This study targets the mobilisation of young people in East Los Angeles, USA, to increase access to affordable, healthy food by transforming corner shops.
Three focus groups with 30 participants total (54% of the total number of students) were conducted with teens aged 16–17 years enrolled in an elective course, “Market Makeovers and Social Marketing,” at two public high schools. A unique characteristic of the project was an emphasis on building local capacity and providing training and professional opportunities. The project's youth engagement component was designed not only to increase the students' knowledge of public health issues, but also to help them develop the skills necessary to continue being health advocates and to help sustain the project's efforts beyond the elective course. For example, students were not only motivated to improve their own eating habits, but were also provided training on how to initiate behavior change among their peers and relatives.
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