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| Shannon N ZenkSummaryAffiliation: University of Illinois at Chicago Country: USA Publications
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Neighborhood racial composition, neighborhood poverty, and the spatial accessibility of supermarkets in metropolitan DetroitShannon N Zenk
Program in Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago Cancer Center, Chicago, USA
Am J Public Health 95:660-7. 2005..We evaluated the spatial accessibility of large "chain" supermarkets in relation to neighborhood racial composition and poverty...- Neighborhood retail food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in a multiethnic urban populationShannon N Zenk
Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Am J Health Promot 23:255-64. 2009..To examine relationships between the neighborhood food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in a multiethnic urban population... - Neighborhood environment and adherence to a walking intervention in African American womenShannon N Zenk
University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:167-81. 2009..The effect of the enhanced intervention on adherence did not differ by environmental characteristics. Aspects of the environment may influence African American women who want to be more active... - Short-term temporal stability in observed retail food characteristicsShannon N Zenk
University of Illinois at Chicago, College of Nursing, Department of Health Systems Science, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 42:26-32. 2010..This study evaluated short-term (2-week), within-season temporal stability in retail food availability, prices, and quality... - US secondary schools and food outletsShannon N Zenk
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Health Place 14:336-46. 2008..Furthermore, urban neighborhoods with a high school versus no secondary school have more food outlets. Curbing the obesity epidemic among adolescents requires addressing the food environment surrounding schools... - Inter-rater and test-retest reliability: methods and results for the neighborhood observational checklistShannon N Zenk
Department of Public Health, Mental Health, and Administrative Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, 845 S Damen Ave, M C 802, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Health Place 13:452-65. 2007..We then present the results and discuss implications for future research efforts using direct observation in four areas: methods to evaluate reliability, instrument content and design, observer training, and data collection... - "You have to hunt for the fruits, the vegetables": environmental barriers and adaptive strategies to acquire food in a low-income African American neighborhoodShannon N Zenk
University of Illinois at Chicago, IL, USA
Health Educ Behav 38:282-92. 2011..These findings indicate that efforts to improve neighborhood food environments should address not only food availability and prices but also the physical and social environments of stores... - Spatial equity in facilities providing low- or no-fee screening mammography in Chicago neighborhoodsShannon N Zenk
Program in Cancer Control and Population Sciences, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, 60608, USA
J Urban Health 83:195-210. 2006.... - Fruit and vegetable access differs by community racial composition and socioeconomic position in Detroit, MichiganShannon N Zenk
University of Illinois at Chicago, Institute for Health Research and Policy, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Ethn Dis 16:275-80. 2006.... - Activity space environment and dietary and physical activity behaviors: a pilot studyShannon N Zenk
Department of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen Avenue M C 802, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Health Place 17:1150-61. 2011..Activity spaces may provide new insights into environmental influences on obesity-related behaviors... - Fruit and vegetable intake in African Americans income and store characteristicsShannon N Zenk
Program in Cancer Control and Population Sciences, Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, Illinois 60608, USA
Am J Prev Med 29:1-9. 2005.... - Multilevel correlates of satisfaction with neighborhood availability of fresh fruits and vegetablesShannon N Zenk
Department of Health Systems Science, College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, 845 South Damen Avenue M C 802, Chicago, IL 60612, USA
Ann Behav Med 38:48-59. 2009..Little is known about influences on perceptions of neighborhood food environments, despite their relevance for food-shopping behaviors and food choices... - Characteristics of mammography facility locations and stage of breast cancer at diagnosis in ChicagoElizabeth Tarlov
VA Information Resource Center, Edward Hines, JR VA Hospital, Hines, IL, USA
J Urban Health 86:196-213. 2009..The results of our study suggest that areas in which the nearest mammography facilities are located may be one such geography. We hope that this study will spark research interest in the impact of health service locations on utilization... - Recruitment of African American women to a walking program: eligibility, ineligibility, and attrition during screeningJoEllen Wilbur
University of Illinois at Chicago College of Nursing, IL 60612, USA
Res Nurs Health 29:176-89. 2006..Although our recruitment strategies may have been successful in attracting low-income AA women, we were not as successful in preventing their attrition during the screening protocol, particularly for those living in poorer neighborhoods... - Field validation of secondary commercial data sources on the retail food outlet environment in the U.SLisa M Powell
Institute for Health Research and Policy, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1747 W Roosevelt Road, M C 275, Chicago, IL 60608, USA
Health Place 17:1122-31. 2011..The study also found that agreement levels for some outlet types differed by tract characteristics. Commercial databases must be used with caution as substitutes for on the ground data collection... - The symptom cluster experience profile frameworkLorna Finnegan
College of Nursing, University of Illinois at Chicago, USA
Oncol Nurs Forum 37:E377-86. 2010..To present the novel Symptom Cluster Experience Profile (SCEP) framework for guiding symptom research in adult survivors of childhood cancers and other subgroups at risk for high symptom burden... - Engaging urban residents in assessing neighborhood environments and their implications for healthBarbara A Israel
University of Michigan School of Public Health, 1420 Washington Heights, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
J Urban Health 83:523-39. 2006.... - Psychosocial stress and social support as mediators of relationships between income, length of residence and depressive symptoms among African American women on Detroit's eastsideAmy J Schulz
University of Michigan, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Ann Arbor, 48109 2029, USA
Soc Sci Med 62:510-22. 2006..However, increased household income does not protect African American women residing in a high poverty community from distress associated with neighborhood disorder or experiences of discrimination... - Do neighborhood economic characteristics, racial composition, and residential stability predict perceptions of stress associated with the physical and social environment? Findings from a multilevel analysis in DetroitAmy J Schulz
University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 2029, USA
J Urban Health 85:642-61. 2008....
Research Grants
- Activity Space Environments, Behaviors, and Body Weight Status in Urban AdultsShannon Zenk; Fiscal Year: 2007....
- Activity Space Environments, Behaviors, and Body Weight Status in Urban AdultsShannon Zenk; Fiscal Year: 2009....