TY - JOUR
T1 - Partnering with carryouts
T2 - Implementation of a food environment intervention targeting youth obesity
AU - Perepezko, K.
AU - Tingey, L.
AU - Sato, P.
AU - Rastatter, S.
AU - Ruggiero, C.
AU - Gittelsohn, J.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© The Author(s) 2017.
PY - 2018/2/1
Y1 - 2018/2/1
N2 - Youth obesity is a major public health problem in the United States, especially among urbanbased, minority youth. The B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) trial worked at multiple levels of the food environment, including carryouts, to increase access to and demand for healthy, affordable foods. The objective of this article is to describe the development and implementation of BHCK's carryout intervention. Process evaluation was conducted to assess intervention reach (number of interactions with youth and adults either in person or on social media), dose delivered (number of food samples and promotional materials distributed, social media posts and meetings with owners) and fidelity (availability of promoted items). Overall, the carryout intervention showed moderate to optimal reach, moderate to optimal dose delivered and moderate to optimal fidelity. These findings demonstrate a successfully implemented carryout intervention in a low-income urban setting. Lessons learned about new methods for engaging the community and increasing demand for healthy food can be used to inform future studies and programs to improve the food environment.
AB - Youth obesity is a major public health problem in the United States, especially among urbanbased, minority youth. The B'More Healthy Communities for Kids (BHCK) trial worked at multiple levels of the food environment, including carryouts, to increase access to and demand for healthy, affordable foods. The objective of this article is to describe the development and implementation of BHCK's carryout intervention. Process evaluation was conducted to assess intervention reach (number of interactions with youth and adults either in person or on social media), dose delivered (number of food samples and promotional materials distributed, social media posts and meetings with owners) and fidelity (availability of promoted items). Overall, the carryout intervention showed moderate to optimal reach, moderate to optimal dose delivered and moderate to optimal fidelity. These findings demonstrate a successfully implemented carryout intervention in a low-income urban setting. Lessons learned about new methods for engaging the community and increasing demand for healthy food can be used to inform future studies and programs to improve the food environment.
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U2 - 10.1093/her/cyx078
DO - 10.1093/her/cyx078
M3 - Article
C2 - 29293987
AN - SCOPUS:85044629038
SN - 0268-1153
VL - 33
SP - 4
EP - 13
JO - Health education research
JF - Health education research
IS - 1
ER -