@article{fdi:010082709, title = {{A}ssessing factors influencing adolescents' dietary behaviours in urban {E}thiopia using participatory photography}, author = {{T}rubswasser, {U}. and {B}aye, {K}. and {H}oldsworth, {M}ichelle and {L}oeffen, {M}. and {F}eskens, {E}. {J}. {M}. and {T}alsma, {E}. {F}.}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{O}bjective: {T}o assess factors influencing dietary behaviours of adolescents in {A}ddis {A}baba, {E}thiopia. {D}esign: {U}sing the qualitative participatory method {P}hotovoice, participants received training on the basics of {P}hotovoice and took photographs related to (un)healthy eating in their environment. {T}ranscripts of individual interviews, focus group discussions and photographs were coded for thematic analysis. {S}etting: {O}ne private and one public school located in the same, central neighbourhood in {A}ddis {A}baba, {E}thiopia to explore how school populations of different socio-economic status experience the same neighbourhood environment. {P}articipants: {T}wenty-six adolescents aged 14-19 years old, of which there were seventeen girls and nine boys. {R}esults: {F}indings from the current study indicate that food safety concerns appear to be the major influencing factors for adolescents' dietary choices. {U}nhealthy and unsafe foods appear to be widely available and/or affordable in adolescents' neighbourhoods and almost half of the photographs taken by adolescents depicted poor hygiene conditions related to food vendors. {P}articipants considered foods available in their environments as generally unsafe, calling for more packaged food. {C}onclusions: {C}oncerns for food safety, hygiene and affordability are the dominating factors for adolescents' food choices. {T}hese concerns, together with limited nutrition knowledge and preference for packaged foods, could make cheap, ultra-processed packaged foods more desirable.}, keywords = {{A}dolescents ; {D}ietary behaviour ; {F}ood environment ; {P}hotovoice ; {A}frica ; {ETHIOPIE} ; {ADDIS} {ABEBA}}, booktitle = {}, journal = {{P}ublic {H}ealth {N}utrition}, volume = {24}, numero = {12}, pages = {3615--3623}, ISSN = {1368-9800}, year = {2021}, DOI = {10.1017/s1368980020002487}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010082709}, }