The Turkana Food Environment

Data was collected at 3 levels: the households using in-depth interviews, market vendors by geocoding, mapping, stock inventorying and verbal interviews; and policy makers using key informant interviews. The purpose of the study was to assess Turkana’s food environment and evaluate its influence on diet quality by: • Assessing the distribution of food vendors, and their vendor type, in Turkana County • Assessing household food environments, including food sources • Evaluating the availability, affordability, convenience, safety/quality, promotion, and sustainability of food items within Turkana County • Assessing the safety and quality of food in Turkana County from a vendor and consumer perspective • Assessing the county and national government policies and programs shaping the food environment The study sought to answer the following questions: • Does the food environment promote healthy diets? • What are the main sources of food at the household level? • Which factors influence the foods sold in the market? • Which foods and beverages are most readily available on the (informal or formal) market? • Which factors influence food affordability? • What factors are influencing food quality and safety? • What is the cost of a healthy diet in Turkana County? • What government initiatives and policies are influencing the food environment? The food environment was assessed following the key elements of availability, affordability, convenience, promotion, quality, and sustainability of foods and beverages in wild, cultivated, and built spaces that are influenced by the socio-cultural and political environment and ecosystems within which they are embedded. The datasets are: 1. Household data- transcribed scripts 2. Market vendor data- geocoded and mapped vendors and coded interview responses 3. Policy makers’ data- coded key informant interviews本研究的数据采集分为三个层级：针对家庭采用深度访谈法，针对市场摊贩通过地理编码（geocoding）、绘图、库存盘点与口头访谈开展采集，针对政策制定者则采用关键知情人访谈（key informant interviews）法。本研究旨在评估图尔卡纳县（Turkana County）的食物环境（food environment），并解析其对膳食质量（diet quality）的影响，具体涵盖以下内容： • 评估图尔卡纳县内食品摊贩的分布情况及其摊贩类型； • 评估家庭食物环境，包括食物来源； • 评估图尔卡纳县内食品的可得性、可负担性、便捷性、安全/质量、促销情况与可持续性； • 从摊贩与消费者视角评估图尔卡纳县内食品的安全与质量； • 评估塑造当地食物环境的县级与国家级政府政策及项目。 本研究拟解答以下核心问题： • 当地食物环境是否能够促进健康膳食？ • 家庭层面的主要食物来源是什么？ • 哪些因素会影响市场上售卖的食品？ • （非正式或正式）市场上最易获取的食品与饮料有哪些？ • 哪些因素会影响食品的可负担性？ • 哪些因素会影响食品的质量与安全？ • 图尔卡纳县内健康膳食的成本为多少？ • 哪些政府举措与政策正在影响当地食物环境？ 本研究按照食物与饮料在野生、种植及建成环境中的六大核心要素开展食物环境评估，即可得性、可负担性、便捷性、促销情况、质量与可持续性，上述要素会受到其所处的社会文化、政治环境与嵌入其中的生态系统的影响。 本研究的数据集包含以下三类： 1. 家庭数据集：转录后的访谈文稿 2. 市场摊贩数据集：经过地理编码与绘图标记的摊贩信息，以及编码后的访谈回复 3. 政策制定者数据集：编码后的关键知情人访谈资料