The Power of Trading: Exploring the Value of a Trading Shop as a Health-Promoting Community Engagement Approach
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
2.1. Study Design
2.2. Study Setting
2.3. Goal of the Trading Shop and Its Community Engagement Approach
2.4. Data Collection, Instrument, and Measurements
2.5. Data Processing and Analysis
3. Results
3.1. The Preparation of the Trading Shop
3.2. The Starting Phase of Trading Shop Vaals
3.2.1. Engagement by Volunteers
3.2.2. Engagement by Visitors
3.2.3. Engaging the Community
3.3. Steps towards Continuation: A Five-Year Policy Plan for Trading Shop Vaals
4. Discussion
4.1. Strengths and Limitations
4.2. Future Research and Practice
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Conflicts of Interest
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Number of visitors |
Number of visitors drinking a cup of coffee at the communal table |
Number of visitors bringing products to the Trading Shop |
Number of visitors “buying” products from the Trading Shop |
Number of visitors in the target group (low-SES) families |
Notes about remarks of visitors/members and volunteers |
Question 1: Why do you visit the Trading Shop? |
Question 2: Since when have you been visiting the Trading Shop? |
Question 3: How often do you normally visit the Trading Shop? |
Question 4: What do you like about the Trading Shop? |
Question 5: Do you have any ideas to improve the Trading Shop? |
Question 1: When did you start as a volunteer at the Trading Shop? |
Question 2: How many days a week do you volunteer at the Trading Shop? |
Question 3: What is your task within the Trading Shop? |
Question 4: What do you like most about the Trading Shop? |
Question 5: Did the Trading Shop support you personally? How? |
Question 6: Do you have any ideas to improve the Trading Shop? |
How have you experienced volunteer work at the Trading Shop? |
What do you like, and what could be improved? |
Looking at the future, what would you like to focus on in the next six months to enhance the Trading Shop? |
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Prevo, L.; Kremers, S.; Jansen, M. The Power of Trading: Exploring the Value of a Trading Shop as a Health-Promoting Community Engagement Approach. Int. J. Environ. Res. Public Health 2020, 17, 4678. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134678
Prevo L, Kremers S, Jansen M. The Power of Trading: Exploring the Value of a Trading Shop as a Health-Promoting Community Engagement Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2020; 17(13):4678. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134678
Chicago/Turabian StylePrevo, Lotte, Stef Kremers, and Maria Jansen. 2020. "The Power of Trading: Exploring the Value of a Trading Shop as a Health-Promoting Community Engagement Approach" International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 17, no. 13: 4678. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134678
APA StylePrevo, L., Kremers, S., & Jansen, M. (2020). The Power of Trading: Exploring the Value of a Trading Shop as a Health-Promoting Community Engagement Approach. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(13), 4678. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph17134678