Evaluation of Store Environment Changes of an In-Store Intervention to Promote Fruits and Vegetables in Latino/Hispanic-Focused Food Stores

Jennifer Sanchez-Flack, Barbara Baquero, Shih-Fan Lin, George Belch, Julie L. Pickrel, Cheryl A. M. Anderson, Elva Arredondo, Maria Elena Martinez, Joni Mayer, Ming Ji, John P. Elder and Guadalupe X. Ayala
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Jennifer Sanchez-Flack: Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago 1747 West Roosevelt Road, WROB 478, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Barbara Baquero: Health Services, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Box 35480, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Shih-Fan Lin: Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
George Belch: Marketing Department, Fowler College of Business, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92183, USA
Julie L. Pickrel: Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Cheryl A. M. Anderson: Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Elva Arredondo: Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, San Diego State University Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Maria Elena Martinez: Family Medicine and Public Health, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
Joni Mayer: Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, San Diego State University Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Ming Ji: College of Nursing, University of South Florida, 12901 Bruce B Downs Blvd MDC Box 32, Tampa, FL 33612, USA
John P. Elder: Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, San Diego State University Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Guadalupe X. Ayala: Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, School of Public Health, San Diego State University Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA

IJERPH, 2019, vol. 17, issue 1, 1-16

Abstract: Implementing interventions that manipulate food store environments are one potential strategy for improving dietary behaviors. The present study evaluated intervention effects, from the El Valor de Nuestra Salud (The Value of Our Health) study, on in-store environmental changes within Latino/Hispanic-focused food stores ( tiendas ). Sixteen tiendas were randomly assigned to either: a six-month structural and social food store intervention or a wait-list control condition. Store-level environmental measures of product availability, placement, and promotion were assessed monthly from baseline through six-months post-baseline using store audits. Linear mixed effects models tested for condition-by-time interactions in store-level environmental measures. Results demonstrated that the intervention was successful at increasing the total number of fruit and vegetable (FV) promotions ( p < 0.001) and the number of FV promotions outside the produce department ( p < 0.001) among tiendas in the intervention versus control condition. No changes in product availability or placement were observed. Results suggests changing the marketing mix element of promotions within small stores is measurable and feasible in an in-store intervention. Difficulties in capturing changes in product availability and placement may be due to intervention implementation methods chosen by tiendas . It is important to build upon the lessons learned from these types of interventions to disseminate evidence-based in-store interventions.

Keywords: in-store intervention; Latinos/Hispanics; consumer food environment; retail food environment; healthy food promotion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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