Exploring Enablers of and Barriers to a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Scheme in England: Insights from the Fresh Street Community Feasibility Study

Nutrients, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: 17(3), P. 483 - 483

Published: Jan. 29, 2025

Background/Objectives: Many deprived communities in the UK have low fruit and vegetable (FV) intake, leading to poor health outcomes. Fresh Street is a place-based voucher approach that enables households buy FV from local independent suppliers. Community embeds this within community hubs, thus enabling use vouchers purchase centres. This paper explores enablers barriers influencing uptake of two urban areas high deprivation. Methods: three-phase exploratory qualitative study was informed by ‘co-production’ with researchers at both sites: (1) literature review observations identifying schemes; (2) semi-structured interviews focus groups research team food ‘validate’ factors identified phase 1 develop explanatory narratives for these factors; (3) participatory thematic analysis finalise factors. Results: A total ten sixteen were validated across sites. However, differences contexts operational procedures impacted future scheme implementation. The important role engage participants support synthesis findings also presented. Conclusions: offers practical critical insights researchers, practitioners on influence centre-based address nutritional inequalities.

Language: Английский

An introduction to conducting responsible and reproducible agricultural research

CABI Reviews, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Dec. 19, 2024

Abstract This article aims to provide researchers with introductory guidance good practices in the design, conduct and reporting of agricultural research. narrative review considers issues related research co-design, ethics integrity, equity, diversity inclusion, reproducibility (meta)data reporting. Aspects for consider are highlighted, relevant resources identified, including academic papers funder guidance.

Language: Английский