An urban food store intervention positively affects food-related psychosocial variables and food behaviors

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 390-402

  Gittelsohn, Joel ^a   Song, Hee Jung ^a   Suratkar, Sonali ^a   Kumar, Mohan B ^a   Henry, Elizabeth G ^b   Sharma, Sangita ^c   Mattingly, Megan ^d   Anliker, Jean A ^e  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c IL   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

Author keywords

African American; Food store program; Urban

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOKING; DECISION MAKING; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PREFERENCE; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; LIFESTYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; OBESITY; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SELF CONCEPT; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BALTIMORE; CHOICE BEHAVIOR; COOKING; FEMALE; FOOD HANDLING; FOOD PREFERENCES; HEALTH EDUCATION; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTENTION; LIFE STYLE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NUTRITIVE VALUE; OBESITY; POVERTY AREAS; SELF EFFICACY; URBAN POPULATION;

EID: 77952592170     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198109343886     Document Type: Article

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