Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research
Food environments are a critical place within the food system to implement interventions aimed at enabling sustainable diets. In this perspective article, we argue for the need for food environment research to more comprehensively examine the different types of food environments that people access w...
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| author | Downs, Shauna Manohar, Swetha Staromiejska, Wiktoria Keo, Chanvuthy Say, Sophea Chhinh, Nyda Fanzo, Jessica Sok, Serey |
| author_browse | Chhinh, Nyda Downs, Shauna Fanzo, Jessica Keo, Chanvuthy Manohar, Swetha Say, Sophea Sok, Serey Staromiejska, Wiktoria |
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| description | Food environments are a critical place within the food system to implement interventions aimed at enabling sustainable diets. In this perspective article, we argue for the need for food environment research to more comprehensively examine the different types of food environments that people access within their communities to ensure that interventions and programs are better aligned with people’s lived experiences. We highlight the potential ways in which participatory mapping (PM) can be leveraged to better design food environment research by: (1) identifying the different food environment types that are accessed within a given community; (2) providing insight into the timing for data collection; (3) informing the prioritization of where to conduct food environment assessments; and (4) highlighting the dynamism of food environments over time (e.g., across a given day or across seasons). We provide a case study example of the application of PM and the lessons learned from it in Cambodia. By conceptualizing food environments in a more comprehensive way, from the perspective of the people living within a given community, we will be able to measure food environments in a way that more closely aligns with people’s lived experiences.
This is part of the Journal Research Topic: Measuring Diets and Food Choice in the Context of a Changing World (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/47398/measuring-diets-and-food-choice-in-the-context-of-a-changing-world/magazine#articles). |
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| spelling | CGSpace1396732025-12-08T10:29:22Z Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research Downs, Shauna Manohar, Swetha Staromiejska, Wiktoria Keo, Chanvuthy Say, Sophea Chhinh, Nyda Fanzo, Jessica Sok, Serey capacity development food environment food systems sustainability diet Food environments are a critical place within the food system to implement interventions aimed at enabling sustainable diets. In this perspective article, we argue for the need for food environment research to more comprehensively examine the different types of food environments that people access within their communities to ensure that interventions and programs are better aligned with people’s lived experiences. We highlight the potential ways in which participatory mapping (PM) can be leveraged to better design food environment research by: (1) identifying the different food environment types that are accessed within a given community; (2) providing insight into the timing for data collection; (3) informing the prioritization of where to conduct food environment assessments; and (4) highlighting the dynamism of food environments over time (e.g., across a given day or across seasons). We provide a case study example of the application of PM and the lessons learned from it in Cambodia. By conceptualizing food environments in a more comprehensive way, from the perspective of the people living within a given community, we will be able to measure food environments in a way that more closely aligns with people’s lived experiences. This is part of the Journal Research Topic: Measuring Diets and Food Choice in the Context of a Changing World (https://www.frontiersin.org/research-topics/47398/measuring-diets-and-food-choice-in-the-context-of-a-changing-world/magazine#articles). 2024-02-21 2024-02-26T21:05:09Z 2024-02-26T21:05:09Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139673 en Open Access Frontiers Media Downs, Shauna; Manohar, Swetha; Staromiejska, Wiktoria; Keo, Chanvuthy; Say, Sophea; Chhinh, Nyda; Fanzo, Jessica; and Sok, Serey. 2024. Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research. Frontiers in Nutrition 11: 1324102. https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2024.1324102 |
| spellingShingle | capacity development food environment food systems sustainability diet Downs, Shauna Manohar, Swetha Staromiejska, Wiktoria Keo, Chanvuthy Say, Sophea Chhinh, Nyda Fanzo, Jessica Sok, Serey Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research |
| title | Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research |
| title_full | Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research |
| title_fullStr | Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research |
| title_full_unstemmed | Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research |
| title_short | Centering context when characterizing food environments: The potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research |
| title_sort | centering context when characterizing food environments the potential of participatory mapping to inform food environment research |
| topic | capacity development food environment food systems sustainability diet |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/139673 |
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