Implementing a healthy food retail policy: a mixed-methods investigation of change in stakeholders' perspectives over time.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate (i) changes in stakeholder commitment and (ii) perceptions of the purpose, challenges and benefits of healthy food and beverage provision in community sports settings during the stepwise implementation of a healthy beverage policy.

Design

Convergent, parallel, mixed-methods design complemented (i) repeat semi-structured interviews with council stakeholders (n 17 interviews, n 6 interviewees), with (ii) repeat quantitative stakeholder surveys measuring Commitment to Organisational Change; (iii) weekly sales data examining health behaviour and revenue effects (15 months pre-intervention; 14 months post-intervention); (iv) customer exit surveys (n 458); and (v) periodic photographic audits of beverage availability. Interviews were analysed inductively.

SUBMITTER: Blake MR 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10195554 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature