Research Showcase Abstracts
Explore abstracts from CFDR’s annual research showcase at the DC Conference.
Year
2014
Language
English
Title
MULTI-SECTORAL PERSPECTIVES ON REGIONAL FOOD POLICY, PLANNING AND ACCESS TO FOOD - A case study in Waterloo Region
Introduction/Purpose
Jessica Wegener, PhD, RD, Ryerson University and her research team investigated how regional planning policies and practices help to create ‘healthier’ communities by facilitating greater access to healthy, local food outlets in the Region of Waterloo.
Objective(s)/Process or Summary of Content
How can regional planning policies and practices help to create ‘healthier’ communities by facilitating greater access to healthy, local food ‘outlets’?
Method(s)/Systemic Approach Used
•Qualitative research study
• Project Advisory Committee
• Informed early stages (recruitment & interview guides)
• Data Collection
• In-depth interviews; transcribed
• Analysis (grounded theory approach)
• NVivo8; coding, memo wring, constant comparison
• Theoretical saturation
• Reflexivity, member checks, peer debriefing
• Project Advisory Committee
• Informed early stages (recruitment & interview guides)
• Data Collection
• In-depth interviews; transcribed
• Analysis (grounded theory approach)
• NVivo8; coding, memo wring, constant comparison
• Theoretical saturation
• Reflexivity, member checks, peer debriefing
Conclusions(s)/Recommendations
‘What Worked & What Didn’t?’
Process and knowledge innovation - YES
• doing and thinking differently
Reputation effects - YES
• ‘We are on to something here…’
Political astuteness/political strategizing - YES
Competing mandates, tensions, competition - NO
Process and knowledge innovation - YES
• doing and thinking differently
Reputation effects - YES
• ‘We are on to something here…’
Political astuteness/political strategizing - YES
Competing mandates, tensions, competition - NO
