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Supermarkets as a setting to promote health eating : some lessons learnt in Victoria
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posted on 2002-12-01, 00:00 authored by J Lewis, David CrawfordDavid Crawford, C Cooper, E van Herwderden, H Engel, R WatsonIssue addressed: Supermarkets are a potential setting in which to deliver nutrition promotion to the community. A pilot project was able to examine the requirements for health authorities to form partnerships with other sectors and opportunities and limitations of using industry- based communication strategies to promote healthy eating messages. Methods: Pre-intervention interviews helped determine communication strategies. Post-intervention interviews were used to assess content and appropriateness of nutrition resources, collaboration between key participants, satisfaction with training and barriers/promoters to implementation. An intercept survey with consumers measured the impact of the intervention. Results: The survey of more than 1,120 women indicated only limited success. 12% of respondents from the intervention supermarkets had watched demonstrations and 20% had noticed the recipe leaflets, with only 5% able to name the promotion. Supermarket owners, representatives from participating food companies and demonstrators were supportive of the concept and content used in the promotion and qualitative analysis provides indicators for similar promotions. Conclusions: Health authorities considering 'partnerships' with the food/supermarket industry should recognise the diversity of roles and responsibilities of the organisations involved in the supply of food through the retail market and allow for long term planning when working with them. Head office of the supermarket group has a key coordinating role, however, individual supermarkets will be driven by financial returns. So what?: The recognition and trust in the name of health authorities by consumers means that organisations value an association with them.
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Health promotion journal of AustraliaVolume
13Issue
3Pagination
232 - 236Publisher
Australian Health Promotion AssociationLocation
Perth, WAISSN
1036-1073eISSN
1753-6405Language
engPublication classification
C1.1 Refereed article in a scholarly journal; C Journal articleCopyright notice
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