Start Date

22-2-2019 2:00 PM

Location

Withers 107

Description

We've used audits with a scoring mechanism and surveys to assess availability and demand of healthy foods in corner stores in Mecklenburg County, NC. The surveys were conducted with store owners and customers. We intend to use this information to work with interested corner store owners to increase availability.

Keywords

food access, corner stores

Your Title/College/Department/Program

Graduate Student, University of North Carolina at Charlotte

College of Health and Human Services, Department of Public Health, PhD Public Health Sciences

Poster Number

10

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Feb 22nd, 2:00 PM Feb 22nd, 3:15 PM

Assessing Healthy Food Availability and the Potential for Increasing Availability in Mecklenburg County, NC Corner Stores

Withers 107

We've used audits with a scoring mechanism and surveys to assess availability and demand of healthy foods in corner stores in Mecklenburg County, NC. The surveys were conducted with store owners and customers. We intend to use this information to work with interested corner store owners to increase availability.