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Geospatial and Contextual Approaches to Energy Balance and Health
This article examines associations between geographic and contextual features of the environment and elements of human energy balance, with a particular focus on research and opportunities in the United States.
Date:
March 13, 2015
Creator:
Berrigan, David; Hipp, J. Aaron; Hurvitz, Philip M.; James, Peter; Jankowska, Marta M.; Kerr, Jacqueline et al.
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
The Cognitive Limits to Economic Cluster
This article highlights human limits in cluster formation.
Date:
July 2012
Creator:
Carroll, Michael C. & Zeller, Mark C.
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
Multiple Comorbidities and Interest in Research Participation Among Clients of a Nonprofit Food Distribution Site
This article seeks to better understand the health needs of a nonclinical population to inform future research and interventions.
Date:
August 17, 2015
Creator:
Higashi, Robin T.; Craddock Lee, Simon J.; Leonard, Tammy; Cuate, Erica L.; Cole, Jay & Pruitt, Sandi L.
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
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
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
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
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
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
Overlapping geographic clusters of food security and health: Where do social determinants and health outcomes converge in the U.S?
This article identifies geographic clusters of food insecurity and health across U.S. counties to identify potential shared mechanisms for geographic disparities in health and food insecurity.
Date:
June 14, 2018
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Hughes, Amy; Donegan, Connor; Santillan, Alejandro & Pruitt, Sandi L.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Price Externalities of Foreclosure Rehabilitation: An Examination of the Neighborhood Stabilization Program
This article examines the neighborhood price impacts of Neighborhood Stabilization Program (NSP) funded foreclosure rehabilitation undertaken by Habitat for Humanity in Dallas County, Texas using a difference-in-difference framework.
Date:
January 12, 2017
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Jha, Nikhil & Zhang, Lei
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood Effects on Food Consumption
This article examines the dual role of the social and physical neighborhood environment as they relate to the eating behaviors of residents of a low-income minority urban neighborhood.
Date:
May 12, 2014
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; McKillop, Caitlin; Carson, Jo Ann & Shuval, Kerem
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Systematic Neighborhood Observations at High Spatial Resolution: Methodology and Assessment of Potential Benefits
This article describes a systematic neighborhood observation instrument for collecting data at very high spatial resolution to collect data in a low-income minority neighborhood in Dallas, TX.
Date:
January 20, 2011
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Mays, Judith K. & Murdoch, James
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
Variations in Park Facility Valuations across Neighborhoods
This article assesses the hedonic valuation of different types of park facilities.
Date:
October 23, 2014
Creator:
Leonard, Tammy; Zhang, Lei & Hoehner, Christine M.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Defining Neighborhood Boundaries in Studies of Spatial Dependence in Child Behavior Problems
This article extends an analysis of neighborhood effects on child behavioral outcomes.
Date:
May 3, 2013
Creator:
O'Brien Caughy, Margaret; Leonard, Tammy; Beron, Kurt & Murdoch, James
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library
Neighborhood-Level Socioeconomic Deprivation Predicts Weight Gain in a Multi-Ethnic Population: Longitudinal Data from the Dallas Heart Study
This article examines the relationship between neighborhood-level socioeconomic deprivation and weight change in a multi-ethnic cohort from Dallas County, Texas, and whether behavioral/psychosocial factors attenuate the relationship.
Date:
May 27, 2014
Creator:
Powell-Wiley, Tiffany M.; Ayers, Colby; Agyemang, Priscilla; Leonard, Tammy; Berrigan, David; Ballard Barbash, Rachel et al.
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
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
Who is Food Insecure? Implications for Targeted Recruitment and Outreach, National health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2005-2010
This article characterizes differences in health among people receiving different types of food assistance and summarizes strategies for targeted recruitment and outreach of various food insecure populations.
Date:
October 2016
Creator:
Pruitt, Sandi L.; Leonard, Tammy; Xuan, Lei; Amory, Richard; Higashi, Robin T.; Nguyen, Oanh Kieu et al.
Object Type:
Article
System:
The UNT Digital Library