Patricia L Williams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5408713 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Patricia L Williams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Patricia L |
| FAMILY NAME | Williams |
| SIGNATURE | WILLIAMS P L |
| AFFILIATIONS | Mount Saint Vincent University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-7342-0378 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 42 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Availability and affordability of healthy and less healthy food in Nova Scotia
Objective: The present study aimed to examine the availability and price of healthier compared with less healthy foods by geography, store category and store type for convenience stores, and by store size for grocery stores in Nova Scotia. Design: A cross-sectional study that examined differences in the overall availability and price of healthier compared to less healthy foods in grocery and convenience stores in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Cons…
Hacia la emancipación de las mujeres para la seguridad alimentaria
En este articulo nos basamos en una revisión documental de datos cualitativos −de la investigación participativa sobre el coste de los alimentos de 2001-2017 realizada por FoodARC y su socios en Nueva Escocia (NE), Canadá− sobre las experiencias de mujeres con la inseguridad alimentaria (IA) y las implicaciones de su participación en la investigación de acción participativa (IAP), para examinar: 1) el estigma, la vergüenza, la marginación y la ex…
Starving to be a student
Household food insecurity (HFI) exists when access to food is inadequate or insecure due to financial constraints, and is an issue of increasing concern among postsecondary students who face barriers to food access due to precarious finances. The goal of the current study was to explore the experience of HFI among university students in Nova Scotia (NS), including barriers and facilitators, and potential policy solutions to the issue from the per…
Spatial analysis of population at risk of food insecurity using the voices from a Photovoice study
To better understand community-level impacts of the built environmental quality on residents with less economic resources to acquire food, it is fruitful to combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to the investigation. We explored how the level of spatial accessibility in communities change if we incorporate even a few factors of barriers on journey to food voiced in a Photovoice study. The resulting population coverage by food outlets wa…
Empowering small-scale, community-based fisheries through a food systems framework
The cost and affordability of growing and feeding a baby in Nova Scotia
In-store food environment for adults and children in Nova Scotia, Canada
Challenges in assessing food environments in northern and remote communities in Canada
Breast, Formula and Combination Feeding in Relation to Childhood Obesity in Nova Scotia, Canada
The impact of school policies and practices on students’ diets, physical activity levels and body weights
A survey of food bank operations in five Canadian cities
Despite their extensive history, food banks in Canada remain dependent on donations and volunteers, with available resources quickly exhausted in the face of agencies' efforts to more fully meet clients' needs. Food banks have limited capacity to respond to the needs of those who seek assistance
Food Insecurity and Participation
The Nova Scotia Participatory Food Costing Project uses participatory action research to collect data on the cost and affordability of food and involves those who are directly affected by food insecurity. More than a decade of this work has also yielded qualitative evaluation data that illustrates the project participants' experience with the project and with food (in)security more generally. The data are characterized by ample evidence of partic…
Is the minimum enough? Affordability of a nutritious diet for minimum wage earners in Nova Scotia (2002–2012)
Afford ability of a Nutritious Diet for Income Assistance Recipients in Nova Scotia (2002–2010)
Milk as Metaphor
This study investigated the discourses of low-income lone mothers in Atlantic Canada when they were asked to comment on challenges they faced in providing food in general, and milk in particular, for their families. Data were collected between 1999 and 2006 over the course of two studies through face-to-face interviews and focus groups. We also sought mothers' views on ways to increase access to milk. Transcripts were re-analyzed to assess the sy…
Can Households Earning Minimum Wage in Nova Scotia Afford a Nutritious Diet
The ‘wonderfulness’ of children’s feeding programs
When people involved in children's feeding programs were asked to describe them, without exception they were described using phrases that reflected the perception of 'wonderfulness'. This paper critically analyses the 'wonderfulness' of children's feeding programs by examining the language used to describe these programs, and the features of a 'wonderful' program through an analysis of a multi-site, qualitative case study of nine diverse programs…
Factors Influencing Infant Feeding Practices of Mothers in Vancouver
Afford ability of a Nutritious Diet for Income Assistance Recipients in Nova Scotia (2002–2010)
Can Households Earning Minimum Wage in Nova Scotia Afford a Nutritious Diet
Factors Influencing Infant Feeding Practices of Mothers in Vancouver
Challenges in assessing food environments in northern and remote communities in Canada
Food Insecurity and Participation
The Nova Scotia Participatory Food Costing Project uses participatory action research to collect data on the cost and affordability of food and involves those who are directly affected by food insecurity. More than a decade of this work has also yielded qualitative evaluation data that illustrates the project participants' experience with the project and with food (in)security more generally. The data are characterized by ample evidence of partic…
The cost and affordability of growing and feeding a baby in Nova Scotia
Is the minimum enough? Affordability of a nutritious diet for minimum wage earners in Nova Scotia (2002–2012)
Hacia la emancipación de las mujeres para la seguridad alimentaria
En este articulo nos basamos en una revisión documental de datos cualitativos −de la investigación participativa sobre el coste de los alimentos de 2001-2017 realizada por FoodARC y su socios en Nueva Escocia (NE), Canadá− sobre las experiencias de mujeres con la inseguridad alimentaria (IA) y las implicaciones de su participación en la investigación de acción participativa (IAP), para examinar: 1) el estigma, la vergüenza, la marginación y la ex…
The impact of school policies and practices on students’ diets, physical activity levels and body weights
Factors Influencing Infant Feeding Practices of Mothers in Vancouver
The ‘wonderfulness’ of children’s feeding programs
When people involved in children's feeding programs were asked to describe them, without exception they were described using phrases that reflected the perception of 'wonderfulness'. This paper critically analyses the 'wonderfulness' of children's feeding programs by examining the language used to describe these programs, and the features of a 'wonderful' program through an analysis of a multi-site, qualitative case study of nine diverse programs…
Can Households Earning Minimum Wage in Nova Scotia Afford a Nutritious Diet
Milk as Metaphor
This study investigated the discourses of low-income lone mothers in Atlantic Canada when they were asked to comment on challenges they faced in providing food in general, and milk in particular, for their families. Data were collected between 1999 and 2006 over the course of two studies through face-to-face interviews and focus groups. We also sought mothers' views on ways to increase access to milk. Transcripts were re-analyzed to assess the sy…
Afford ability of a Nutritious Diet for Income Assistance Recipients in Nova Scotia (2002–2010)
A survey of food bank operations in five Canadian cities
Despite their extensive history, food banks in Canada remain dependent on donations and volunteers, with available resources quickly exhausted in the face of agencies' efforts to more fully meet clients' needs. Food banks have limited capacity to respond to the needs of those who seek assistance
Food Insecurity and Participation
The Nova Scotia Participatory Food Costing Project uses participatory action research to collect data on the cost and affordability of food and involves those who are directly affected by food insecurity. More than a decade of this work has also yielded qualitative evaluation data that illustrates the project participants' experience with the project and with food (in)security more generally. The data are characterized by ample evidence of partic…
Is the minimum enough? Affordability of a nutritious diet for minimum wage earners in Nova Scotia (2002–2012)
Breast, Formula and Combination Feeding in Relation to Childhood Obesity in Nova Scotia, Canada
The impact of school policies and practices on students’ diets, physical activity levels and body weights
Challenges in assessing food environments in northern and remote communities in Canada
Starving to be a student
Household food insecurity (HFI) exists when access to food is inadequate or insecure due to financial constraints, and is an issue of increasing concern among postsecondary students who face barriers to food access due to precarious finances. The goal of the current study was to explore the experience of HFI among university students in Nova Scotia (NS), including barriers and facilitators, and potential policy solutions to the issue from the per…
Spatial analysis of population at risk of food insecurity using the voices from a Photovoice study
To better understand community-level impacts of the built environmental quality on residents with less economic resources to acquire food, it is fruitful to combine qualitative and quantitative approaches to the investigation. We explored how the level of spatial accessibility in communities change if we incorporate even a few factors of barriers on journey to food voiced in a Photovoice study. The resulting population coverage by food outlets wa…
Empowering small-scale, community-based fisheries through a food systems framework
The cost and affordability of growing and feeding a baby in Nova Scotia
In-store food environment for adults and children in Nova Scotia, Canada
Availability and affordability of healthy and less healthy food in Nova Scotia
Objective: The present study aimed to examine the availability and price of healthier compared with less healthy foods by geography, store category and store type for convenience stores, and by store size for grocery stores in Nova Scotia. Design: A cross-sectional study that examined differences in the overall availability and price of healthier compared to less healthy foods in grocery and convenience stores in Nova Scotia. The Nova Scotia Cons…
Hacia la emancipación de las mujeres para la seguridad alimentaria
En este articulo nos basamos en una revisión documental de datos cualitativos −de la investigación participativa sobre el coste de los alimentos de 2001-2017 realizada por FoodARC y su socios en Nueva Escocia (NE), Canadá− sobre las experiencias de mujeres con la inseguridad alimentaria (IA) y las implicaciones de su participación en la investigación de acción participativa (IAP), para examinar: 1) el estigma, la vergüenza, la marginación y la ex…
Geography (12 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (10 works) · Business (9 works) · Economics (9 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Food security (8 works) · Nova scotia (7 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 works) · Food insecurity (6 works)