An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting
Abstract Background Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with morbidity and mortality. The retail food environment influences food and beverage purchasing and consumption. This study assesses the impact of a community pharmacy’s removal of sweet beverages on overall community sales of...
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| author | Leia M. Minaker Dana Lee Olstad Graham MacKenzie Nghia Nguyen Sunday Azagba Brian E. Cook Catherine L. Mah |
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| description | Abstract Background Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with morbidity and mortality. The retail food environment influences food and beverage purchasing and consumption. This study assesses the impact of a community pharmacy’s removal of sweet beverages on overall community sales of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) in a rural setting. We also examined whether the pharmacy intervention affected CSD sales in the town’s other food stores. Methods Weekly CSD sales data were acquired from the three food retailers in the town of Baddeck, Nova Scotia (January 1, 2013 to May 8, 2015, n = 123 weeks). Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) analysis was used to analyse the interrupted time series data and estimate the impact of the pharmacy intervention (September 11, 2014) on overall CSD sales at the community level. Data were analysed in 2015. Results Before the intervention, the pharmacy accounted for approximately 6 % of CSD sales in the community. After the intervention, declines in total weekly average community CSD sales were not statistically significantly. CSD sales at the other food stores did not increase after the pharmacy intervention. Conclusions This study was among the first to examine the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention, and found a non-significant decline in CSD sales at the community level. It is the first study to examine a retail food environment intervention in a community pharmacy. Pharmacies may have an important role to play in creating healthy retail food environments. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-23530c572b134e23a86980bbdc2394d02022-12-22T01:19:32ZengBMCBMC Public Health1471-24582016-07-011611710.1186/s12889-016-3281-9An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy settingLeia M. Minaker0Dana Lee Olstad1Graham MacKenzie2Nghia Nguyen3Sunday Azagba4Brian E. Cook5Catherine L. Mah6Propel Centre for Population Health Impact, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of WaterlooCentre for Physical Activity and Nutrition Research, School of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health, Deakin UniversityAtlantic PharmasavePropel Centre for Population Health Impact, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of WaterlooPropel Centre for Population Health Impact, Faculty of Applied Health Sciences, University of WaterlooToronto Public HealthCommunity Health and Humanities, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of NewfoundlandAbstract Background Sugar-sweetened beverage consumption is associated with morbidity and mortality. The retail food environment influences food and beverage purchasing and consumption. This study assesses the impact of a community pharmacy’s removal of sweet beverages on overall community sales of carbonated soft drinks (CSD) in a rural setting. We also examined whether the pharmacy intervention affected CSD sales in the town’s other food stores. Methods Weekly CSD sales data were acquired from the three food retailers in the town of Baddeck, Nova Scotia (January 1, 2013 to May 8, 2015, n = 123 weeks). Autoregressive integrated moving average (ARIMA) analysis was used to analyse the interrupted time series data and estimate the impact of the pharmacy intervention (September 11, 2014) on overall CSD sales at the community level. Data were analysed in 2015. Results Before the intervention, the pharmacy accounted for approximately 6 % of CSD sales in the community. After the intervention, declines in total weekly average community CSD sales were not statistically significantly. CSD sales at the other food stores did not increase after the pharmacy intervention. Conclusions This study was among the first to examine the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention, and found a non-significant decline in CSD sales at the community level. It is the first study to examine a retail food environment intervention in a community pharmacy. Pharmacies may have an important role to play in creating healthy retail food environments.http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12889-016-3281-9 |
| spellingShingle | Leia M. Minaker Dana Lee Olstad Graham MacKenzie Nghia Nguyen Sunday Azagba Brian E. Cook Catherine L. Mah An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting BMC Public Health |
| title | An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting |
| title_full | An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting |
| title_fullStr | An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting |
| title_full_unstemmed | An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting |
| title_short | An evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting |
| title_sort | evaluation of the impact of a restrictive retail food environment intervention in a rural community pharmacy setting |
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