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dc.contributor.authorPayet, J.
dc.contributor.authorGilles, M.
dc.contributor.authorHowat, Peter
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-30T15:38:08Z
dc.date.available2017-01-30T15:38:08Z
dc.date.created2011-06-28T20:01:32Z
dc.date.issued2005
dc.identifier.citationPayet, Jennifer and Gilles, Marissa and Howat, Peter. 2005. Gascoyne Growers Market: A sustainable health promotion activity developed in partnership with the community. Australian Journal of Rural Health. 13 (5): pp. 309-314.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/48209
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/j.1440-1584.2005.00722.x
dc.description.abstract

Objective: To explore the social, health and economic impact of a farmers’ market on a small rural community in the north of Western Australia. Design: Qualitative and quantitative research using a random structured intercept survey, and focus group interviews around four domains of social capital: economic impact, governance and capacity building, healthy public places and social and civic participation. Setting: The Gascoyne Growers Markets in Carnarvon. Subjects: One hundred consumers and 28 market stallholders. Results: Consumers demonstrated community pride and an increase in fruit and vegetable consumption since they commenced shopping at the markets. The stallholders appear to have gained economically, professionally and socially from the market experience. Conclusions: The Gascoyne Growers Markets demonstrate a sustainable health promotion activity developed in partnership with the community. It has contributed to the local economy, providing local quality fruit and vegetables directly to the community while also increasing social capital and creating a healthy public space.

dc.publisherBlackwell Publishing
dc.subjectsocial capital
dc.subjectnutrition
dc.subjectsustainability
dc.subjecthealth promotion
dc.subjectcommunity participation
dc.titleGascoyne Growers Market: A sustainable health promotion activity developed in partnership with the community
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume13
dcterms.source.number5
dcterms.source.startPage309
dcterms.source.endPage314
dcterms.source.issn10385282
dcterms.source.titleAustralian Journal of Rural Health
curtin.departmentWestern Australian Centre for Health Promotion Research (Curtin Research Centre)
curtin.accessStatusFulltext not available


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