Foodbank of Western Australia Inc., Perth Airport, Western Australia, 6105, Australia.
Edith Cowan University, Bunbury, Western Australia, 6230, Australia.
Health Promot J Austr. 2022 Oct;33 Suppl 1(Suppl 1):174-206. doi: 10.1002/hpja.586. Epub 2022 Mar 31.
Food literacy programs aim to build individuals' knowledge, skills and self-efficacy to adopt healthy food choices conducive to reducing the risk of chronic diseases, such as obesity. Foodbank WA's (FBWA) Healthy Food for All nutrition programs have supported the improvement of food literacy knowledge and skills among vulnerable people living in the Pilbara.
A Sustainability Framework containing ten sustainability factors was overlaid with social ecological model (SEM) levels of influence to form a matrix. The use of this matrix facilitated sustainability strategy appraisal within three food literacy programs delivered in remote WA.
Programs included multiple sustainability strategies across levels of influence; all programs addressed all ten sustainability factors at community and organisational SEM levels of influence. Few sustainability strategies were employed at the public policy level of influence. No program employed formal governance structures to guide program direction, such as steering groups; however, school and parent program staff developed Memoranda of Understanding to ensure the continuation of program delivery between the FBWA teams' regional visits.
This study has showcased the comprehensive assessment of food literacy program sustainability across levels of influence and identified gaps for improvement by FBWA teams. SO WHAT?: The sustainability of food literacy programs aiming to increase knowledge and skills could be enhanced by conducting a similar analysis, during program planning or at program review. Using the matrix provides the opportunity to focus resources to address sustainability; supporting health promotion practitioners to transform the impacts of short-term food literacy interventions into long-term sustained outcomes.
食品素养计划旨在培养个人的知识、技能和自我效能，以采取有利于降低肥胖等慢性病风险的健康食品选择。西澳食品银行（FBWA）的“全民健康食品”营养计划支持改善皮尔巴拉地区弱势人群的食品素养知识和技能。
可持续性框架包含十个可持续性因素，并与社会生态模型（SEM）的影响层次叠加，形成一个矩阵。该矩阵的使用促进了在西澳偏远地区实施的三个食品素养计划中的可持续性战略评估。
这些计划在各个影响层次上都采用了多种可持续性战略；所有计划都在社区和组织 SEM 影响层次上解决了所有十个可持续性因素。在公共政策影响层次上，很少采用可持续性战略。没有一个计划采用正式的治理结构来指导计划方向，例如指导小组；然而，学校和家长计划工作人员制定了谅解备忘录，以确保 FBWA 团队在区域访问之间继续提供计划交付。
本研究展示了对食品素养计划在各个影响层次上的可持续性进行全面评估，并确定了 FBWA 团队需要改进的地方。那么：旨在提高知识和技能的食品素养计划的可持续性可以通过在计划规划或计划审查期间进行类似的分析来增强。使用矩阵提供了集中资源解决可持续性问题的机会；支持健康促进从业者将短期食品素养干预的影响转化为长期可持续的成果。
