Designing a Healthy Food-Store Intervention; A Co-Creative Process Between Interventionists and Supermarket Actors.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Without consideration for the food system in which healthy food-store interventions (HFIs) are implemented, their effects are likely to be unsustainable. Co-creation of HFIs by interventionists and food-store actors may improve contextual fit and therefore the effectiveness and sustainability of interventions, but there are few case studies on the topic. This study aims to provide insights into the integration of knowledge from contextual actors into HFI designs, through a co-creative process, to illustrate potential challenges, advantages, and outcomes.

Methods

We describe the co-creative design of an HFI in a Dutch supermarket chain, conducted through three increasingly in-depth design phases. Each phase consisted of a cycle of theorizing (gather insights from l

SUBMITTER: Middel CNH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9808264 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature