Search Results - "Allison Karpyn"

Rethinking Connections Between Research and Practice in Education: A Conceptual Framework by Farley-Ripple, Elizabeth, May, Henry, Karpyn, Allison, Tilley, Katherine, McDonough, Kalyn

“…Recent efforts to improve the quality and availability of scientific research in education, coupled with increased expectations for the use of research in…”
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Improving Consumption and Purchases of Healthier Foods in Retail Environments: A Systematic Review by Karpyn, Allison, McCallops, Kathleen, Wolgast, Henry, Glanz, Karen

“…This review examines current research on manipulations of U.S. food retail environments to promote healthier food purchasing and consumption. Studies reviewed…”
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WIC Participants’ Perceptions of the Cash-Value Benefit Increase during the COVID-19 Pandemic by Halverson, McKenna M, Karpyn, Allison

“…Recent changes to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Cash-Value Benefit (CVB), which provides participants with…”
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Pandemic-Era WIC Participation in Wilmington, Delaware: Participants' Experiences and Challenges by Halverson, McKenna M, Karpyn, Allison

“…Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) participants faced unprecedented challenges during the coronavirus disease 2019…”
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Urban Food Environments and Residents’ Shopping Behaviors by Cannuscio, Carolyn C., ScD, Tappe, Karyn, PhD, Hillier, Amy, PhD, Buttenheim, Alison, PhD, MBA, Karpyn, Allison, PhD, Glanz, Karen, PhD, MPH

“…Background Food environments may promote or undermine healthy behaviors, but questions remain regarding how individuals interact with their local food…”
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Neural Networks to Estimate Generalized Propensity Scores for Continuous Treatment Doses by Collier, Zachary K., Leite, Walter L., Karpyn, Allison

“…Background: The generalized propensity score (GPS) addresses selection bias due to observed confounding variables and provides a means to demonstrate causality…”
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Increasing Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program/Electronic Benefits Transfer Sales at Farmers' Markets with Vendor-Operated Wireless Point-of-Sale Terminals by Buttenheim, Alison M., PhD, MBA, Havassy, Joshua, MPH, Fang, Michelle, Glyn, Jonathan, Karpyn, Allison E., PhD

“…Abstract Background Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) (formerly Food Stamp Program) participants can use their benefits at many farmers'…”
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Short-Form Audit Instrument for Assessing Corner Store Healthfulness by DeWeese, Robin S., Todd, Michael, Karpyn, Allison, Yedidia, Michael J., Kennedy, Michelle, Bruening, Meg, Wharton, Christopher M., Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam

“…Purpose: To develop a valid and feasible short-form corner store audit tool (SCAT) that could be used in-store or over the phone to capture the healthfulness…”
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Validity of the Food Insecurity Experience Scale and prevalence of food insecurity in The Bahamas by Karpyn, Allison, Headley, M Gail, Knowles, Zeleka, Hepburn, Erecia, Kennedy, Nicole, Wolgast, Henry K, Riser, Danielle, Akisha R. Osei Sarfo

“…Introduction: Despite UN recommendations to monitor food insecurity using the Food Insecurity Experience Scale (FIES), to date there are no published reports…”
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Physical Activity and Food Environment Assessments by Eyler, Amy A., PhD, CHES, Blanck, Heidi M., PhD, Gittelsohn, Joel, PhD, Karpyn, Allison, PhD, McKenzie, Thomas L., PhD, Partington, Susan, PhD, RD, Slater, Sandy J., PhD, Winters, Meghan, PhD

“…There is growing interest in the use of physical activity and nutrition environmental measures by both researchers and practitioners. Built environment…”
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Healthy default beverage policies for kids’ meals: A statewide baseline assessment of restaurant managers’ perceptions and knowledge in Delaware by Karpyn, Allison, Lessard, Laura, McCallops, Kathleen, Harpainter, Phoebe, Apsley, Adam, Kennedy, Nicole, Tracy, Tara, Ritchie, Lorrene D.

“…The consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been linked to obesity, diabetes, and other negative health outcomes among children. In response, many…”
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The Impact of WIC Food Package Changes on Access to Healthful Food in 2 Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods by Hillier, Amy, MSW, PhD, McLaughlin, Jacqueline, MS, RD, Cannuscio, Carolyn C., ScD, Chilton, Mariana, PhD, MPH, Krasny, Sarah, BA, Karpyn, Allison, PhD

“…Abstract Objective To evaluate the impact of the 2009 food package changes for the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children…”
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Rethinking Research: Creating a Practice-Based Agenda for Sustainable Small-Scale Healthy Food Retail by Allison Karpyn, Hannah Burton-Laurison

“…An emerging body of research examines the health and economic impacts of healthy corner store interventions, although implementing valid mechanisms to capture…”
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Evaluation of a Supermarket Environmental Change Intervention: Findings from a Low-Fat Milk Couponing and Educational Marketing Pilot by Karpyn, Allison, Ruhs, Barbara, Sawyer-Morris, Ginnie, Weiss, Stephanie, Grajeda, Sara, LeVine, Donna, Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam

“…The purpose of this study was to evaluate a multifaceted, collaborative approach to supermarket environmental change that included in-store couponing and…”
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Healthy store programs and the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC), but not the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), are associated with corner store healthfulness by DeWeese, Robin S, Todd, Michael, Karpyn, Allison, Yedidia, Michael J, Kennedy, Michelle, Bruening, Meg, Wharton, Christopher M, Ohri-Vachaspati, Punam

“…Abstract In response to lack of access to healthy foods, many low-income communities are instituting local healthy corner store programs. Some stores also…”
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Where Urban Residents Shop for Produce by Allison Karpyn, Karyn Tappe, Amy Hillier, Carolyn Cannuscio, Julia Koprak, Karen Glanz

“…There is limited research documenting the shopping behaviors of urban residents with regard to where they shop for fruits and vegetables. This study sought to:…”
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Building Collaboration to Increase Availability of Fresh Produce in a Suburban Emergency Food System by Zimmerman, Moriah, MPH, Harris, Allison, BA, Karpyn, Allison, PhD

“…An abstract of a study by Zimmerman et al assessing a coalition of local food pantry managers in increasing collaboration and fresh produce donations is…”
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The social dynamics of healthy food shopping and store choice in an urban environment by Cannuscio, Carolyn C., Hillier, Amy, Karpyn, Allison, Glanz, Karen

“…To respond to the high prevalence of obesity and its associated health consequences, recent food research and policy have focused on neighborhood food…”
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Education is the best medicine: collaborate to find the links between education policy and health by Karpyn, Allison

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BACKTALK: Education is the best medicine by KARPYN, ALLISON

“…There is a direct connection between the level of education and public health. Policy makers from these two fields should collaborate to press for education…”
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