Publications
Community and International Nutrition
Cardiovascular disease risk factors are related to adult adiposity but not birth weight in young Guatemalan adults.
+ MoreLanguage Assistance Programs
This Paper aims to:
- Help health care service plans better understand SB 853
- Outline language assistance program requirements
- Provide useful resources for choosing translation and interpretation services
- Provide a checklist of program requirements to ensure all components are addressed in order to receive DMHC approval
How Hispanics Use the Internet for Health
In the decade from 1990 to 2000, the U.S. Hispanic population increased by more than 50%, from approximately 22 million to 35 million. Since many of these Hispanics have limited proficiency in English, or prefer to receive information in Spanish, government agencies and healthcare providers are seeking ways to provide health information that is linguistically and culturally appropriate. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is seeking to better define the potential of the Internet to expand the provision of health information to Hispanic consumers, particularly those who prefer to receive health information in Spanish.
+ MoreLimited English Proficiency (LEP) Regulations
This White Paper aims to:
- Provide a summary explanation of Federal Limited English Proficiency (LEP) regulations.
- Describe recent lawsuits brought against hospitals based on LEP regulations.
- Provide guidance on ways hospitals can ensure their compliance with LEP regulations.
Prospective Study of Protein- Energy Supplementation Early in Life and of Growth in the Subsequent Generation in Guatemala
The secular increase in height is assumed to result from long-term improvements in nutritional intakes and reductions in infectious disease burdens. Nutritional supplementation in early life reduces stunting in chronically undernourished populations. It is unknown whether these improvements can be transmitted to subsequent generations.
Our objective was to estimate the intergenerational effect on offspring length of improved nutrition in the mother’s childhood.
+ MoreRural-to-urban migration and cardiovascular disease risk factors in young Guatemalan adults
Migration to cities may increase cardiovascular disease risk factors in developing countries. We examined rural and urban individuals who were born in the same villages and shared similar childhood experiences.
+ MoreThe Positive Deviance Approach to Improve Health Outcomes
Positive deviance (PD) refers to a phenomenon that exists in many resource-poor communities, that is, the finding that a few individuals and families employ uncommon, beneficial practices that allow them and their children to have better health as compared to their similarly impoverished neighbors. These PD behaviors are likely to be affordable, acceptable, and sustainable by the wider community because their peers are already practicing them.
+ MoreThe Power of Positive Deviance
Identifying individuals with better outcome than their peers (positive deviance) and enabling communities to adopt the behaviours that explain the improved outcome are powerful methods of producing change.
+ MoreThe Power of Positive Deviants
A promising new tactic for changing communities from the inside.
+ MoreValidation of a semi-quantitative food-frequency questionnaire for use among adults in Guatemala
The purpose of the study was to assess the validity of a 52-item semiquantitative food-frequency questionnaire (FFQ) by comparing it with multiple 24-hour dietary recalls.
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