%0 Journal Article
%T Influence of the Local Food Environment on Hispanics¡¯ Perceptions of Healthy Food Access in New York City
%A Manuel C. Co
%A Suzanne Bakken
%J Hispanic Health Care International
%@ 1938-8993
%D 2018
%R 10.1177/1540415318788068
%X Studies have characterized food environments and documented its impact on access and consumption of healthy foods as well as diet-related health conditions. This study aims to characterize the local food environment in New York City¡¯s Washington Heights and Inwood community and to examine its influence on Hispanics¡¯ perceptions of healthy food access. Person-level local food environments were created by spatially modeling food retailers selling fresh fruits and vegetables or low-fat products within a participant¡¯s 400- and 800-m residential radius buffers. Data were analyzed using multivariate binary logistic regression. Fruit/vegetable markets significantly increased participants¡¯ odds of perceiving the availability of a large selection as well as the high quality of fresh fruits and vegetables in their neighborhood. Medium-/large-size supermarkets/groceries within 400-m radius significantly increased participants¡¯ odds of perceiving the high quality of fresh fruits and vegetables in their neighborhood, whereas meat markets significantly lowered the odds. Fruit/vegetable markets and medium-/large-size supermarkets/groceries significantly increased participants¡¯ odds of perceiving the availability of a large selection of low-fat products in their neighborhood. Study findings advance our understanding of the relationships between local food environment and perceived healthy food access among urban Hispanics
%K food environment
%K food outlets
%K GIS
%K healthy food access
%K Hispanic
%K Latino
%K perceptions
%U https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1540415318788068