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Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies
Obesity reviews, v 14(S1)
01 Oct 2013
PMID: 24074207
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Abstract
The International Network for Food and Obesity/non-communicable diseases Research, Monitoring and Action Support (INFORMAS) proposes to collect performance indicators on food policies, actions and environments related to obesity and non-communicable diseases. This paper reviews existing communications strategies used for performance indicators and proposes the approach to be taken for INFORMAS. Twenty-seven scoring and rating tools were identified in various fields of public health including alcohol, tobacco, physical activity, infant feeding and food environments. These were compared based on the types of indicators used and how they were quantified, scoring methods, presentation and the communication and reporting strategies used. There are several implications of these analyses for INFORMAS: the ratings/benchmarking approach is very commonly used, presumably because it is an effective way to communicate progress and stimulate action, although this has not been formally evaluated; the tools used must be trustworthy, pragmatic and policy-relevant; multiple channels of communication will be needed; communications need to be tailored and targeted to decision-makers; data and methods should be freely accessible. The proposed communications strategy for INFORMAS has been built around these lessons to ensure that INFORMAS's outputs have the greatest chance of being used to improve food environments.
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- Title
- Monitoring policy and actions on food environments: rationale and outline of the INFORMAS policy engagement and communication strategies
- Creators
- H. Brinsden - World Obesity FederationT. Lobstein - Curtin University Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia Perth Western Australia AustraliaJ. Landon - Curtin University Public Health Advocacy Institute of Western Australia Perth Western Australia AustraliaV. Kraak - Deakin UniversityG. Sacks - Deakin UniversityS. Kumanyika - University of PennsylvaniaB. Swinburn - Deakin UniversityS. Barquera - Instituto Nacional de Salud PúblicaS. Friel - Australian National UniversityC. Hawkes - World Cancer Research Fund InternationalB. Kelly - University of WollongongM. L'Abbe - Univ Toronto, Dept Nutr Sci, Toronto, ON, CanadaA. Lee - Queensland University of TechnologyJ. Ma - Chinese Center For Disease Control and PreventionJ. Macmullen - Consumers International London United KingdomS. Mohan - Public Health Foundation of IndiaC. Monteiro - Universidade de São PauloB. Neal - George Institute for Global HealthM. Rayner - British Heart FoundationD. Sanders - University of the Western CapeW. Snowdon - Deakin UniversityS. Vandevijvere - University of AucklandC. Walker - Global Alliance for Improved NutritionINFORMAS
- Publication Details
- Obesity reviews, v 14(S1)
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Number of pages
- 11
- Grant note
- University of Oxford Queensland University of Technology Faculty of Health at Deakin University Australian National University Rockefeller Foundation University of Toronto International Obesity Taskforce (IOTF) University of Auckland World Cancer Research Fund International; World Cancer Research Fund International (WCRF) Deakin University UK Coronary Prevention Group George Institute, University of Sydney University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Urban Health Collaborative; Dana and David Dornsife School of Public Health
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:000325076200002
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84885150859
- Other Identifier
- 991019312713904721
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