Engaging a disadvantaged community with a fruit and vegetable box scheme

Abstract

Community engagement is often essential for an intervention to be effective. The factors which influence community engagement should be considered during planning, especially when targeting disadvantaged groups. SO WHAT?: Behavioural change interventions may continue to be met with limited success if community engagement and the overarching structural barriers to healthy eating are not addressed.

Supply chain issues in SME food sector: a systematic review

“…Box schemes represent the more common form of direct selling in the UK. It involves the exchange of pre-packed food products between suppliers and consumers (Zorbas et al , 2018). Fruit and vegetable box schemes are attaining innovative, profitable niche markets since the demand for local food from the SME sector is dramatically increasing.…”

The Power of Trading: Exploring the Value of a Trading Shop as a Health-Promoting Community Engagement Approach

“…We learned that it is important for professionals in these community engagement approaches to work towards meaningful engagement. In these approaches, different partners and their powers and interests have to be dealt with while maintaining key elements for community engagement to be successful, such as trust, equity, accessibility, contextualization, and transparency to enhance partnership [12][13][14][15][16][17][18]33].…”

“…Finally, transparency, which is especially important for professionals and governmental partners. They should communicate openly with the community partners and respond to community needs and priorities [12][13][14][15][16][17][18].…”

There’s a middle ground, you know

“…We learned that it is important for professionals in these community engagement approaches to work towards meaningful engagement. In these approaches, different partners and their powers and interests have to be dealt with while maintaining key elements for community engagement to be successful, such as trust, equity, accessibility, contextualization, and transparency to enhance partnership (Barnett & Kendall, 2011;Baybay & Hindmarsh, 2019;Gillen et al, 2014;Goodman, 2009;Mulvale et al, 2019;Stollak et al, 2016;Subica et al, 2016;Zorbas et al, 2018).…”

“…Finally, transparency, which is especially important for professionals and governmental partners. They should communicate openly with the community partners and respond to community needs and priorities (Barnett & Kendall, 2011;Baybay & Hindmarsh, 2019;Gillen et al, 2014;Goodman, 2009;Stollak et al, 2016;Subica et al, 2016;Zorbas et al, 2018).…”