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Selected Works

Amy Hillier

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How Far Do Low-Income Parents Travel To Shop For Food?, Amy Hillier, Carolyn Cannuscio, Allison Karpyn, Jacqueline Mclaughlin, Mariana Chilton, Karen Glanz Jul 2011

How Far Do Low-Income Parents Travel To Shop For Food?, Amy Hillier, Carolyn Cannuscio, Allison Karpyn, Jacqueline Mclaughlin, Mariana Chilton, Karen Glanz

Amy Hillier

Research on the impact of the built environment on obesity and access to healthful foods often fails to incorporate information about how individuals interact with their environment. A sample of 198 low-income WIC recipients from two urban neighborhoods were interviewed about where they do their food shopping and surveys were conducted of food stores in their neighborhoods to assess the availability of healthful foods. Results indicate that participants rarely shop at the closest supermarket, traveling on average 1.58 miles for non-WIC food shopping and 1.07 miles for WIC shopping. Findings suggest that access to healthful foods is not synonymous with …


Manual For Working With Arcgis 10, Amy Hillier Jan 2011

Manual For Working With Arcgis 10, Amy Hillier

Amy Hillier

No abstract provided.


Invitation To Mapping: How Gis Can Facilitate New Discovering In Urban And Planning History, Amy Hillier Dec 2009

Invitation To Mapping: How Gis Can Facilitate New Discovering In Urban And Planning History, Amy Hillier

Amy Hillier

No abstract provided.


Clustering Of Unhealthy Advertisements Around Child-Serving Institutions: A Three‐City, Amy Hillier Jan 2009

Clustering Of Unhealthy Advertisements Around Child-Serving Institutions: A Three‐City, Amy Hillier

Amy Hillier

No abstract provided.


Fed-Up With Childhood Obesity, Amy Hillier, Stella Volpe Dec 2008

Fed-Up With Childhood Obesity, Amy Hillier, Stella Volpe

Amy Hillier

No abstract provided.


W.E.B. Du Bois And The Social Survey Movement, Amy Hillier Dec 2008

W.E.B. Du Bois And The Social Survey Movement, Amy Hillier

Amy Hillier

No abstract provided.


Web Du Bois And The "Negro Problem": Thoughts On Violence In Philadelphia, Amy Hillier Jul 2007

Web Du Bois And The "Negro Problem": Thoughts On Violence In Philadelphia, Amy Hillier

Amy Hillier

This sermon, delivered at First Unitarian Church of Philadelphia, might also be called "Why a white girl from New Hampshire is studying The Philadelphia Negro." This essay/sermon connects Du Bois's 1896 survey of Philadelphia to the violence currently plaguing Philadelphia.


Arcgis 9.3 Manual, Amy Hillier Jan 2007

Arcgis 9.3 Manual, Amy Hillier

Amy Hillier

No abstract provided.