2024
Food and nutrition security definitions, constructs, frameworks, measurements, and applications: global lessons
Pérez-Escamilla R. Food and nutrition security definitions, constructs, frameworks, measurements, and applications: global lessons. Frontiers In Public Health 2024, 12: 1340149. PMID: 38550323, PMCID: PMC10977101, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2024.1340149.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSocial determinants of healthFood insecurityFood securityDeterminants of healthWater insecurity scaleProgram designSocial determinantsNutrition securityPolicyUnited StatesProgram evaluationFI scaleDefinition of FIPlanetary healthNetwork of researchersFI researchSecurityInsecurityHealthGovernmentGame changerCountriesFI measurementsConceptualizationProgram
2023
Client experience of food assistance programs among adults in the United States: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol
Rhodes E, Nyhan K, Okoli N, Duffany K, Rodriguez M, Perkins B, Ross D, Pérez-Escamilla R. Client experience of food assistance programs among adults in the United States: a qualitative evidence synthesis protocol. Frontiers In Public Health 2023, 11: 1193451. PMID: 37719734, PMCID: PMC10501444, DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1193451.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFood assistance programsAssistance programsQualitative studyPrimary qualitative studiesUnited StatesClient experiencePositive experiencesGRADE-CERQual approachExperiences of clientsQualitative evidence synthesis protocolSecurity organizationsCommunity membersQualitative evidence synthesisKey partnersThematic synthesisHealth practitionersHigh-quality programmingDevelopment of measuresReview findingsExperienceGrey literatureKey aspectsArticleClientsPartners
2021
Implementation of childhood obesity prevention and control policies in the United States and Latin America: Lessons for cross‐border research and practice
Pérez‐Escamilla R, Vilar‐Compte M, Rhodes E, Sarmiento OL, Corvalan C, Sturke R, Vorkoper S. Implementation of childhood obesity prevention and control policies in the United States and Latin America: Lessons for cross‐border research and practice. Obesity Reviews 2021, 22: e13247. PMID: 33951275, PMCID: PMC8365637, DOI: 10.1111/obr.13247.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsComparative case studyEvidence-based advocacyCross-border researchUnited StatesObesity policyPolicy dialoguePolitical willLatin American countriesTransferable lessonsChildhood obesity preventionEquity indicatorsEvidence of scalabilityPAP developmentLatin AmericaImplementation science principlesStreet/American countriesFramework dimensionsStrong processCase studyPolicyObesity preventionImplementation scienceLessonsImportant contributionMeasurement challenges for childhood obesity research within and between Latin America and the United States
Berrigan D, Arteaga SS, Colón‐Ramos U, Rosas LG, Monge‐Rojas R, O'Connor TM, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Roberts EFS, Sanchez B, Téllez‐Rojo M, Vorkoper S, Group T. Measurement challenges for childhood obesity research within and between Latin America and the United States. Obesity Reviews 2021, 22: e13242. PMID: 33942975, PMCID: PMC8365689, DOI: 10.1111/obr.13242.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMigration as a determinant of childhood obesity in the United States and Latin America
Vilar‐Compte M, Bustamante AV, López‐Olmedo N, Gaitán‐Rossi P, Torres J, Peterson KE, Teruel G, Pérez‐Escamilla R. Migration as a determinant of childhood obesity in the United States and Latin America. Obesity Reviews 2021, 22: e13240. PMID: 33939233, PMCID: PMC8365698, DOI: 10.1111/obr.13240.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMigrant networksMigrant householdsInternational migrationMexican householdsMexican Family Life SurveyFamily Life SurveyOrigin communitiesInternational migrantsMigrant familiesHost countryAcculturation processLatin AmericaHouseholdsChildhood obesityReplicable strategyLife SurveyUnited StatesHealth outreach programsTrustful environmentLongitudinal dataOutreach programsHealth programsMigrantsMigrationFramework