title: Local evidenced-based policy options to improve food security in South Australia: the use of local knowledge in policy development.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To examine realist policy options for the South Australian government to improve food security.
  
  
  METHODS
  Semi-structured interviews with twenty-four key South Australian food security stakeholders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Food security is a global issue that affects both developing and developed countries. Governments are well placed to improve food security but the solutions are not always evident.
  
  
  METHODS
  Policy makers, leaders of non-government organisations, private enterprise and front-line food security workers in South Australia.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The research produced forty-four potential policy options for the South Australian government to improve food security.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Stakeholders offered detailed policy solutions for the local context. This illustrates how gathering local evidence expands understanding on an issue. The process used to generate these policy options is applicable to other public health problems and other contexts.
authors.affiliation: School of Medicine, Flinders University, GPO Box 2100, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia. bast0058@flinders.edu.au
authors.forename: Amber
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Bastian
authors.forename: John
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Coveney
mesh_terms: D003153:Community Health Services; D005523:Food Supply / Q000379:methods*; D006293:Health Promotion / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D009111:Local Government; D018673:Nutrition Policy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D011050:Policy Making; D017149:Private Sector; D011634:Public Health; D013021:South Australia