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Evaluating changeability to improve fruit and vegetable intake among school aged childrenMarilyn S Nanney
Department of Health Promotion and Education, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
Nutr J 4:34. 2005..Second, to evaluate the concept of fruit and vegetable changeability and feasibility of applying it in a community setting...
An ecological approach to understanding contributions to disparities in diabetes prevention and careDebra Haire-Joshu
Obesity Prevention Center, St Louis University School of Public Health, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Curr Diab Rep 6:123-9. 2006..Recommendations for change, including enhanced cultural training, participatory involvement of communities to develop solutions, and implementing policies that equalize environmental exposures across populations, are recommended...- High 5 for Kids: the impact of a home visiting program on fruit and vegetable intake of parents and their preschool childrenDebra Haire-Joshu
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Prev Med 47:77-82. 2008.... - Improving dietary behavior in African Americans: the Parents As Teachers High 5, Low Fat ProgramDebra Haire-Joshu
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Prev Med 36:684-91. 2003..The High 5, Low Fat Program (H5LF) for African American parents was developed in partnership with the Parents As Teachers program, and was designed to test a dietary intervention appropriate for national adoption... - Prevention of overweight and obesity in children: influences on the food environmentDebra Haire-Joshu
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Department of Community Health, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104 1314, USA
Diabetes Educ 28:415-23. 2002..The purpose of this review is to describe the multiple paths of influence on the food environment of youth and to identify diabetes education strategies focused on early prevention of overweight and obesity... - Put into practiceDebra Haire-Joshu
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Department of Community Health, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104-1314, USA
Diabetes Educ 28:397-8. 2002 - A community research partnership to improve the diet of African AmericansD Haire-Joshu
Department of Community Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, MO 63108, USA
Am J Health Behav 25:140-6. 2001..To describe a community research partnership in which a national parent education organization collaborated with academic institutions to develop a dietary change program for underserved African American parents... - Smoking and diabetesD Haire-Joshu
Department of Community Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, MO 63108, USA
Diabetes Care 22:1887-98. 1999.... - Evidence-based interventions to promote physical activity: what contributes to dissemination by state health departmentsRoss C Brownson
Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Am J Prev Med 33:S66-73; quiz S74-8. 2007..The purpose of this study was to better understand the dissemination of physical activity interventions across the United States, focusing particularly on evidence-based guidelines... - A multilevel ecological approach to promoting walking in rural communitiesRoss C Brownson
Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Salus Center Room 469, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Prev Med 41:837-42. 2005..This study's purpose was to determine whether a multilevel community intervention affected rates of moderate physical activity, in particular walking... - Correlates of fat intake among urban, low income African AmericansAmy A Eyler
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:410-7. 2004..To test a dietary intervention for high risk African American adults with small children... - Responses to behaviorally vs culturally tailored cancer communication among African American womenMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Health Behav 28:195-207. 2004..To examine whether tailored cancer communication for African American women can be enhanced by tailoring on 4 sociocultural constructs: religiosity, collectivism, racial pride, and time orientation... - A controlled evaluation of staging dietary patterns to reduce the risk of diabetes in African-American womenWendy Auslander
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63130, USA
Diabetes Care 25:809-14. 2002..We report the results of the 3-month intervention and the extent to which dietary changes and other key outcomes were maintained at a 3-month follow-up assessment... - The quality of school wellness policies and energy-balance behaviors of adolescent mothersDebra Haire-Joshu
Center for Obesity Prevention and Policy Research, George Warren Brown School of Social Work and School of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 8:A34. 2011.... - How to make exercise counseling more effective: lessons from rural AmericaKarrisa A Weidinger
Prevention Research Center and Department of Community Health, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO USA
J Fam Pract 57:394-402. 2008..However, the prevalence and effectiveness of physician counseling is unknown in rural populations that are at increased risk for chronic diseases... 
The use of inappropriate feeding practices by rural parents and their effect on preschoolers' fruit and vegetable preferences and intakeHolly Bante
Saint Louis University, School of Public Health, St Louis, MO 63104 1314, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 40:28-33. 2008..To describe the frequency of inappropriate feeding practices used by parents of preschoolers and the impact on a child's preference for and intake of fruits and vegetables (FV)...- Dissemination of effective physical activity interventions: are we applying the evidence?Paula Ballew
Prevention Research Center in St Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, 660 South Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8109, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
Health Educ Res 25:185-98. 2010.... - The use of mentoring programs to improve energy balance behaviors in high-risk childrenDebra Haire-Joshu
Brown School of Social Work, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 18:S75-83. 2010..Further, work is needed to evaluate the impact of family-focused multicomponent interventions, including computer-tailored approaches, directed toward both the parent and the child... - Shaping the context of health: a review of environmental and policy approaches in the prevention of chronic diseasesRoss C Brownson
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 27:341-70. 2006.... - Preventing childhood obesity through state policy: qualitative assessment of enablers and barriersElizabeth A Dodson
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO, USA
J Public Health Policy 30:S161-76. 2009..Although the total number of informants was modest, their valuable insights provide policymakers and practitioners with a set of enablers and barriers to be considered when pursuing state-level policy... - Estimates of fruit and vegetable intake in childhood and adult dietary behaviors of African American womenDebra Haire-Joshu
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 36:309-14. 2004.... - Lessons learned from a decade of focused recruitment and training to develop minority public health professionalsMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory, Washington University, St Louis, MO63112, USA
Am J Public Health 101:S188-95. 2011.... - Factors influencing the implementation of school wellness policies in the United States, 2009Elizabeth L Budd
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University in St Louis, Campus Box 1196, One Brookings Dr, St Louis, MO 63130, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 9:E118. 2012..The objective of this study was to characterize the school wellness policy environment nationally and identify factors influencing the quality and effectiveness of policy implementation... - Cultural tailoring for mammography and fruit and vegetable intake among low-income African-American women in urban public health centersMatthew W Kreuter
Health Communication Research Laboratory and Center of Excellence in Cancer Communication Research, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University SLU, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Prev Med 41:53-62. 2005..The Institute of Medicine has called for randomized studies directly comparing approaches that do and do not consider culture... - Parents are accurate reporters of their preschoolers' fruit and vegetable consumption under limited conditionsCynthia Linneman
Obesity Prevention Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St. Louis, Missouri 63104, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 36:305-8. 2004..This can be a helpful evaluation method for research involving young children... - The effect of disseminating evidence-based interventions that promote physical activity to health departmentsRoss C Brownson
Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Public Health 97:1900-7. 2007..We explored the effect of disseminating evidence-based guidelines that promote physical activity on US health department organizational practices in the United States... - Worksite policies and environments supporting physical activity in midwestern communitiesElizabeth A Dodson
Saint Louis University School of Public Health Community Health, Prevention Research Center, Department of Community Health, 3545 Lafayette Ave, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Am J Health Promot 23:51-5. 2008..To examine the association of worksite policies and environments to physical activity... - Linking perceptions of the community to behavior: are protective social factors associated with physical activity?Laura K Brennan
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, Saint Louis University, School of Public Health, St Louis, Missouri 63104 1314, USA
Health Educ Behav 30:740-55. 2003..Additional analyses indicated that greater perceived PSFs were associated with meeting these recommendations among Whites but not among African Americans... - Recognition of childhood overweight during health supervision visits: Does BMI help pediatricians?Sarah E Barlow
Department of Pediatrics, Saint Louis University, 1465 South Grand Boulevard, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 15:225-32. 2007..To assess, in diverse pediatric practices, the frequency of overweight/obesity (OW/OB) identification during health supervision visits and its association with BMI curve use... - Postpartum teens' breakfast consumption is associated with snack and beverage intake and body mass indexDebra Haire-Joshu
George Warren Brown School of Social Work and School of Medicine, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, MO, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 111:124-30. 2011..05). Although breakfast consumption among postpartum teens is low, those who regularly consume breakfast had healthier snacking behaviors and weight. Interventions are needed to encourage breakfast consumption among teen mothers... - What constitutes an obesogenic environment in rural communities?Tegan K Boehmer
Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Am J Health Promot 20:411-21. 2006..To identify perceived indicators of the physical environment associated with obesity in rural communities... - Rationale for a consistent "powerhouse" approach to vegetable and fruit messagesMarilyn S Nanney
Obesity Prevention Center, Department of Community Health, School of Public Health, St. Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Avenue, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 104:352-6. 2004 - Behavioral science research in the prevention of diabetes : status and opportunitiesEdwin B Fisher
Departments of Psychology, Medicine, and Pediatrics, Washington University, St Louis, Missouri 63108, USA
Diabetes Care 25:599-606. 2002.... - Developing competencies for training practitioners in evidence-based cancer controlRoss C Brownson
Prevention Research Center in St Louis, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Department of Surgery and Alvin J Siteman Cancer Center, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO 63110, USA
J Cancer Educ 24:186-93. 2009..Competency-based education allows public health departments to better develop a workforce aimed at conducting evidence-based control cancer... - A glossary for dissemination and implementation research in healthBorsika A Rabin
Department of Community Health and Prevention Research Center, School of Public Health, Saint Louis University, 3545 Lafayette Ave, Salus Center 475, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 14:117-23. 2008.... - Patterns of childhood obesity prevention legislation in the United StatesTegan K Boehmer
Saint Louis University School of Public Health, St Louis, MO 63104, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A56. 2007..This study identified and described state-level childhood obesity prevention legislation introduced and adopted from 2003 through 2005 and attempted to identify regional geographic patterns of introduced legislation... - Organizational capacity's effects on the delivery and outcomes of health education programsCheryl M Kelly
Community Health Department, Saint Louis University School of Public Health, Missouri 63104, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 10:164-70. 2004..This article seeks to address this gap in the literature by identifying organizational capacity variables that may have influenced the delivery of a dietary change program... - State legislators' work on public health-related issues: what influences priorities?Elizabeth A Dodson
Prevention Research Center in St Louis, and Brown School, Washington University in St Louis, St Louis, Missouri 63110, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 19:25-9. 2013..Furthermore, researchers seeking to influence policy face an incomplete understanding of what influences legislators' decisions regarding which issues will receive their limited time and focus... - Cultural relevancy of a diabetes prevention nutrition program for African American womenJames Herbert Williams
Washington University, George Warren Brown School of Social Work, in St. Louis, Missouri, USA
Health Promot Pract 7:56-67. 2006..Conclusions suggest that participatory strategies can be effective in designing culturally specific prevention programs for African American women... - Awareness and adoption of a nationally disseminated dietary curriculumMarilyn S Nanney
University of Utah, Department of Health Promotion and Education, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:64-73. 2007..To identify regional, organizational, and personal characteristics that predict awareness and adoption of a dietary curriculum training and CD among educators... - Food spending behaviors and perceptions are associated with fruit and vegetable intake among parents and their preadolescent childrenChristina Mushi-Brunt
IUPUI School of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Indianapolis, IN 46237, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 39:26-30. 2007..Examine the role of food spending behaviors and perceptions on fruit and vegetable intake among preadolescent children and their parents... - Frequency of eating homegrown produce is associated with higher intake among parents and their preschool-aged children in rural MissouriMarilyn S Nanney
University of Utah, Health Promotion and Education Department, 1901 E So Campus Drive Annex 2115, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:577-84. 2007..The purpose of this study was to identify whether or not there are associations between frequency of eating homegrown produce among rural parents and their preschool children and overall intake... - Examination of the adherence to the "5 A Day the Color Way" campaign among parents and their preschool childrenMarilyn S Nanney
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA
J Cancer Educ 22:177-80. 2007..The extent of the translation and adherence to these recommendations among families in a community setting is an important public health question... - Smoking and diabetesDebra Haire-Joshu
Diabetes Care 26:S89-90. 2003 - Depression and poverty among African American women at risk for type 2 diabetesMary de Groot
George Warren Brown School of Social Work, Washington University Washington University School of Medicine, USA
Ann Behav Med 25:172-81. 2003..These results speak to the multifaceted sources of stress in the lives of poor African American women. Interventions that address the economic and social factors associated with depression are needed... - National Institutes of Health science agenda: a public health perspectiveRussell E Glasgow
Am J Public Health 97:1936-8. 2007 - Smoking and diabetesDebra Haire-Joshu
Diabetes Care 27:S74-5. 2004