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

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Describes a consumer food environment in rural eastern North Carolina to guide planning and implementation of a Communities Putting Prevention to Work initiative to open a health corner store. Discusses lessons learned and provides nutrition environment comparison data for a rural food desert store versus urban nonfood desert store.

Stephanie B. Jilcott Pitts, Karamie R. Bringolf, Katherine K. Lawton, et al.

Preventing Chronic Disease, 10

07/2013

Community engagement and volunteerism · Food security and nutrition · Research methods and resources · Rural-urban differences · North Carolina