Journal
PUBLIC HEALTH NUTRITION
Volume 12, Issue 11, Pages 2060-2067Publisher
CAMBRIDGE UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1017/S1368980009005242
Keywords
Corner stores; Korean-American storeowners; Programme impact; Storeowners' psychosocial variables; Urban communities; Obesity
Funding
- Center for Livable Future
- Johns Hopkins University
- US Department of Agriculture Food Assistance
- Nutrition Research Program
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Objective. While corner store-based nutrition interventions have emerged as a potential strategy to increase healthy food availability in low-income communities, few evaluation studies exist We present the results of a trial in Baltimore City to increase the availability and sales of healthier food options in local stores. Design Quasi-experimental Study. Setting Corner stores owned by Korean-Americans and supermarkets located in East and West Baltimore Subjects. Seven corner stores and two supermarkets in East Baltimore received a 10-month intervention and six corner stores and two supermarkets in West Baltimore served as comparison Results. During and post-intervention, stocking of health foods and weekly reported sales of sonic promoted foods increased significantly in intervention,stores compared with comparison stores. Also. intervention storeowners showed significantly higher self-efficacy for stocking sonic healthy foods in comparison to West Baltimore storeowners. Conclusions Findings of the study demonstrated that increases in the stocking and promotion of healthy foods can result in increased sales. Working in small and corner stores may he a feasible means of improving the availability of healthy foods and their sales in a low-income urban community
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