Conceptualizing and Comparing Neighborhood and Activity Space Measures for Food Environment Research

Crawford, Thomas W.; Pitts, Stephanie B. Jilcott; McGuirt, Jared T.; Keyserling, Thomas C.; Ammerman, Alice S.

doi:10.1016/j.healthplace.2014.09.007

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Conceptualizing and Comparing Neighborhood and Activity Space Measures for Food Environment Research

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Oct 10 2014
By Crawford, Thomas W. ; Pitts, Stephanie B. Jilcott ; McGuirt, Jared T. ; ...

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Health Place
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Crawford, Thomas W. ; Pitts, Stephanie B. Jilcott ; McGuirt, Jared T. ; Keyserling, Thomas C. ; Ammerman, Alice S.
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Greater accessibility to geospatial technologies has led to a surge of spatialized public health research, much of which has focused on food environments. The purpose of this study was to analyze differing spatial measures of exposure to supermarkets and farmers׳ markets among women of reproductive age in eastern North Carolina. Exposure measures were derived using participant-defined neighborhoods, investigator-defined road network neighborhoods, and activity spaces incorporating participants׳ time space behaviors. Results showed that mean area for participant-defined neighborhoods (0.04 sq. miles) was much smaller than 2.0 mile road network neighborhoods (3.11 sq. miles) and activity spaces (26.36 sq. miles), and that activity spaces provided the greatest market exposure. The traditional residential neighborhood concept may not be particularly relevant for all places. Time-space approaches capturing activity space may be more relevant, particularly if integrated with mixed methods strategies.
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Adolescent Adult Article Environment Design Female Food Supply Geographic Information Systems Humans Interviews As Topic Leisure Activities Male Obesity Residence Characteristics Young Adult
Source:

Health Place. 2014; 0:215-225.
Pubmed ID:

25306420
Pubmed Central ID:

PMC4253906
Document Type:

Journal Article
Funding:

P30 DK093002/DK/NIDDK NIH HHS/United States ; R03 CA155362/CA/NCI NIH HHS/United States ; U48 DP001944/DP/NCCDPHP CDC HHS/United States
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North Carolina
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CDC Public Access
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