Food policies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (FoodPATH): A systems thinking approach

J Browne; T Walker (Yorta Yorta); K Hill (Torres Strait Islander); F Mitchell (Mununjali); H Beswick; S Thow (Pennemuker, Ngāti Porou); J Ryan (Gunditjmara); S Sherriff (Wotjobaluk); A Rossignoli; A Ropitini (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Maniapoto); M Johnstone; Y Paradies (Wakaya); K Backholer; S Allender; AD Brown

Journal article

Food policies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health (FoodPATH): A systems thinking approach

J Browne, T Walker (Yorta Yorta), K Hill (Torres Strait Islander), F Mitchell (Mununjali), H Beswick, S Thow (Pennemuker, Ngāti Porou), J Ryan (Gunditjmara), S Sherriff (Wotjobaluk), A Rossignoli, A Ropitini (Ngāti Kahungunu, Ngāti Maniapoto), M Johnstone, Y Paradies (Wakaya), K Backholer, S Allender, AD Brown

Food Policy | Elsevier BV | Published : 2024

DOI: 10.1016/j.foodpol.2024.102676

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Abstract

First Nations peoples have the right to participate in all decisions affecting them. This includes food policy decision-making. In the Australian state of Victoria, the Food Policies for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health (FoodPATH) project aimed to determine the food policy actions that are likely to be effective and acceptable for Victorian Aboriginal Communities. Community-based workshops were held with six Aboriginal Community-Controlled Organisations (ACCOs) in urban and regional Victoria during 2022. A team of at least three Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander facilitators guided participants (n = 53) through a series of workshop activities using group model building method..

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