The Good Food Junction: a Community-Based Food Store Intervention to Address Nutritional Health Inequities.

ABSTRACT:

Background

This is a 2-year study to assess the early impacts of a new grocery store intervention in a former food desert.

Objective

The purpose of the study is to understand the early health effects of the introduction of a large-scale food and nutrition-focused community-based population health intervention, the Good Food Junction (GFJ) Cooperative Store, in a geographically bounded group of socially disadvantaged neighborhoods (the "core neighborhoods") in a midsized Canadian city. The GFJ grocery store was tasked with improving the access of residents to healthy, affordable food. The 5 research questions are: (1) What is the awareness and perception of the GFJ store among residents of the core neighborhoods? (2) Are there differences in awareness and perception among tho

SUBMITTER: Engler-Stringer R 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4850278 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature