Browsing Other Campus Research 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) -
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 ... -
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 ... -
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 ...