# positions[].organizations[].label
Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences

# overview
o Improving nutritional, physical, and emotional health across the life span among underserved and rural populations

o Community empowerment and engagement for improving population health

o Systems approach to improving population health in rural and underserved areas

o Developing, implementing, and evaluating culturally-responsive approaches to establish and maintain healthy lifestyles

o Mixed research methods, including qualitative (e.g., focus groups, in-depth interviews) and quantitative (e.g., survey design and web-based application) methods, study design, and analytical approaches.

o Community-based participatory research, education, and outreach

o Reducing the risk for food insecurity and hunger among children, adults, and seniors

o Improving the response of food systems in rural areas

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Clinical Trials And Supportive Activities

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.s.

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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2.2 Factors Relating To The Physical Environment

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Clinical Trials And Supportive Activities

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3.1 Primary Prevention Interventions To Modify Behaviours Or Promote Wellbeing

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3 Prevention Of Disease And Conditions, And Promotion Of Well-being

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Centers For Disease Control And Prevention, U.s.

# educationAndTraining[].organization.label
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States)

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill - (Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States)

# publications[].label
Nutrition and aging: nutritional health inequity.

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Qu Pasa Con Pap? Exploring Paternal Responsibilities and Physical Activity in Mexican-Heritage Families.

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Using multiple household food inventories to measure food availability in the home over 30 days: a pilot study.

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Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas: an individual-level analysis.

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Relationship of household food insecurity to health-related quality of life in a large sample of rural and urban women.

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Formative Evaluation for a Healthy Corner Store Initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: Assessing the Rural Food Environment, Part 1

# publications[].publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

# publications[].label
Nitrosatable drug exposure during early pregnancy and neural tube defects in offspring: National Birth Defects Prevention Study.

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Sibship, physical activity, and sedentary behavior: a longitudinal, observational study among Mexican-heritage sibling dyads.

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Convenience stores and the marketing of foods and beverages through product assortment.

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Health-related quality of life among Mexican Americans living in colonias at the Texas-Mexico border.

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Responding to the Challenges of Recruiting and Retaining Homebound Older Men and Women in a Study of Nutrition and Function

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Association between proximity to and coverage of traditional fast-food restaurants and non-traditional fast-food outlets and fast-food consumption among rural adults.

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Rural food insecurity in the United States as an overlooked site of struggle in health communication.

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Perceived Physical Activity Barriers of Mexican-Heritage Sibling Dyads.

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Summary measure of dietary musculoskeletal nutrient (calcium, vitamin D, magnesium, and phosphorus) intakes is associated with lower-extremity physical performance in homebound elderly men and women.

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Use of vendedores (mobile food vendors), pulgas (flea markets), and vecinos o amigos (neighbors or friends) as alternative sources of food for purchase among Mexican-origin households in Texas border colonias.

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Indicators of material hardship and depressive symptoms among homebound older adults living in North Carolina.

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Physical and social environmental characteristics of physical activity for Mexican-origin children: examining differences between school year and summer perceptions.

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Association between neighborhood need and spatial access to food stores and fast food restaurants in neighborhoods of colonias.

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It's all about the children: a participant-driven photo-elicitation study of Mexican-origin mothers' food choices.

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Nitrosatable Drug Exposure during Pregnancy and Preterm and Small-for-Gestational-Age Births.

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Can't find the nutrition? Is this cause for concern?

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Physical Activity Space Methodology for Assessment and Prioritization (PASMAP): Combining systematic observations with community perceptions to identify community physical activity resource priorities.

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Pulga (flea market) contributions to the retail food environment of colonias in the South Texas border region.

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Successful Falls Prevention Programming for Older Adults in Texas: Rural-Urban Variations

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Child hunger and the protective effects of Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) and alternative food sources among Mexican-origin families in Texas border colonias.

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Nutrition Effects of a Family-Centered Health Promotion Program for Mexican-Heritage Children in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas.

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Development and Implementation of a Culturally and Linguistically Centered Nutrition Education Program for Promotoras de Salud (Community Health Workers) to Foster Community Health Education and Outreach in Texas Border Colonias

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Seasoning for the Soul: Empowerment Through Food Preparation Among Mexican Women in the Texas Colonias

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Health Promotion and Disease Prevention in the Older Adult

# publications[].label
Formative evaluation for a healthy corner store initiative in Pitt County, North Carolina: assessing the rural food environment, part 1.

# publications[].label
Focusing on fast food restaurants alone underestimates the relationship between neighborhood deprivation and exposure to fast food in a large rural area.

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Food insecurity, social capital and perceived personal disparity in a predominantly rural region of Texas: An individual-level analysis (vol 72, pg 1454, 2011)

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Neighborhood deprivation, vehicle ownership, and potential spatial access to a variety of fruits and vegetables in a large rural area in Texas.

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Older adults' concerns about cognitive health: commonalities and differences among six United States ethnic groups

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Relationship of food insecurity to women's dietary outcomes: a systematic review.

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Gender difference in physical performance, body composition and dietary intake in homebound elders.

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Patterns of Screen Time Among Rural Mexican-American Children on the New Mexico-Mexico Border.

# publications[].publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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The influence of nutritional health on physical function: A critical relationship for homebound older adults

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Empowerment of promotoras as promotora-researchers in the Comidas Saludables & Gente Sana en las Colonias del Sur de Tejas (Healthy Food and Healthy People in South Texas Colonias) program.

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Cultural repertoires and food-related household technology within colonia households under conditions of material hardship.

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Nitrosatable drug exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy and selected congenital malformations.

# publications[].label
Promoting cognitive health: a formative research collaboration of the healthy aging research network.

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Validity of secondary retail food outlet data: a systematic review.

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Diet and health outcomes in vulnerable populations.

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Food insecurity is associated with social capital, perceived personal disparity, and partnership status among older and senior adults in a largely rural area of central Texas.

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Less-healthy eating behaviors have a greater association with a high level of sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among rural adults than among urban adults.

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An Ecological Perspective on Older Adult Eating Behavior

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Use of Telephone-Administered Survey for Identifying Nutritional Risk Indicators Among Community-Living Older Adults in Rural Areas

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Black/White Differences in Nutritional Risk Among Rural Older Adults

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Maternal dietary intake of nitrates, nitrites and nitrosamines and selected birth defects in offspring: a case-control study.

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"I'm the Momma": using photo-elicitation to understand matrilineal influence on family food choice.

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Longitudinal examination of homebound older adults who experience heightened food insufficiency: effect of diabetes status and implications for service provision.

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The impact of a communitywide smoke-free ordinance on smoking among older adults.

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Children's very low food security is associated with increased dietary intakes in energy, fat, and added sugar among Mexican-origin children (6-11 y) in Texas border Colonias.

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Perceptions of drinking water safety and their associations with plain water intake among US Hispanic adults.

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Perceptions of tap water and school water fountains and association with intake of plain water and sugar-sweetened beverages.

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From message to motivation: where the rubber meets the road.

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Perceptions and beliefs about the role of physical activity and nutrition on brain health in older adults.

# publications[].label
Understanding contextual barriers, supports, and opportunities for physical activity among Mexican-origin children in Texas border colonias: a descriptive study.

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Perceived and objective measures of the food store environment and the association with weight and diet among low-income women in North Carolina.

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Food Store Environment Modifies Intervention Effect on Fruit and Vegetable Intake among Low-Income Women in North Carolina.

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Physical Activity of Mexican-origin Children: Examining Parental Support.

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Development of estimates of dietary nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines for use with the Short Willet Food Frequency Questionnaire.

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Double strain of severe obesity and depression on perception of increased diabetes burden among homebound older women.

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Physical limitations in meal preparation and consumption are associated with lower musculoskeletal nutrient (calcium, vitamin D, magnesium, and phosphorus) intakes in homebound older adults

# publications[].label
"I Can Say that We Were Healthy and Unhealthy" FOOD CHOICE AND THE REINVENTION OF TRADITION

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Risk and presence of food insufficiency are associated with low nutrient intakes and multimorbidity among homebound older women who receive home-delivered meals.

# publications[].label
Intrafamilial Characteristics Are Important Predictors of Children's Diets in New Mexico's Border Colonias.

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Socio-economic status, racial composition and the affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables in neighborhoods of a large rural region in Texas.

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Diuretic medication therapy use and low thiamin intake in homebound older adults.

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Ethnically diverse older adults' beliefs about staying mentally sharp.

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Prenatal Exposure to Nitrosatable Drugs, Dietary Intake of Nitrites, and Preterm Birth.

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Convenience stores are the key food environment influence on nutrients available from household food supplies in Texas Border Colonias.

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Recommendations for treating depression in community-based older adults.

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Association of resident, facility, and geographic characteristics with chronic undernutrition in a nationally represented sample of older residents in U.S. nursing homes.

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Use of Traditional and Nontraditional Food Venues Among Female Participants in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP)

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School-based nutrition programs are associated with reduced child food insecurity over time among Mexican-origin mother-child dyads in Texas Border Colonias.

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Patterns of therapeutic prescription medication category use among community-dwelling homebound older adults.

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Rural Food Disparities: Availability and Accessibility of Healthy Foods

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Assessing healthful eating among community dwelling rural older adults using self-reported fruit and vegetable consumption via a community-wide mail-out health status assessment.

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Inadequate nutrient intakes among homebound elderly and their correlation with individual characteristics and health-related factors.

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Country of birth is associated with very low food security among Mexican American older adults living in colonias along the south Texas border with Mexico.

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Nativity is associated with sugar-sweetened beverage and fast-food meal consumption among Mexican-origin women in Texas border colonias.

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Pushing the Boundaries of Evidence-Based Research: Enhancing the Application and Sustainability of Health Promotion Programs in Diverse Populations

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The Possibilities and Limits of Personal Agency THE WALMART THAT GOT AWAY AND OTHER NARRATIVES OF FOOD ACQUISITION IN RURAL TEXAS

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Translating science into public health practice: lessons from physical activity interventions.

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The effect of fast-food availability on fast-food consumption and obesity among rural residents: an analysis by race/ethnicity.

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Availability of healthier options in traditional and nontraditional rural fast-food outlets.

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Association of household and community characteristics with adult and child food insecurity among Mexican-origin households in colonias along the Texas-Mexico border.

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Children's reporting of food insecurity in predominately food insecure households in Texas border colonias.

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Dietary methionine intake and neural tube defects in Mexican-American women.

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Recently hospital-discharged older adults are vulnerable and may be underserved by the Older Americans Act Nutrition Program.

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Measuring potential access to food stores and food-service places in rural areas in the U.S.

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Nutrition Risk Screening of Home-Delivered Meal Participants

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Multisite qualitative study of primary care physicians' and midlevel providers' self-reported practices and perceptions about maintaining cognitive health.

# publications[].publisher
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

# publications[].label
Availability of more healthful food alternatives in traditional, convenience, and nontraditional types of food stores in two rural Texas counties.

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Attitudes about aging well among a diverse group of older Americans: implications for promoting cognitive health.

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Promotores As Advocates for Community Improvement: Experiences of the Western States REACH Su Comunidad Consortium.

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Variations in nutritional risk among black and white women who receive home-delivered meals.

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It's who I am and what we eat. Mothers' food-related identities in family food choice.

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Prenatal nitrate intake from drinking water and selected birth defects in offspring of participants in the national birth defects prevention study.

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Mobile and home-based vendors' contributions to the retail food environment in rural South Texas Mexican-origin settlements.

# publications[].label
Developing an agenda for research about policies to improve access to healthy foods in rural communities: a concept mapping study.

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Determinants of self-management strategies to reduce out-of-pocket prescription medication expense in homebound older people.

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Maternal characteristics associated with the dietary intake of nitrates, nitrites, and nitrosamines in women of child-bearing age: a cross-sectional study.

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Food Vending and Acquisition in Texas Border Region Pulgas (Flea Markets) from Both Sides of the Counter

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iNosotros corremos, nosotros jugamos! [we run, we play!]: Children's perceptions of physical activity in Mexican-origin border communities

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Great time to be involved in older adult nutrition.

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Assessing bottled water nitrate concentrations to evaluate total drinking water nitrate exposure and risk of birth defects.

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Designing for Multilevel Behavior Change: A Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Mexican-Heritage Families in South Texas Border Communities.

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Government Capital, Intimate and Community Social Capital, and Food Security Status in Older Adults with Different Income Levels

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Letter from the Editor: It's Time for a Change/Thank You

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Introduction to the special issue on promoting cognitive health in diverse populations of older adults.

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Variations in the Availability and Price of Healthier Food Options by Store Type and Urban-Rural Setting

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Food access and perceptions of the community and household food environment as correlates of fruit and vegetable intake among rural seniors.

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Prospective study of black-white differences in food insufficiency among homebound elders.

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Severe elder obesity and 1-year diminished lower extremity physical performance in homebound older adults.

# publications[].label
Advancing rural food access policy research priorities: Process and potential of a transdisciplinary working group

# publications[].publisher
Lyson Center for Civic Agriculture and Food Systems

# publications[].label
Variation in nutritional risk among Mexican American and non-Mexican American homebound elders who receive home-delivered meals.

# publications[].label
Latino Fathers as Catalistas (Agents of Change): Strategies to Support Latino Fathers in Childhood Obesity Prevention.

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Using direct observations on multiple occasions to measure household food availability among low-income Mexicano residents in Texas colonias.

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Eating Behaviors and Social Capital are Associated with Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among Rural Adults.

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Diet and acculturation among Hispanic/Latino older adults in the United States: a review of literature and recommendations.

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The feasibility of using a telephone-administered survey for determining nutritional service needs of noninstitutionalized older adults in rural areas: time and costs.

# publications[].label
Promotoras as research partners to engage health disparity communities.

# publications[].label
Physical limitations in meal preparation and consumption are associated with lower musculoskeletal nutrient (calcium, vitamin D, magnesium, and phosphorus) intakes in homebound older adults.

# publications[].label
Nutrient intake and BMI as predictors of severity of ADL disability over 1 year in homebound elders.

# publications[].label
Nutrition risk screening: the interrelationship of food insecurity, food intake, and unintentional weight change among homebound elders.

# publications[].label
The relationship of perceptions of tap water safety with intake of sugar-sweetened beverages and plain water among US adults.

# publications[].label
Community-based treatment of late life depression an expert panel-informed literature review.

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Variations in body mass index among older Americans: the roles of social and lifestyle factors.

# publications[].label
The interrelationship of nutritional risk factors, indicators of nutritional risk, and severity of disability among home-delivered meal participants.

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Neighborhood socioeconomic deprivation and minority composition are associated with better potential spatial access to the ground-truthed food environment in a large rural area.

# publications[].label
"Una persona derechita (staying right in the mind)": perceptions of Spanish-speaking Mexican American older adults in South Texas colonias.

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Physical Activity of Mexican-Heritage Youth During the Summer and School-Year: The Role of Parenting Strategies.

# publications[].label
Inadequate intakes of indispensable amino acids among homebound older adults.

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Knowledge of Health Conditions Associated With Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Intake Is Low Among US Hispanic Adults.

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Prenatal exposure to nitrosatable drugs, vitamin C, and risk of selected birth defects.

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Rural and urban differences in the associations between characteristics of the community food environment and fruit and vegetable intake.

# publications[].label
The Prevention Research Centers Healthy Aging Research Network.

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Home food environment of older adults transitioning from hospital to home.

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Promotoras de Salud in a Father-Focused Nutrition and Physical Activity Program for Border Communities: Approaches and Lessons Learned from Collaboration.

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The prevention research centers healthy aging research network

# researcherOn[].awardedBy.label
United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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â€¢	Salud Para Usted y Su Familia [Health for You and Your Family]:Family-Focused Childhood Obesity Prevention

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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Maternal and Child Health Public Health Training Program

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United States Department of Health and Human Services - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

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â€¢	Empowering Rural Communities and Families: Preventing Chronic Disease Through Experiential Nutrition Education

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United States Department of Agriculture - (Washington D.C., District of Columbia, United States)

# streetAddress
Texas A&M Health Science Center; Health Promotion & Community Health Sciences; 1266 TAMU

# organizations[]
Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences

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Health Promotion and Community Health Sciences@en-US