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| J GittelsohnSummaryAffiliation: Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health Country: USA Publications
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Prevalence of overweight among Baltimore City schoolchildren and its associations with nutrition and physical activityMegan L Jehn
Department of Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 14:989-93. 2006..To determine the prevalence of overweight and at-risk-for-overweight in schoolchildren from Baltimore City...- Dietary intake and a food-frequency instrument to evaluate a nutrition intervention for the Apache in ArizonaSangita Sharma
Cancer Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, 1236 Lauhala Street, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Public Health Nutr 10:948-56. 2007..To demonstrate how dietary data collected from 24-hour dietary recalls were incorporated into the development of a quantitative food-frequency questionnaire (QFFQ) for the Apache in Arizona... 
Small retailer perspectives of the 2009 Women, Infants and Children Program food package changesJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Health Behav 36:655-65. 2012..To understand vendor perspectives regarding changes made in 2009 to the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infant, and Children (WIC) food package...
Interventions in small food stores to change the food environment, improve diet, and reduce risk of chronic diseaseJoel Gittelsohn
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Room W2041, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E59. 2012..The objective of this study was to identify small-store interventions and to determine their impact on food availability, dietary behaviors, and psychosocial factors that influence chronic disease risk...- Assessing the association of the HNF1A G319S variant with C-reactive protein in Aboriginal Canadians: a population-based epidemiological studySylvia H Ley
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Cardiovasc Diabetol 9:39. 2010..We aimed to investigate whether CRP was mediating the association between HNF1A G319S and type 2 diabetes in an Aboriginal Canadian population with a high prevalence of diabetes... - HNF1A G319S variant, active cigarette smoking and incident type 2 diabetes in Aboriginal Canadians: a population-based epidemiological studySylvia H Ley
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada
BMC Med Genet 12:1. 2011..We aimed to investigate the association of the HNF1A G319S polymorphism with incident type 2 diabetes and to assess whether clinical risk variables for type 2 diabetes influence the association in an Aboriginal population... - An urban food store intervention positively affects food-related psychosocial variables and food behaviorsJoel Gittelsohn
Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Behav 37:390-402. 2010..This is the first food store intervention trial in low-income urban communities to show positive impacts at the consumer level... - School climate and implementation of the Pathways studyJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Prev Med 37:S97-106. 2003..Pathways was a multisite school-based study to prevent obesity in American Indian school children by encouraging healthy eating and physical activity... - Pathways: lessons learned and future directions for school-based interventions among American IndiansJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Prev Med 37:S107-12. 2003..This paper explores what we have learned from this study and examines possible future directions... - Sociocultural and household factors impacting on the selection, allocation and consumption of animal source foods: current knowledge and applicationJoel Gittelsohn
J Nutr 133:4036S-4041S. 2003..The paper concludes with a series of research questions for further investigation... - A pilot food store intervention in the Republic of the Marshall IslandsJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Pac Health Dialog 14:43-53. 2007..05). Food store centered interventions have great potential for changing cognitive and behavioral factors relating to food choice and preparation, and may contribute to lessening the burden of diet-related chronic disease worldwide... - Physical, consumer, and social aspects of measuring the food environment among diverse low-income populationsJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2179, USA
Am J Prev Med 36:S161-5. 2009..The food environments common in low-income ethnic subpopulations require special focus and consideration due to the vulnerability of the populations and to specific and unique aspects of each setting... - Process evaluation of Baltimore Healthy Stores: a pilot health intervention program with supermarkets and corner stores in Baltimore CityJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Promot Pract 11:723-32. 2010.... - Preventing childhood obesity and diabetes: is it time to move out of the school?Joel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Pediatr Diabetes 8:55-69. 2007..We discuss the development of healthy eating zones around schools as a potential tool in the fight to reduce childhood obesity... - Formative research in school and community-based health programs and studies: "state of the art" and the TAAG approachJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland 21205 2179, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:25-39. 2006..The purpose, method of development, and analyses are explained for each method... - Psychosocial determinants of food purchasing and preparation in American Indian householdsJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 38:163-8. 2006..The study objective was to address this gap... - A food store intervention trial improves caregiver psychosocial factors and children's dietary intake in HawaiiJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:S84-90. 2010..Greater intensity, sustained food system change, and further targeting for children are needed to show greater and sustained change in food-related behaviors in low-income Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander communities... - Inter-ethnic differences in youth tobacco language and cigarette brand preferencesJ Gittelsohn
Department of International Health, School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Ethn Health 4:285-303. 1999..To describe and understand variations in cigarette brand preferences between adolescents from varying ethnic and gender groups around the US... - The social context of smoking among African-American and white adolescents in Baltimore CityJ Gittelsohn
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene and Public Health, Department of International Health, Division of Human Nutrition, Room 2041, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Ethn Health 6:211-25. 2001..To describe and understand variations in social influences on smoking behavior among African-American and white male and female adolescents in Baltimore City, USA... - Multisite formative assessment for the Pathways study to prevent obesity in American Indian schoolchildrenJ Gittelsohn
The Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 69:767S-772S. 1999.... - Participatory research for chronic disease prevention in Inuit communitiesJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Health Behav 34:453-64. 2010..To develop a community-based chronic disease prevention program for Inuit in Nunavut, Canada... - Preventing diabetes and obesity in American Indian communities: the potential of environmental interventionsJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 93:1179S-83S. 2011..All 3 trials showed mixed success. Important lessons were learned, including the need to focus on supply and demand, institutional and multilevel approaches, and the identification of institutional bases to sustain programs... - Macro- and microlevel processes affect food choice and nutritional status in the republic of the marshall islandsJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Bloomberg School of Public Health, The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Nutr 133:310S-313S. 2003..What can be done at the microlevel is constrained by macrolevel factors of disempowerment. In this way, issues of power and belief are played out in the bodies of individuals... - Weight-related attitudes and behaviors in fourth grade American Indian childrenJ Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 27599 7400, USA
Obes Res 7:34-42. 1999..This study assessed weight concerns, body size perceptions, weight reduction attempts, and weight loss methods in fourth grade American Indian children... - Process evaluation of a multi-institutional community-based program for diabetes prevention among First NationsA M Rosecrans
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Res 23:272-86. 2008..Interviews revealed that the program was culturally acceptable and relevant, and suggestions for improvement were made. These findings will be used to plan an expanded trial in several Native North American communities... - Project Joy: faith based cardiovascular health promotion for African American womenL R Yanek
Center for Health Promotion, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21205, USA
Public Health Rep 116:68-81. 2001.... - Weight loss attempts and attitudes toward body size, eating, and physical activity in American Indian children: relationship to weight status and genderM Story
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55454 1015, USA
Obes Res 9:356-63. 2001..This study examined dieting, weight perceptions, and self-efficacy to eat healthy foods and engage in physical activity and their relationships to weight status and gender among American Indian elementary schoolchildren... - Development of an integrated diabetes prevention program with First Nations in CanadaL S Ho
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Promot Int 21:88-97. 2006..This study demonstrates the importance of formative research in developing integrated health promotion programs for multiple communities based on previously evaluated studies... - A pilot school-based healthy eating and physical activity intervention improves diet, food knowledge, and self-efficacy for native Canadian childrenBrit I Saksvig
Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, Baltimore, MD, USA
J Nutr 135:2392-8. 2005..This program was associated with improved knowledge and the psychosocial factors related to healthy eating and dietary fiber intake of students in a remote First Nations community... - Motivations for exercise and weight loss among African-American women: focus group results and their contribution towards program developmentD R Young
Welch Center for Prevention, Epidemiology, and Clinical Research, Johns Hopkins University, 2024 E, Monument Street No 2 600, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Ethn Health 6:227-45. 2001..To develop effective intervention strategies, we need to understand why some women are successful... - Impact of the Pathways intervention on dietary intakes of American Indian schoolchildrenJohn H Himes
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 37:S55-61. 2003..This paper reports the effects of the Pathways intervention on dietary intake... - Challenge! Health promotion/obesity prevention mentorship model among urban, black adolescentsMaureen M Black
Department of Pediatrics, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD 21201, USA
Pediatrics 126:280-8. 2010..The objective of this study was to evaluate a 12-session home/community-based health promotion/obesity prevention program (Challenge!) on changes in BMI status, body composition, physical activity, and diet... - The impact of the Pathways intervention on psychosocial variables related to diet and physical activity in American Indian schoolchildrenJune Stevens
Department of Nutrition, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7400, USA
Prev Med 37:S70-9. 2003..The purpose of this study was to examine the impact of the Pathways intervention on pychosocial variables related to physical activity and diet in American Indian children... - Use of ethnographic methods for applied research on diabetes among the Ojibway-Cree in northern OntarioJ Gittelsohn
Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, USA
Health Educ Q 23:365-82. 1996..This information is being used to develop culturally appropriate health education interventions... - Development and implementation of a food store-based intervention to improve diet in the Republic of the Marshall IslandsJoel Gittelsohn
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Health Promot Pract 7:396-405. 2006..High levels of exposure to the intervention were achieved during the 10-week period of implementation. This model for developing food store-based interventions is applicable to other settings... - Process evaluation of a store-based environmental obesity intervention on two American Indian ReservationsSarah Curran
Center for Human Nutrition, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA
Health Educ Res 20:719-29. 2005..Process data will be tied to outcomes and will be useful for the planning of future store-based programs... - Pathways process evaluation results: a school-based prevention trial to promote healthful diet and physical activity in American Indian third, fourth, and fifth grade studentsAllan Steckler
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC 27514, USA
Prev Med 37:S80-90. 2003..Pathways was a large-scale, multisite, 3-year, study testing a school-based intervention designed to lower percent body fat in American Indian children... - Association of race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, acculturation, and environmental factors with risk of overweight among adolescents in California, 2003Min Kyung Ahn
Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 624 North Broadway, Room 727, Baltimore, MD 21205 1996, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 5:A75. 2008..Increased understanding of factors associated with overweight can provide a rational basis for developing interventions to address the obesity epidemic in the United States... - Food-related behavior, physical activity, and dietary intake in First Nations - a population at high risk for diabetesLara Ho
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Health, International Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Ethn Health 13:335-49. 2008..DESIGN. Cross-sectional 24-hour dietary recalls (n=129), random household risk factor surveys of primary food preparers/shoppers (n=133), and accelerometry (n=81) were assessed in First Nations adults... - Formative research and stakeholder participation in intervention developmentAmy Vastine
Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD, USA
Am J Health Behav 29:57-69. 2005..To present a model for using formative research and stakeholder participation to develop a community-based dietary intervention targeting American Indians... - A corner store intervention in a low-income urban community is associated with increased availability and sales of some healthy foodsHee Jung Song
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Public Health Nutr 12:2060-7. 2009..We present the results of a trial in Baltimore City to increase the availability and sales of healthier food options in local stores... - Dietary intake in infants and young children in the Marshall IslandsVictoria M Gammino
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Pac Health Dialog 14:13-21. 2007..Intake levels for energy, protein, carbohydrates and iron varied by location. Recommendations for future research and program intervention are outlined... - Korean American storeowners' perceived barriers and motivators for implementing a corner store-based programHee Jung Song
Center for Human Nutrition, Department of International Health, Bloomberg School of Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Health Promot Pract 12:472-82. 2011..The level of support and active participation of storeowners can greatly influence the success of corner store-based nutrition interventions... - Healthy food purchasing among African American youth: associations with child gender, adult caregiver characteristics and the home food environmentPamela J Surkan
Social and Behavioral Interventions Program, Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 North Wolfe Street, Room E5523, Baltimore, MD 21205 2179, USA
Public Health Nutr 14:670-7. 2011..To examine how factors related to the home food environment and individual characteristics are associated with healthy food purchasing among low-income African American (AA) youth... - An integrated multi-institutional diabetes prevention program improves knowledge and healthy food acquisition in northwestern Ontario First NationsLara S Ho
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 615 N Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Behav 35:561-73. 2008..The multi-institutional approach demonstrated promising results in modifying selected risk factors for diabetes First Nations communities... - Interventions to improve diet and weight gain among pregnant adolescents and recommendations for future researchJennifer Notkin Nielsen
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Department of International Health, Center for Human Nutrition, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:1825-40. 2006..Further research is needed to test such approaches with pregnant, high-risk teens... - Implementation examined in a health center-delivered, educational intervention that improved infant growth in Trujillo, Peru: successes and challengesRebecca C Robert
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
Health Educ Res 22:318-31. 2007..The information gained from this study will inform future evaluation designs, and lead to the development and implementation of more effective intervention programs for child health... - Process evaluation determines the pathway of success for a health center-delivered, nutrition education intervention for infants in Trujillo, PeruRebecca C Robert
Department of International Health, Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Nutr 136:634-41. 2006..This study underscores the importance of including process evaluation, which will lead to the development and implementation of more effective nutrition interventions... - Comparison of visual estimates of children's portion sizes under both shared-plate and individual-plate conditionsA V Shankar
Division of Community Health and Health Systems, E8009, Department of International Health, School of Hygiene and Public Health, Johns Hopkins University, 615 N. Wolfe St, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 101:47-52. 2001.... - Intervention-related bias in reporting of food intake by fifth-grade children participating in an obesity prevention studyLisa Harnack
Division of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN 55454, USA
Am J Epidemiol 160:1117-21. 2004..Specifically, enhancing measures that rely on self-reports with objective measures of dietary intake would help investigators to evaluate whether differential reporting by treatment group has occurred... - Structured physical activity and psychosocial correlates in middle-school girlsDaheia J Barr-Anderson
Division of Epidemiology and Community Health, University of Minnesota, MN 55454, USA
Prev Med 44:404-9. 2007..Understanding this, along with examining specific psychosocial correlates of PA, may help guide the development of effective interventions to prevent the decline in PA in female youth... - The environment and urban adolescents' use of recreational facilities for physical activity: a qualitative studyAmy V Ries
Miriam Hospital and Brown Medical School, Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, CORO West, Suite 500, 1 Hoppin Street, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Health Promot 23:43-50. 2008..Investigate environmental factors influencing the use of recreational facilities for physical activity by urban African-American adolescents... - Pathways curriculum and family interventions to promote healthful eating and physical activity in American Indian schoolchildrenSally M Davis
University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
Prev Med 37:S24-34. 2003.... - Dietary intakes of Native American children: findings from the pathways feasibility studyLeslie A Lytle
Division of Epidemiology, University of Minnesota School of Public Health, Minneapolis 55454, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 102:555-8. 2002 - Validity of self-reported dietary intake at school meals by American Indian children: the Pathways StudyJudith L Weber
Department of Pediatrics, Center for Applied Research and Evaluation, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, 800 Marshall Street, Slot 512 26, Little Rock, AR 72202, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:746-52. 2004..To examine the validity of a modified diet record-assisted 24-hour recall in third-grade (8 to 10 years old) American Indian children... - Promoting physical activity in middle school girls: Trial of Activity for Adolescent GirlsLarry S Webber
Department of Biostatistics, Tulane University, New Orleans, Louisiana 70112, USA
Am J Prev Med 34:173-84. 2008..Physical activity is important for weight control and good health; however, activity levels decline in the adolescent years, particularly in girls... - Dietary patterns of adolescent girls in Hawaii over a 2-year periodSoo Kyung Lee
Department of Human Nutrition, Food, and Animal Sciences, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:956-61. 2007..To describe changes in dietary patterns of adolescent girls in Hawaii from 2001 to 2003... - Nutritional composition of commonly consumed traditional Apache foods in ArizonaSangita Sharma
Cancer Etiology Program, Cancer Research Center of Hawaii, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI 96813, USA
Int J Food Sci Nutr 59:1-10. 2008..To provide nutritional composition data for commonly consumed traditional Apache foods to enable an assessment of dietary intake and to evaluate a food-store based intervention aimed at reducing risk of chronic disease... - Data to action: using formative research to develop intervention programs to increase physical activity in adolescent girlsDeborah Rohm Young
Department of Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
Health Educ Behav 33:97-111. 2006..g., enjoyable activities, opportunity to socialize) and barriers (e.g., lack of skills, fear of injury) for physical activity. The challenges of using formative research for intervention development are discussed... - Adolescents' perceptions of environmental influences on physical activityAmy V Ries
Centers for Behavioral and Preventive Medicine, Brown Medical School The Miriam Hospital, Providence, RI 02903, USA
Am J Health Behav 32:26-39. 2008..To examine African American adolescents' perceptions of environmental influences on physical activity and identify physical activity promotion strategies... - The impact of migration on HIV-1 transmission in South Africa: a study of migrant and nonmigrant men and their partnersMark N Lurie
South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research Unit, Durban, South Africa
Sex Transm Dis 30:149-56. 2003..To investigate the association between migration and HIV infection among migrant and nonmigrant men and their rural partners... - Who infects whom? HIV-1 concordance and discordance among migrant and non-migrant couples in South AfricaMark N Lurie
South African Medical Research Council, HIV Prevention and Vaccine Research Unit, Durban, South Africa
AIDS 17:2245-52. 2003..To measure HIV-1 discordance among migrant and non-migrant men and their rural partners, and to estimate the relative risk of infection from inside versus outside primary relationships... - The conceptualization of perceived insufficient milk among Mexican mothersLisa M Sacco
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, USA
J Hum Lact 22:277-86. 2006..The main coping strategy in the event of PIM was formula feeding. These findings highlight the need for addressing maternal concerns in relation to PIM, especially regarding the role of crying as the initiator of the PIM cycle... - The impact of diabetes on cardiovascular risk factors and outcomes in a native Canadian populationStewart B Harris
Department of Family Medicine, Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, The University of Western Ontario, London, Ont, Canada
Diabetes Res Clin Pract 55:165-73. 2002..This trend is expected to continue unless the high rates of diabetes can be modified... - Adipokines and incident type 2 diabetes in an Aboriginal Canadian [corrected] population: the Sandy Lake Health and Diabetes ProjectSylvia H Ley
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Diabetes Care 31:1410-5. 2008....