Strengthening Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy: lessons from a case study of food and nutrition.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To examine key factors influencing the prioritisation of food and nutrition in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy during 1996-2015.

Design

A qualitative policy analysis case study was undertaken, combining document analysis with thematic analysis of key informant interviews.

Setting

Australia.

Participants

Key actors involved in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health policy between 1996 and 2015 (n 38).

Results

Prioritisation of food and nutrition in policy reduced over time. Several factors which may have impeded the prioritisation of nutrition were identified. These included lack of cohesion among the community of nutritionists, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander leaders and civil society actors advocating for nutrit

SUBMITTER: Browne J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10260607 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature