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| Debra Haire-JoshuSummaryAffiliation: Washington University School of Medicine Country: USA Publications
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Surveillance of obesity-related policies in multiple environments: the Missouri Obesity, Nutrition, and Activity Policy Database, 2007-2009Debra 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, 660 S Euclid, Campus Box 8109, Saint Louis, MO 63110, USA
Prev Chronic Dis 7:A80. 2010..The database is organized to reflect 7 local environments (government, community, health care, worksite, school, after school, and child care) and to describe the prevalence of obesity-related policies in these environments...- 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... - 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.... 
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...- 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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.... - 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... - 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.... 
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)...- 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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... - 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.... - 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.... - 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... - 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... - 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...
Research Grants
- Achieving Energy Balance in Overweight Post Partum TeensDebra Haire Joshu; Fiscal Year: 2007..abstract_text> ..
- Altering Dietary Patterns in Preschool ChildrenDebra Haire Joshu; Fiscal Year: 2005..We will build upon our longstanding and successful partnership with Parents As Teachers, a national parent education agency that will disseminate H5-Kids through over 2000 PAT-affiliated sites across all 50 states. ..
- PREVENTING CVD IN CHILDREN-AN INTERGENERATIONAL APPROACHDebra Haire Joshu; Fiscal Year: 2003....
- Altering Dietary Patterns in Preschool ChildrenDebra Haire Joshu; Fiscal Year: 2002..Innovation. This project offers the opportunity to deliver an effective cancer control nutrition curriculum to an estimated 28,000 African American parents and families currently enrolled and active in PAT nationwide. ..
- ALTERING DIETARY PATTERNS IN AFRICAN AMERICAN PARENTSDebra Haire Joshu; Fiscal Year: 2000..A second strength is the potential to disseminate the curriculum developed for the proposed study on a national level through 1770 PAT-affiliated sites across 45 states. ..
- Achieving Energy Balance in Overweight Post Partum TeensDebra Haire Joshu; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..