Baltimore City Stores Increased The Availability Of Healthy Food After WIC Policy Change
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Process evaluation of Baltimore Healthy Stores: a pilot health intervention program with supermarkets and corner stores in Baltimore City.
Reduced access to affordable healthy foods is linked to higher rates of chronic diseases in low-income urban settings. The authors conduct a feasibility study of an environmental intervention (Baltimore Healthy Stores) in seven corner stores owned by Korean Americans and two supermarkets in low-income East Baltimore. The goal is to increase the availability of healthy food options and to promot...
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عنوان ژورنال: Health Affairs
سال: 2015
ISSN: 0278-2715,1544-5208
DOI: 10.1377/hlthaff.2015.0632