Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso
Abstract Objective: The creation of a healthy food environment is highly dependent on the policies that governments choose to implement. The objective of this study is to compare the level of implementation of current public policies aimed at creating healthy food environments in Burkina Faso with...
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Abstract
Objective:
The creation of a healthy food environment is highly dependent on the policies that governments choose to implement. The objective of this study is to compare the level of implementation of current public policies aimed at creating healthy food environments in Burkina Faso with international good practice indicators.
Design:
This evaluation was carried out using the Food-EPI tool. The tool has two components (policy and infrastructure support), thirteen domains and fifty-six good practice indicators adapted to the Burkina Faso context.
Setting:
Burkina Faso.
Participants:
Expert evaluators divided into two groups: the group of independent experts from universities, NGO and civil society and the group of experts from various government sectors.
Results:
Among the fifty-six indicators, it was assessed the level of implementation as ‘high’ for six indicators, ‘medium’ for twenty-four indicators, ‘low’ for twenty-two indicators and ‘very low’ for four indicators. High implementation level indicators include strong and visible political support, targets on exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding, strong and visible political support for actions to combat all forms of malnutrition, monitoring of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding indicators, monitoring of promotion and growth surveillance programmes and coordination mechanism (national, state and local government). The indicators on menu labelling, reducing taxes on healthy foods, increasing taxes on unhealthy foods and dietary guidelines are the indicators with a ‘very low’ level of implementation in Burkina Faso.
Conclusions:
The general results showed that there is a clear need for further improvements in policy and infrastructure support to promote healthy food environments.
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| spelling | doaj-art-b67a5aa8600c443d85020eeac33c7cfc2025-01-31T08:12:58ZengCambridge University PressPublic Health Nutrition1368-98001475-27272025-01-012810.1017/S1368980024002568Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina FasoViviane Aurélie Tapsoba0https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7714-2430Ella WR Compaore1https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4364-7632Augustin Nawidimbasba Zeba2https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0271-7414Jerome Winbetourefa Some3https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5955-9747Julien Soliba Manga4Adama Diouf5Jean-Claude Moubarac6Stefanie Vandevijvere7Mamoudou H Dicko8https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1212-5946Universite Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoUniversite Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina FasoInstitut de Recherche en Sciences de la Santé (IRSS), Ouagadougou, Burkina FasoUniversite de Montréal, Montreal, CanadaUniversite Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar, Dakar, SénégalUniversite de Montréal, Montreal, CanadaSciensano, BelgiumUniversite Joseph KI-ZERBO, 03 BP 7021, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso Abstract Objective: The creation of a healthy food environment is highly dependent on the policies that governments choose to implement. The objective of this study is to compare the level of implementation of current public policies aimed at creating healthy food environments in Burkina Faso with international good practice indicators. Design: This evaluation was carried out using the Food-EPI tool. The tool has two components (policy and infrastructure support), thirteen domains and fifty-six good practice indicators adapted to the Burkina Faso context. Setting: Burkina Faso. Participants: Expert evaluators divided into two groups: the group of independent experts from universities, NGO and civil society and the group of experts from various government sectors. Results: Among the fifty-six indicators, it was assessed the level of implementation as ‘high’ for six indicators, ‘medium’ for twenty-four indicators, ‘low’ for twenty-two indicators and ‘very low’ for four indicators. High implementation level indicators include strong and visible political support, targets on exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding, strong and visible political support for actions to combat all forms of malnutrition, monitoring of exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding indicators, monitoring of promotion and growth surveillance programmes and coordination mechanism (national, state and local government). The indicators on menu labelling, reducing taxes on healthy foods, increasing taxes on unhealthy foods and dietary guidelines are the indicators with a ‘very low’ level of implementation in Burkina Faso. Conclusions: The general results showed that there is a clear need for further improvements in policy and infrastructure support to promote healthy food environments. https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1368980024002568/type/journal_articleFood systemFood environmentPublic policiesPolicy implementationFood-EPI |
| spellingShingle | Viviane Aurélie Tapsoba Ella WR Compaore Augustin Nawidimbasba Zeba Jerome Winbetourefa Some Julien Soliba Manga Adama Diouf Jean-Claude Moubarac Stefanie Vandevijvere Mamoudou H Dicko Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso Public Health Nutrition Food system Food environment Public policies Policy implementation Food-EPI |
| title | Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso |
| title_full | Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso |
| title_fullStr | Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso |
| title_full_unstemmed | Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso |
| title_short | Evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in Burkina Faso |
| title_sort | evaluation of the implementation of governmental policies and actions to create healthy food environments in burkina faso |
| topic | Food system Food environment Public policies Policy implementation Food-EPI |
| url | https://www.cambridge.org/core/product/identifier/S1368980024002568/type/journal_article |
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