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Neighborhood Investment, Assets, and Changes

Mar 16, 2021

Changes in Perceptions of Neighborhood Environment and Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Two Predominantly African American Neighborhoods

Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Natalie Suder Egnot, Alvin Kristian Nugroho, Tamara Dubowitz, Wendy M. Troxel
Mar 16, 2021

Do Investments in Low-Income Neighborhoods Produce Objective Change in Health-Related Neighborhood Conditions?

Stephanie Brooks Holliday, Wendy M. Troxel, Ann C. Haas, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Rebecca L. Collins, Robin L. Beckman, Matthew D. Baird, Tamara Dubowitz
Mar 5, 2020

Does Large-Scale Neighborhood Reinvestment Work? Effects of Public–Private Real Estate Investment on Local Sales Prices, Rental Prices, and Crime Rates

Matthew D. Baird, Heather L. Schwartz, Gerald P. Hunter, Tiffany L. Gary-Webb, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Tamara Dubowitz, Wendy M. Troxel
Mar 28, 2018

Park Use in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods: Who Uses the Parks and Why?

Christine Anne Vaughan, Natalie Colabianchi, Gerald P. Hunter, Robin L. Beckman, Tamara Dubowitz
May 1, 2018

Community Development Can Improve Resident Health

Tamara Dubowitz, Wendy M. Troxel, Bonnie Ghosh-Dastidar, Deborah A. Cohen, Robin L. Beckman, Elizabeth D. Steiner, Gerald P. Hunter, Karen Rocío Flórez, Christina Y. Huang, Christine Anne Vaughan, Jennifer Sloan, Shannon N. Zenk, Steven Cummins, Rebecca L. Collins, Amy Soo Jin DeSantis, Lauren Hale, Daniel J. Buysse, Andrea S. Richardson, Natalie Colabianchi

PHRESH Publications

Neighborhood Investment, Assets, and Changes

Changes in Perceptions of Neighborhood Environment and Cardiometabolic Outcomes in Two Predominantly African American Neighborhoods

Do Investments in Low-Income Neighborhoods Produce Objective Change in Health-Related Neighborhood Conditions?

Does Large-Scale Neighborhood Reinvestment Work? Effects of Public–Private Real Estate Investment on Local Sales Prices, Rental Prices, and Crime Rates

Park Use in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods: Who Uses the Parks and Why?

Community Development Can Improve Resident Health

Sleep

Sleep Disturbances, Changes in Sleep, and Cognitive Function in Low-Income African Americans

A Preliminary Study of a Composite Sleep Health Score: Associations with Psychological Distress, Body Mass Index, and Physical Functioning in a Low-Income African American Community

Violent Crime, Police Presence and Poor Sleep in Two Low-Income Urban Predominantly Black American Neighbourhoods

Broken Windows, Broken Zzs: Poor Housing and Neighborhood Conditions Are Associated with Objective Measures of Sleep Health

Prevalence and Correlates of Obstructive Sleep Apnea in Urban-Dwelling, Low-Income, Predominantly African-American Women

Neighborhood Disadvantage Is Associated With Actigraphy-Assessed Sleep Continuity and Short Sleep Duration

Do Sleep and Psychological Distress Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Factors and Pain?

Is the Association Between Neighborhood Characteristics and Sleep Quality Mediated by Psychological Distress? An Analysis of Perceived and Objective Measures of 2 Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

Physical Activity and Physical Environment

An Audit Tool for Longitudinal Assessment of the Health-Related Characteristics of Urban Neighborhoods: Implementation Methods and Reliability Results

Improved Street Walkability, Incivilities, and Esthetics Are Associated with Greater Park Use in Two Low-Income Neighborhoods

Results From a Natural Experiment: Initial Neighbourhood Investments Do Not Change Objectively-Assessed Physical Activity, Psychological Distress or Perceptions of the Neighbourhood

Validity of Environmental Audits Using GigaPan and Google Earth Technology

Reliability and Validity of Environmental Audits Using GigaPan Technology in Parks

The Power of Social Networks and Social Support in Promotion of Physical Activity and Body Mass Index Among African American Adults

One Size Doesn't Fit All: Cross-Sectional Associations Between Neighborhood Walkability, Crime and Physical Activity Depends on Age and Sex of Residents

Are Food Deserts Also Play Deserts?

Food Policy

SNAP Participants and High Levels of Food Insecurity in the Early Stages of the COVID-19 Pandemic

SNAP Participants Improved Food Security And Diet After A Full-Service Supermarket Opened In An Urban Food Desert

Pathways Through Which Higher Neighborhood Crime Is Longitudinally Associated with Greater Body Mass Index

Associations Between Depressive Symptomatology, Diet, and Body Mass Index Among Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program

Distance to Store, Food Prices, and Obesity in Urban Food Deserts

Food Insecurity

What Is Associated with Changes in Food Security Among Low-Income Residents of a Former Food Desert?

Food Insecurity Is Associated with Objectively Measured Sleep Problems

Food Insecurity in a Low-Income, Predominantly African American Cohort Following the COVID-19 Pandemic

Can the Introduction of a Full-Service Supermarket in a Food Desert Improve Residents' Economic Status and Health?

A Natural Experiment Opportunity in Two Low-Income Urban Food Desert Communities: Research Design, Community Engagement Methods, and Baseline Results

Does Opening a Supermarket in a Food Desert Change the Food Environment?

Where Do Food Desert Residents Buy Most of Their Junk Food? Supermarkets

Dietary Behaviors

Improvements in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Conditions May Improve Resident Diet

Attitudes and Barriers to Healthy Diet and Physical Activity: A Latent Profile Analysis

Does Where You Shop or Who You Are Predict What You Eat? : The Role of Stores and Individual Characteristics in Dietary Intake

Improved Parental Dietary Quality Is Associated with Children's Dietary Intake Through the Home Environment

Weight Resilience and Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among African-American Women in an Obesogenic Environment

Diet and Perceptions Change with Supermarket Introduction in a Food Desert, but Not Because of Supermarket Use

Using a Grocery List Is Associated with a Healthier Diet and Lower BMI Among Very High-Risk Adults

Store Impulse Marketing Strategies and Body Mass Index

Healthy Food Access for Urban Food Desert Residents: Examination of the Food Environment, Food Purchasing Practices, Diet and BMI

Mental Health and Well-Being

Longitudinal Associations Between Changes in Cigarette Smoking and Alcohol Use, Eating Behavior, Perceived Stress, and Self-Rated Health in a Cohort of Low-Income Black Adults

The Association Between Discrimination and PTSD in African Americans: Exploring the Role of Gender

The Power of Place: Social Network Characteristics, Perceived Neighborhood Features, and Psychological Distress Among African Americans in the Historic Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Commentary

Striking Rates of Food Insecurity in Two Pittsburgh Neighborhoods

Feeding the Needy and Protecting Workers on the Front Lines of the Pandemic

Pittsburgh's Hill District Is Losing More Than a Supermarket

Fixing America's Food Deserts Alone Won't Fix Our Terrible Diets

The Surprising Ways That a Supermarket Changed a Food Desert

Location, Location, Location: Does the Food Desert Narrative Hold Up?

What Happens When a 'Food Desert' Gets an Oasis?