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- Title
Evaluating the impact of a community‐based food security project: The value in facilitating collaboration and understanding.
- Authors
Rewa, Johanna; Devine, Amanda; Godrich, Stephanie; Nash, Rosie
- Abstract
Evaluating the impact of a community-based food security project: The value in facilitating collaboration and understanding The South West Food Community (SWFC) project was implemented in 2018 to enhance food security action within the South West (SW) region of Western Australia (WA) and utilised an innovative Systemic Innovation Lab approach (SIL).1 The SW region is located in the south-western corner of Australia and covers an area of nearly 24 000 square kilometres and includes inner regional and outer regional towns.2 The SW is the most populated region outside the capital city Perth with an estimated population of 170 000 in 2013 and predicted to rise to 217 000 by 2023.2 SW residents are reportedly the happiest of all WA regions with a high sense of community and connectedness.2 Food security refers to regular and reliable physical, social and economic access to nutritious food, in order to live a healthy life.3 Food security is known as a "wicked" problem, with multiple causes, interdependencies and no single clear solution.4 Individual and societal costs of food insecurity include reduced physical, mental and spiritual health and wellbeing, leading to inequities in health and life expectancy.5,6 These inequities are greater for regional communities who experience a higher prevalence of chronic disease and reduced availability, lower quality and higher cost of affordable, healthy food.7-9 In the past decade, experimental "innovation teams or lab" approaches are being increasingly utilised to identify societal issues and develop and test effective solutions for systemic change.10 Labs incorporate numerous methods, focus areas and processes,10 however, due to the number of lab approaches, the outcomes are varied and their effectiveness is limited.
- Publication
Health Promotion Journal of Australia, 2022, Vol 33, Issue 2, p346
- ISSN
1036-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/hpja.502