Formative Evaluation for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: Engaging Stakeholders for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative, Part 2

This article presents the results of a sociolinguistic study focusing on the expression of double object marking constructions (DbOM) in the contact variety of Spanish spoken in Pitt County, North Carolina. For the purposes of this article, DbOM constructions are defined as those utterances in which an accusative or dative clitic co-occurs with a coreferential overt nominal phrase. The data resulting from study participant interviews were analyzed to contrast the availability and variation of DbOM constructions with respect to sociolinguistic and linguistic factors. Confirming the initial hypothesis stemming from the absence of any type of argument doubling in English, the study’s results reveal that extent of daily English use in Pitt County is a significant factor in the expression of DbOM constructions. Moreover, and in agreement with the third proposed hypothesis, the case assigned to the doubled argument as well as the type of predicate, rather than the contrast between direct and indirect objects, are significant factors in the type of object doubling observed.

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Prevalence of Smokeless Tobacco Use in Pitt County, North Carolina

International Journal of the Addictions ◽

10.3109/10826088709064074 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 22 (6) ◽

pp. 557-565 ◽

Cited By ~ 7

Author(s):

Elbert D. Glover ◽

Kevin O'brien ◽

Donald Holbert

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Tobacco Use ◽

Smokeless Tobacco ◽

Smokeless Tobacco Use ◽

Pitt County

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Urban-Rural Differences in Excess Mortality among High-Poverty Populations: Evidence from the Harlem Household Survey and the Pitt County, North Carolina Study of African American Health

Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved ◽

10.1353/hpu.2006.0105 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 17 (3) ◽

pp. 532-558 ◽

Cited By ~ 17

Author(s):

Arline T. Geronimus ◽

Cynthia G. Colen ◽

Tara Shochet ◽

Lori Barer Ingber ◽

Sherman A. James

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

African American ◽

Excess Mortality ◽

Household Survey ◽

High Poverty ◽

Urban Rural ◽

Pitt County ◽

African American Health

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The association between the food environment and weight status among eastern North Carolina youth

Public Health Nutrition ◽

10.1017/s1368980011000668 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 14 (9) ◽

pp. 1610-1617 ◽

Cited By ~ 53

Author(s):

Stephanie B Jilcott ◽

Scott Wade ◽

Jared T McGuirt ◽

Qiang Wu ◽

Suzanne Lazorick ◽

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Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Food Environment ◽

Fast Food ◽

Weight Status ◽

Farmers Markets ◽

Cross Sectional ◽

Secondary Sources ◽

Ground Truthing ◽

Eastern North Carolina ◽

Pitt County

AbstractObjectiveTo examine associations between various measures of the food environment and BMI percentile among youth.DesignCross-sectional, observational.SettingPitt County, eastern North Carolina.SubjectsWe extracted the electronic medical records for youth receiving well child check-ups from January 2007 to June 2008. We obtained addresses for food venues from two secondary sources and ground-truthing. A geographic information systems database was constructed by geocoding home addresses of 744 youth and food venues. We quantified participants’ accessibility to food venues by calculating ‘coverage’, number of food venues in buffers of 0·25, 0·5, 1 and 5 miles (0·4, 0·8, 1·6 and 8·0 km) and by calculating ‘proximity’ or distance to the closest food venue. We examined associations between BMI percentile and food venue accessibility using correlation and regression analyses.ResultsThere were negative associations between BMI percentile and coverage of farmers’ markets/produce markets in 0·25 and 0·5 mile Euclidean and 0·25, 0·5 and 1 mile road network buffers. There were positive associations between BMI percentile and coverage of fast-food and pizza places in the 0·25 mile Euclidean and network buffers. In multivariate analyses adjusted for race, insurance status and rural/urban residence, proximity (network distance) to convenience stores was negatively associated with BMI percentile and proximity to farmers’ markets was positively associated with BMI percentile.ConclusionsAccessibility to various types of food venues is associated with BMI percentile in eastern North Carolina youth. Future longitudinal work should examine correlations between accessibility to and use of traditional and non-traditional food venues.

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Summary of the geology and ground-water resources of Pitt County, North Carolina

10.3133/ha291 ◽

1968 ◽

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Water Resources ◽

Ground Water ◽

Pitt County

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Novel Sales Tracking Method to Evaluate a Healthy Corner Store Intervention

Health Promotion Practice ◽

10.1177/1524839918789379 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 21 (3) ◽

pp. 401-409 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Claire Jon Sadeghzadeh ◽

Jessica Soldavini ◽

Daniella Uslan ◽

Molly De Marco

Keyword(s):

North Carolina ◽

Evaluation Method ◽

Low Cost ◽

Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program ◽

Healthy Foods ◽

Assistance Program ◽

Corner Store ◽

Corner Stores ◽

Nutrition Assistance ◽

Healthy Retail

This article describes a Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program—Education-funded (SNAP-Ed) healthy corner store intervention and novel evaluation method for tracking sales of promoted foods in two corner stores in North Carolina. The healthy corner store intervention was designed to encourage the purchase of healthy foods among SNAP participants. Stickers were placed on eligible foods to highlight healthy options as well as assist with tracking the sales of those products. Store staff removed the sticker and placed it on a tracking sheet that recorded the date, number of healthy foods purchased, whether the purchased item(s) contained a fruit or vegetable, and the type of payment. Storeowners were interested in participating and remained engaged throughout the program; however, there were challenges with fidelity to the intervention and its evaluation using the sticker method to track sales. Additional research on methods for evaluating healthy retail interventions that are simple, low cost, and feasible for retailers that do not have electronic sales data is needed.

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