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Use of qualitative systems mapping and causal loop diagrams to understand food environments, diet and obesity: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open · 5 authors, 5 centres

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This is a protocol for a scoping review that will map the existing literature on using stakeholder-developed causal loop diagrams to understand food environments, diet, and obesity.

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The paper outlines the protocol for a scoping review aiming to map the extent and nature of studies using qualitative systems mapping to develop causal loop diagrams (CLDs) with stakeholders to understand food environments, diet, and obesity. The methodology follows the Joanna Briggs Institute manual and PRISMA-ScR guidelines, involving a search across six databases, dual independent screening, data extraction, and descriptive/numerical synthesis. The review will characterize included studies by setting, population, stakeholder engagement, and qualitative processes, and will synthesize variables and feedback loops from the CLDs. Implications for policy and practice will be identified.

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PMC10030560

Use of qualitative systems mapping and causal loop diagrams to understand food environments, diet and obesity: a scoping review protocol

BMJ Open

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Introduction Food systems can shape dietary behaviour and obesity outcomes in complex ways. Qualitative systems mapping using causal loop diagrams (CLDs) can depict how people understand the complex dynamics, inter-relationships and feedback characteristic of food systems in ways that can support policy planning and action. To date, there has been no attempt to review this literature. The objectives of this review are to scope the extent and nature of studies using qualitative systems mapping to facilitate the development of CLDs by stakeholders to understand food environments, including settings and populations represented, key findings and the methodological processes employed. It also seeks to identify gaps in knowledge and implications for policy and practice. Methods and analysis This protocol describes a scoping review guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute manual, the framework by Khalil and colleagues and the Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-Analyses extension for Scoping Reviews checklist reporting guidelines. A search strategy was iteratively developed with two academic librarians and the research team. This strategy will be used to search six databases, including Ovid MEDLINE, Embase, EmCare, Web of Science, Scopus and ProQuest Central. Identified citations will be screened by two independent reviewers; first, by title and abstract, and then full-text articles to identify papers eligible for inclusion. The reference lists of included studies and relevant systematic reviews will be searched to identify other papers eligible for inclusion. Two reviewers will extract information from all included studies and summarise the findings descriptively and numerically. Ethics and dissemination The scoping review will provide an overview of how CLDs developed by stakeholders have been elicited to understand food environments, diet and obesity, the insights gained and how the CLDs have been used. It will also highlight gaps in knowledge and implications for policy and practice. The review will be disseminated through publication in an academic journal and conference presentations.

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Ivana Stankov, Rosie Mae Henson, Irene Headen et al.. Use of qualitative systems mapping and causal loop diagrams to understand food environments, diet and obesity: a scoping review protocol. BMJ Open. (2023). https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2022-066875

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Ivana Stankov, Rosie Mae Henson, Irene Headen, Jonathan Purtle, Brent A Langellier

1Urban Health Collaborative, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
2UniSA Allied Health & Human Performance, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
3Department of Health Management and Policy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
4Department of Community Health and Prevention, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
5Department of Public Health Policy and Management, New York University, New York, New York, USA