Hispanic immigrant women's perspective on healthy foods and the New York City retail food environment: A mixed-method study

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 73, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 13-21

  Park, Yoosun ^a   Quinn, James ^b   Florez, Karen ^c   Jacobson, Judith ^c   Neckerman, Kathryn ^d   Rundle, Andrew ^c  

^a SMITH COLLEGE   (United States)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

^c Mailman School of Public Health ^*  (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Diet; Dietary acculturation; Hispanics; Immigrants; Mixed method research; Neighborhood food environment; USA; Women

Indexed keywords

DIET; EUROPEAN IMMIGRANT; FOOD CONSUMPTION; NEIGHBORHOOD; OBESITY; RETAILING; WOMENS STATUS;

ADULT; ARTICLE; EATING HABIT; FEMALE; FOOD FREQUENCY QUESTIONNAIRE; FOOD PREFERENCE; FRUIT; FRUIT JUICE; HEALTH FOOD; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MARKET; METHODOLOGY; MIXED METHOD STUDY; NUTRITIONAL HEALTH; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; SEMI STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; UNITED STATES; URBAN POPULATION; VEGETABLE;

ADULT; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; FOOD HABITS; FOOD SERVICES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; NEW YORK CITY; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS;

NEW YORK [NEW YORK (STT)]; NEW YORK [UNITED STATES]; UNITED STATES;

EID: 79959602135     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: 18735347     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2011.04.012     Document Type: Article

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