Adult Food Choices in Association with the Local Retail Food Environment and Food Access in Resource-poor Communities: a Scoping Review Protocol

Overview

Journal BMJ Open

Specialty General Medicine

Date 2021 Aug 18

PMID 34404696

Citations 2

Authors

Samukelisiwe Sthokozisiwe Madlala

Jillian Hill

Ernesta Kunneke

Mieke Faber

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Abstract

Introduction: The local retail food environment influences dietary patterns and food choices, as suggested in the literature. The lack of access to healthy food within this environment may result in unhealthy food choices which may lead to obesity and the development of non-communicable diseases. Evidence suggests that resource-poor communities may have unhealthy food environments, therefore, preventing residents from making healthy food choices. A systematic scoping review will be conducted to provide an overview of the evidence on adult food choices in association with the local retail food environment and food access in resource-poor communities.

Methods And Analysis: This protocol for the scoping review was developed following the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR) guidelines and the framework process by Arksey and O'Malley. Observational studies, published from July 2005 to January 2021, will be searched and screened. Keywords and medical subject headings (MeSH) terms will be used to search several multidisciplinary databases. Two independent reviewers will screen identified articles using the selection criteria and extract data using the PRISMA-ScR checklist. Descriptive numerical and thematic analysis will be performed to evaluate and categorise quantitative and qualitative data.

Ethics And Dissemination: Ethical approval will not be required for the review, as data from published studies will be used. The results of this scoping review will form part of a PhD thesis that will be submitted to the University of the Western Cape, South Africa. The review findings will also be presented at conferences and published in a peer-reviewed journal. OPEN SCIENCE FRAMEWORK REGISTRATION NUMBER: https://osf.io/shf93.

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