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The healthy children, strong families intervention: design and community participationAlexandra K Adams
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, 1100 Delaplaine Ct, Madison, WI, 53715, USA
J Prim Prev 33:175-85. 2012..This article describes the study design and data collection strategies, including outcome measures, with emphasis on the communities' input in all aspects of the research...- Correlates of physical activity in young American Indian children: lessons learned from the Wisconsin Nutrition and Growth StudyAlexandra Adams
Department of Family Medicine, Collaborative Center for Health Equity, University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, USA
J Public Health Manag Pract 16:394-400. 2010..Our study, the Wisconsin Nutrition and Growth Study, aimed to understand the prevalence and contributing factors to pediatric obesity in Wisconsin tribes and provide the foundation for intervention design... - Constructs of health and environment inform child obesity prevention in American Indian communitiesAlexandra K Adams
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI, USA
Obesity (Silver Spring) 16:311-7. 2008..More effective prevention programs might be designed using insights into linkages between parental health beliefs, environmental constraints and healthy lifestyle choices... - Association of maternal smoking with overweight at age 3 y in American Indian childrenAlexandra K Adams
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 82:393-8. 2005..Prevalence rates of overweight are higher among American Indian children than among any other ethnic group, but little research has explored contributing influences... - Low recognition of childhood overweight and disease risk among Native-American caregiversAlexandra K Adams
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, 777 South Mills Street, Madison, WI 53715, USA
Obes Res 13:146-52. 2005..We also assessed caregiver attributes associated with levels of concern for risk of future overweight and chronic disease... - Cancer health disparities persist among African Americans in WisconsinNathan R Jones
University of Wisconsin Carbone Cancer Center, University of Wisconsin Madison, 610 Walnut St WARF 370E, Madison WI 53705, USA
WMJ 109:267-73. 2010..Cancer incidence and mortality rates have decreased over the last few decades, yet not all groups have benefited equally from these successes. This has resulted in increased disparities in cancer burden among various population groups... - Metabolic syndrome: what's in a name?Deborah P Wubben
Department of Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53714, USA
WMJ 105:17-20. 2006..But is the definition realistic, or helpful? This paper looks at the current definitions of metabolic syndrome and the bearing it has on clinicians both now and in the future... - Beverage patterns, diet quality, and body mass index of US preschool and school-aged childrenTara L LaRowe
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 107:1124-33. 2007..To evaluate diet quality and body mass index (BMI) by beverage patterns in children aged 2 to 11 years... - Development of a culturally appropriate, home-based nutrition and physical activity curriculum for Wisconsin American Indian familiesTara L LaRowe
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, 777 South Mills Street, Madison, WI 53714, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 4:A109. 2007.... - Dietary intakes and physical activity among preschool-aged children living in rural American Indian communities before a family-based healthy lifestyle interventionTara L LaRowe
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI 53715, USA
J Am Diet Assoc 110:1049-57. 2010.... - Effects of dietary fatty acid composition on 24-h energy expenditure and chronic disease risk factors in menJamie A Cooper
Departments of Nutritional Sciences and Family Practice, University of Wisconsin Madison, Madison, WI, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 89:1350-6. 2009..Controlled feeding studies and measures of short-term resting energy expenditure (REE) have suggested that the type of dietary fat may alter energy expenditure (EE)... - The theory and application of UW ehealth-PHINEX, a clinical electronic health record-public health information exchangeTheresa W Guilbert
Department of Pediatrics, University of Wisconsin Madison School of Medicine and Public Health, Box 9988 Clinical Science Center, 600 Highland Ave, Madison, WI 53792, USA
WMJ 111:124-33. 2012..Electronic health records (EHRs) hold the promise of improving clinical quality and population health while reducing health care costs. However, it is not clear how these goals can be achieved in practice... - Learning to work together: developing academic and community research partnershipsAlexandra Adams
Department of Family Medicine, University of Wisconsin Madison, 53715 1896, USA
WMJ 103:15-9. 2004..However, academic physicians and researchers usually are not trained to work with communities as partners... - Exercise increases the proportion of fat utilization during short-term consumption of a high-fat dietKent C Hansen
Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI 53706, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 85:109-16. 2007..Increases in energy substrate oxidation occur at different rates after an increase in either fat or carbohydrate intake. Adaptations to increased fat intake are relatively slow and are influenced by activity level...
Research Grants
- Obesity and cardiac Risk in American Indian ChildrenAlexandra Adams; Fiscal Year: 2005..Candidate: This K23 award will facilitate Dr. Alexandra Adams' development as a patient-oriented scientist with a long-term goal of becoming a high-quality, independent ..
- Healthy Children, Strong Families and Supportive Communities InterventionAlexandra Adams; Fiscal Year: 2007..Ultimately, this multilevel project should reduce morbidity and mortality from obesity and its sequelae in a population of high-risk American Indian children. It will also lay the foundation for future collaborative research efforts. ..