Lucia A Leone
Biographic Data
| ID | 4238136 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Lucia A Leone |
| GIVEN NAMES | Lucia A |
| FAMILY NAME | Leone |
| SIGNATURE | LEONE L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University at Buffalo, State University of New York |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3775-336X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 34 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 6 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 34 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Protocol for the process evaluation of a mobile produce market intervention to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in lower-income communities: The Veggie Van Study
Introduction: Mobile produce markets have become increasingly prevalent throughout the United States, highlighting the need for evidence-based models for markets to follow. The Veggie Van (VV) model is a set of practices that have been found to be efficacious in increasing fruit and vegetable intake in underserved communities. The next step in determining the model's effectiveness is evaluating the model when implemented on a broader scale under …
Viewpoint: Evaluating transparency and market consequences of the national bioengineered food disclosure standard in the United States
Effects of an optimal defaults grocery shopping intervention on household grocery purchases of families with young children
Observing general and food-specific parenting in a restaurant setting: An exploratory study
Addressing food insecurity in HIV care: Perspectives from healthcare and social service providers in New York state
Ending the HIV epidemic in the United States will require addressing social determinants contributing to poor care engagement among people living with HIV (PLH), such as food insecurity. Food insecurity is associated with poor care engagement among PLH. Yet, few studies have examined the perspectives of healthcare and social services providers on addressing food insecurity in HIV care. Guided by the Social Ecological Model, we conducted semi-stru…
The impact of food insecurity on receipt of care, retention in care, and viral suppression among people living with HIV/Aids in the United States: A causal mediation analysis
Introduction Attaining The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS 95-95-95 targets to end the HIV epidemic by 2030 will require a greater understanding of the underlying mechanisms influencing care engagement among people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). One such mechanism is food insecurity, defined as limited or uncertain access to food. Food insecurity has been shown to significantly impact HIV outcomes. Yet, few studies have examined the mec…
Feasibility and implementation of a grocery shopping intervention for adults diagnosed with or at-risk for type 2 diabetes
Objective: To examine the feasibility and implementation of an optimal defaults intervention designed to align grocery purchases with a diet recommended for people with or at-risk for type 2 diabetes. Design: This was a 5-week pilot randomised trial with three groups: in-person grocery shopping, shopping online and shopping online with ‘default’ carts. Participants were asked to shop normally in Week One, according to group assignment in Weeks Tw…
A Novel Process to Recruit and Select Community Partners for a Hybrid Implementation-Effectiveness Study
An RFP process is familiar to many community organizations that compete for grant funding but may not have prior research experience. This process streamlined recruitment timelines, increased diversity, and cultivated community among organizations. It may also improve research transparency, study completion, and intervention fidelity
Modeling hemp as an innovative input: An application of the diffusion of innovations in a sample of hemp aware consumers
After decades of absence, the federal legalization of hemp in the U.S. positions the crop as an innovative, plant-based input for conventional products. Through an application of the diffusion of innovations theory, this study responds to identified research needs made by hemp stakeholders and the existing literature by modeling the influence of innovation characteristics on propensity to use hemp products among Vermont consumers. Findings reveal…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Mobile Produce Market Operations: Adaptations, Barriers, and Future Directions for Increasing Food Access
Emergency adaptations employed by mobile markets can inform long-term operational modifications for not only mobile markets, but also other food access programs, beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Forms of Community Engagement in Neighborhood Food Retail: Healthy Community Stores Case Study Project
Community engagement is well established as a key to improving public health. Prior food environment research has largely studied community engagement as an intervention component, leaving much unknown about how food retailers may already engage in this work. The purpose of this study was to explore the community engagement activities employed by neighborhood food retailers located in lower-income communities with explicit health missions to unde…
Balancing Mission and Margins: What Makes Healthy Community Food Stores Successful
Mission-driven, independently-owned community food stores have been identified as a potential solution to improve access to healthy foods, yet to date there is limited information on what factors contribute to these stores' success and failure. Using a multiple case study approach, this study examined what makes a healthy community food store successful and identified strategies for success in seven community stores in urban areas across the Unit…
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Research-Tested Mobile Produce Market Model Designed to Improve Diet in Under-Resourced Communities: Rationale and Design for the Veggie Van Study
Mobile produce markets are increasingly popular retail vendors used for providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables (F&V) in under-resourced communities; however, evaluation is limited due to design and implementation challenges. This protocol presents the original design of a randomized control trial aimed at assessing the effectiveness of the evidence-based Veggie Van (VV) mobile market model. Nine US community partner organizations were as…
Increasing Healthy Food Access for Low-Income Communities: Protocol of the Healthy Community Stores Case Study Project
Improving healthy food access in low-income communities continues to be a public health challenge. One strategy for improving healthy food access has been to introduce community food stores, with the mission of increasing healthy food access; however, no study has explored the experiences of different initiatives and models in opening and sustaining healthy food stores. This study used a case study approach to understand the experiences of health…
Operational challenges that may affect implementation of evidence-based mobile market interventions
Common and persistent challenges ought to be addressed to ensure and enhance the positive public health impacts of mobile produce markets. Contextual factors, particularly organizational factors, that impact implementation should also be considered when implementing an evidence-based intervention at a mobile market. Further research is needed to determine which innovative solutions are the most effective in mitigating challenges, improving implem…
Participation in cost-offset community-supported agriculture by low-income households in the USA is associated with community characteristics and operational practices
Objective: Subsidised or cost-offset community-supported agriculture (CO-CSA) connects farms directly to low-income households and can improve fruit and vegetable intake. This analysis identifies factors associated with participation in CO-CSA. Design: Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK) provided a half-price, summer CO-CSA plus healthy eating classes to low-income households with children. Community characteristics (population, socio-demogr…
Financial scarcity is indirectly related to multiple aspects of executive function through stress and the strength of association depends on childhood poverty
Financial scarcity, or having insufficient financial resources to meet needs, directly impairs multiple aspects of executive function (EF). Financial scarcity is also stressful and stress impairs EF, however, whether stress mediates the effect of scarcity on EF, and whether these associations vary by either the aspect of EF being measured, or self-reported developmental history of poverty, is not known. Data were collected from a cross-sectional …
Food Acquisition and Daily Life for U.S. Families with 4- to 8-Year-Old Children during Covid-19: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey
Evidence of short-term impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on family life is emerging. Continued research can shed light on potential longer-term impacts. An online survey of U.S. parents with 4- to 8-year-old children ( n = 1000) was administered in October 2020. The survey examined parent-reported impacts of COVID-19 on lifestyle (e.g., work, child-care, grocery shopping), as well as current family food acquisition and e…
Evaluating the implementation and impact of a healthier checkout programme at a regional convenience store chain
Objective: To test the feasibility of implementing and evaluating a healthier checkout pilot study in a convenience store chain. Design: A quasi-experimental study was conducted comparing a 3-month ‘healthier checkouts’ intervention in ten convenience stores which stocked eight healthier items in the checkout space and ten comparison stores assigned to continue stocking their current checkout space product mix. All aspects of the intervention wer…
Perceptions of nutrition education classes offered in conjunction with a community-supported agriculture intervention among low-income families
Objective: To examine participants’ experiences with nutrition education classes that were implemented with and designed to complement a cost-offset community-supported agriculture (CSA) programme. Design: Qualitative analysis of data from twenty-eight focus groups with ninety-six participants enrolled in Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK). Transcribed data were coded and analysed by a priori and emergent themes. Setting: Rural and micropol…
Healthy Food Retail during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Future Directions
Disparities in dietary behaviors have been directly linked to the food environment, including access to retail food outlets. The Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to major changes in the distribution, sale, purchase, preparation, and consumption of food in the United States (US). This paper reflects on those changes and provides recommendations for research to understand the impact of the pandemic on the retail food environm…
A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions
The retail food environment (RFE) has important implications for dietary intake and health, and dramatic changes in RFEs have been observed over the past few decades and years. Prior conceptual models of the RFE and its relationships with health and behavior have played an important role in guiding research; yet, the convergence of RFE changes and scientific advances in the field suggest the time is ripe to revisit this conceptualization. In this…
Perceived Benefits and Barriers in the Mediation of Exercise Differences in Older Black Women with and Without Obesity
Using repeated exposure through hands-on cooking to increase children's preferences for fruits and vegetables
The perceived influence of cost-offset community-supported agriculture on food access among low-income families
Objective To examine perspectives on food access among low-income families participating in a cost-offset community-supported agriculture (CO-CSA) programme. Design Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK) is a multicentre randomized intervention trial assessing the effect of CO-CSA on dietary intake and quality among children from low-income families. Focus groups were conducted at the end of the first CO-CSA season. Participants were interviewe…
You can know your school and feed it too: Vermont farmers’ motivations and distribution practices in direct sales to school food services
Perceived Benefits and Barriers in the Mediation of Exercise Differences in Older Black Women with and Without Obesity
Issues in the Estimation of Women's Household Time Use: Some Thoughts From the Field
Prices, income and the economic status of older, single women: Implications for health care and housing policies
Issues in the Estimation of Women's Household Time Use: Some Thoughts From the Field
The digital divide in Internet information searching: A double-hurdle model analysis of household data from Vermont
While most studies on the digital divide in the United States focus on disparities in access to computers and the Internet, this study examines the digital divide in Internet information searching. With data from 476 Vermont households surveyed in 2009, a double-hurdle model is used to identify the factors that impact the likelihood and frequency of using the Internet for information searching. Empirical results suggest that there are significant…
You can know your school and feed it too: Vermont farmers’ motivations and distribution practices in direct sales to school food services
Developing an agenda for research about policies to improve access to healthy foods in rural communities: A concept mapping study
This collaborative, trans-disciplinary, participatory process, created a map to guide and prioritize research about polices to improve healthy, affordable food access in rural communities
Examining the relationship between the food environment and adult diabetes prevalence by county economic and racial composition: An ecological study
The food environment is more strongly associated with diabetes prevalence for wealthier counties with a lower proportion of minority residents. This is important given efforts to increase food access in vulnerable communities. Availability of healthier food may not be enough to change health outcomes
Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK): An innovative community supported agriculture intervention to prevent childhood obesity in low-income families and strengthen local agricultural economies
ClinicalTrials.gov NCT02770196 . Registered 5 April 2016
Get real: An analysis of student preference for real food
The perceived influence of cost-offset community-supported agriculture on food access among low-income families
Objective To examine perspectives on food access among low-income families participating in a cost-offset community-supported agriculture (CO-CSA) programme. Design Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK) is a multicentre randomized intervention trial assessing the effect of CO-CSA on dietary intake and quality among children from low-income families. Focus groups were conducted at the end of the first CO-CSA season. Participants were interviewe…
Rural corner store owners’ perceptions of stocking healthier foods in response to proposed SNAP retailer rule changes
Using repeated exposure through hands-on cooking to increase children's preferences for fruits and vegetables
Healthy Food Retail during the Covid-19 Pandemic: Challenges and Future Directions
Disparities in dietary behaviors have been directly linked to the food environment, including access to retail food outlets. The Coronavirus Disease of 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has led to major changes in the distribution, sale, purchase, preparation, and consumption of food in the United States (US). This paper reflects on those changes and provides recommendations for research to understand the impact of the pandemic on the retail food environm…
A Model Depicting the Retail Food Environment and Customer Interactions: Components, Outcomes, and Future Directions
The retail food environment (RFE) has important implications for dietary intake and health, and dramatic changes in RFEs have been observed over the past few decades and years. Prior conceptual models of the RFE and its relationships with health and behavior have played an important role in guiding research; yet, the convergence of RFE changes and scientific advances in the field suggest the time is ripe to revisit this conceptualization. In this…
Perceived Benefits and Barriers in the Mediation of Exercise Differences in Older Black Women with and Without Obesity
Financial scarcity is indirectly related to multiple aspects of executive function through stress and the strength of association depends on childhood poverty
Financial scarcity, or having insufficient financial resources to meet needs, directly impairs multiple aspects of executive function (EF). Financial scarcity is also stressful and stress impairs EF, however, whether stress mediates the effect of scarcity on EF, and whether these associations vary by either the aspect of EF being measured, or self-reported developmental history of poverty, is not known. Data were collected from a cross-sectional …
Food Acquisition and Daily Life for U.S. Families with 4- to 8-Year-Old Children during Covid-19: Findings from a Nationally Representative Survey
Evidence of short-term impacts of the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic on family life is emerging. Continued research can shed light on potential longer-term impacts. An online survey of U.S. parents with 4- to 8-year-old children ( n = 1000) was administered in October 2020. The survey examined parent-reported impacts of COVID-19 on lifestyle (e.g., work, child-care, grocery shopping), as well as current family food acquisition and e…
Evaluating the implementation and impact of a healthier checkout programme at a regional convenience store chain
Objective: To test the feasibility of implementing and evaluating a healthier checkout pilot study in a convenience store chain. Design: A quasi-experimental study was conducted comparing a 3-month ‘healthier checkouts’ intervention in ten convenience stores which stocked eight healthier items in the checkout space and ten comparison stores assigned to continue stocking their current checkout space product mix. All aspects of the intervention wer…
Perceptions of nutrition education classes offered in conjunction with a community-supported agriculture intervention among low-income families
Objective: To examine participants’ experiences with nutrition education classes that were implemented with and designed to complement a cost-offset community-supported agriculture (CSA) programme. Design: Qualitative analysis of data from twenty-eight focus groups with ninety-six participants enrolled in Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK). Transcribed data were coded and analysed by a priori and emergent themes. Setting: Rural and micropol…
Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic on Mobile Produce Market Operations: Adaptations, Barriers, and Future Directions for Increasing Food Access
Emergency adaptations employed by mobile markets can inform long-term operational modifications for not only mobile markets, but also other food access programs, beyond the COVID-19 pandemic
Forms of Community Engagement in Neighborhood Food Retail: Healthy Community Stores Case Study Project
Community engagement is well established as a key to improving public health. Prior food environment research has largely studied community engagement as an intervention component, leaving much unknown about how food retailers may already engage in this work. The purpose of this study was to explore the community engagement activities employed by neighborhood food retailers located in lower-income communities with explicit health missions to unde…
Balancing Mission and Margins: What Makes Healthy Community Food Stores Successful
Mission-driven, independently-owned community food stores have been identified as a potential solution to improve access to healthy foods, yet to date there is limited information on what factors contribute to these stores' success and failure. Using a multiple case study approach, this study examined what makes a healthy community food store successful and identified strategies for success in seven community stores in urban areas across the Unit…
A Randomized Controlled Trial of a Research-Tested Mobile Produce Market Model Designed to Improve Diet in Under-Resourced Communities: Rationale and Design for the Veggie Van Study
Mobile produce markets are increasingly popular retail vendors used for providing access to fresh fruits and vegetables (F&V) in under-resourced communities; however, evaluation is limited due to design and implementation challenges. This protocol presents the original design of a randomized control trial aimed at assessing the effectiveness of the evidence-based Veggie Van (VV) mobile market model. Nine US community partner organizations were as…
Increasing Healthy Food Access for Low-Income Communities: Protocol of the Healthy Community Stores Case Study Project
Improving healthy food access in low-income communities continues to be a public health challenge. One strategy for improving healthy food access has been to introduce community food stores, with the mission of increasing healthy food access; however, no study has explored the experiences of different initiatives and models in opening and sustaining healthy food stores. This study used a case study approach to understand the experiences of health…
Operational challenges that may affect implementation of evidence-based mobile market interventions
Common and persistent challenges ought to be addressed to ensure and enhance the positive public health impacts of mobile produce markets. Contextual factors, particularly organizational factors, that impact implementation should also be considered when implementing an evidence-based intervention at a mobile market. Further research is needed to determine which innovative solutions are the most effective in mitigating challenges, improving implem…
Participation in cost-offset community-supported agriculture by low-income households in the USA is associated with community characteristics and operational practices
Objective: Subsidised or cost-offset community-supported agriculture (CO-CSA) connects farms directly to low-income households and can improve fruit and vegetable intake. This analysis identifies factors associated with participation in CO-CSA. Design: Farm Fresh Foods for Healthy Kids (F3HK) provided a half-price, summer CO-CSA plus healthy eating classes to low-income households with children. Community characteristics (population, socio-demogr…
Medicine (21 works) · Business (19 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (18 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (16 works) · Marketing (15 works) · Environmental health (12 works) · Economics (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Psychological intervention (9 works)