Browsing by Author "Ammerman, Alice S."
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Adults and Children in Low-Income Households That Participate in Cost-Offset Community Supported Agriculture Have High Fruit and Vegetable Consumption
Hanson, Karla L.; Kolodinsky, Jane; Wang, Weiwei; Morgan, Emily H.; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B.; Ammerman, Alice S.; Sitaker, Marilyn; Seguin, Rebecca A. (2017-07-08)This paper examines fruit and vegetable intake (FVI) in low-income households that participated in a cost-offset (CO), or 50% subsidized, community-supported agriculture (CSA) program. CSA customers paid farms upfront for ... -
Applicability of Precision Medicine Approaches to Managing Hypertension in Rural Populations
Halladay, Jacqueline R.; Lenhart, Kaitlin C.; Robasky, Kimberly; Jones, Wendell; Homan, Wayne F.; Cummings, Doyle M.; Cené, Crystal W.; Hinderliter, Alan L.; Miller, Cassandra L.; Donahue, Katrina E.; Garcia, Beverly A.; Keyserling, Thomas C.; Ammerman, Alice S.; Patterson, Cam; DeWalt, Darren A.; Johnston, Larry F.; Willis, Monte S.; Schisler, Jonathan C. (2018-04-30)As part of the Heart Healthy Lenoir Project, we developed a practice level intervention to improve blood pressure control. The goal of this study was: (i) to determine if single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) that associate ... -
Baseline Assessment of a Healthy Corner Store Initiative: Associations between Food Store Environments, Shopping Patterns, Customer Purchases, and Dietary Intake in Eastern North Carolina
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Wu, Qiang; Laska, Melissa Nelson; Grinchak, Taras; McGuirt, Jared T.; Haynes-Maslow, Lindsey; Bell, Ronny A.; Ammerman, Alice S.; Truesdale, Kimberly P. (2017) -
Bolstering Confidence in Obesity Prevention and Treatment Counseling for Resident and Community Pediatricians
Perrin, Eliana M.; Jacobson Vann, Julie C.; Lazorick, Suzanne; Ammerman, Alice S.; Teplin, Sari; Wegner, Steven E.; Benjamin, John T. (East Carolina University, 2008-11)Objective- To assess whether equipping resident pediatricians and community pediatricians with both training and practical tools improves their perceived confidence, ease, and frequency of obesity related counseling to ... -
Community Supported Agriculture Plus Nutrition Education Improves Skills, Self-efficacy, and Eating Behaviors among Low-Income Caregivers but not their Children: a Randomized Controlled Trial
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B.; Seguin-Fowler, Rebecca A.; Hanson, Karla L.; Kolodinsky, Jane; Sitaker, Marilyn; Ammerman, Alice S.; Marshall, Grace A.; Belarmino, Emily H.; Garner, Jennifer A.; Wang, Weiwei (2021) -
A community-based lifestyle and weight loss intervention promoting a Mediterranean-style diet pattern evaluated in the stroke belt of North Carolina: the Heart Healthy Lenoir Project
Keyserling, Thomas C.; Samuel-Hodge, Carmen D.; Pitts, Stephanie J.; Garcia, Beverly A.; Johnston, Larry F.; Gizlice, Ziya; Miller, Cassandra L.; Braxton, Danielle F.; Evenson, Kelly R.; Smith, Janice C.; Davis, Gwen B.; Quenum, Emmanuelle L.; Elliott, Nadya T. M.; Gross, Myron D.; Donahue, Katrina E.; Halladay, Jacqueline R.; Ammerman, Alice S. (2016-08-05)Abstract Background Because residents of the southeastern United States experience disproportionally high rates of cardiovascular disease (CVD), it is important to develop ... -
A Community-Driven Approach to Identifying “Winnable� Policies Using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s Common Community Measures for Obesity Prevention
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Whetstone, Lauren M.; Wilkerson, Jean R.; Smith, Tosha W.; Ammerman, Alice S. (2012)Federally funded, community-based participatory research initiatives encourage the development and implementation of obesity prevention policies. In 2009, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) published the ... -
Commute Times, Food Retail Gaps, and Body Mass Index in North Carolina Counties
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Liu, Haiyong; Moore, Justin B.; Bethel, Jeffrey W.; Wilson, James; Ammerman, Alice S. (2010-09)Introduction The prevalence of obesity is higher in rural than in urban areas of the United States, for reasons that are not well understood. We examined correlations between percentage of rural residents, commute times, ... -
Developing an agenda for research about policies to improve access to healthy foods in rural communities: a concept mapping study
Johnson, Donna B.; Quinn, Emilee; Sitaker, Marilyn; Ammerman, Alice S.; Byker, Carmen; Dean, Wesley; Fleischhacker, Sheila; Kolodinsky, Jane; Pinard, Courtney; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Sharkey, Joseph (2014)Background Policies that improve access to healthy, affordable foods may improve population health and reduce health disparities. In the United States most food access policy research focuses on urban communities even ... -
Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers' market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents
Acheson, Mariel Leah Mayo; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Ward, Rachel K; Wu, Qiang; McGurt, Jared T; Bullock, Sally L.; Lancaster, Mandee F; Raines, Justin; Ammerman, Alice S. (2015)Background: Context and purpose of the study. To examine (1) associations between county-level zoning to support farmers’ market placement and county-level farmers’ market availability, rural/urban designation, percent ... -
Disparities in healthy food zoning, farmers’ market availability, and fruit and vegetable consumption among North Carolina residents
Mayo Acheson, Mariel Leah; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Ward, Rachel K.; Wu, Qiang; McGuirt, Jared T.; Bullock, Sally L.; Lancaster, Mandee F.; Raines, Justin; Ammerman, Alice S. (2015-08-25)Background Context and purpose of the study. To examine (1) associations between county-level zoning to support farmers’ market placement and county-level farmers’ market availability, rural/urban designation, percent ... -
Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK): An innovative community supported agriculture intervention to prevent childhood obesity in low-income families and strengthen local agricultural economies
Seguin, Rebecca A.; Morgan, Emily H.; Hanson, Karla L.; Ammerman, Alice S.; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B.; Kolodinsky, Jane; Sitaker, Marilyn; Becot, Florence A.; Connor, Leah M.; Garner, Jennifer A.; McGuirt, Jared T. (2017-04)Background: Childhood obesity persists in the United States and is associated with serious health problems. Higher rates of obesity among children from disadvantaged households may be, in part, attributable to disparities ... -
Farmers’ market use is associated with fruit and vegetable consumption in diverse southern rural communities
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Gustafson, Alison; Wu, Qiang; Mayo, Mariel Leah; Ward, Rachel K.; McGuirt, Jared T.; Rafferty, Ann P.; Lancaster, Mandee F.; Evenson, Kelly R.; Keyserling, Thomas C.; Ammerman, Alice S. (2014)Background While farmers’ markets are a potential strategy to increase access to fruits and vegetables in rural areas, more information is needed regarding use of farmers’ markets among rural residents. Thus, this study’s ... -
A Four-Year Observational Study to Examine the Dietary Impact of the North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program, 2017–2020
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B.; Rafferty, Ann P.; Johnson, Nevin; Kaur, Archana P.; Wu, Qiang; Truesdale, Kimberly P.; Haynes-Maslow, Lindsey; Boys, Kathryn A.; McGuirt, Jared T.; Fleischhacker, Sheila; Bell, Ronny A.; Ammerman, Alice S.; Laska, Melissa N. (2021) -
Fruit and Vegetable Intake Assessed by Repeat 24 h Recalls, but Not by A Dietary Screener, Is Associated with Skin Carotenoid Measurements in Children
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B.; Seguin-Fowler, Rebecca A.; Hanson, Karla L.; Marshall, Grace A.; Belarmino, Emily H.; Kolodinsky, Jane; Sitaker, Marilyn; Ammerman, Alice S. (2021-03-18) -
Knowledge, Attitudes, Beliefs and Behaviors Regarding Fruits and Vegetables among Cost-Offset Community-Supported Agriculture (CSA) Applicants, Purchasers, and a Comparison Sample
Hanson, Karla L.; Volpe, Leah C.; Kolodinsky, Jane; Hwang, Grace; Wang, Weiwei; Pitts, Stephanie B. Jilcott; Sitaker, Marilyn; Ammerman, Alice S.; Seguin, Rebecca A. (2019-12-06)Data were collected in August, amid the summer CSA season, when shares include many of the summer FV preferred by low-income caregivers and their children [33], which may have contributed to the magnitude of the differences ... -
Nutrition-Related Policy and Environmental Strategies to Prevent Obesity in Rural Communities: A Systematic Review of the Literature, 2002–2013
Calancie, Larissa; Leeman, Jennifer; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Khan, Laura Kettel; Fleischhacker, Sheila; Evenson, Kelly R.; Schreiner, Michelle; Byker, Carmen; Owens, Clint; McGuirt, Jared T.; Barnidge, Ellen; Dean, Wesley; Johnson, Donna B.; Kolodinsky, Jane; Piltch, Emily; Pinard, Courtney; Quinn, Emilee; Whetstone, Lauren; Ammerman, Alice S. (2015) -
One-Year Follow-Up Examination of the Impact of the North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program on Healthy Food Availability, Purchases, and Consumption
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie B; Wu, Qiang; Truesdale, Kimberly P.; Haynes-Maslow, Lindsey; McGuirt, Jared T.; Ammerman, Alice S.; Bell, Ronny A.; Laska, Melissa N. (2018-11-28)We examined the short-term impact of the North Carolina Healthy Food Small Retailer Program (HFSRP), a legislatively appropriated bill providing funding up to $25,000 to small food retailers for equipment to stock and ... -
Perceptions of Nutrition Education Classes Offered in Conjunction with a Community-Supported Agriculture Intervention Among Low-Income Families
Pitts, Stephanie B Jilcott; Lu, Isabel; Hanson, Karla L; Kolodinsky, Jane; Ammerman, Alice S.; Sitaker, Marilyn; Wang, Weiwei; Volpe, Leah C; Belarmino, Emily H.; Garner, Jennifer; Gonsalves, Liana; Seguin, Rebecca A (2021) -
Perceptions of the Community Food Environment and Related Influences on Food Choice Among Midlife Women Residing in Rural and Urban Areas: A Qualitative Analysis
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Laraia, Barbara A.; Evenson, Kelly R.; Ammerman, Alice S. (East Carolina University, 2009)Introduction—Qualitative research on food choice has rarely focused on individuals’ perceptions of the community food environment. Women remain gatekeepers of the family diet and food purchasing. Therefore we assessed ...