Dietary Habits
Conditions
Brief summary
The DACCORD study is a participatory research project which aims to provide insights on how to involve higher education students and diverse partners in the co-creation of campus nutrition interventions through a deliberative mini-public.
Detailed description
The DACCORD study takes place at the University Sorbonne Paris Nord (USPN), located in the Seine Saint Denis department, in the Northern area of the Paris region (France). The intervention consists in a deliberative mini-public, a student citizen's assembly on diet and physical activity. The mandate of this student citizen's assembly is to co-create a list of concrete proposals that would improve the access of USPN students to sustainable diets and physical activity. The mini-public includes 30 students enrolled at USPN at the time of the study and a team of academic and non-academic partners involved in student life, nutrition, physical activity, or public policies. The specific aims of the DACCORD study are 1) to design and implement a student citizens' assembly using participatory approaches, 2) to describe its process and evaluate its transferability, 3) to evaluate changes in nutritional habits, knowledge and citizen practices among students participating in the student citizen's assembly, using quantitative and qualitative methods. Transferability will be evaluated continuously throughout the study, up to one year after completion of the student citizens' assembly. Nutritional habits, knowledge and citizen practices will be evaluated before and 1 months after the student citizens' assembly.
Interventions
BEHAVIORALStudent citizens' assembly
The intervention consists in participating in a deliberative mini-public, a student citizens' assembly whose mission is to to co-create a list of concrete proposals that would improve the access of USPN students to sustainable diets and physical activity
Sponsors
Paris 12 Val de Marne University
National Research Agency, France
Institute for Research in Public Health, France
Université Sorbonne Paris Nord
Study design
Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 30 Years
Healthy volunteers
Yes
Inclusion criteria
* being an adult (18 years of age or older) * being enrolled at USPN at the time of the study * being enrolled in initial training with in-person classes
Exclusion criteria
* being enrolled in continuing education or work-study programs
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Transferability indicators (Reach indicator of the RE-AIM framework) | Throughout implementation of the student citizens assembly (5 months) | Proportion and representativeness of students participating in the mini-public |
| Transferability indicators (Effectiveness indicator of the RE-AIM framework) | Throughout implementation of the student citizens assembly (5 months) | Qualitative analyses of the student citizens assembly proposals, in comparison with the recognized determinants of diet, using the DONE framework |
| Transferability indicators (Adoption indicator of the RE-AIM framework) | Throughout implementation of the student citizens assembly (5 months) | Aggregated data on the characteristics of non-student members of the mini-public (in terms of gender, age, employer and job description) |
| Transferability indicators (Implementation indicator of the RE-AIM framework) | Throughout implementation of the student citizens assembly (5 months) | Mini-public expertise, monetary cost of implementing the citizens' assembly, comparisont of actual vs. planned implementation |
| Transferability indicators (Maintenance indicator of the RE-AIM framework) | One year after completion of the student citizens assembly | Qualitative evaluation of the actual implementation of the citizens assembly proposals and willingness of USPN representatives to replicate the student citizens' assembly in another location or on another topic (evaluated through individual interviews with USPN representatives) |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Academic-related data | Before the student citizens' assembly | Study level (undergraduate, post-graduate, PhD student) and discipline |
| Changes in dietary habits and eating practices | Before the student citizens' assembly | Changes in the interpretation of the term 'eating well,' understanding of the food system and its environmental impact, dietary habits and eating practices, barriers to sustainable diet, evaluated through semi-structured interviews |
| Changes in dietary habits | Before and one month after the student citizens' assembly | Usual intake of the main food groups, assessed with a short food frequency questionnaire, and comparisons with current dietary recommendations |
| Employment | Before the student citizens' assembly | Employment status and weekly duration of job activities |
| Demographic characteristics | Before the student citizens' assembly | Gender, accomodation type, commuting time between home and place of study, household cooking facilities |
| Socioeconomic status | Before the student citizens' assembly | Scholarship status |
| Changes in sustainable dietary practices | Before and one month after the student citizens' assembly | Sustainable dietary practices (usual intake of plant-based and animal products, consumption of ultra-processed foods, usual intake of organic food, food supply locations, use of a composter, food waste and recycling, meal preparation habits), assessed with the SHED index. A higher score indicates greater sustainable practices. |
| Changes in knowledge of diet's environmental impact | Before and one month after the student citizens' assembly | Knowledge of diet's environmental impact, assessed with a validated questionnaire. A higher score indicates greater knowledge. |
| Changes in citizens' practices | Before and one month after the student citizens' assembly | Participation in civic activities (vote, forum, petition signing...), frequency of participation in online and offline political conversation, self-confidence when expressing opinions on diet, trust in the university institution, perceived usefulness of citizens' assemblies, assessed by questionnaire |
| Perception of the student citizens' assembly | Before and one month after the student citizens' assembly | Motivations for participating in the student citizens' assembly, expectations on the role of this assembly, satisfaction with the proposals of the assembly, perceived quality of deliberations, assessed with an ad-hoc questionnaire |
Contacts
Primary ContactAlice Bellicha, PhD
Outcome results
None listed