Department of Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food, Be Active Sleep Eat (BASE) Facility, Monash University, Notting Hill, Victoria, Australia.
Curtin School of Population Health, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Perth, Australia.
BMC Public Health. 2024 Sep 16;24(1):2520. doi: 10.1186/s12889-024-19970-0.
A form of food retail regulation called the Stores Licensing Scheme was introduced by the Australian Government in 2007-2022 to ensure food security in remote Indigenous communities of the Northern Territory. We examined evaluations of this Scheme implemented under the Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Stronger Futures Northern Territory Acts. Grey literature search identified nine primary source evaluations. Reported outcomes were extracted and thematic analysis utilised to determine barriers and enablers. Outcomes included improved availability and quality of groceries, financial structures, and retail practices, albeit not consistently reported. Governance and food cost were perceived barriers. Future policy aimed to improve food security through community stores should consider food cost subsidy, measures to incentivise all stores to improve standards, and improved governance arrangements enabling self-determination for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Store Directors.
2007 年至 2022 年期间，澳大利亚政府推出了一种名为“商店许可计划”的食品零售监管形式，以确保北领地偏远土著社区的食品安全。我们研究了根据《北领地国家紧急情况应对措施法》和《更美好北领地法》实施的该计划的评估。通过灰色文献检索，确定了九项原始资料评估。提取报告结果并进行主题分析，以确定障碍和促进因素。结果包括杂货的供应和质量的提高、财务结构和零售做法，尽管并非始终有报告。治理和食品成本被认为是障碍。未来旨在通过社区商店改善食品安全的政策，应考虑食品成本补贴、激励所有商店提高标准的措施，以及改善治理安排，使土著和托雷斯海峡岛民商店董事能够自主决策。
