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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Engler-Stringer, Rachel
• Fuller, Daniel
• Abeykoon, A. M. Hasanthi
• Olauson, Caitlin
• Muhajarine, Nazeem

Titel

An Examination of Failed Grocery Store Interventions in Former Food Deserts

Ist Teil von

• Health education & behavior, 2019-10, Vol.46 (5), p.749-754

Ort / Verlag

Los Angeles, CA: Sage Publications, Inc

Erscheinungsjahr

2019

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Background. Implementing food stores in deprived neighborhoods to improve access to healthy food is a debated topic. Aims. To uncover important contributors to the closure of grocery store interventions in urban food deserts. Method. We systematically reviewed both peer-reviewed and gray literature for publications on the failure of grocery store interventions. Results. We found nine articles on six different failed food stores. The reasons stated for closure included low sales, a lack of food retail experience, poor marketing, and difficulty in attracting and retaining a high volume of consumers from the local market. Discussion. Current literature on the topic of the closure of inner-city grocery stores does not have a concise rationale to explain why inner-city grocery store interventions were not successful. Conclusion. We must consider the most appropriate interventions to improve food environments in food deserts using local and national policies to address the social determinants of health.