"You have to hunt for the fruits, the vegetables": Environmental barriers and adaptive strategies to acquire food in a low-income African American neighborhood

Health Education and Behavior

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-292

  Zenk, Shannon N ^a   Odoms Young, Angela M ^a   Dallas, Constance ^a   Hardy, Elaine ^a   Watkins, April ^b   Hoskins Wroten, Jacqueline ^b   Holland, Loys ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b Englewood Neighborhood Health Center   (United States)

Author keywords

African Americans; food environment; food shopping; neighborhood; nutrition

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CATERING SERVICE; ECONOMICS; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; PERCEPTION; POVERTY; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SANITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; STANDARD; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CHICAGO; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; FOOD INDUSTRY; FOOD SUPPLY; FRUIT; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; PERCEPTION; POVERTY AREAS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; SAFETY; SANITATION; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; VEGETABLES;

EID: 79956153481     PISSN: 10901981     EISSN: 15526127     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1090198110372877     Document Type: Article

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