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Alternative Title:
Prev Chronic Dis
Publisher's site:
http://dx.doi.org/10.5888/pcd10.130011
Personal Author:
Jaskiewicz, Lara ; Dombrowski, Rachael D. ; Drummond, Heather M. ; Barnett, Gina Massuda ; Mason, Maryann ; ... More +
Jaskiewicz, Lara ; Dombrowski, Rachael D. ; Drummond, Heather M. ; Barnett, Gina Massuda ; Mason, Maryann ; Welter, Christina Less -
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Background

Low-income and minority communities have higher rates of nutrition-related chronic diseases than do high-income and nonminority communities and often have reduced availability to healthful foods. Corner store initiatives have been proposed as a strategy to improve access to healthful foods in these communities, yet few studies evaluating these initiatives have been published.

Community Context

Suburban Cook County, Illinois, encompasses 125 municipalities with a population of more than 2 million. From 2000 through 2009, the percentage of low-income suburban Cook County residents increased 41%; African-American populations increased 20%, and Hispanic populations increased 44%. A 2012 report found that access to stores selling healthful foods was low in several areas of the county.

Methods

Beginning in March 2011, the Cook County Department of Public Health recruited community institutions (ie, local governments, nonprofit organizations, faith-based institutions) who recruited corner stores to participate in the initiative. Corner stores were asked to add new, healthful foods (May–June 2011) to become eligible to receive new equipment, marketing materials, and enhanced community outreach (July 2011–February 2012).

Outcomes

Nine community institutions participated. Of the 53 corner stores approached, 25 (47%) participated in the trial phase, which included offering 6 healthful foods in their stores. Of those, 21 (84%) completed the conversion phase, which included expansion of healthful foods through additional equipment and marketing and promotional activities.

Interpretation

Community institutions can play a key role in identifying and engaging corner stores across jurisdictions that are willing and able to implement a retail environment initiative to improve access to healthful foods in their communities.


Subjects:
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Black Or African American Commerce Community-Institutional Relations Food Food Assistance Food Habits Health Behavior Health Promotion Humans Life Style Poverty Areas Program Evaluation Urban Population White
Source:
Prev Chronic Dis. 10.
Pubmed ID:
24135391
Pubmed Central ID:
PMC3804018
Document Type:
Journal Article
Funding:
1U58DP002623-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000150/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States
1U58DP002623-01/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States ; UL1 TR000150/TR/NCATS NIH HHS/United States Less -
Place as Subject:
Illinois
Collection(s):
Preventing Chronic Disease
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urn:sha256:8437cf696fba21e49310565d69af6d259fc2002904d46548540aa45b99f0f5e7
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