Examination of the Strategy, Instruments, and Measurements Used to Evaluate a Healthy Corner Store Intervention

Abstract

As more interest is paid by researchers and community groups to food insecure communities and the associated health impacts for residents, interventions have been conducted to improve healthy food accessibility. Not much literature can be found, however, evaluating the healthy corner store programs implemented to improve the food environment and change consumer behavior. This case study attempts to fill that gap with an examination and discussion of the strategies developed by a community collaborative to evaluate a healthy corner store project for a coupled individual and environmentally based intervention. We address limitations of the evaluation approach and recommendations for improving community-based assessment.

KEYWORDS:

• community food intervention
• food access
• healthy corner stores
• evaluation
• socioecological model