A Socio-Cognitive Review of Healthy Eating Programs in Australian Indigenous Communities.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

This paper aims to understand the challenges to healthy eating for Indigenous Australians using a Social Cognitive Theory lens. Understanding the environmental, cognitive, and behavioural barriers to healthy eating for Indigenous populations in Australia will help identify current gaps and highlight future actions needed in this area to close the gap for Indigenous Australians.

Study design

Narrative review of interventions of healthy eating programs in Australian Indigenous communities sourced using a systematic search protocol to understand the environmental, cognitive, and behavioural barriers to healthy eating among Indigenous Australians and to identify gaps and future actions needed to address this from 2010-2020.

Results

The search produced 486 records,

SUBMITTER: Harris J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9367833 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature