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How healthy (or unhealthy) is the food environment around Perth schools?

This unique and innovative project will be the first to quantify the local food environment around all government and non-government Perth metropolitan primary and secondary schools.

Investigators: Gina Trapp, Hayley Christian, Heather Croll, Matthew Cooper

Bridging the disciplines of public health, geography, nutrition and urban planning, this unique and innovative project will be the first to quantify the local food environment around all government and non-government Perth metropolitan primary (n=603) and secondary schools (n=223). Using Geographical Information Systems (GIS) technology, locations of all Perth schools obtained from the WA Education Department and listings of all food outlets for 2018 obtained from the 32 Metropolitan Local Governments will be geocoded (i.e., mapped).

External collaborators: 

  • Gina Ambrosini (University of Western Australia)
  • Justine Howard (University of Notre Dame Australia)
  • Paula Hooper (University of Western Australia)
  • Christina Pollard (Department of Health WA)
  • Mark Fallows (Department of Health WA)
  • Amanda Devine (Edith Cowan University)
  • Lukar Thornton (Deakin University)
  • Michael Rosenberg (The University of Western Australia)
  • Sarah Foster (RMIT University (Melbourne))
  • Neil Foley (Agriculture and Environment, The University of Western Australia)
  • Ros Sambell (Edith Cowan University)
  • Stephanie Godrich (Edith Cowan University)
  • Kirstie Davis (WA Local Government Association (WALGA))
  • Vanessa Jackson (WA Local Government Association (WALGA))
  • Evie Devitt-Rix (WA Local Government Association (WALGA))
  • Robina Crook (Planning Institute of Australia (PIA) & HASSELL – a multidisciplinary planning and urban design practice)
  • Trevor Shilton (National Heart Foundation (WA Division))
  • Steve Pratt (Cancer Council Western Australia)
  • Leisha Aberle (WA Health Promoting Schools Association)
  • Pamela Miller (WA Department of Education)
  • Kylie Catto (Western Australian Council of State School Organisations)
  • Marianne Thoroughgood (Western Australian Council of State School Organisations)
  • Megan Sauzier (WA School Canteen Association)