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Jill S. Litt

Researcher at University of Colorado Boulder

Publications -  64
Citations -  2715

Jill S. Litt is an academic researcher from University of Colorado Boulder. The author has contributed to research in topics: Population & Public health. The author has an hindex of 20, co-authored 58 publications receiving 2091 citations. Previous affiliations of Jill S. Litt include Johns Hopkins University & Colorado School of Public Health.

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Collective efficacy in Denver, Colorado: Strengthening neighborhoods and health through community gardens.

TL;DR: The potential for the place-based social processes found in community gardens to support collective efficacy, a powerful mechanism for enhancing the role of gardens in promoting health, is discussed.
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The influence of social involvement, neighborhood aesthetics, and community garden participation on fruit and vegetable consumption.

TL;DR: The qualities intrinsic to community gardens make them a unique intervention that can narrow the divide between people and the places where food is grown and increase local opportunities to eat better.
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Connecting food environments and health through the relational nature of aesthetics: gaining insight through the community gardening experience.

TL;DR: It is suggested that the relational nature of aesthetics, defined as the most fundamental connection between people and place, can help guide community designers and health planners when designing environment and policy approaches to improve health behaviors.
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Neighborhood attachment and its correlates: Exploring neighborhood conditions, collective efficacy, and gardening

TL;DR: In this article, the authors examined the relationship between objective and perceived neighborhood conditions (e.g., crime, physical incivilities, sense of safety), social processes and recreational gardening and neighborhood attachment.