More than Fast Food: Development of a Story Map to Compare Adolescent Perceptions and Observations of Their Food Environments and Related Food Behaviors

Kristin A. Riggsbee, Jonathon Riggsbee, Melissa J. Vilaro, Lauren Moret, Marsha Spence, Elizabeth Anderson Steeves, Wenjun Zhou, Melissa D. Olfert, Lisa Franzen-Castle, Tanya Horacek, Elizabeth Hall and Sarah Colby
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Kristin A. Riggsbee: Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Jonathon Riggsbee: Blount County GIS Group, Maryville, TN 37801, USA
Melissa J. Vilaro: Department of Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32612, USA
Lauren Moret: Department of Educational Psychology and Counseling, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Marsha Spence: Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Elizabeth Anderson Steeves: Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Wenjun Zhou: Department of Business Analytics and Statistics, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Melissa D. Olfert: Division of Animal & Nutritional Sciences, School of Agriculture, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506, USA
Lisa Franzen-Castle: Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, USA
Tanya Horacek: Department of Public Health Food Studies and Nutrition, Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY 13244, USA
Elizabeth Hall: Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA
Sarah Colby: Department of Nutrition, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA

IJERPH, 2018, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-14

Abstract: The purpose of this convergent, multiphase, mixed methods study was to better understand the perceptions of adolescents’ food environments and related food behaviors using grounded visualization and story mapping. Adolescents from one high school (13–16 years) in the southeastern United States were evaluated via data from health behavior surveys ( n = 75), school environment maps, focus groups ( n = 5 groups), and Photovoice ( n = 6) from October 2016 to April 2017. Data from each phase were integrated using grounded visualization and new themes were identified ( n = 7). A story map using ArcGIS Online was developed from data integration, depicting the newly identified themes. Participants failed to meet national recommendations for fruit and vegetable intake (2.71 cups). Focus group and Photovoice findings indicated the need for convenience food items in all environments. The story map is an online, interactive dissemination of information, with five maps, embedded quotes from focus groups, narrative passages with data interpretation, pictures to highlight themes, and a comparison of the participants’ food environments. Story mapping and qualitative geographic information systems (GIS) approaches may be useful when depicting adolescent food environments and related food behaviors. Further research is needed when evaluating story maps and how individuals can be trained to create their own maps.

Keywords: adolescent; food environment; mapping; critical GIS (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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