Healthy Heart Store Tours – a useful communication tool?

Successful ways to modify food choice: lessons from the literature

“…Fewer attempts have been made to evaluate their success at changing dietary habits amongst the general population but a limited number of studies suggest that they can have a positive impact on improving knowledge/skills, food preparation methods, attitudes, self‐efficacy and self‐reported purchasing behaviour. If adapted to the target group, they may be effective amongst low‐income consumers, although a peer‐led, rather than health professional‐led, approach may be necessary (Sadler et al . 2003).…”

Grocery Store (or Supermarket) Tours as an Effective Nutrition Education Medium: A Systematic Review

“…Six studies were non-randomized, non-controlled trials with a "D" classification, [20][21][22][23][24][25] and two were non-randomized controlled trials with a "C" classification. 26,27 Quality assessments of the eight papers revealed one positive rating, 27 six neutral, 20,[22][23][24][25][26] and one negative. 21 Some investigations did not explicitly report participant gender.…”

“…21 Some investigations did not explicitly report participant gender. [21][22][23][24] Of studies that reported gender, 20,[25][26][27] most hosted tours for exclusively female participants. [25][26][27] None of the studies reported socioeconomic status of tour participants, but low socioeconomic status was inferred in one study which conducted tours with WIC participants.…”

“…26 The two most common foci for grocery store tours were general healthful dietary behaviors 21,24,27 and cardiac health-related dietary behaviors. 20,23…”

British Dietetic Association Annual Conference Research Symposium Abstracts: 30 November 2012

“…Dietitians frequently undertake store tours (e.g. Sadler et al, 2003) to influence food purchases and thereby improve diets. However, as a result of diverse research papers, there is no clear evidence of the impact of store tours or other shopping skill interventions (e.g.…”