2016
DOI: 10.1007/s11524-016-0055-8
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A Mixed-Method Assessment of a New Supermarket in a Food Desert: Contributions to Everyday Life and Health

Abstract: Initiatives to build supermarkets in low-income areas with relatively poor access to large food retailers (Bfood deserts^) have been implemented at all levels of government, although evaluative studies have not found these projects to improve diet or weight status for shoppers. Though known to be influential, existing evaluations have neglected in-store social dynamics and shopper behaviors. Surveys and walking interviews were used with shoppers (n = 32) at a supermarket developed through the Pennsylvania Fres… Show more

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“…Further, the health changes expected from introducing a supermarket into a food desert are predicated on usership. Community engagement helps foster such usership from the host community and may be important to shifting other aspects related to health such as shopping habits, eating habits, and diet (Chrisinger, ).…”
Section: Conclusion and Future Direction: “Nothing About Us Without Us”mentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Further, the health changes expected from introducing a supermarket into a food desert are predicated on usership. Community engagement helps foster such usership from the host community and may be important to shifting other aspects related to health such as shopping habits, eating habits, and diet (Chrisinger, ).…”
Section: Conclusion and Future Direction: “Nothing About Us Without Us”mentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Future studies may wish to include a community governance framework for case studies to help better explain findings related to place-based economic development and health outcomes. It stands to reason that with communities invested in the planning, siting, and management process of a new supermarket, they will be more likely to Community engagement helps foster such usership from the host community and may be important to shifting other aspects related to health such as shopping habits, eating habits, and diet (Chrisinger, 2016b).…”
Section: Conclusion and Future Direction: " Nothing About Us Withoumentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several cities have conducted longitudinal studies, which have concluded similar outcomes. A study conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania examined the impact of building a new supermarket in a low‐ income neighborhood (Chrisinger, ). After the supermarkets grand opening for just a few months, a majority of the neighborhood used the new supermarket for shopping.…”
Section: Neighborhood Nutritional Environmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Several cities have conducted longitudinal studies, which have concluded similar outcomes. A study conducted in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania examined the impact of building a new supermarket in a low-income neighborhood (Chrisinger, 2016).…”
Section: Neighborhood Nutritional Environmentsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The initiative is portrayed by the Administration, and others, as its cornerstone effort to eliminate food deserts (PolicyLink, The Reinvestment Fund and the Food Trust, 2016; US Department of Health and Human Services, 2011). Under both federal and state‐based programs, according to a national landscape assessment by Chrisinger (), over $500 million in public and tax‐privileged private funds has been committed since 2004 to the development or refinancing of 2.9 million square feet of supermarket retail space in low‐income neighborhoods. Chrisinger identifies 126 distinct projects across the country, 90 complete and 36 planned or in development.…”
Section: The Uptake Of Food Deserts As An Organizing Principle For Usmentioning
confidence: 99%