Qualitative research study on addressing barriers to healthy diet among low-income individuals at an urban, safety-net hospital.
Erin CahillStacie R SchmidtTracey L HenryGayathri S KumarSara BerneyJada Bussey-JonesAmy Webb GirardPublished in: BMJ nutrition, prevention & health (2020)
A multifaceted intervention that targets individual behaviour change, enhances nutritional knowledge and skills, and reduces socioeconomic barriers to accessing fresh produce may enhance participant knowledge and self-efficacy around healthy eating. However, socioeconomic factors remain as continual barriers to sustaining healthy eating over the long term. Ongoing efforts that address social determinants of health may be necessary to promote sustainability of behaviour change.