Concepts, Characterizations, and Cautions: A Public Health Guide and Glossary for Planning Food Environment Measurement.

Autor:	Boise S; Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA.; Penn Medicine Medical Group, University of Pennsylvania Health System, Penn Medicine., Crossa A; Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY., Etheredge AJ; Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, New York, NY., McCulley EM; Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA., Lovasi GS; Urban Health Collaborative, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA.; Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Dornsife School of Public Health, Drexel University, Philadelphia PA.
Jazyk:	angličtina
Zdroj:	The open public health journal [Open Public Health J] 2023; Vol. 16. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 04.
DOI:	10.2174/18749445-v16-230821-2023-51
Abstrakt:	Background: There is no singular approach to measuring the food environment suitable for all studies. Understanding terminology, methodology, and common issues is crucial to choosing the best approach. Objective: This review is designed to support a shared understanding so diverse multi-institutional teams engaged in food environment measurement can justify their measurement choices and have informed discussions about reasons for measurement strategies to vary across projects. Methods: This guide defines key terms and provides annotated resources identified as a useful starting point for exploring the food environment literature. The writing team was an academic-practice collaboration, reflecting on the experience of a multi-institutional team focused on retail environments across the US relevant to cardiovascular disease. Results: Terms and annotated resources are divided into three sections: food environment constructs, classification and measures, and errors and strategies to reduce error. Two examples of methods and challenges encountered while measuring the food environment in the context of a US health department are provided. Researchers and practice professionals are directed to the Food Environment Electronic Database Directory (https://www.foodenvironmentdirectory.com/) for comparing available data resources for food environment measurement, focused on the US; this resource incorporates updates informed by user input and literature reviews. Discussion: Measuring the food environment is complex and risks oversimplification. This guide serves as a starting point but only partially captures some aspects of neighborhood food environment measurement. Conclusions: No single food environment measure or data source meets all research and practice objectives. This shared starting point can facilitate theoretically grounded food environment measurement. Competing Interests: Competing interests The authors declare that they have no competing interest. Conflict of Interest Statement: The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest.
Databáze:	MEDLINE
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