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
Gender, skin color, and household composition explain inequities in household food insecurity in Brazil
Santos L, Pérez-Escamilla R, de Souza Cherol C, Ferreira A, Salles-Costa R. Gender, skin color, and household composition explain inequities in household food insecurity in Brazil. PLOS Global Public Health 2023, 3: e0002324. PMID: 37788232, PMCID: PMC10547153, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0002324.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFemale-headed householdsSevere food insecurityHousehold food insecurityPresence of childrenMale-headed householdsFood insecurityBrazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement ScaleRace/skin colorIntersection of genderPrinciples of intersectionalityHousehold reference personMarried White menGender inequitySingle mothersHousehold compositionPolicy makersRepresentative surveySocial determinantsYears of ageHouseholdsEvidence-based programsMarital statusDearth of evidenceInsecurityInequitiesHealth inequities
Perez-Escamilla R. Health inequities. 2023, 327-335. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-821848-8.00176-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHealth inequitiesNutrition inequitiesHigh-income countriesPhysical activitySocial determinantsSocial ecological modelUnited Nations Sustainable Development GoalsSustainable Development GoalsHealthy foodsAbility of countriesIncome countriesHealth lensStructural racismHealthNational developmentDevelopment GoalsLife courseInequitiesCountries
2020
Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable nurturing approach
Skouteris H, Bergmeier HJ, Berns SD, Betancourt J, Boynton‐Jarrett R, Davis MB, Gibbons K, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Story M. Reframing the early childhood obesity prevention narrative through an equitable nurturing approach. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2020, 17: e13094. PMID: 33067918, PMCID: PMC7729646, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13094.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsChildhood obesity preventionWorld Health OrganizationChildhood obesityObesity preventionCare approachAge 5 yearsRace/ethnicityAdverse child experiencesObesity developmentHigher-quality mother–child (but not father–child) interactionsChild development outcomesDrivers of undernutritionMother-child dyadsObesityHolistic life course approachSocial determinantsCare frameworkHealth OrganizationLife course approachAge 5Mother-child interactionUndernutritionRecognition of racismPreventionPrevention narrativesMultisectoral government programs and household food insecurity: evidence from a longitudinal study in the semiarid area of northeast, Brazil
de Araújo Palmeira P, de Araújo Mattos R, Pérez-Escamilla R, Salles-Costa R. Multisectoral government programs and household food insecurity: evidence from a longitudinal study in the semiarid area of northeast, Brazil. Food Security 2020, 13: 525-538. DOI: 10.1007/s12571-020-01100-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchFood insecurityGovernment programsHousehold food insecurityBrazilian Household Food Insecurity Measurement ScaleRisk of FIDifferent government programsPoverty reductionGovernmental programsMultisectoral approachSocial determinantsPopulation-based longitudinal cohort studyInsecurityNumber of programsLongitudinal cohort studyPublic health problemLogistic regression modelsDiverse healthCohort studyHealth problemsHealth protectionFamilyAccessBaselineBrazilProgram
2013
Health Disparities
Perez-Escamilla R. Health Disparities. 2013, 417-423. DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-375083-9.00142-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research