Back to Annual Meeting Page		American Public Health Association 133rd Annual Meeting & Exposition December 10-14, 2005 Philadelphia, PA

Abstract #117579

Timothy T. Brown, PhD, Petris Center - School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, 2150 Shattuck Ave, Suite 525, Berkeley, CA 94720-7380, 510-643-4103, tbpetris@uclink.berkeley.edu, Richard M. Scheffler, PhD, The Nicholas C. Petris Center on Health Care Markets & Consumer Welfare, University of California, Berkeley, 140 Earl Warren Hall, MC7360, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, and Carlos Iribarren, MD, MPH, PhD, Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente, 2000 Broadway, Oakland, CA 94612.

Objective: To determine the association between community social capital (CSC) and eating five or more fruits and/or vegetables per day.

Data Sources: 2000 National Health Interview Survey, 2000 American Chamber of Commerce Researchers Association (ACCRA) Cost of Living Reports, 1999 County Business Patterns.

Study Design: We estimate a logit model to estimate the probability of individuals eating five or more fruits and vegetables per day. We control for the prices of fruits and vegetables, the cost of living, family income, sex, age, race/ethnicity, and education.

Findings: We find a strong positive association between CSC and eating five or more fruits and vegetables per day.

Learning Objectives: At the conclusion of the session, the participant (learner) in this session will be able to

• Describe the concept of community social capital and how it can be operationalized.
• Articulate possible pathways between community social capital and eating five or more fruits and/or vegetables per day.
• Assess the association between community social capital and eating five or more fruits and vegetables per day.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

I wish to disclose that I have NO financial interests or other relationship with the manufactures of commercial products, suppliers of commercial services or commercial supporters.