A Rural Small Food Store Pilot Intervention Creates Trends Toward Improved Healthy Food Availability

Journal of Hunger and Environmental Nutrition

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 259-270

  Steeves, Elizabeth Anderson ^a   Penniston, Erin ^b   Rowan, Megan ^a   Steeves, Jeremy ^c   Gittelsohn, Joel ^a  

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

^b MARYLAND DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND MENTAL HYGIENE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

food access; food environment; healthy food availability; obesity; rural health; stocking; store intervention

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BREAD; CANNED FOOD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FOLLOW UP; FOOD AVAILABILITY; FOOD INDUSTRY; FRUIT; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HEALTH EDUCATION; HUMAN; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MILK; PILOT STUDY; POPULATION DENSITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGRAM ACCEPTABILITY; PROGRAM FEASIBILITY; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RURAL AREA; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY; UNITED STATES; VEGETABLE; WHEAT;

EID: 84930590520     PISSN: 19320248     EISSN: 19320256     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2015.1004214     Document Type: Article

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