Katie S Martins
Biographic Data
| ID | 3927916 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Katie S Martins |
| GIVEN NAMES | Katie S |
| FAMILY NAME | Martins |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINS K S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Connecticut |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8381-3709 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 70 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Food pantries select healthier foods after nutrition information is available on their food bank’s ordering platform
Objective: In the USA, community-based food pantries provide free groceries to people struggling with food insecurity. Many pantries obtain food from regional food banks using an online shopping platform. A food bank introduced a visible nutrition rank (i.e. green, yellow or red) onto its platform. The hypothesis was that pantry orders would increase for the healthiest options (green) and decrease for the least healthy options (red). Design: Inte…
Self-efficacy is associated with increased food security in novel food pantry program
We examined the effect of a novel food pantry intervention (Freshplace) that includes client-choice and motivational interviewing on self-efficacy and food security in food pantry clients. The study was designed as a randomized control trial. Participants were recruited over one year from traditional food pantries in Hartford, CT. Participants were randomized to Freshplace or traditional food pantries (controls) and data collection occurred at ba…
Formative Research to Examine Collaboration Between Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, and Children and Head Start Programs
If you stock it, will they buy it? Healthy food availability and customer purchasing behaviour within corner stores in Hartford, CT, USA
Objective Literature on food environments has expanded rapidly, yet most research focuses on stores and community characteristics without integrating customer-level data. The present study combines customer shopping behaviour with store food inventory data. Design Face-to-face interviews were conducted with customers shopping in corner stores to measure food shopping behaviour, household food security and demographics. Store inventories were cond…
Changing the Conversation About Hunger
Freshplace is a successful, community- university partnership bringing together three community agencies and a state university. This is the first food pantry intervention to be evaluated, and preliminary results are promising
Social capital is associated with decreased risk of hunger
Social capital is associated with decreased risk of hunger
Changing the Conversation About Hunger
Freshplace is a successful, community- university partnership bringing together three community agencies and a state university. This is the first food pantry intervention to be evaluated, and preliminary results are promising
Social capital is associated with decreased risk of hunger
If you stock it, will they buy it? Healthy food availability and customer purchasing behaviour within corner stores in Hartford, CT, USA
Objective Literature on food environments has expanded rapidly, yet most research focuses on stores and community characteristics without integrating customer-level data. The present study combines customer shopping behaviour with store food inventory data. Design Face-to-face interviews were conducted with customers shopping in corner stores to measure food shopping behaviour, household food security and demographics. Store inventories were cond…
Changing the Conversation About Hunger
Freshplace is a successful, community- university partnership bringing together three community agencies and a state university. This is the first food pantry intervention to be evaluated, and preliminary results are promising
Formative Research to Examine Collaboration Between Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Woman, Infants, and Children and Head Start Programs
Self-efficacy is associated with increased food security in novel food pantry program
We examined the effect of a novel food pantry intervention (Freshplace) that includes client-choice and motivational interviewing on self-efficacy and food security in food pantry clients. The study was designed as a randomized control trial. Participants were recruited over one year from traditional food pantries in Hartford, CT. Participants were randomized to Freshplace or traditional food pantries (controls) and data collection occurred at ba…
Food pantries select healthier foods after nutrition information is available on their food bank’s ordering platform
Objective: In the USA, community-based food pantries provide free groceries to people struggling with food insecurity. Many pantries obtain food from regional food banks using an online shopping platform. A food bank introduced a visible nutrition rank (i.e. green, yellow or red) onto its platform. The hypothesis was that pantry orders would increase for the healthiest options (green) and decrease for the least healthy options (red). Design: Inte…
Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (6 works) · Medicine (6 works) · Agriculture (5 works) · Food security (5 works) · Geography (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Business (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Food insecurity (3 works)