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Understanding How Low-Socioeconomic Status Households Cope With Health Shocks: An Analysis of Multi-Sector Linked Data

Description: This article links data from a nonprofit food distribution center, electronic medical records from a safety-net healthcare system, and publicly available residential appraisals for more than 3,000 households to provide insight into how low-socioeconomic status households cope with health shocks experienced by resident adults.
Date: December 20, 2016
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Hughes, Amy & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study

Description: This article describes a preliminary investigation into urban adults' perceptions of sedentary behavior alongside perceived barriers and enablers to physical activity.
Date: October 31, 2013
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Hébert, Emily T.; Siddiqi, Zoveen; Leonard, Tammy; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Tiro, Jasmin A. et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community

Description: This article examines the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time.
Date: March 1, 2013
Creator: Leonard, Tammy; Shuval, Kerem; de Oliveira, Angela; Sugg Skinner, Celette; Eckel, Catherine & Murdoch, James
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences

Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics

Description: This article evaluates pertinent literature from the fields of medicine/public health and economics/psychology to suggest a comprehensive approach to physical activity counseling at the primary care level.
Date: February 15, 2017
Creator: Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Drope, Jeffrey; Katz, David L.; Patel, Alpa V.; Maitin-Shepard, Melissa et al.
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening

Description: This article describes variability in colorectal cancer (CRC) test use and compares the performance of novel cross-classified and traditional hierarchical models.
Date: April 14, 2014
Creator: Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Zhang, Song; Schootman, Mario; Halm, Ethan A. & Gupta, Samir
Partner: UNT College of Arts and Sciences
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