Low-Income Urban Mothers' Experiences with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.jand.2017.01.008
Abstract: BACKGROUND Food insecurity remains a public health concern in the United States, particularly among low-income urban ethnically diverse families, even with the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Limited phenomenologic data exist to capture how programmatic… read more here.
Keywords: program; low income; income urban; nutrition assistance ... See more keywords
Relative validity of a food frequency questionnaire for pregnancy in a low-income urban community in the Philippines.
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DOI: 10.1016/j.nutx.2020.100012
Abstract: OBJECTIVE The aim of this study was to develop and validate a food frequency questionnaire (FFQ) for pregnant women to identify those who are at risk for possible deficiencies in the key nutrients for pregnancy.… read more here.
Keywords: frequency questionnaire; questionnaire; low income; income urban ... See more keywords
Adapting Active Science to PE Curricula: Examining Feasibility and Acceptability in Low-Income, Urban Public Schools.
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DOI: 10.1080/02701367.2021.1917755
Abstract: PURPOSE Children in low-income, urban areas are at a greater risk of poor physical activity (PA) and academic outcomes. The purpose of this study was to examine feasibility, acceptability, and engagement of a pilot implementation… read more here.
Keywords: science; acceptability; feasibility; low income ... See more keywords
Monitoring and moderating extreme indoor temperatures in low-income urban communities
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DOI: 10.1088/1748-9326/abdbf2
Abstract: Climate change presents significant threats to human health, especially for low-income urban communities in the Global South. Despite numerous studies of heat stress, surprisingly little is known about the temperatures actually encountered by people in… read more here.
Keywords: extreme indoor; indoor temperatures; urban communities; low income ... See more keywords
‘Top-down’ planning for scalable sustainable sanitation in high-density low-income urban areas: is it more appropriate than ‘bottom-up’ planning?
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DOI: 10.2166/washdev.2018.101
Abstract: We argue that, if the sanitation target of the Sustainable Development Goals (universal access to ‘safely-managed’ sanitation by 2030) is to have any chance of success, then a community-sensitive top-down planning approach has to be… read more here.
Keywords: urban areas; density low; high density; sanitation ... See more keywords