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Nutritional Environment Measures Survey

Use of the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey: A Systematic Review

Glanz K, Fultz AK, Sallis JF, Clawson M, McLaughlin KC, Green S, Saelens BE. Use of the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey: A Systematic Review. Am J Prev Med., 65:1, 131-142, July 2023. EPub March 2023. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2023.02.008. PMID: 36990939.

Community-Based Efforts Aim to Improve the Food Environment within a Highly Obese Rural Appalachian County

Gillespie R, DeWitt E, Norman-Burgdolf H, Dunnaway B, Gustafson A. Community-Based Efforts Aim to Improve the Food Environment within a Highly Obese Rural Appalachian County. Nutrients 2021, 13, 2200. 

Understanding the healthfulness of outlets providing lunch and dinner meals: a census of a rural food retail environment in Victoria, Australia

Alston L, Versace V, Brown E, Nichols M, Whelan J, Bolton KA, Sacks G, Needham C, Orellana L, Allender S. Understanding the healthfulness of outlets providing lunch and dinner meals: a census of a rural food retail environment in Victoria, Australia. Health Promotion, Feb 2021, 45:1, 65-70.

Store patterns of availability and price of food and beverage products across a rural region of Newfoundland and Labrador

Mah C, Taylor N. Store patterns of availability and price of food and beverage products across a rural region of Newfoundland and Labrador. Canadian Journal of Public Health. 2020, 111:247–256.

Food availability and food access in rural agricultural communities: use of mixed methods.

Ko LK, Enzler C, Perry CK, Rodriguez E, Mariscal N, Linde S, Duggan C. Food availability and food access in rural agricultural communities: use of mixed methods. BMC Public Health. 2018;18(1):634.

Assessment of the nutrition environment in rural counties in the Deep South

Shikany JM, Carson TL, Hardy CM, Li Y, Sterling S, Hardy S, Walker CM, Baskin ML. Assessment of the nutrition environment in rural counties in the Deep South. J Nutr Sci. 2018;7:e27

You Can’t Find Healthy Food in the Bush: Poor Accessibility, Availability and Adequacy of Food in Rural Australia

Whelan J, Millar L, Bell C, Russell C, Grainger F, Allender S, Love P. You Can’t Find Healthy Food in the Bush: Poor Accessibility, Availability and Adequacy of Food in Rural Australia. Int J Environ Res Public Health. 2018;15(10).

Development and Validation of a Farmers’ Market Audit Tool in Rural and Urban Communities

Shanks, C. B., Pitts, S. J., & Gustafson, A. (2015). Development and Validation of a Farmers’ Market Audit Tool in Rural and Urban Communities. Health promotion practice, 1524839915597899.

Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014

Byker Shanks C, Ahmed S, Smith T, Houghtaling B, Jenkins M, Margetts M, Schultz D, Stephens L. Availability, Price, and Quality of Fruits and Vegetables in 12 Rural Montana Counties, 2014. Prev Chronic Dis. 2015;12:E128.

Assessing the Food Environment of a Rural Community: Baseline Findings from the Heart of New Ulm Project

Pereira, R.F., Sidebottom, A.C., Boucher, J.L., Lindberg, R., Fliszar, R. (2014) Assessing the Food Environment of a Rural Community: Baseline Findings from the Heart of New Ulm Project. Preventing Chronic Disease, 11:130291. https://www.cdc.gov/pcd/issues/2014/13_0291.htm

The Rural Food Environment: A Survey of Food Price, Availability, and Quality in a Rural Florida Community

Vilaro MJ, Barnett TE. (2013). The Rural Food Environment: A Survey of Food Price, Availability, and Quality in a Rural Florida Community. Food and Public Health, 3(3): 111-118.

How does the rural food environment affect rural childhood obesity?

Hartley D., Anderson N., Fox K., Lenardson J. (2011). How does the rural food environment affect rural childhood obesity? Childhood Obesity, 7(6): 450-461.

Assessing the proximity of healthy food options and food deserts in a rural area in Maine

Hubley, T.A. (2011) Assessing the proximity of healthy food options and food deserts in a rural area in Maine. Applied Geography 31 (4): 1224-1231.

 

NEMS is funded with support from the National Institutes of Health, the United States Agricultural Department, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Georgia Cancer Coalition, the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, and the Center for Health Behavior Research at the University of Pennsylvania.

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