Culture & Health Disparities Journal Club

I meet with my graduate and undergraduate students throughout the semester to discuss research methods and journal articles related to the research we do in our lab. Below are some previous journal articles we discussed and some we will discuss in future dates. You are welcome to join us, see below for location, times and dates.

Spring 2020 - 208 Funkhouser from 9-9:50 am on Thursdays

• Branding a School-Based Campaign Combining Healthy Eating and Eco-friendliness (April 23, 2020)
• Research Article/update TBD (March 5, 2020)
• Barriers to Eating Traditional Foods Vary by Age Group in Ecuador With Biodiversity Loss as a Key Issue (February 20, 2020)
• Incentivizing Children’s Fruit and Vegetable Consumption:Results of a United States Pilot Study of the Food Dudes Program. (February 13, 2020)
• Immigrant assimilation and BMI and waist size: a longitudinal examination among Hispanic and Chinese participants in the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis. (January 30, 2020)

Fall 2019

• Nutrition Label Use and Its Association With Dietary Quality Among Latinos: The Roles of Poverty and Acculturation (December 11, 2019)
• Traditional Food Practices, Attitudes, and Beliefs in Urban Alaska Native Women Receiving WIC Assistance (November 13, 2019)
• Food Choice Drivers in the Context of the Nutrition Transition in Delhi, India (November 6, 2019)
• Association between diet quality and measures of body adiposity using the Rate Your Plate survey in patients presenting for coronary angiography (October 2, 2019)
• Effects of Culturally Tailored Nutrition Education on Dietary Quality of Hispanic Mothers: A Randomized Control Trial (September 18, 2019)

Spring 2019

• Perspectives of African American, Amish, Appalachian and Latina Women on Breast and Cervical Cancer Screening: Implications for Cultural Competence (April 25, 2019)
• Results of Go Girls: A Weight Control Program for Overweight African‐American Adolescent Females (April 18, 2019)
• Acculturation among Latino Primary Caregivers and Physician Communication: Receipt of Advice Regarding Healthy Lifestyle Behaviors (April 12, 2019)

Fall 2018

Spring 2018

• Hunger of the Body and Hunger of the Mind: African American Women’s Perceptions of Food Insecurity, Health and Violence (March 19, 2018)
• Lay Understanding of Familial Risk of Common Chronic Diseases: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Qualitative Research and Missing the Mark With Latina Women With Type 2 Diabetes (February 18, 2019)
• An Introduction to Qualitative Research for Food and Nutrition Professionals (January 22, 2018)