Remote Indigenous stores and takeaways project

• Reach:

  National

• Focus area:

  Indigenous

• Status:

  Current

• Evaluated:

  No

Overview

The Remote Indigenous stores and takeaways (RIST) project was established in 2005 by the SA, WA, NT, QLD, NSW and Australian Government Health Departments to improve access to a healthy food supply for Aboriginal and Torres Straight Islander People in remote communities. The project builds on other initiatives to establish and improve standards for 'healthy' remote stores. To reach the goals of the project, the following resources have been developed:

• Guidelines for stocking healthy food
• Maximizing the shelf-life of fruit and vegetables
• Marketing ideas for healthy food
• Healthy fast food
• Checklist: How healthy is your Store?
• Checklist: How healthy is your Takeaway?
• Freight improvement toolkit
• Heart Foundation Buyer's Guide for managers of remote stores and takeaways
• Keeping track of healthy food
• Fruit and vegetable quantity spreadsheet (not yet available)

Contacts

Dr Joy Eshpeter
Public Health Section
Better Health Care Branch
Office for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health
Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing
Ph: (02) 6289 5772
Fax: (02) 6289 5911
Mob: 0423 022 920

Links

• View abstract: Checklist: How healthy is your Takeaway? (PDF - 164.1 KB)
• View report: Maximizing the shelf-life of fruit and vegetables
• View report: Checklist: How healthy is your Store? (PDF - 874.6 KB)
• View report: Freight improvement toolkit (PDF - 2.9 MB)
• View report: Guidelines for stocking healthy food (PDF - 158.5 KB)
• View report: Healthy fast food (PDF - 943.1 KB)
• View report: Marketing ideas for healthy food (PDF - 289.6 KB)
• View information: Keeping track of healthy food