Publications

• Food security, diet and obesity – a community-led research project exploring the experiences of ethnic minority groups
  This community-led research approach builds on a previous CWIN project exploring food security in black and ethnic minority (BME) people in Glasgow. They recruited and ...
• Food Security for All – Community-Led Research
  CWIN in partnership with NHS Health Scotland and Community Food and Health (Scotland) took part in community-led research into food security. They explored participants'perceptions of ...
• Community Led – Good Food Research
  This report describes an NHS-funded/CFHS-supported, community-led research project that explores the relevance of the issue of ‘food security’ to a range of adults, with different ...
• The nature and extent of food poverty/insecurity in Scotland
  In October 2014, CFHS commissioned a group of research scientists to consider questions of food insecurity/poverty in Scotland. The main aim of the research was to ...
• A review of practical cooking skills activities which focus on promoting an affordable healthy balanced diet for adults, young people and their families within low-income communities in Scotland
  In 2014 Community Food and Health Scotland/NHS Health Scotland commissioned a realist review of community cooking skills activities run by community initiatives and agencies. The ...
• Older people eat well: literature review
  In early 2014, CFHS worked with Evaluation Support Scotland to commission a short evidence review of the literature on the ways in which the third ...
• Making the case
  This publication focuses on the work of community food initiatives working with older people and will be of use to community food initiatives in building ...
• Evaluation of the impact of the Scottish Grocers Federation Healthy Living Programme on community retailers
  This research looks at the impact of the Scottish Grocers Healthy Living Programme's training and resources on community retailers selling fruit and vegetables. The research ...
• The impact of cooking courses on families
  This short report provides a summary of research commissioned by CFHS that studied the impact of cooking skills on families.
• Mapping of the Community and Voluntary Sector Contributions to Improving Maternal and Infant Nutrition in Scotland
  This report sets out the findings from mapping the contributions of the community and voluntary sector to improving maternal and infant nutrition in Scotland.  The ...