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Stocking characteristics and perceived increases in sales among small food store managers/owners associated with the introduction of new food products approved by the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and ChildrenGuadalupe X Ayala
Graduate School of Public Health, Division of Health Promotion, San Diego State University and San Diego Prevention Research Center, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Public Health Nutr 15:1771-9. 2012....
Longitudinal intervention effects on parenting of the Aventuras para Niños studyGuadalupe X Ayala
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, California, USA
Am J Prev Med 38:154-62. 2010..Parenting interventions have achieved changes in factors associated with childhood obesity but few have tested the effects on multiple parental influences...- A systematic review of the relationship between acculturation and diet among Latinos in the United States: implications for future researchGuadalupe X Ayala
Division of Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 108:1330-44. 2008..These findings suggest a differential influence of acculturation on diet, requiring greater specificity in our dietary interventions by acculturation status... 
Association between family variables and Mexican American children's dietary behaviorsGuadalupe X Ayala
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 39:62-9. 2007..To examine the association between family variables and children's diets...- Acculturation and body image perception among Latino youthGuadalupe X Ayala
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, CA 92115, USA
Ethn Health 12:21-41. 2007..Examine the prevalence and predictors of body image dissatisfaction and disordered eating among Latino youth... - Away-from-home food intake and risk for obesity: examining the influence of contextGuadalupe X Ayala
Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State Research Foundation and San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:1002-8. 2008.... - Correlates of dietary intake among men involved in the MAN for Health studyGuadalupe X Ayala
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, California 92123, USA
Am J Mens Health 3:201-13. 2009..001). Latino fast-food consumption was associated with binge drinking (p < or = .001). This research provides evidence for tailoring dietary intervention for men of color... - Outcome effectiveness of the lay health advisor model among Latinos in the United States: an examination by roleGuadalupe X Ayala
Division of Health Promotion and Behavioral Science, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Health Educ Res 25:815-40. 2010..In the future, more of a focus on organizational and policy changes is warranted. Questions remain about diversity in LHAs' characteristics and roles, which influence not only outcomes but also program sustainability and dissemination... - Factors associated with asthma management self-efficacy among 7th and 8th grade studentsGuadalupe X Ayala
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 34:862-8. 2009..Examine correlates of asthma self-management among 12,154 adolescents with physician-diagnosed asthma... - Effects of a promotor-based intervention to promote physical activity: Familias Sanas y ActivasGuadalupe X Ayala
San Diego Prevention Research Center, CA, USA
Am J Public Health 101:2261-8. 2011..This within-participants, single time-series study tested a train-the-trainer, promotor-based physical activity (PA) intervention to improve fitness and health indicators... - Walking for transportation among Latino adults in San Diego County: who meets physical activity guidelines?Suzanna M Martinez
Dept of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, USA
J Phys Act Health 8:898-906. 2011..U.S. Latinos engage in nonleisure-time walking (NLTW) more than other ethno-racial groups. Studies are needed to explore factors associated with NLTW to inform interventions for effective physical activity promotion... - Evaluating psychosocial and behavioral mechanisms of change in a tailored communication interventionJohn P Elder
San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92123, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:366-80. 2009..The promotora model is an effective method for changing important dietary behaviors and psychosocial determinants, but longer term behavior change is achievable with less expensive intervention methods... - Long-term effects of a communication intervention for Spanish-dominant LatinasJohn P Elder
Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92123, USA
Am J Prev Med 31:159-66. 2006..The present study examined the 1-year impact of two innovative behavior-change approaches to reduce dietary fat and increase fiber... - Family restaurant choices are associated with child and adult overweight status in Mexican-American familiesSusan C Duerksen
Division of Health Promotion, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:849-53. 2007..2). Both child and parent BMI were lowest in families selecting Mexican restaurants. Eating at fast-food chains and other Anglo-oriented restaurants may contribute to higher obesity rates linked to acculturation among Mexican Americans... - Interpersonal and print nutrition communication for a Spanish-dominant Latino population: Secretos de la Buena VidaJohn P Elder
Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Health Psychol 24:49-57. 2005..The relative superiority of the promotora condition may derive from the personal touch achieved in the face-to-face interactions or from the women's use of print materials under the promotora's guidance... - Underreporting of food intake among Mexican/Mexican-American Women: rates and correlatesElizabeth K G Bothwell
Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 109:624-32. 2009..Underreporting of food intake threatens the validity of dietary assessment; yet, little is known about the prevalence or correlates of underreporting in the Mexican/Mexican-American community... - Association of a traditional vs shared meal decision-making and preparation style with eating behavior of Hispanic women in San Diego CountyElva M Arredondo
San Diego State University, Graduate School of Public Health, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 221, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 106:38-45. 2006..To examine the influence of meal decision-making and preparation on Hispanic women's dietary practices... - Secretos de la Buena Vida: processes of dietary change via a tailored nutrition communication intervention for LatinasBarbara Baquero
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92115, USA
Health Educ Res 24:855-66. 2009..These findings highlight the importance of process evaluation measures and help us understand the mechanism by which tailored print materials and interpersonal health communication via promotoras can facilitate health behavior change... - Parent support and parent-mediated behaviors are associated with children's sugary beverage consumptionNanette V Lopez
Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University and University of California, San Diego, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Acad Nutr Diet 112:541-7. 2012.... - Associated pathways between neighborhood environment, community resource factors, and leisure-time physical activity among Mexican-American adults in San Diego, CaliforniaSuzanna M Martinez
Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, California, USA
Am J Health Promot 26:281-8. 2012..To examine pathways between individual, social, and environmental factors associated with leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) among Mexican-American adults... - Is parenting style related to children's healthy eating and physical activity in Latino families?Elva M Arredondo
Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Health Educ Res 21:862-71. 2006..Moreover, intervention researchers may want to encourage Latino parents to use less controlling styles with girls as this parenting style increased girls' risk for unhealthy eating... - The relation of medical conditions to depressive symptoms among Latinos: leisure time physical activity as a mediatorElva M Arredondo
San Diego State University, San Diego 92104, USA
J Health Psychol 17:742-52. 2012..In other words, people with hypertension who engaged in vigorous PA reported less depressive symptoms. PA may be a promising avenue for improving hypertension and depressive symptoms... - Effects of a multi-pronged intervention on children's activity levels at recess: the Aventuras para Niños studyJohn P Elder
Graduate School of Public Health, and Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego, CA 9245, USA
Adv Nutr 2:171S-6S. 2011..The present results are not conclusive as to the link between these interventions and actual behavior, but show sufficient promise for further population and setting specific research... - Health communication in the Latino community: issues and approachesJohn P Elder
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California 92123, USA
Annu Rev Public Health 30:227-51. 2009..This and other fundamental communication approaches, as well as audience and population characteristics, need to be considered within the context of dynamic and complex societal changes... - Examining multiple parenting behaviors on young children's dietary fat consumptionChristina M Eisenberg
Institute for Behavioral and Community Health IBACH, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Nutr Educ Behav 44:302-9. 2012.... - Results of a multi-level intervention to prevent and control childhood obesity among Latino children: the Aventuras Para Niños StudyNoe C Crespo
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Ann Behav Med 43:84-100. 2012..Community-based interventions are needed to reduce the burden of childhood obesity... - Is church attendance associated with Latinas' health practices and self-reported health?Elva M Arredondo
Division of Health Promotion, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, Center for Behavioral and Community Health Studies, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Am J Health Behav 29:502-11. 2005..To evaluate (a) the relation between frequency of church attendance, self-rated health, and health behaviors controlling for potential confounders and (b) the influence of acculturation on church attendance and health behaviors... - Socio-demographic disparities of childhood asthmaNoe C Crespo
Institute for Behavioral and Community Health IBACH, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Child Health Care 15:358-69. 2011..1, CI: 2.7, 46.4), were male (OR = 1.8; CI: 1.1, 3.1) and born pre-term (OR = 3.0, CI: 1.4, 6.3). This study supports socio-demographic disparities in childhood asthma and evidence of their independent effects... - Some methodologic issues in analyzing data from a randomized adolescent tobacco and alcohol use prevention trialDonald J Slymen
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182 4162, USA
J Clin Epidemiol 56:332-40. 2003..Third, because outcomes are measured repeatedly over time, we illustrate the importance of assessing the impact of missing-data patterns on outcomes and the extent to which the patterns may modify the treatment effect... - Active transportation and acculturation among Latino children in San Diego CountySuzanna M Martinez
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Prev Med 47:313-8. 2008..To examine multiple measures of acculturation and their association with walking to school in a large population-based sample in San Diego, California... - The relation of acculturation to Latinas' perceived neighborhood safety and physical activity: a structural equation analysisLatrice C Pichon
San Diego State University University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Ann Behav Med 34:295-303. 2007..Physical activity rates are low for adult Latinas. In the United States, only 7.8% of adult Latinas met Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations for weekly vigorous leisure-time physical activity... - Correlates of medication nonadherence among Latinos with type 2 diabetesHumberto Parada
Institute for Behavioral and Community Health, San Diego State University Research Foundation, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
Diabetes Educ 38:552-61. 2012..The purpose of this study is to assess factors related to diabetes medication nonadherence in a sample of predominantly Spanish-speaking Mexican-origin adults residing along the US-Mexico border... - Do Latino and non-Latino grocery stores differ in the availability and affordability of healthy food items in a low-income, metropolitan region?Jennifer A Emond
Cancer Prevention and Control Program, UCSD Moores Cancer Center, University of California, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, San Diego, CA 92093 0901, USA
Public Health Nutr 15:360-9. 2012..To compare non-ethnically based supermarkets and Latino grocery stores (tiendas) in a lower-income region with regard to the availability, quality and cost of several healthy v. unhealthy food items... - Qualitative methods to ensure acceptability of behavioral and social interventions to the target populationGuadalupe X Ayala
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, 9245 Sky Park Court, Suite 220, San Diego, CA 92123, USA
J Public Health Dent 71:S69-79. 2011..This paper introduces qualitative methods for assessing the acceptability of an intervention... - Tobacco and alcohol use-prevention program for Hispanic migrant adolescentsJohn P Elder
San Diego State University Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego, California 92123, USA
Am J Prev Med 23:269-75. 2002..Evaluate a community-based tobacco/alcohol use-prevention program group compared with an attention-control condition (first aid/home safety) group... - Examining knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about depression among Latino adults with type 2 diabetesAndrea Cherrington
MPH, Sheps Center for Health Services Research, CB 7590, 725 Martin Luther King Boulevard, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7590, USA
Diabetes Educ 32:603-13. 2006..The purpose of this study was to explore knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about depression among Latinos with type 2 diabetes... - Engaging community businesses in human immunodeficiency virus prevention: a feasibility studyLiza S Rovniak
Center for Behavioral Epidemiology and Community Health, Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, California, USA
Am J Health Promot 24:347-53. 2010..To explore the feasibility of engaging community businesses in human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) prevention... - The association of physical activity and work-related characteristics among Latino adultsGuadalupe X Ayala
Graduate School of Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA
J Phys Act Health 8:79-84. 2011..Studies have examined the association between work-related characteristics and physical activity participation; however few studies include U.S. Latinos... - Acculturation and physical activity among North Carolina Latina immigrantsKelly R Evenson
Department of Epidemiology, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7435, USA
Soc Sci Med 59:2509-22. 2004..These findings suggest that future epidemiologic studies and physical activity interventions should measure and tailor programs based on English-language use and age of arrival to the US among Latina immigrants... - Correlates of body mass index and waist-to-hip ratio among Mexican women in the United States: implications for intervention developmentGuadalupe X Ayala
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, School of Public Health, Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27599 7440, USA
Womens Health Issues 14:155-64. 2004.... - Do Latino immigrants link self-rated health with BMI and health behaviors?Deanna Kepka
Department of Health Services, School of Public Health and Community Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
Am J Health Behav 31:535-44. 2007..To assess the association between self-rated health, obesity, and self-reported health behaviors of Latino immigrants.. - Restaurant and food shopping selections among Latino women in Southern CaliforniaGuadalupe X Ayala
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, CB 7440, Rosenau Hall, School of Public Health, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 105:38-45. 2005..This study describes and examines determinants of restaurant and food store selections in a sample of Latino women... - Asthma in middle schools: what students have to say about their asthmaGuadalupe X Ayala
Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, CB 7440 Rosenau Hall, Chapel Hill, NC 27599 7440, USA
J Sch Health 76:208-14. 2006..A school-based intervention in middle school may help students with asthma transition to greater autonomy of care, while easing transition in other domains of life... - Realidad Latina: Latino adolescents, their school, and a university use photovoice to examine and address the influence of immigrationJ Matt Streng
Orange County Health Department, Health Promotion and Educational Services, Hillsborough, NC 27278, USA
J Interprof Care 18:403-15. 2004..Likewise, implications from the findings and the nature of the CBPR approach for future Latino adolescent health intervention research are presented...
Research Grants
- Marketing health to Latinos through tiendasGuadalupe Ayala; Fiscal Year: 2007..e., increased physical activity, reduction in tobacco use) in a novel setting. ..
- El Valor de Nuestra Salud (The Value of Our Health)Guadalupe X Ayala; Fiscal Year: 2010....