scholarly journals Formative Evaluation for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: Assessing the Rural Food Environment, Part 1

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts ◽  
Karamie R. Bringolf ◽  
Katherine K. Lawton ◽  
Jared T. McGuirt ◽  
Elizabeth Wall-Bassett ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Corner Store ◽  
Pitt County

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

2013 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts ◽  
Karamie R. Bringolf ◽  
Cameron L. Lloyd ◽  
Jared T. McGuirt ◽  
Katherine K. Lawton ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Formative Evaluation ◽  
Corner Store ◽  
Pitt County

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

2011 ◽  
Vol 14 (9) ◽  
pp. 1610-1617 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stephanie B Jilcott ◽  
Scott Wade ◽  
Jared T McGuirt ◽  
Qiang Wu ◽  
Suzanne Lazorick ◽  
...  
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.

scholarly journals Field validation of food outlet databases: the Latino food environment in North Carolina, USA – ERRATUM

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 1141-1141
Author(s):  
Pasquale E Rummo ◽  
Penny Gordon-Larsen ◽  
Sandra S Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Food Outlet ◽  
Field Validation

scholarly journals History of the Winterville Library

2008 ◽  
Vol 65 (1) ◽  
pp. 6-11
Author(s):  
Heather Anderson
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Public Library ◽  
Library Service ◽  
History Of ◽  
Pitt County

This article documents the beginning of public library service in Pitt County, North Carolina with emphasis on the branch in Winterville, NC.

scholarly journals Field validation of food outlet databases: the Latino food environment in North Carolina, USA

2014 ◽  
Vol 18 (6) ◽  
pp. 977-982 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pasquale E Rummo ◽  
Penny Gordon-Larsen ◽  
Sandra S Albrecht
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Food Environment ◽  
Spanish Language ◽  
Food Environments ◽  
Hispanic Population ◽  
Food Outlet ◽  
Field Validation ◽  
Food Stores ◽  
Total Food ◽  
Retail Food

AbstractObjectiveObtaining valid, reliable measures of food environments that serve Latino communities is important for understanding barriers to healthy eating in this at-risk population.DesignThe primary aim of the study was to examine agreement between retail food outlet data from two commercial databases, Nielsen TDLinx (TDLinx) for food stores and Dun & Bradstreet (D&B) for food stores and restaurants, relative to field observations of food stores and restaurants in thirty-one census tracts in Durham County, NC, USA. We also examined differences by proportion of Hispanic population (</≥23·4 % Hispanic population) in the census tract and for outlets classified in the field as ‘Latino’ on the basis of signage and use of Spanish language.SettingOne hundred and seventy-four food stores and 337 restaurants in Durham County, NC, USA.ResultsWe found that overall sensitivity of food store listings in TDLinx was higher (64 %) than listings in D&B (55 %). Twenty-five food stores were characterized by auditors as Latino food stores, with 20 % identified in TDLinx, 52 % in D&B and 56 % in both sources. Overall sensitivity of restaurants (68 %) was higher than sensitivity of Latino restaurants (38 %) listed in D&B. Sensitivity did not differ substantially by Hispanic composition of neighbourhoods.ConclusionsOur findings suggest that while TDLinx and D&B commercial data sources perform well for total food stores, they perform less well in identifying small and independent food outlets, including many Latino food stores and restaurants.

This is not the Case of the Indirect Object: Linguistic and Sociolinguistic Factors in Double Object Marking Constructions in a Contact Variety of Spanish from Eastern North Carolina

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 367-382
Author(s):  
Ricard Viñas-de-Puig
Keyword(s):  
North Carolina ◽  
Study Participant ◽  
Double Object ◽  
Nominal Phrase ◽  
Indirect Object ◽  
Initial Hypothesis ◽  
Object Marking ◽  
Eastern North Carolina ◽  
Pitt County ◽  
Significant Factors

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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