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Sedentary Behaviors and Obesity in a Low-Income, Ethnic-Minority Population
This article examines sedentary pastimes specifically in low-income, minority communities in the United States.
Date:
January 2013
Creator:
Shuval, Kerem; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Kohl, Harold W. & Sugg Skinner, Celette
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Impediments and Facilitators to Physical Activity and Perceptions of Sedentary Behavior Among Urban Community Residents: The Fair Park Study
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Pathways to Financial Advancement: A Case Study
This article describes a research project conducted in a South Dallas neighborhood to study how gateways and stepping stones can put households on a path to financial security.
Date:
2012
Creator:
Di, Wenhua; Leonard, Tammy & Ryder, Emily
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Physicians, Clinics, and Neighborhoods: Multiple Levels of Influence on Colorectal Cancer Screening
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
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Effects in a Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial
This article examines a randomized controlled trial (RCT) designed to increase colorectal cancer (CRC) screening.
Date:
May 5, 2014
Creator:
Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Murdoch, James; Hughes, Amy; McQueen, Amy & Gupta, Samir
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Change in Neighborhood Socioeconomic Status and Weight Gain: Dallas Heart Study
This article examines the longitudinal relationship between moving to more socioeconomically deprived neighborhoods and weight gain as a cardiovascular risk factor.
Date:
June 17, 2015
Creator:
Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Cooper-McCann, Rebecca; Ayers, Colby; Berrigan, David; Lian, Min; McClurkin, Michael et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Property Values as a Measure of Neighborhoods: An Application of Hedonic Price Theory
This article describes a tool kit for understanding how neighborhood characteristics are quantified in appraisal values.
Date:
February 25, 2016
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Ayers, Colby; Murdoch, James; Yin, Wenyuan & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Health Behavior and Behavioral Economics: Economic Preferences and Physical Activity Stages of Change in a Low-Income African American Community
This article examines the relationship between physical activity stages of change and preferences for financial risk and time.
Date:
June 7, 2012
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Shuval, Kerem; de Oliveira, Angela; Sugg Skinner, Celette; Eckel, Catherine & Murdoch, James
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Importing Change: Canadian Competition and the U.S. Floriculture Industry
This article analyzes the shifting geography of production with respect to the U.S. floriculture industry.
Date:
2008
Creator:
Reid, Neil; Smith, Bruce W.; Gatrell, Jay D. & Carroll, Michael C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Estimating the Economic Impact of Universities: The Case of Bowling Green State University
This article describes the results of an economic impact study of Bowling Green State University, Ohio.
Date:
2006
Creator:
Carroll, Michael C. & Smith, Bruce W.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Foreclosed and Sold: An Examination of Community and Property Characteristics Related to the Sale of REO Properties
This article uses foreclosure data from Dallas County, Texas to examine how both housing and neighborhood characteristics are related to the possibility of the sale of a foreclosed property out of real-estate-owned (REO) stock.
Date:
September 1, 2017
Creator:
Zhang, Lei; Leonard, Tammy & Dias, Resha
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Behavioral Economic Tools for Promotion of Physical Activity
This book chapter describes two key behavioral economic constructs and four key behavioral economic tools and their application to physical activity.
Date:
May 10, 2017
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy & Shuval, Kerem
Object Type:
Book Chapter
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Utilizing Behavioral Economics to Understand Adherence to Physical Activity Guidelines among a Low-Income Urban Community
This article examines the association between monetary saving behaviors and physical activity among adults of low-income who reside in an urban community.
Date:
July 2015
Creator:
Shuval, Kerem; Si, Xia; Nguyen, Binh T. & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Do Neighborhoods Matter Differently for Movers and Non-Movers?: Analysis of Weight Gain in the Longitudinal Dallas Heart Study
This article uses data from the Dallas Heart Study to evaluate the relationship between changes in neighborhood condition and weight change for both movers and non-movers over an approximate seven-year follow-up period.
Date:
May 10, 2016
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Ayers, Colby; Das, Sandeep R.; Neeland, Ian J. & Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Time and Distance Heterogeneity in the Neighborhood Spillover Effects of Foreclosed Properties
This article examines heterogeneity in the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
Date:
July 15, 2014
Creator:
Zhang, Lei; Leonard, Tammy & Murdoch, James C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Impact of Foreclosure: A Quantile Regression Approach
This article uses quantile regression to examine the simultaneous space-time impact of foreclosures on neighborhood property values.
Date:
July 4, 2013
Creator:
Zhang, Lei & Leonard, Tammy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Understanding How Low-Socioeconomic Status Households Cope With Health Shocks: An Analysis of Multi-Sector Linked Data
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Mobilizing Leadership in Cities and Regions
This article argues that governments and communities alike can encourage the development of local leadership and that the steps needed to achieve this object are already well known.
Date:
December 16, 2013
Creator:
Beer, Andrew & Clower, Terry L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Physical activity counseling in primary care: Insights from public health and behavioral economics
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.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Social Capital and Public Goods
This article analyzes the relationship between social networks and trust (two measures of social capital) and self-reported charitable contributions of time and/or money (pro-social behavior) using data collected from two ethnically distinct, low-income neighborhoods.
Date:
February 18, 2010
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Croson, Rachel T.A. & de Oliveira, Angela
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Is Household Wealth Sustainable? An Examination of Asset Poverty Reentry after an Exit
This article analyzes the influence of financial behaviors on the duration out of asset poverty while controlling for households' life cycle and demographic characteristics.
Date:
March 24, 2013
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy & Di, Wenhua
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Neighborhood Effects of Foreclosure
This article argues that changes in nearby foreclosures reveal changes in neighborhood quality.
Date:
May 8, 2009
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy & Murdoch, James C.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
The Impact of Housing Market Conditions on Residential Property Upkeep
This article assesses the impact of housing market conditions on the theoretically motivated and empirically observed negative relationship between loan to value ratios and home maintenance expenditures.
Date:
July 15, 2011
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Housing Upkeep and Public Good Provision in Residential Neighborhoods
This article uses the consideration of neighborhood condition as an impure public good for a theoretical basis to understand how the level of neighborhood quality may affect residents' home maintenance decisions.
Date:
July 27, 2015
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library