"Food is directed to the area": African Americans' perceptions of the neighborhood nutrition environment in Pittsburgh

Health and Place

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 370-378

  Kumar, Supriya ^a   Quinn, Sandra C ^b   Kriska, Andrea M ^a   Thomas, Stephen B ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH GRADUATE SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Access to food; Community; GIS; Neighborhood; Social determinants of health

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; FOOD QUALITY; GIS; NEIGHBORHOOD; NUTRITION; PERCEPTION; RACIAL DISPARITY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; COMMUNITY ASSESSMENT; CONSUMER ATTITUDE; FEMALE; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD QUALITY; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HEALTH CARE DISPARITY; HUMAN; MALE; MEAT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RACISM; SOCIOECONOMICS; UNITED STATES;

PENNSYLVANIA; PITTSBURGH; UNITED STATES;

EID: 78751566624     PISSN: 13538292     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.healthplace.2010.11.017     Document Type: Article

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