Browsing Public Health by Author "Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell"
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Associations between farmers market managers’ motivations and market-level Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT) availability and business vitality
Ward, Rachel; Slawson, Deborah; Wu, Qiang; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell (2015-12-08)Farmers markets are promoted to improve access to healthy food for low-income consumers by providing affordable produce via Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program Electronic Benefit Transfer (SNAP/EBT). Having ... -
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) -
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
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 ... -
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 ... -
Food venue choice, consumer food environment, but not food venue availability within daily travel patterns are associated with dietary intake among adults, Lexington Kentucky 2011
Gustafson, Alison; Christian, Jay W; Lewis, Sarah; Moore, Kate; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell (2013)Objective The retail food environment may be one important determinant of dietary intake. However, limited research focuses on individuals’ food shopping behavior and activity within the retail food environment. This ... -
Measures of the Consumer Food Store Environment: A Systematic Review of the Evidence 2000–2011
Gustafson, Alison; Hankins, Scott; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell (2011-12)Description of the consumer food environment has proliferated in publication. However, there has been a lack of systematic reviews focusing on how the consumer food environment is associated with the following: (1) ... -
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 ... -
A possible dose–response association between distance to farmers’ markets and roadside produce stands, frequency of shopping, fruit and vegetable consumption, and body mass index among customers in the Southern United States
Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell; Hinkley, Jedediah; Wu, Qiang; McGuirt, Jared T.; Lyonnais, Mary Jane; Rafferty, Ann P.; Whitt, Olivia R.; Winterbauer, Nancy L.; Phillips, Lisa (2017-01)Background: The association between farmers’ market characteristics and consumer shopping habits remains unclear. Our objective was to examine associations among distance to farmers’ markets, amenities within farmers’ markets, ... -
Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky
Gustafson, Alison; Lewis, Sarah; Wilson, Corey; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell (2012)Background Based on the need for better measurement of the retail food environment in rural settings and to examine how deprivation may be unique in rural settings, the aims of this study were: 1) to validate one commercially ...