ReviewPreventive medicine reports2016
An integrative literature review of small food store research across urban and rural communities in the U.S.
Review in Preventive medicine reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 36 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Who cites it
36 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Strategies associated with improved healthiness of consumer purchasing in supermarket interventions: a systematic overview of reviews and evaluation of primary articles.Frontiers in public health · 2024Pooled it
- Consumer willingness to pay for healthier food products: A systematic review.Obesity reviews : an official journal of the International Association for the Study of Obesity · 2023Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of the Effect of Retail Food Environment Interventions on Diet and Health with a Focus on the Enabling Role of Public Policies.Current nutrition reports · 2019Pooled it
- A systematic review of factors that influence food store owner and manager decision making and ability or willingness to use choice architecture and marketing mix strategies to encourage healthy consumer purchases in the United States, 2005-2017.The international journal of behavioral nutrition and physical activity · 2019Pooled it
- Food Insecurity and Rural Child and Family Functioning.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Dietary diversity and its associated factors among children aged 6-23 months in mauritania: evidence from national survey.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- An Asset-Based Examination of Contextual Factors Influencing Nutrition Security: The Case of Rural Northern New England.Nutrients · 2025Article
- Subjectively-measured Environmental Support for Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Breastfeeding in the Rural United States: A Scoping Review to Inform Opportunities for Public Health Surveillance.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2025Article
- Corner stores as community hubs: a systematic review of public health, economic impact, and social dynamics in urban areas.Frontiers in nutrition · 2025Review
- Objectively-measured Environmental Support for Physical Activity, Healthy Eating, and Breastfeeding in the Rural United States: A Scoping Review to Inform Opportunities for Public Health Surveillance.Journal of healthy eating and active living · 2025Article
- Minimum dietary diversity behaviour among children aged 6 to 24 months and their determinants: insights from 31 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries.BMC nutrition · 2024Article
- A scoping review of policies to encourage breastfeeding, healthy eating, and physical activity among rural people and places in the United States.BMC public health · 2024Article
- Associations between food and beverage purchases and skin carotenoids among diverse small food retail store customers.Public health nutrition · 2023Article
- Corner Store Retailers' Perspectives on a Discontinued Healthy Corner Store Initiative.Community health equity research & policy · 2023Article
- Suitability of Data-Collection Methods, Tools, and Metrics for Evaluating Market Food Environments in Low- and Middle-Income Countries.Foods (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Losses, Gains, and Changes to the Food Environment in a Rural Kentucky County during the COVID-19 Pandemic.Nutrients · 2021Article
- A Multi-Pronged Evaluation of a Healthy Food Access Initiative in Central Texas: Study Design, Methods, and Baseline Findings of the FRESH-Austin Evaluation Study.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Living Environment Considerations on Obesity Prevention Behaviors and Self-Efficacy among Chinese Americans.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Evaluating the implementation and impact of a healthier checkout programme at a regional convenience store chain.Public health nutrition · 2021Article
- Qualitative perspectives of the North Carolina healthy food small retailer program among customers in participating stores located in food deserts.BMC public health · 2021Article
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Abstract
objectiveThe purpose of this review was to identify how rural and urban food access differs across small food stores as well as the types of research strategies and methodologies that have been applied in each setting in the U.S.
methodsManuscripts were included in the review if they were published in English over the past ten years, with a clear delineation between urban and/or rural, conducted in the U.S., and reported data from small food store research.
resultsAfter elimination, 19 manuscripts representing rural (n = 5) and urban (n = 14) settings were included in the final review. The review was conducted in Nebraska between January 2015 and May 2015. Findings from the reviewed manuscripts revealed that rural communities might face different challenges with healthy food access in small food stores when compared to urban settings. In particular, small food stores in rural areas lacked healthy food options largely because storeowners perceived that their customers would not purchase healthier items and due to challenges with distribution. Conversely, studies reporting on small food stores in urban areas suggest challenges with transportation and safety concerns.
conclusionResearch on small food stores is nascent and further research, especially intervention studies, is needed. Further, less evidence exists on healthy food access, in particular intervention testing on small food store research in rural areas.
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