Department of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, United States.
Texas A&M Institute for Advancing Health Through Agriculture, Texas A&M AgriLife Research Centre at El Paso, El Paso, TX, United States.
JMIR Res Protoc. 2024 Aug 23;13:e54955. doi: 10.2196/54955.
While the retail food environment has been well studied, research surrounding the university food environment is still emerging. Existing research suggests that university food environments can influence behavioral outcomes such as students' dietary choices, which may be maintained long-term. Despite a growing interest in assessing university food environments, there is no standardized tool for completing this task. How researchers define "healthy" when assessing university food environments needs to be clarified. This paper describes the protocol for systematically reviewing literature involving university food environment assessments.
This paper aimed to describe the protocol for a systematic review of the assessments of university food environments. The review will summarize previously used tools or methods and their implications.
Electronic databases, including PubMed (NLM), Cochrane Library (Wiley), Web of Science (Clarivate), APA PsycINFO (EBSCO), CINAHL (Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health) Complete (EBSCO), ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health, and Google Scholar were searched for papers published between 2012 and 2022 using combinations of related medical subject headings terms and keywords. The electronic databases were supplemented by reviewing the reference list for all included papers and systematic reviews returned with our search results. The review will include all study types, including randomized controlled trials, observational studies, and other pre-post designs. Papers that examine at least 1 aspect of the university food environment, such as cafeterias, campus convenience stores, and vending machines, were considered for inclusion. A total of 2 reviewers will independently screen titles and abstracts, complete a full-text review, extract data, and perform a quality assessment of included papers, with a third reviewer resolving any conflicts. The Quality Assessment for Diverse Studies (QuADS) tool was used to determine the methodological quality of selected studies. A narrative and tabular summary of the findings were presented. There will not be a meta-analysis due to the methodological heterogeneity of the included papers.
The initial queries of 4502 records have been executed, and papers have been screened for inclusion. Data extractions were completed in December 2023. The results of the review were accepted for publication in May 2024. The systematic review generated from this protocol will offer evidence for using different assessment tools to examine the campus food environment.
This systematic review will summarize the tools and methods used to assess university food environments where many emerging adults spend a significant part of their young adult lives. The findings will highlight variations in practice and how "healthy" has been defined globally. This review will provide an understanding of this unique organizational food environment with implications for practice and policy.
PROSPERO CRD42023398073; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=398073.
INTERNATIONAL REGISTERED REPORT IDENTIFIER (IRRID): DERR1-10.2196/54955.
虽然零售食品环境已经得到了充分的研究，但大学食品环境的研究仍在不断涌现。现有研究表明，大学食品环境可以影响学生的饮食选择等行为结果，而这些结果可能会长期保持。尽管人们越来越感兴趣地评估大学食品环境，但目前还没有用于完成此任务的标准化工具。当评估大学食品环境时，研究人员如何定义“健康”需要澄清。本文描述了系统评估大学食品环境文献的综述方案。
本文旨在描述一项系统评估大学食品环境的综述方案。该综述将总结以前使用的工具或方法及其意义。
电子数据库，包括 PubMed（NLM）、Cochrane 图书馆（Wiley）、Web of Science（Clarivate）、APA PsycINFO（EBSCO）、CINAHL（Cumulative Index to Nursing & Allied Health）Complete（EBSCO）、ProQuest Nursing and Allied Health 和 Google Scholar，使用相关医学主题词和关键词的组合，搜索了 2012 年至 2022 年期间发表的论文。电子数据库通过查阅所有纳入论文的参考文献列表和与我们搜索结果一起返回的系统评价进行了补充。该综述将包括所有研究类型，包括随机对照试验、观察性研究和其他前后设计。考虑纳入至少评估大学食品环境一个方面的论文，如自助餐厅、校园便利店和自动售货机。两名独立的审查员将对标题和摘要进行筛选，完成全文审查、提取数据并对纳入的论文进行质量评估，任何冲突由第三名审查员解决。使用多样性研究质量评估（QuADS）工具来确定选定研究的方法学质量。将以叙述性和表格形式总结研究结果。由于纳入论文的方法学异质性，不会进行荟萃分析。
已执行初始查询的 4502 条记录，并对纳入的论文进行了筛选。数据提取于 2023 年 12 月完成。该综述的结果于 2024 年 5 月被接受发表。本方案产生的系统综述将提供使用不同评估工具来检查校园食品环境的证据。
本系统评价将总结用于评估许多新兴成年人在其年轻成人生活中度过大量时间的大学食品环境的工具和方法。研究结果将突出全球实践的差异以及“健康”的定义。这一综述将有助于了解这一独特的组织食品环境，对实践和政策具有启示意义。
PROSPERO CRD42023398073; https://www.crd.york.ac.uk/prospero/display_record.php?RecordID=398073。
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