Publications

PEER REVIEWED PUBLICATIONS

Published

2023

1. Bruening M, Nadalet C, Ashok N, Suh BC, Lee RE. Preschoolers' parent and teacher/director perceptions of returning to early childcare education during the COVID-19 pandemic. BMC Public Health. 2022 Dec 5;22(1):2270. doi: 10.1186/s12889-022-14409-w. PMID: 36471388; PMCID: PMC9720943.

2. D’Agostino EM, Ramírez García J, Bakken SR, Wruck L, Nilles EK, Stefano TA, Martin HR, Hungler A, Lee RE, Perreira KM, Baum MK, Brown D. Examining COVID-19 testing and vaccination behaviors by heritage and linguistic preferences among Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish RADx-UP participants, Preventive Medicine Reports. (35) 2023 July, 102359, ISSN 2211-3355, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102359.

3. Goldman, J. L., Kalu, I. C., Schuster, J. E., et al.  (2023). Building School-Academic Partnerships to Implement COVID-19 Testing in Underserved Populations. Pediatrics, 152(Suppl 1), e2022060352C. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060352C

4. Lee RE, Todd M, Oh H, Han S, Santana M, Aguilar-Troncoso J, Bruening M, Kramer JL, León T, Murugan V, Valdez H, Villegas-Gold M. Acceptability and Feasibility of Saliva-delivered PCR Coronavirus 2019 Tests for Young Children. Pediatrics. 2023 Jul 1;152(Suppl 1):e2022060352D. doi: 10.1542/peds.2022-060352D. 

• Poster 2023 - Acceptability and Feasibility of Parent Coaching to Complete Saliva-Delivered PCR COVID-2019 Tests for Hispanic Preschoolers

5. Uthappa, D. M., Mann, T. K., Goldman, J. L., et al. (2023). Common Data Element Collection in Underserved School Communities: Challenges and Recommendations. Pediatrics, 152(Suppl 1), e2022060352N. https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2022-060352N

2021

6. Lee RE, Joseph RP, Blackman Carr LT, Strayhorn SM, Faro J, Lane H, Monroe C, Pekmezi D, Szeszulski J. Still striding toward social justice? Redirecting physical activity research in a post-COVID-19 world. Translational Behavioral Medicine. Apr 3 2021. ibab026, https://doi.org/10.1093/tbm/ibab026.

7. Lorenzo, E.Szeszulski, J., Adams, M. A., Lee, R. E. Association of neighborhood environment with physical activity, sedentary time and cardiometabolic risk factors among Hispanic women. Accepted for poster presentation atSigma Theta Tau International's 32nd International Nursing Research Congress. Singapore, July 2021.

2020

7. 1. Lee RE, Parker NH, Hallett AM, Kao D, Modelska MJ, Rifai HS, Soltero EG, O’Connor DP. Stakeholder Perspectives and Sustainability of an Integrated Care Model for the Prevention and Management of Obesity: The Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) Project. Translational Behavioral Medicine. 2020.

7. 2. Lee RE, Kao D, Parker NH*, Hallett AM*, Kochi CY, Modelska MJ, Rifai HS, O’Connor DP. Evaluating sustainability in the Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration project: the model and process. Archives of Public Health 2020: 78, 13. 

7. 3. Lee R.E., Szeszulski J., Lorenzo E., Hill J., O’Connor T., Bruening M., Shaibi  G., Todd M., Estabrooks P. Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE): Implementation Strategies in Early Care and Education Centers. Accepted as part of a symposium for presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference. San Francisco, CA, USA. April 2020.

7. 4. Lee, R.E., Szeszulski J., Suh, B., Lorenzo, E. Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE):  An Early Look at Physical Activity-Related Outcomes.  Accepted for Symposium at the Annual Conference on International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity.  Auckland, New Zealand. June 2020. 

7. 5. Lorenzo E, Szeszulski J, Todd M, Mama SK, Lee RE. Health is power: active transportation, physical activity, and cardiometabolic health among ethnic minority women. J Phys Act Health. 2020 Feb 8;1(aop):1-8. doi: 10.1123/jpah.2019-0098 PMID: 32035414

7. 6. Lorenzo E, Szeszulski J, Shin C, Todd M, and Lee RE. Relationship between walking for active transportation and cardiometabolic health among adults: A systematic review. J Transp Health. 2020 Dec;19. doi: 10.1016/j.jth.2020.100927

7. 7. Szeszulski J., Lorenzo E., O’Connor T., Hill J.L., Shaibi G.Q., Buman M.P., Vega-López. S., Hooker S.P., Lee R. E. Exploring Correlates of Preschool-aged Children’s Locomotor Skills: Individual and Parent Demographics and Home Environment. Percept Mot Skills. December 2020. doi: 10.1177/0031512520980938

7. 8. Szeszulski J., Lorenzo E., Lee R.E. Effectiveness of Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE) on Young Children’s Locomotor Skills. Accepted for oral presentation at the Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference. San Francisco, CA, USA. April 2020.

7. 9. Szeszulski J, Lorenzo E, O’Connor T, Hill JL, Shaibi GQ, Buman MP, Vega-López S, Hooker SP, Lee RE. Exploring Correlates of Preschool-aged Children’s Locomotor Skills: Individual and Parent Demographics and Home Environment. Percept Mot Skills. 2021 Apr;128(2):649-671. doi: 10.1177/0031512520980938. Epub 2020 Dec 20. PMID: 33342342.

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Szeszulski J, Lorenzo E, Arriola A, Lee RE. Community-Based Measurement of Body Composition in Hispanic Women: Concurrent Validity of Dual-and Single-Frequency Bioelectrical Impedance. J Strength Cond Res. 2020 Jan 10. doi: 10.1519/JSC.0000000000003483 PMID: 31929352

2019

7. 11. Lee RE, Lorenzo E*, Szeszulski J*, Arriola A, Bruening M, Estabrooks PA, Hill J, Marsiglia FF, O'Connor T, Pollins KS, Shaibi GQ. Design and methodology of a cluster-randomized trial in early care and education centers to meet physical activity guidelines: Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE). Contemporary Clinical Trials. 2019 Feb 1;77:8-18. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cct.2018.12.003.

7. 12. Lee RE, Soltero EG*, Ledoux TA, Sahnoune I*, Saavadra F*, Mama SK*, McNeill LH. Sustainability via Active Garden Education: Translating Policy to Practice in Early Care and Education. Journal of School Health. 2019 Feb 5. doi: 10.1111/josh.12734. [Epub ahead of print] PubMed PMID: 30723904.

7. 13. Lee R.E., Szeszulski J., Lorenzo E., Gutierrez M., Tornel M., Verdezoto Alvarado A., Bruening M.  Eating Sweet Treats in Absence of Hunger May Influence Overweight in Mainly Hispanic Preschoolers. Accepted for poster presentation at The Obesity Society. Las Vegas, NV, USA. November 2019.

7. 14. Lorenzo, E., Szeszulski, J., Lee, R.E.  Sustainability via Active Gardening Education (SAGE): The association between walking for active transportation and cardiometabolic health among primarily Hispanic women.  Accepted for poster presentation at the International Conference on Transport & Health, Melbourne, Australia, November 2019.

7. 15. Lorenzo, E., Szeszulski, J., Arriola, A., Bruening, M., Lee, R.E.  Sustainability via Active Gardening Education (SAGE):  The relationship of moderate to vigorous physical activity and food insecurity on cardiometabolic risk among primarily Hispanic mothers.  Accepted for poster presentation at International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Prague, Czech Republic, June 2019.

7. 16. Lorenzo, E.  Linking active transportation use and neighborhood walkability to cardiometabolic risk factors among Hispanic mothers. Poster presentation at the Western Institute of Nursing Research Conference, San Diego, California, April 2019.

7. 17. Soltero EG, Parker NH, Mama DrPH SK, Ledoux TA, Lee RE. Lessons Learned From Implementing of Garden Education Program in Early Child Care. Health Promot Pract. 2021 Mar;22(2):266-274. doi: 10.1177/1524839919868215. Epub 2019 Aug 30. PMID: 31470753; PMCID: PMC9014813.

7. 18. Szeszulski J., Lorenzo E., Arriola A., Lee R.E. Associations between Physical Activity Resources and Gross Motor Skills in Preschool-aged Children. Submitted for presentation at Society of Behavioral Medicine Meeting, Washington, D.C., March 2019.

7. 19. Szeszulski J., Lorenzo E., Shaibi G.Q., Buman M.P., Vega-López. S., Hooker S.P., Lee R. E. Effectiveness of School-Based Interventions for Improving Cardiovascular Fitness in Early Childhood: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Preventive Medicine Reports. 2019 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2019.100915

2018

1. Lee, R.E., Arriola, A., Inzunza, E., Szeszulski, J., Lorenzo, E., and Soltero, E. G. How can early care and education center gardens be sustained? Lessons learned from SAGE. Accepted for poster presentation at International Congress of Behavioral Medicine, Santiago de Chile, Chile, November 2018.

2. Szeszulski J., Hutchens A., Lorenzo E., Arriola A., O’Connor T., Hill J., Hooker S.P., Lee R.E. Independent Association of Parenting Practices on Cardiorespiratory Fitness and Physical Activity of Preschool Aged Children. Accepted for poster presentation at American Public Health Association Annual Meeting, San Diego, California, November 2018

3. Lorenzo E., Szeszulski J., Arriola A., Lee, R.E. Sustainability via Active Gardening Education (SAGE):  Development of culturally appropriate parent messages using Nominal Group Technique (NGT) groups. Accepted for poster presentation at the annual conference of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Hong Kong, China, June 2018.

4. Lee R.E., Lorenzo E., Szeszulski, J., Arriola A., Soltero, E. Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE): Enhancing the social return on investment from school programming. Accepted for oral presentation at the annual conference of the International Society for Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, Hong Kong, China, June 2018.

5. Lee RE, Lorenzo E, Szeszulski J, Arriola A, Soltero EG. (2018, June). Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE): Enhancing the social return on investment from school programming. Paper presented at the 4th World Congress on Public Health, Epidemiology and Nutrition, Osaka, Japan.

6. Szeszulski J., Lorenzo E., Arriola A., Lee R.E. Comparison of Single and Dual Frequency BIA with Skinfold Calipers for Measurement of Body Composition in Hispanic Women. Accepted for Society of Behavioral Medicine Conference. 2018 April.

2017

1. Lee RE, Lorenzo E*, Heck K, Kohl HW, Cubbin C. Interrelationships of Physical Activity in Different Domains:  Evidence from the Geographic Research on Wellbeing (GROW) study. Journal of Transport and Health. 2017. DOI: 10.1016/j.jth.2017.02.004.

2. Lee RE, Galavíz K*, Soltero EG*, Rosales Chavez J*, Jauregui E†, Lévesque L, Lopez y Taylor J, Ortiz Hernández L, Estabrooks PA. Aplicando el marco conceptual RE-AIM para la promoción de la actividad física en países de ingreso bajo y medio: Un taller en Guadalajara, México. Rev. Latino-Am. Enfermagem [online]. 2017, vol.25, e2923.  Epub Sep 21, 2017. ISSN 0104-1169. 

3. Lee RE, Parker NH*, Soltero EG*, Ledoux TA†, Mama SK*, McNeill L†. Sustainability via Active Garden Education (SAGE): results from two feasibility pilot studies. BMC Public Health. 2017 Mar 10;17(1):242. doi: 10.1186/s12889-017-4163-5. PubMed PMID: 28283032; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC5345144.

2015

1. Gharib, H., K. I. Galaviz, R. E. Lee, M. Safdie, L. Tolentino, S. Barquera and L. Levesque. 2015. The influence of physical education lesson context and teacher behaviour on student physical activity in Mexico. Retos: Nuevas tendencias en Educacion Fisica, Deporte y Recreacion 28:160-164.

2. Lee, R. E., A. M. Hallett, N. H. Parker, D. Kao, M. J. Modelska, H. Rafai and D. P. O'Connor. 2015. Physical activity policies in Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (CORD) communities. Health Behavior and Policy Review 4(July):284-295(12). DOI: 10.14485/HBPR.2.4.5. 

3. O'Connor, D. P., R. E. Lee, P. Mehta, D. Thompson, A. Bhargava, C. Carlson, D. Kao, C. S. Layne, T. Ledoux, T. O'Connor, H. Rafai, L. Gulley, A. M. Hallett, O. Kudia, S. Joseph, M. Modelska, D. Ortega, N. Parker, A. Stevens and . EC-CORD (BETTER Policies) Team. 2015. Childhood obesity research demonstration project: Cross-site evaluation methods. Childhood Obesity 11(1):92-103. DOI: 10.1089/chi.2014.0061.

4. Soltero, E. G., T. Ledoux and R. E. Lee. 2015. Feasibility and acceptability of adapting the eating in the absence of hunger assessment for preschoolers in the classroom setting. Eating Behaviors 19(December):68-71. DOI: 10.1016/j.eatbeh.2015.06.006.

2014

1. O'Connor, T. M., E. Cerin, R. E. Lee, N. Parker, T. Chen, S. O. Hughes, J. A. Mendoza and T. Baranowski. 2014. Environmental and cultural correlates of physical activity parenting practices among Latino parents with preschool-aged children: Niños Activos. BMC Public Health 14:707. DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-707.

2. Ledoux, T., H. Adamus-Leach, D. P. O'Connor, S. K. Mama and R. E. Lee. 2014. The association of binge eating and neighborhood fast-food restaurant availability on diet and weight status. Public Health Nutrition 18(2):352-360. DOI: 10.1017/S1368980013003546.

3. Leach, H. J., S. K. Mama, E. G. Soltero and R. E. Lee. 2014. The influence of sitting time and physical activity on health outcomes in public housing residents. Ethnicty & Disease 24(3):370-375.

4. Galaviz, K. I., S. M. Harden, E. Smith, K. C. Blackman, L. M. Berrey, S. K. Mama, F. A. Almeida, R. E. Lee and P. A. Estabrooks. 2014. Physical activity promotion in Latin American populations: A systematic review on issues of internal and external validity. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 11:77. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-11-77.

2013

1. O'Connor, T., E. Cerin, S. O. Hughes, J. Robles, D. Thompson, T. Baranowski, R. E. Lee, T. Nicklas and R. M. Shewchuk. 2013. What Hispanic parents do to encourage and discourage 3-5 year old children to be active: a qualitative study using nominal group technique. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity 10:93. DOI: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-93. 

2. O'Connor, T., E. Cerin, J. Robles, R. E. Lee, J. Kerr, N. Butte, J. A. Mendoza, D. Thompson and T. Baranowski. 2013. Feasibility study to objectively assess activity and location of Hispanic preschoolers: A short communication. Geospatial Health: Health Applications in Geospatial Science 7(2):375-380. DOI: 10.4081/gh.2013.94.

2005

1. Lee, R. E., Booth, K. M., Reese-Smith, J. Y., Regan, G., & Howard, H. H. (2005). The Physical Activity Resource Assessment (PARA) instrument: evaluating features, amenities and incivilities of physical activity resources in urban neighborhoods. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 2(1), 1-9.

2. Li, C., Kaur, H., Choi, W. S., Huang, T. T. K., Lee, R. E., & Ahluwalia, J. S. (2005). Additive interactions of maternal prepregnancy BMI and breast‐feeding on childhood overweight. Obesity research, 13(2), 362-371.

2002

1. Lee, R. E., & Cubbin, C. (2002). Neighborhood context and youth cardiovascular health behaviors. American journal of public health, 92(3), 428-436.