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A community assessment to inform a multilevel intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk and risk disparities in a rural communityStephanie B Jilcott Pitts
Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Fam Community Health 36:135-46. 2013..The most winnable obesity prevention policy was incentives for use of food from local farms. Results are being used to inform an intervention to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in rural eastern North Carolina...- "Fault-line of an earthquake": a qualitative examination of barriers and facilitators to colorectal cancer screening in rural, Eastern North CarolinaStephanie B Jilcott Pitts
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
J Rural Health 29:78-87. 2013.... - Associations between body mass index, shopping behaviors, amenity density, and characteristics of the neighborhood food environment among female adult Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants in eastern North CarolinaStephanie B Jilcott Pitts
Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA
Ecol Food Nutr 51:526-41. 2012..BMI was not associated with distance to or use of any particular food venue. Future studies should examine specific health-promoting elements of amenity-dense neighborhoods accessible to limited-income populations... 
A community-driven approach to identifying "winnable" policies using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Common Community Measures for Obesity PreventionStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 1709 West Sixth St, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E79. 2012..Finally, we discuss potential adaptations to COCOMO for rural jurisdictions...
A community-driven approach to identifying "winnable" policies using the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's Common Community Measures for obesity preventionStephanie B Jilcott Pitts
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 1709 West Sixth St, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E79. 2012..Finally, we discuss potential adaptations to COCOMO for rural jurisdictions...- Promoting use of nutrition and physical activity community resources among women in a family planning clinic settingStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Women Health 52:55-70. 2012..Results of this study can guide similar programs attempting to promote the use of resources among hard-to-reach groups... - Associations between food insecurity, supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits, and body mass index among adult femalesStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:1741-5. 2011..8 vs 33.1; P=0.04). Results suggest that provision of adequate SNAP benefits per household member might partially ameliorate the negative effects of food insecurity on BMI... - Association between travel times and food procurement practices among female supplemental nutrition assistance program participants in eastern North CarolinaStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 43:385-9. 2011..To examine associations between self-reported vehicular travel behaviors, perceived stress, food procurement practices, and body mass index among female Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants... - Qualitative perspectives on the use of traditional and nontraditional food venues among middle- and low-income women in Eastern North CarolinaStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA
Ecol Food Nutr 49:373-89. 2010..Main reasons for use of supercenters were bulk foods at low prices and one-stop shopping. Rural and urban nonworking women shopped more frequently at discount superstores compared to urban working women... - Associations between natural amenities, physical activity, and body mass index in 100 North Carolina countiesStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA
Am J Health Promot 26:52-5. 2011..To examine associations between county-level natural amenities, physical activity (PA), and body mass index (BMI)... - The association between the food environment and weight status among eastern North Carolina youthStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, 1709 West Sixth Street, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Public Health Nutr 14:1610-7. 2011..To examine associations between various measures of the food environment and BMI percentile among youth... - Perceptions of the community food environment and related influences on food choice among midlife women residing in rural and urban areas: a qualitative analysisStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA
Women Health 49:164-80. 2009..Women remain gatekeepers of the family diet and food purchasing. Therefore we assessed midlife, Southern women's perceptions of the food environment. Related influences on food choices at work and at home were also examined... - Measuring the retail food environment in rural and urban North Carolina countiesStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27858, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:432-40. 2010..Thus, we examined convergent and criterion validity of 2 retail food environment data sources and then examined differences in predictive validity between 3 ways of measuring the rural and urban food environment... - Commute times, food retail gaps, and body mass index in North Carolina countiesStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A107. 2010..We examined correlations between percentage of rural residents, commute times, food retail gap per capita, and body mass index (BMI) among North Carolina residents... - Food stamp participation is associated with fewer meals away from home, yet higher body mass index and waist circumference in a nationally representative sampleStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 43:110-5. 2011..To examine associations between Food Stamp (FS) participation, meals away from home (MAFH), body mass index (BMI), and waist circumference (WC)... - Examining associations among obesity and per capita farmers' markets, grocery stores/supermarkets, and supercenters in US countiesStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:567-72. 2011..In this ecologic study, density of food venues was inversely associated with county-level obesity prevalence. Thus, future research should examine similar associations at the individual-level... - Iterative design, implementation and evaluation of a supplemental feeding program for underweight children ages 6-59 months in Western UgandaStephanie B Jilcott
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Matern Child Health J 14:299-306. 2010.... - Conducting community audits to evaluate community resources for healthful lifestyle behaviors: an illustration from rural eastern North CarolinaJared T McGuirt
East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A149. 2011..Community audits improved the description of health-promoting community resources and the context in which people make lifestyle choices... - Rationale and development of the Move More North Carolina: Recommended Standards for After-School Physical ActivityJustin B Moore
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina 27834, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:359-66. 2010..The impact of The Standards is yet to be seen, but the collaborative process used in their creation can serve as a model for the development of similar PA standards in other states... - A qualitative examination of perceived barriers and facilitators of physical activity for urban and rural youthJustin B Moore
Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, Carolina University, Greenville, NC 27834, USA
Health Educ Res 25:355-67. 2010..Since rural and urban residents often perceive and interact differently with PA environments, more research is needed to properly adapt interventions...