A Qualitative Study of Living in a Healthy Food Priority Area in One Seattle, WA, Neighborhood

Jenny L. Wool, Lina P. Walkinshaw, Clarence Spigner, Erin K. Thayer and Jessica C. Jones-Smith
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Jenny L. Wool: Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Lina P. Walkinshaw: Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Clarence Spigner: Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Erin K. Thayer: Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Jessica C. Jones-Smith: Department of Health Systems and Population Health, School of Public Health, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA

IJERPH, 2021, vol. 18, issue 22, 1-11

Abstract: Policy makers in several major cities have used quantitative data about local food environments to identify neighborhoods with inadequate access to healthy food. We conducted qualitative interviews with residents of a healthy food priority area to assess whether residents’ perceptions of food access were consistent with previous quantitative findings, and to better understand lived experience of food access. We found that proximity to stores, transportation mode, and cost shaped decisions about food shopping. The local food bank played an important role in improving food access. Participants had varied suggestions for ways to improve the neighborhood, both related and unrelated to the food environment.

Keywords: food environment; food access; qualitative research (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I I1 I3 Q Q5 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2021
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