Publications
As the data analysis progresses, research findings are being shared on social media @foodsequal, at webinars, conferences, briefing notes and academic papers. These will be added to this page as they are published in the public domain. If you would like further information about the research and outputs, please contact us via the Contacts page on this website.
Our final FoodSEqual-Health Briefing Paper outlines preliminary results from interventions in Plymouth and Reading.
FoodSEqual Health Report: Giving citizens agency over their wellbeing through affordable fresh food (2025)
United Kingdom Food Security Report 2024, DEFRA: Theme 4: Food Security at Household Level, Sub-theme 3 Diet Nutrition, Case Study 1;The lived experience of food insecurity and its impact on health (page 352)
Modelling enablers and barriers to improve uptake of a fruit and vegetable voucher scheme (the Fresh Street Community) in England: a TISM-MICMAC approach Pan,J., Relton, C., Howard, L., Pan, AO., Hunt, L., Garg, L., Bradbeer, J., Puranik, R., Sutton, R., Wagstaff., Pettinger, C. (2026)
Exploring Enablers and Barriers to a Fruit and Vegetable Voucher Scheme in England: Insights from the Fresh Street Community Feasibility Study Pan,J., Relton,C., Howard, L., Garg, P., Puranik, M., Thomas, M., Bradbeer,J., Sutton, R., Wagstaff, C., Pettinger, C. (2025)
Presentations and posters
Fresh Street Community a multicomponent practical response to food and nutritional insecurity in deprived communities. RGS-IBG International Conference August 2025 Thomas, M. et al (2025)
Neighbourhood based vouchers for local fruit and vegetables: what do we know about Fresh Street so far? Future Food Symposium University of Birmingham May 2025 Thomas, M. et al (2025)
FreshStreet voucher scheme to tackle food insecurity: Evaluating the impact of fruit and vegetable intake in two disadvantaged communities in England Future Food Symposium University of Birmingham May 2025 Puranik, M. et al (2025)
Food Systems Equality-Health & Fresh Street Community TUKFS Annual Meeting York January 2025 Wagstaff, C. et al. (2025)
Fresh Street Community increases fruit and vegetable intake of citizens living in “most deprived area” of Reading: interim study results. Inequalities and Health Summit, Liverpool October 2024 Thomas, M. et al (2024)
FoodSEqual-Health: Tackling the dietary inquity that underpins health inequalities TUKFS ECR Sheffield October 2024 Puranik, M. et al (2024)
Increasing choice of fruit and vegetables in diets of the UK disadvantaged communities through a co-created household voucher scheme Eurosense 2024 Puranik, M. et al (2024)
Fresh Street Community Scheme: Household vouchers for fresh fruit and vegetables ECR conference University of Reading 2024 Puranik, M. et al (2024)
FreshStreet Community: Household voucher scheme for fresh fruit and vegetables WPHNA Congress June 2024 Puranik, M. et al (2024)
Fresh Street Community: Feasibility testing a community centre-based voucher scheme for fresh fruit and vegetables Menus of Change Insights Exchange June 2024 Thomas, M. et al (2024)
Fresh Street Community: Feasibility testing a community centre-based voucher scheme for fresh fruit and vegetables Future Food Symposium University of Nottingham May 2024 Thomas, M. et al (2024)
Fresh Street: a place-based voucher scheme for locally supplied fresh fruit and vegetables Future Food Symposium, University of Nottingham May 2024 Relton, C. et al (2024)
FreshStreet Community Scheme: Household voucher scheme for fresh fruit and vegetables City Food Policy Conference April 2024 Puranik, M. et al (2024)