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    Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky

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    Gustafson, Alison; Lewis, Sarah; Wilson, Corey; Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell
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    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 available data source with direct field observations of food retailers; and 2) to examine the association between modified neighborhood deprivation and the modified retail food environment score (mRFEI). Methods Secondary data were obtained from a commercial database, InfoUSA in 2011, on all retail food outlets for each census tract. In 2011, direct observation identifying all listed food retailers was conducted in 14 counties in Kentucky. Sensitivity and positive predictive values (PPV) were compared. Neighborhood deprivation index was derived from American Community Survey data. Multinomial regression was used to examine associations between neighborhood deprivation and the mRFEI score (indicator of retailers selling healthy foods such as low-fat foods and fruits and vegetables relative to retailers selling more energy dense foods). Results The sensitivity of the commercial database was high for traditional food retailers (grocery stores, supermarkets, convenience stores), with a range of 0.96-1.00, but lower for non-traditional food retailers; dollar stores (0.20) and Farmer’s Markets (0.50). For traditional food outlets, the PPV for smaller non-chain grocery stores was 38%, and large chain supermarkets was 87%. Compared to those with no stores in their neighborhoods, those with a supercenter [OR 0.50 (95% CI 0.27. 0.97)] or convenience store [OR 0.67 (95% CI 0.51, 0.89)] in their neighborhood have lower odds of living in a low deprivation neighborhood relative to a high deprivation neighborhood. Conclusion The secondary commercial database used in this study was insufficient to characterize the rural retail food environment. Our findings suggest that neighborhoods with high neighborhood deprivation are associated with having certain store types that may promote less healthy food options.
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    2012
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    Gustafson, Alison, & Lewis, Sarah, & Wilson, Corey, & Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell. (January 2012). Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky. BMC Public Health, 12(), 688- 688. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5866

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    Gustafson, Alison, and Lewis, Sarah, and Wilson, Corey, and Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell. "Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky". BMC Public Health. 12:. (688-688), January 2012. September 30, 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5866.
    Chicago:
    Gustafson, Alison and Lewis, Sarah and Wilson, Corey and Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell, "Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky," BMC Public Health 12, no. (January 2012), http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5866 (accessed September 30, 2023).
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    Gustafson, Alison, Lewis, Sarah, Wilson, Corey, Jilcott Pitts, Stephanie Bell. Validation of food store environment secondary data source and the role of neighborhood deprivation in Appalachia, Kentucky. BMC Public Health. January 2012; 12(): 688-688. http://hdl.handle.net/10342/5866. Accessed September 30, 2023.
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