PHRESH in the News

Nation's Largest Food Access Study Conducted in Pittsburgh — 2011

Radio interview of RAND researcher Tamara Dubowitz by the Allegheny Front's Ann Murray.

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Food deserts in Pittsburgh — 2011

Blog by Tufts University professor Parke Wilde, describing PHRESH as "one of the country's most ambitious research efforts to measure the effect of changes in local food retail on the ground in two low-income urban neighborhoods."

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Survey of shopping habits in Hill, Homewood nearly complete — 2011

Coverage from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with quotes from RAND researcher Tamara Dubowitz and Hill District field coordinator La'Vette Wagner.

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Taking Inventory in the Hill — 2011

Pittsburgh Post-Gazette staff blog about data collection process.

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Rand Corporation Researchers to Study Effects of Hill District Grocery Store — 2010

Coverage from the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette with quotes from RAND researcher Tamara Dubowitz.

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Study PI Commentary — 2010

RAND researcher comments in a letter to the editor on the necessity of studying "food deserts."

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Neighborhood Groceries Impacting Health — 2010

Blog posting by Pittsburgh radio station WDUQ discussing the RAND PHRESH study.

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