation research is to explore and understand how co-creation was applied in developing, implementing, and evaluating a heath-enabling initiative in a supermarket in regional Victoria, Australia. A case study design was used to explore and understand how co-creation was applied in the Eat Well, Feel Good Ballarat project. Six documents and reports related to the Eat Well, Feel Good Ballarat project were analyzed with findings from the focus groups and interviews. Motivations to develop or implement health-enabling supermarket initiatives differed among the participants. Participants considered that initial negotiations were insufficient to keep the momentum going and to propose the value to the retailers to scale up the project. Presenting community-identified needs to the supermarket helped gain the retailer’s attention, whilst the co-design process helped the implementation. Showcasing the project to the community through media exposure kept the supermarket interested. Retailers’ time constraints and staff turnover were considered significant barriers to partnership building. This case study contributes insights into applying co-creation to health-enabling strategies in food retail outlets using two co-creation frameworks.

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Developing Co-Creation Research in Food Retail Environments: A Descriptive Case Study of a Healthy Supermarket Initiative in Regional Victoria, Australia

Vargas,

Whelan,

Feery

et al. 2023

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Systems thinking for local food environments: a participatory approach identifying leverage points and actions for healthy and sustainable transformations

Wopereis,

Dijkstra,

Wierda

et al. 2024

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Background Current local food environments encourage poor diets, posing a significant threat to public and planetary health. Acknowledging and addressing its inherent complexity is vital to making meaningful improvements to the food environment. Using a participatory approach with local stakeholders, this study aims to gain insight into the factors and mechanisms underlying the local food environment and to identify leverage points and system-based actions to foster healthy and sustainable local food environments. Methods A systems-thinking approach was used in a Dutch municipality in 2022. Two group model building (GMB) workshops were held with community stakeholders (e.g. local policymakers, retailers and residents). During the first workshop (June 2022), factors and mechanisms influencing the local food environment were identified and visualized through a causal loop diagram (CLD). During the second workshop, leverage points and system-based actions to improve food environments were identified by the stakeholders. Four months after (October 2022), an action-implementation meeting was organized to stimulate the implementation of selected actions. Progress was monitored through brief telephone interviews 6 and 12 months after the second workshop. Results The CLD visualises the factors and mechanisms influencing the local food environment from the point of view of the community stakeholders. The CLD consists of 46 factors shaping the local food environment, which were categorized into four identified subsystems: societal factors, individual, socio-economic factors, commercial factors and political factors. Eight leverage points were identified within the CLD, for example, ‘lobby from food industry’, ‘governmental food policies’ and ‘e-commerce and platform economy’. Stakeholders formulated 20 actions targeting the identified leverage points. During the action-implementation meeting, long-term plans were created for five actions. After 1 year, only one participant (policy advisory role) remained actively engaged in three of these actions. Conclusions This study yields insight into the numerous factors and mechanisms underlying the local food environment and identified system-based actions as perceived by local stakeholders to improve this food environment locally. The CLD offers stakeholders valuable insights on employing a systems approach when enhancing food environments. More research is necessary, especially into the long-term processes and effects of implementing system-oriented actions to improve local food environments. Supplementary Information The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1186/s12961-024-01199-3.

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CO-Creation and Evaluation of Food Environments to Advance Community Health (COACH)

Cited by 2 publications

References 49 publications

Developing Co-Creation Research in Food Retail Environments: A Descriptive Case Study of a Healthy Supermarket Initiative in Regional Victoria, Australia

Developing Co-Creation Research in Food Retail Environments: A Descriptive Case Study of a Healthy Supermarket Initiative in Regional Victoria, Australia

Systems thinking for local food environments: a participatory approach identifying leverage points and actions for healthy and sustainable transformations

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