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ArticleHealth promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice2017

"Highly processed, highly packaged, very unhealthy. But they are low risk": exploring intersections between community food security and food safety.

Kelsey A Speed, Samantha B Meyer, Rhona M Hanning, Shannon E Majowicz

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Article in Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. Commentary - Food environment and vulnerable populations: challenges and opportunities for policy.Health promotion and chronic disease prevention in Canada : research, policy and practice · 2017
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Kelsey A SpeedSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Samantha B MeyerSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Rhona M HanningSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
Shannon E MajowiczSchool of Public Health and Health Systems, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionFood insecurity and foodborne disease are important issues in Canada, and the public health actions taken to address them can be conceptualized as factors shaping the food environment. Given emerging evidence that these two areas may interrelate, the objective of this study was to explore ways in which community food security efforts and food safety practices (and the population health issues they aim to address) may intersect in British Columbia, Canada, and interpret what this might mean for conceptualizing and attaining healthier food environments.

methodsWe conducted 14 key informant interviews with practitioners working in community food security and food safety in British Columbia, and used qualitative descriptive analysis to identify examples of intersections between the sectors.

resultsParticipants identified four key ways that the two sectors intersect. They identified (1) how their daily practices to promote safe or healthy food could be helped or hindered by the activities of the other sector; (2) that historically disjointed policies that do not consider multiple health outcomes related to food may complicate the interrelationship; (3) that the relationship of these sectors is also affected by the fact that specific types of food products, such as fresh produce, can be considered both risky and beneficial; and (4) that both sectors are working towards the same goal of improved population health, albeit viewing it through slightly different lenses.

conclusionFood security and food safety connect in several ways, with implications for characterizing and improving Canadian food environments. Collaboration across separated public health areas related to food is needed when designing new programs or policies aimed at changing the way Canadians eat.

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Dietary ExposureBritish ColumbiaEnvironmental PolicyFood SafetyFood SupplyHumansNeeds AssessmentPopulation HealthPublic HealthQualitative Researchfood safetyfood securitypolicypublic health practice

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PMCPMC5674763

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