A corner store intervention in a low-income urban community is associated with increased availability and sales of some healthy foods

Public Health Nutrition

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2009, Pages 2060-2067

  Song, Hee Jung ^a   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Kim, Miyong ^b   Suratkar, Sonali ^a   Sharma, Sangita ^c   Anliker, Jean ^d  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS BLOOMBERG SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

Corner stores; Korean American storeowners; Obesity; Programme impact; Storeowners psychosocial variables; Urban communities

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; DIET; ECONOMICS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; POVERTY; STANDARD; STATISTICS; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

BALTIMORE; COMMERCE; DIET; FOOD SUPPLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POVERTY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 75149130524     PISSN: 13689800     EISSN: 14752727     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005242     Document Type: Article

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