Decent Food for All: What we are researching and why ? Orla Walsh Public Health Development Officer Institute of Public Health in Ireland.

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Decent Food for All: What we are researching and why ? Orla Walsh Public Health Development Officer Institute of Public Health in Ireland

Background: All-Ireland body established in 1999 to promote co-operation for public health on the island of Ireland Tackling inequalities in health is the focus for all our work Three interlocking strands of our work - strengthening public health intelligence - building public health capacity - developing and evaluating public health policy and programmes

All-island learnings from the Decent Food for All Programme Coordinated by IPH and funded by SafeFood Research runs throughout the lifetime of the programme ( ) Aims to assess the effectiveness of DFfA in reducing food poverty within ADHAZ

Objectives of the research Asses the overall effect of the DFfA Programme in the ADHAZ area. Identify aspects of the programme which increase food knowledge and reduce food poverty Identify aspects of the programme which can be applied across Ireland to strengthen policy development and community food poverty initiatives

Research plan Community based intervention study with programme and comparison area Pre intervention and post intervention measures conducted Incorporates a range of different methodologies to address different issues

Key information sources Pre-intervention and post- intervention food basket studies Pre-intervention and post- intervention community surveys Ethnographic study of the culture of food

Food basket study Aims: - Describe the geographical distribution of shops in the area - Assess the availability and price of a basket of common food items in local shops Methods: - price and availability of 53 staple food items collected from 152 shops programme area

Community Survey Aim: To compare pre and post test measures of the indicators underpinning the key expected outcomes of the DFfA programme Methods: - Interviewer-administered structured questionnaire conducted by Social and Market Research - Includes questions about awareness of food- related activities, food safety and hygiene, food poverty issues, demand for healthy food, food purchasing patterns.

Ethnographic study of food culture Aim: To provide an in-depth understanding of the cultural aspects (or meanings) of food and food consumption Methods: - Focus group discussions - Participant observation - Content analysis of local media.

What’s next Final evaluation reports A toolkit for programme development and evaluation of complex community interventions Repository of DFfA Resources Explore how to move this work forward in order to strengthen policy development and community food poverty initiatives on the island