Growing our future: Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands

Burkhart, Sarah; Singh, Pragya; Raneri, Jessica E.; Hayman, Ann; Katz, Sefano; Matairakula, Ulamila; Mackay, Clarissa; Horsey, Bridget; Underhill, Steven J. R.; Kama, Ateca; Maelaua, Josephine; Demei, Brynn; Mitchell, A. Graeme; Nyangmi, Mamta Gurung; Taawetia, Tebwaatoki; Tekatu, Tabera; Hunter, Danny

doi:10.1016/j.lanwpc.2021.100338

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“…In Samoa, Reeve et al identified school food was not prioritised by non-health stakeholders, impacting the effectiveness of school food policy (37) . With limited physical, financial and human resources to support the healthy school food environments, there is a need for continued, collective advocacy to promote and raise awareness of the benefits of school-based food and nutrition activities, https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980022001951 Published online by Cambridge University Press including SFP (50) . While there are several nutritionists working in Pacific Island Countries and Territories, the collaboration displayed between health, education and agriculture sectors demonstrates a diverse group of stakeholders who are already working collectively to raise the profile of food and nutrition in the school setting.…”

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School food programmes in the Pacific Islands: exploring opportunities and challenges for creating healthier school food environments

Burkhart

Hayman²,

Lam³

et al. 2022

Public Health Nutr.

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Objective: The school setting can provide an environment that supports healthy behaviours, including the provision of food. School food activities, i.e. school feeding, are commonplace globally, but not well understood in the Pacific Islands region. The aim of this research is to explore learnings associated within existing school food programs (SFP), and adoption resistors in those Pacific Island Countries and Territories (PICT) without SFP, with the intent of improving current and future SFP interventions. Design: This observational cross-sectional study utilised four facilitated workshop sessions to explore SFP within an existing framework. Setting: Pacific Islands region Participants: Fourteen participants representing the education and health sectors from 11 PICT, and two participants representing regional organisations. Results: Most countries reported some form of related policy, but key critical constraints to the use of SFP included: local food environments; strategic alignment to organisational priorities; advocacy and organisational leadership; community and cultural connections and collaboration. There are opportunities for integration of SFP into existing frameworks (i.e. Health Promoting Schools), increased collaboration, greater professional development and awareness activities, improved monitoring and evaluation, improved awareness of SFP and promotion of healthy eating for the wider school community. Conclusions: Given the current health, social and economic challenges faced by countries and territories in the Pacific Islands region, SFP should be considered as an opportunity for food provision and associated nutrition education for students and their wider community. Further research is needed to understand the critical constraints of SFP in this region, and how to support stakeholders to advocate for, develop and sustain SFP that are contextually and culturally appropriate.

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School food programmes in the Pacific Islands: exploring opportunities and challenges for creating healthier school food environments

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Hayman²,

Lam³

et al. 2022

Public Health Nutr.

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“…It may, however, be hard to attribute research impact to this particular project. Several projects and programmes are underway in Fiji to strengthen food policy and will influence the outcomes of this research project [ 43 , 44 ]. Due to this real-world complexity, it will be challenging to accurately determine the contribution of SUPI to each impact, such as change in policy and legislation, or improvement in health outcomes.…”

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Research protocol for impact assessment of a project to scale up food policies in the Pacific

Patay

Trieu

McKenzie

et al. 2022

Health Res Policy Sys

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Background One of the challenges for countries implementing food policy measures has been the difficulty in demonstrating impact and retaining stakeholder support. Consequently, research funded to help countries overcome these challenges should assess impact and translation into practice, particularly in low-resource settings. However, there are still few attempts to prospectively, and comprehensively, assess research impact. This protocol describes a study co-created with project implementers, collaborative investigators and key stakeholders to optimize and monitor the impact of a research project on scaling up food policies in Fiji. Methods To develop this protocol, our team of researchers prospectively applied the Framework to Assess the Impact from Translational health research (FAIT). Activities included (i) developing a logic model to map the pathway to impact and establish domains of benefit; (ii) identifying process and impact indicators for each of these domains; (iii) identifying relevant data for impact indicators and a cost–consequence analysis; and (iv) establishing a process for collecting quantitative and qualitative data to measure progress. Impact assessment data will be collected between September 2022 and December 2024, through reports, routine monitoring activities, group discussions and semi-structured interviews with key implementers and stakeholders. The prospective application of the protocol, and interim and final research impact assessments of each project stream and the project as a whole, will optimize and enable robust measurement of research impact. Discussion By applying this protocol, we aim to increase understanding of pathways to impact and processes that need to be put in place to achieve this. This impact evaluation will inform future projects with a similar scope and will identify transferable and/or translatable lessons for other Pacific Island states and low- and middle-income countries.

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“…It may, however, be hard to attribute research impact to this particular project. Several projects and programs are underway in Fiji to strengthen food policy and will in uence the outcomes of this research project (42,43). Due to this real-world complexity, it will be challenging to accurately determine the contribution of SUPI to each impact, such as change in policy and legislation, or improvement in health outcomes.…”

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Research protocol for impact assessment of a project to scale up food policies in the Pacific

Patay

Trieu

McKenzie

et al. 2022

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Background One of the challenges for countries implementing food policy measures has been the difficulty in demonstrating impact and retaining stakeholder support. Consequently, research funded to help countries overcome these challenges should assess impact and translation into practice, particularly in low-resource settings. However, there are still few attempts to prospectively, and comprehensively, assess research impact. This protocol describes a study co-created with project implementers, collaborative investigators and key stakeholders to optimise and monitor the impact of a research project on scaling up food policies in Fiji. Methods To develop this protocol, our team of researchers prospectively applied the Framework to Assess the Impact from Translational health research (FAIT). Activities included: (i) developing a logic model to map the pathway to impact and establish domains of benefit; (ii) identifying process and impact indicators for each of these domains; (iii) identifying relevant data for impact indicators and a cost-consequence analysis; and (iv) establishing a process for collecting quantitative and qualitative data to measure progress. Impact assessment data will be collected between September 2022 and December 2024, through reports, routine monitoring activities, group discussions, and semi-structured interviews with key implementers and stakeholders. The prospective application of the protocol, and interim and final research impact assessments of each project stream and the project as a whole will optimise and enable robust measurement of research impact. Discussion By applying this protocol, we aim to increase understanding of pathways to impact and processes that need to be put in place to achieve this. This impact evaluation will inform future projects with a similar scope and will identify transferable and/or translatable lessons for other Pacific Island states and low- and middle-income countries.

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Growing our future: Introducing the Pacific School Food Network to support healthy school food and nutrition environments for better nourished children in the Pacific Islands

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School food programmes in the Pacific Islands: exploring opportunities and challenges for creating healthier school food environments

School food programmes in the Pacific Islands: exploring opportunities and challenges for creating healthier school food environments

Research protocol for impact assessment of a project to scale up food policies in the Pacific

Research protocol for impact assessment of a project to scale up food policies in the Pacific

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