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      Feasibility and Acceptability of Internet Grocery Service in an Urban Food Desert, Chicago, 2011-2012

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          We explored the feasibility and acceptability of an Internet grocery service (IGS) as an approach to improving food access in urban neighborhoods. In our pilot study, caregivers residing in a documented Chicago food desert (N = 34, 79% ethnic minority) received a voucher to use a commercial IGS to purchase groceries for their household. Caregivers most frequently purchased fruits, vegetables, meats, and caloric beverages, and endorsed 4 factors as potentially important determinants of future IGS use. IGS programs could have a role in improving urban food access if they have competitive prices, provide rapid delivery, and incorporate strategies to discourage purchasing of discretionary caloric beverages.

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          Attracting Supermarkets to Inner-City Neighborhoods: Economic Development Outside the Box

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            "You have to hunt for the fruits, the vegetables": environmental barriers and adaptive strategies to acquire food in a low-income African American neighborhood.

            Shannon N. Zenk, J E Wroten, Janet A. Young … (2011)
            This qualitative study sought to understand food acquisition behaviors and environmental factors that influence those behaviors among women in a low-income African American community with limited food resources. We drew on in-depth interviews with 30 women ages 21 to 45 years recruited from a community health center in Chicago, Illinois. Data were analyzed using qualitative content analysis. Emergent themes revealed that women identified multiple environmental barriers--material, economic, and social-interactional--to acquiring food in an acceptable setting. In response, they engaged in several adaptive strategies to manage or alter these challenges, including optimizing, settling, being proactive, and advocating. These findings indicate that efforts to improve neighborhood food environments should address not only food availability and prices but also the physical and social environments of stores.
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              Access to food source and food source use are associated with healthy and unhealthy food-purchasing behaviours among low-income African-American adults in Baltimore City.

              Heather D'Angelo, Sonali Suratkar, Hee-Jung Song … (2011)
              Although previous research has shown limited availability of healthy food in low-income urban neighbourhoods, the association between food source use and food-purchasing patterns has not yet been examined. We explored food-purchasing patterns in the context of food source use and food source access factors in low-income areas of Baltimore City. Cross-sectional survey. Predominantly low-income neighbourhoods in East and West Baltimore City. A total of 175 low-income African-American adult residents. Supermarkets and corner stores were the most frequently used food sources. Walking was the main form of transportation used by 57 % of all respondents, 97 % of corner-store shoppers and 49 % of supermarket shoppers. Multiple linear regression models adjusting for demographic factors, type of food source used and transportation type found that corner-store use was associated with obtaining more unhealthy food (P = 0·005), whereas driving to the food source was associated with obtaining more healthy food (P = 0·012). The large number of corner stores compared with supermarkets in low-income neighbourhoods makes them an easily accessible and frequently used food source for many people. Interventions to increase the availability and promotion of healthy food in highly accessed corner stores in low-income neighbourhoods are needed. Increased access to transportation may also lead to the use of food sources beyond the corner store, and to increased healthy food purchasing.
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                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Prev Chronic Dis
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Prev Chronic Dis
                Journal ID (publisher-id): PCD
                Title: Preventing Chronic Disease
                Publisher: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
                ISSN (Electronic): 1545-1151
                Publication date Collection: 2013
                Publication date (Electronic): 2 May 2013
                Volume: 10
                Electronic Location Identifier: E67
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                [1]Author Affiliations: Elizabeth B. Lynch, Molly A. Martin, Lisa M. Nackers, Vernon Cail, Nicole Woodrick, Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
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                Corresponding Author: Bradley M. Appelhans, PhD, Department of Preventive Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, 1700 W Van Buren St, Suite 470, Chicago, IL 60612. Telephone: 312-942-3477. E-mail: brad_appelhans@ 123456rush.edu .
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                Publisher ID: 12_0299
                DOI: 10.5888/pcd10.120299
                PMC ID: 3652720
                PubMed ID: 23639762
                SO-VID: 39256b90-3be9-44b2-a775-3dfe70f05fb9
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                Series title: Peer Reviewed

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