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An assessment of the social cognitive predictors of exclusive breastfeeding behavior using the Health Action Process Approach
Martinez-Brockman JL, Shebl FM, Harari N, Pérez-Escamilla R. An assessment of the social cognitive predictors of exclusive breastfeeding behavior using the Health Action Process Approach. Social Science & Medicine 2017, 182: 106-116. PMID: 28437693, DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2017.04.014.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdultBreast FeedingFemaleHumansIntentionSelf EfficacySocial BehaviorSocial SupportSurveys and QuestionnairesUnited StatesConceptsHealth Action Process ApproachSocial cognitive predictorsExclusive breastfeeding behaviorCognitive predictorsHAPA modelEffect of intentionOutcome expectanciesSocial ecological modelProcess approachStructural equationSound textCounseling programCounseling processAddress factorsIntentionPeer counseling programWeighted least squares estimationMultiple levelsLactation AdviceTheoretical modelBreastfeeding behaviorExclusive breastfeeding durationInterventionPredictorsBehaviorHealthy Eating for Life English as a second language curriculum: applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a nutrition education intervention targeting cancer risk reduction
Martinez JL, Duncan LR, Rivers SE, Bertoli MC, Latimer-Cheung AE, Salovey P. Healthy Eating for Life English as a second language curriculum: applying the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a nutrition education intervention targeting cancer risk reduction. Translational Behavioral Medicine 2017, 7: 657-666. PMID: 28275976, PMCID: PMC5684068, DOI: 10.1007/s13142-017-0479-z.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAdolescentAdultAgedCurriculumDiet, HealthyEducational PersonnelEmigrants and ImmigrantsFocus GroupsFollow-Up StudiesHealth EducationHealthcare DisparitiesHumansInternetLanguageMiddle AgedNeoplasmsProgram EvaluationQualitative ResearchRisk Reduction BehaviorSurveys and QuestionnairesTreatment OutcomeYoung AdultConceptsSecond language curriculumLanguage curriculumAdult education settingsMixed-methods approachCurriculum materialsEducation settingsStudent needsEnthusiastic teachersNutrition education interventionCurriculumHealthy eatingLinguistic barriersEducation interventionLanguage principlesTeachersUS immigrantsRE-AIM frameworkEnglishSuccessful implementationOnline versionWorkbookPilot studyImplementationImmigrantsProvision
2019
Phenotypes of Hypertensive Ambulatory Blood Pressure Patterns: Design and Rationale of the ECHORN Hypertension Study.
Spatz ES, Martinez-Brockman JL, Tessier-Sherman B, Mortazavi B, Roy B, Schwartz JI, Nazario CM, Maharaj R, Nunez M, Adams OP, Burg M, Nunez-Smith M. Phenotypes of Hypertensive Ambulatory Blood Pressure Patterns: Design and Rationale of the ECHORN Hypertension Study. Ethnicity & Disease 2019, 29: 535-544. PMID: 31641320, PMCID: PMC6802166, DOI: 10.18865/ed.29.4.535.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAmbulatory blood pressure measurementsABPM patternsBP patternAmbulatory blood pressure patternsMore precision-based approachesAmbulatory BP patternsDiagnosis of HTNTreatment of HTNBlood pressure patternWave 2High-risk populationBlood pressure measurementsCommunity-residing adultsPrecision-based approachesAntihypertensive medicationsBlood pressureProspective studyHypertension StudyHypertensive phenotypeCardiovascular diseaseParent studyHTNEcological momentary assessmentSelf-report surveyHigh rate