Testing tools to support the A Better Choice Strategy Implementation: the CREATE study.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Poor diet; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Public Health - Health promotion/education

• Registration Number: ACTRN12623000557639
• Lead Sponsor: Tara Boelsen-Robinson

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2023-05-24
• Study Completion: 2024-01-10
• Last Update Posted: 10 June 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 13

Inclusion Criteria

Hospital-level inclusion criteria
Hospitals will be eligible if they have at least one retail outlet that sold majority food and beverages (rather than other goods or services, for example, a pharmacy that sold some chocolate bars would be excluded).
Each practitioner-retailer pairing is referred to as a dyad”. The study aims to have 20 Health promotion practitioners-retailer dyads (10 intervention, 10 control) that have not fully implemented A Better Choice.

Health Promotion Practitioner inclusion criteria
Health promotion practitioners will be eligible for participating in the study if they 1) are responsible for supporting the implementation of the A Better Choice Strategy at their hospital site; 2) are willing to facilitate recruitment of the retailers within their site; 3) have capacity to take part in the study by supporting retailers and undertaking Practitioner Training as outlined in the consent form; and 4) intend to be employed by the health service in their current role until November 2023 to facilitate follow up data collection.

Retailer inclusion criteria
Retailers must meet the following requirements to be eligible for participating in the study: 1) are supported by a health promotion practitioner who is participating in the study; 2) are the manager, owner or operator (including franchise operator) of a predominantly-food or drink retail outlet located in a health service or hospital within the seven included HHS; 3) consents to the auditing of their food retail outlet at two time points by researchers, students or HWQld staff; 4) consents to participate in surveys.

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified