Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project
Low intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages persists as a public health concern in rural remote Alaska Native (AN) communities. Conducting key informant interviews with 22 storekeepers in 12 communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska, we explored potenti...
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author | Kathryn R. Koller Christie A. Flanagan Jennifer Nu Flora R. Lee Christine Desnoyers Amanda Walch Lucinda Alexie Andrea Bersamin Timothy K. Thomas |
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description | Low intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages persists as a public health concern in rural remote Alaska Native (AN) communities. Conducting key informant interviews with 22 storekeepers in 12 communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska, we explored potential factors impeding or facilitating dietary change towards healthier food choices. We selected these sites as part of a multi-level intervention aimed at introducing more traditional AN subsistence foods, increasing fruit and vegetable intake, and decreasing SSB consumption among young children enrolled in Head Start (preschool) programmes (Clinicaltrials.gov #NCT03601299). Storekeepers in these communities agreed that seasonality and flight schedules were primary factors determining commercial foods’ availability. Several storekeepers noted that federal food assistance programmes that specify which food items may be purchased with funds received from the programme and community policies that set limits on less healthy items promote customer purchases of healthier products. The fact that storekeepers are comfortable enforcing government assistance programme guidelines, company policies, and tribal resolutions suggests an important role storekeepers play in improving nutritional intake in their communities. |
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spelling | doaj.art-9d67d26b521647bca2e4e126eef670852022-12-21T17:22:19ZengTaylor & Francis GroupInternational Journal of Circumpolar Health2242-39822021-01-0180110.1080/22423982.2021.19613931961393Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” projectKathryn R. Koller0Christie A. Flanagan1Jennifer Nu2Flora R. Lee3Christine Desnoyers4Amanda Walch5Lucinda Alexie6Andrea Bersamin7Timothy K. Thomas8Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Research ServicesAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Research ServicesCenter for Alaska Native Health Research, University of Alaska FairbanksAlaska Native Tribal Health Consortium Research Services AnchorageYukon-Kuskokwim Health CorporationUniversity of Alaska AnchorageAssociate Research CoordinatorUniversity of Alaska FairbanksDirector,Alaska Native Tribal Health Consortium, Research ServicesLow intake of fruits and vegetables and high intake of sugar-sweetened beverages persists as a public health concern in rural remote Alaska Native (AN) communities. Conducting key informant interviews with 22 storekeepers in 12 communities in the Yukon-Kuskokwim region of Alaska, we explored potential factors impeding or facilitating dietary change towards healthier food choices. We selected these sites as part of a multi-level intervention aimed at introducing more traditional AN subsistence foods, increasing fruit and vegetable intake, and decreasing SSB consumption among young children enrolled in Head Start (preschool) programmes (Clinicaltrials.gov #NCT03601299). Storekeepers in these communities agreed that seasonality and flight schedules were primary factors determining commercial foods’ availability. Several storekeepers noted that federal food assistance programmes that specify which food items may be purchased with funds received from the programme and community policies that set limits on less healthy items promote customer purchases of healthier products. The fact that storekeepers are comfortable enforcing government assistance programme guidelines, company policies, and tribal resolutions suggests an important role storekeepers play in improving nutritional intake in their communities.http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1961393alaska nativerural remote communitiesstorekeepersdiet intakefruits and vegetablessugar-sweetened beveragessubsistence |
spellingShingle | Kathryn R. Koller Christie A. Flanagan Jennifer Nu Flora R. Lee Christine Desnoyers Amanda Walch Lucinda Alexie Andrea Bersamin Timothy K. Thomas Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project International Journal of Circumpolar Health alaska native rural remote communities storekeepers diet intake fruits and vegetables sugar-sweetened beverages subsistence |
title | Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project |
title_full | Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project |
title_fullStr | Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project |
title_full_unstemmed | Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project |
title_short | Storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western Alaska communities: the “Got Neqpiaq?” project |
title_sort | storekeeper perspectives on improving dietary intake in 12 rural remote western alaska communities the got neqpiaq project |
topic | alaska native rural remote communities storekeepers diet intake fruits and vegetables sugar-sweetened beverages subsistence |
url | http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22423982.2021.1961393 |
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