A community-based system dynamics approach suggests solutions for improving healthy food access in a low-income urban environment.
Little is known about the mechanisms through which neighborhood-level factors (e.g., social support, economic opportunity) relate to suboptimal availability of healthy foods in low-income urban communities. We engaged a diverse group of chain and local food outlet owners, residents, neighborhood org...
Main Authors: | Yeeli Mui, Ellis Ballard, Eli Lopatin, Rachel L J Thornton, Keshia M Pollack Porter, Joel Gittelsohn |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2019-01-01
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Series: | PLoS ONE |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0216985 |
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