Research collaboration · Healthy eating · Health equity · Evidence translation
Deakin healthy-eating research: evidence into local prevention
Supporting research on healthier food options and healthy-eating environments in community and sporting facilities.
Project context
- Organisation
- Merri-bek City Council · Deakin University
- Context
- Council employment · Research partnership and primary prevention
- Practice
- Research collaboration · Healthy eating · Health equity · Evidence translation
The research setting
Community and sporting facilities are everyday settings for prevention and health promotion. Research collaboration can connect healthier food environments with the practical decisions made by councils and facility operators.
Alisha’s contribution
At Merri-bek, Alisha helped establish and support a Deakin University research partnership on healthier food options in community and sporting facilities. She participated in primary-prevention research steering and governance activity and supported the translation of research evidence into local-government policy and programmes.
Connecting research with practice
The partnership sat alongside her work on health promotion, food security, the Merri-bek Health Profile and evidence-informed Council planning. Her contribution connected research partners, organisational priorities and opportunities for local prevention.
What this example records
This account describes research partnership, steering and translation contributions. The records reviewed do not establish a measured change in eating behaviour or a completed research outcome attributable to Alisha.
Contribution, evidence and limits
This account describes Alisha’s contribution in the project context identified above. Read the role credits and source links alongside the account. Prior Council employment and partner-led work inform Soft Infrastructure’s practice; they are not presented as new consulting commissions. Outputs and activities are described where documented. No additional measured outcomes or causal impact are inferred.