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List of works by Tamara Dubowitz

A natural experiment opportunity in two low-income urban food desert communities: research design, community engagement methods, and baseline results

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Access to food: getting to some of the root mediators of psychiatric illness

scientific article published on 01 May 2010

Are Food Deserts Also Play Deserts?

scientific article published on 31 March 2016

Are our actions aligned With our evidence? The skinny on changing the landscape of obesity

scientific article published on March 1, 2013

Associations between depressive symptomatology, diet, and body mass index among participants in the supplemental nutrition assistance program

scientific article published on 10 March 2015

Attitudes and Barriers to Healthy Diet and Physical Activity: A Latent Profile Analysis

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Can the introduction of a full-service supermarket in a food desert improve residents' economic status and health?

scientific article published in December 2017

Creating Healthier, More Equitable Communities By Improving Governance And Policy

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Diet And Perceptions Change With Supermarket Introduction In A Food Desert, But Not Because Of Supermarket Use.

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Distance to store, food prices, and obesity in urban food deserts

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Do Sleep and Psychological Distress Mediate the Association Between Neighborhood Factors and Pain?

scientific article published on 01 February 2019

Does mental health history explain gender disparities in insomnia symptoms among young adults?

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Does opening a supermarket in a food desert change the food environment?

scientific article published on 22 June 2017

Does where you shop or who you are predict what you eat?: The role of stores and individual characteristics in dietary intake

scientific article published on 22 March 2017

Food policy research: We need better measurement, better study designs, and reasonable and measured actions based on the available evidence

scientific article published on December 27, 2012

Health disparities and access to health

scientific article published on 01 March 2007

Healthy food access for urban food desert residents: examination of the food environment, food purchasing practices, diet and BMI.

scientific article published on 5 December 2014

Individual and neighborhood differences in diet among low-income foreign and U.S.-born women

scientific article published on 28 January 2008

Intensifying efforts to reduce child malnutrition in India: an evaluation of the Dular program in Jharkhand, India

scientific article published on September 2007

Interest in intrauterine contraception among seekers of emergency contraception and pregnancy testing

scientific article published on April 2009

Is the association between neighborhood characteristics and sleep quality mediated by psychological distress? An analysis of perceived and objective measures of 2 Pittsburgh neighborhoods.

scientific article published in December 2016

Lifecourse, immigrant status and acculturation in food purchasing and preparation among low-income mothers

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Mexico-United States migration and the prevalence of obesity: a transnational perspective

scientific article published on December 2012

Nativity and duration of time in the United States: differences in fruit and vegetable intake among low-income postpartum women

scientific article published on 29 August 2007

Neighborhood context and ethnicity differences in body mass index: a multilevel analysis using the NHANES III survey (1988-1994)

scientific article published on 24 March 2007

Neighborhood disadvantage is associated with actigraphy-assessed sleep continuity and short sleep duration

Neighborhood socioeconomic status and fruit and vegetable intake among whites, blacks, and Mexican Americans in the United States

scientific article published on June 2008

Neighbourhood socioeconomic status and biological 'wear and tear' in a nationally representative sample of US adults

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One size doesn't fit all: cross-sectional associations between neighborhood walkability, crime and physical activity depends on age and sex of residents

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Park Use in Low-Income Urban Neighborhoods: Who Uses the Parks and Why?

scientific article published on 9 February 2018

Pathways through which higher neighborhood crime is longitudinally associated with greater body mass index

scientific article published on 9 November 2017

Racial/Ethnic Differences in US Health Behaviors: A Decomposition Analysis

scientific article published on May 1, 2011

Regional differences in walking frequency and BMI: what role does the built environment play for Blacks and Whites?

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Reliability and validity of environmental audits using GigaPan® technology in parks

Rx exercise: physical activity is good medicine

scientific article published on October 2015

Social context of physical activity and weight status in working-class populations.

scientific article published in October 2007

Stakeholder Perspectives on a Culture of Health: Key Findings

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Store Impulse Marketing Strategies and Body Mass Index

scientific article published on 18 December 2014

Telomere Length and Neighborhood Circumstances: Evaluating Biological Response to Unfavorable Exposures

scientific article published in April 2017

The Power of Place: Social Network Characteristics, Perceived Neighborhood Features, and Psychological Distress Among African Americans in the Historic Hill District in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

scientific article published on 09 September 2016

The Women's Health Initiative: The food environment, neighborhood socioeconomic status, BMI, and blood pressure.

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The association between discrimination and PTSD in African Americans: exploring the role of gender.

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The influence of social context on changes in fruit and vegetable consumption: results of the healthy directions studies

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Using Geographic Information Systems to Match Local Health Needs With Public Health Services and Programs

scientific article published on July 21, 2011

Using a Grocery List Is Associated With a Healthier Diet and Lower BMI Among Very High-Risk Adults

scientific article published on May 2015

Validity of environmental audits using GigaPan® and Google Earth Technology.

scientific article published on 6 July 2018

Weight resilience and fruit and vegetable intake among African-American women in an obesogenic environment.

scientific article published on 10 October 2017

Where do food desert residents buy most of their junk food? Supermarkets

scientific article published on 5 October 2016