title: Partnering with REACH to create a "diabetes-friendly" restaurant: a restaurant owner's experience.
abstract: We describe a Latino restaurateur's perspectives and partnership with Seattle-King County REACH to improve the healthfulness of his restaurant as a step toward tackling diabetes in his community. We interviewed the owner and reviewed other documentation to capture his perspectives and identify key elements in this restaurant intervention. The impact of diabetes in the owner's family and Latino community motivated him to make changes at his restaurant. If changes were successful, he hoped this would motivate other Latino restaurateurs to make similar changes. At his request, REACH gathered consumer feedback, provided diabetes education and nutritional guidance, and worked with him to develop simple, economically feasible, healthier items. Positive consumer response and media coverage motivated the owner to explore additional changes at his restaurant and encourage other restaurateurs to make healthful changes. This intervention illustrates the potential for local businesses to collaborate with community partners, like REACH, to promote healthy food environments.
authors.affiliation: Public Health-Seattle & King Country, University of Washington, School of Public Health, USA.
authors.forename: Roxana
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chen
authors.forename: Mayra
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Carrillo
authors.forename: Janet
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kapp
authors.forename: Allen
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cheadle
authors.forename: Antoinette
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Angulo
authors.forename: Noel
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Chrisman
authors.forename: Ramiro
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Rubio
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D019058:Community Networks / Q000458:organization & administration; D055812:Community-Based Participatory Research / Q000458:organization & administration*; D003625:Data Collection; D003924:Diabetes Mellitus, Type 2 / Q000208:ethnology / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000628:therapy; D003927:Diet, Diabetic; D005260:Female; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D020407:Internet; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D055818:Public-Private Sector Partnerships / Q000458:organization & administration; D012147:Restaurants / Q000592:standards*; D014861:Washington / Q000453:epidemiology
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