Citizen perspectives on built, policy, and social environment changes aimed at healthy eating and active living
Lise Gauvin, Nazeem Muhajarine
Abstract
Although evidence on the effectiveness of built, policy, and social environments interventions is growing, there are more limited data regarding their acceptability among citizens. We present findings from a large-scale survey of citizen acceptability of 45 built environment, social, and policy environment interventions aimed at healthy eating and physical activity. A sample of 27162 adults who lived in 17 census metropolitan areas in Canada participated. Findings show that a majority of respondents completely agree or somewhat agree with many changes to the food and active living environments. Women and individuals indicating that they were Indigenous were more likely to express complete agreement with environmental changes. Further research is required to replicate findings, examine the extent of change across time, and the processes that lead to changes.
Speakers
Lise Gauvin, PhD FCAHS is a Professor of Social and Preventive Medicine at the School of Public Health of the Université de Montréal (ESPUM). She is also a researcher and Associate Scientific Director at the Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CRCHUM). Her research focuses on the development, implementation, and evaluation of complex interventions aimed at promoting healthy lifestyle and self-management among populations experiencing a variety of health problems while addressing associated social inequalities.
Nazeem Muhajarine, PhD FCAHS is a Professor of Community Health in the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan. He is also the Director of the Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU). His research focuses on community and family contextual influences in child development and health, risk in the prenatal period, developing community-university research partnerships to improve knowledge creation, transfer and application, and on complex population health interventions.
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