Ross Alexandra, Krishnan Nandita, Panchal Janaki, Brooks Jennifer K, Lloyd Emily, Lee Ting-Hsuan Joyce, Gittelsohn Joel
a Center for Human Nutrition , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , MD , USA.
b Department of Health, Behavior, and Society , Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health , Baltimore , MD , USA.
Ecol Food Nutr. 2019 Jan-Feb;58(1):3-22. doi: 10.1080/03670244.2018.1553778. Epub 2018 Dec 7.
We sought to collect information about the operations of wholesalers and store owner perceptions of smartphones to plan for and create a smartphone application that will facilitate the distribution of healthy foods to corner stores. In-depth interviews were conducted with wholesalers, corner store owners, distributors, and food environment experts in Baltimore City, Maryland, which included providing feedback for a mockup of the app. Store owners that were comfortable with smartphones liked the idea of the app because it was economically practical, culturally suitable, simple and easy to use, and provided a large variety of items at a fair or low price. We found that barriers to uptake among corner store owners would be high delivery costs, no foreign language capability, and a complicated user interface. This work will inform future projects that will utilize mHealth technology to improve distribution of healthier foods in food deserts.
我们试图收集有关批发商运营情况以及商店店主对智能手机看法的信息，以便规划并创建一款智能手机应用程序，该程序将促进向街角商店配送健康食品。我们对马里兰州巴尔的摩市的批发商、街角商店店主、经销商和食品环境专家进行了深入访谈，其中包括为该应用程序的原型提供反馈。对智能手机操作得心应手的店主喜欢这款应用程序的创意，因为它经济实用、符合文化习惯、简单易用，且能以公平或低价提供各种各样的商品。我们发现，街角商店店主采用该应用程序的障碍包括配送成本高、无外语功能以及用户界面复杂。这项工作将为未来利用移动健康技术改善食品荒漠地区更健康食品配送的项目提供参考。
