Artikel ; Online: 'Acceleration' of the food delivery marketplace: Perspectives of local authority professionals in the North-East of England on temporary COVID regulations.
2024 Band 49, Heft 2, Seite(n) 180–188
Abstract: In January 2021, we assessed the implications of temporary regulations in the United Kingdom allowing pubs and restaurants to operate on a takeaway basis without instigating a change of use. Local authorities (LAs) across the North-East of England were ... ...
Abstract | In January 2021, we assessed the implications of temporary regulations in the United Kingdom allowing pubs and restaurants to operate on a takeaway basis without instigating a change of use. Local authorities (LAs) across the North-East of England were unaware of any data regarding the take-up of these regulations, partially due to ongoing capacity issues; participants also raised health concerns around takeaway use increasing significantly. One year on, we repeated the study aiming to understand the impact of these regulations on the policy and practice of key professional groups. Specifically, we wanted to understand if LAs were still struggling with staff capacity to address the regulations, whether professionals still had public health trepidations, and if any unexpected changes had occurred across the local food environment because of the pandemic. We conversed with 16 public health professionals, planners and environmental health officers across seven LAs throughout the North-East of England via focus groups and interviews. Data collated were analysed via an inductive and semantic, reflexive-thematic approach. Through analysis of the data, three themes were generated and are discussed throughout: popular online delivery services as a mediator to increased takeaway usage; potential long-term health implications and challenges; continued uncertainty regarding the temporary regulations. This paper highlights important changes to local food environments, which public health professionals should be aware of, so they are better equipped to tackle health inequalities across urban and sub-urban areas. |
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Mesh-Begriff(e) | Humans ; COVID-19/prevention & control ; COVID-19/epidemiology ; England/epidemiology ; Restaurants/legislation & jurisprudence ; SARS-CoV-2 ; Pandemics/prevention & control ; Fast Foods ; Public Health/legislation & jurisprudence ; Focus Groups ; Nutrition Policy/legislation & jurisprudence |
Sprache | Englisch |
Erscheinungsdatum | 2024-04-11 |
Erscheinungsland | England |
Dokumenttyp | Journal Article |
ZDB-ID | 2020505-3 |
ISSN | 1467-3010 ; 1471-9827 |
ISSN (online) | 1467-3010 |
ISSN | 1471-9827 |
DOI | 10.1111/nbu.12672 |
Datenquelle | MEDical Literature Analysis and Retrieval System OnLINE |
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