Promoting Food Justice and Tobacco Control in Urban Food Deserts: A Case Study of Community Action and Policy Change in San Francisco

Abstract

In food deserts like San Francisco’s Tenderloin District, the high density of tobacco outlets and lack of access to healthy food contribute to high rates of morbidity and premature death among the neighborhoods’ largely... [ view full abstract ]

Authors

  1. Meredith Minkler (University of California)
  2. Jessica Estrada (Tenderloin Health Corner Store Coalition)
  3. Jennifer Falbe (University of California, Berkeley)
  4. Susana Hennessey - Lavery (San Francisco Department of Public Health)
  5. Ryan Thayer (Tenderloin Neighborhood Development Corporation)

Topic Area

VI. Research and action 6.1 Collaboration; interaction of researchers; stakeholders 6.2 S

Session

EFA-O-09 » Evidence for Action in Policy and Programs (08:00 - Monday, 4th April, TBA)

Paper

Minkler_e_t_al__TL_FINAL_small_font__ISUH_2016.docx

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