<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Suzannah D'Hooghe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Yasemin Inaç</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Stefanie Vandevijvere</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Benedicte Deforche</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Karin De Ridder</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Delfien Van Dyck</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Nico Van de Weghe</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sarah Dury</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Exploring the multiple dimensions of perceived food access in the local food environment in Flanders: Perceptions of adults in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Appetite</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eating behaviour</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Food access</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">food environment</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">participatory research</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">peri-urban</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Socioeconomic status</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2024</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Jan-12-2024</style></date></pub-dates></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">203</style></volume><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;Persons in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations are more susceptible and disproportionally exposed to unhealthy food environments, which results in limited access to healthy foods and poorer dietary outcomes. This qualitative paper examines the various dimensions of perceived food access to healthy and unhealthy foods (i.e., availability, affordability, accessibility, accommodation, desirability, convenience and acceptability) within the local food environment among persons in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;A total of 23 participants in socioeconomically disadvantaged situations expressed their perceptions of food access within their local food environment and its role in their eating behaviour through participant-driven photo-elicitation in a focus group context (n = 7) and researcher-driven photo-elicitation interviews (n = 16). Reflexive thematic analysis has been used to analyse our data through an access framework.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Four overarching themes were constructed. The first two themes concern barriers to perceived food access in respectively the home and community food environment – including the importance of kitchen infrastructure, household composition and transport options. The third theme encompasses the interaction of perceived food access with the sociocultural environment, highlighting its dual role as facilitator (e.g., through food sharing practices) and barrier (e.g., through social stigma and shame). The fourth theme concerns awareness and the ability to navigate within the information food environment, which has also been proposed as a novel dimension of food access.&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;This study emphasizes the complexity of food access and the need for a multifaceted approach that integrates perceptions to ensure equitable access to healthy foods.&lt;/p&gt;
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