“Health Disparities in the Latino Population”
“Are immigrant enclaves healthy places to live? The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis”
Ecodevelopmental contexts for preventing type 2 diabetes in Latino and other racial/ethnic minority populations
“Childhood poverty, chronic stress, and adult working memory”
Video of select speakers from our fourth annual conference “Social Determinants of Health” are available for viewing.
The Spring 2009 edition of our quaterly newsletter is available for viewing
Presentations and pictures from our fourth annual conference “Social Determinants of Health” are available for viewing.
“Physiogenomic analysis of the Puerto Rican population”
The brief of IOM report ‘Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines’ released today.
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Report Updates Guidelines on How Much Weight Women Should Gain During Pregnancy; Calls on Health Care Providers to Help Women Achieve a Healthy Weight Before and During Pregnancy
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We're pleased to announce that the upcoming June issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association includes the invited CEHDL research commentary entitled ‘Dietary quality among Latinos: Is acculturation making us sick?’
New pregnancy weight gain guidelines to be released May 28
UConn Hosts May 19 Conference On Social Determinants Of Health – UConn News.
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The slide presentation from Minakshi Tikoo's and Guadalupe Ayala's seminars are now available on our Seminars page.
UConn Research Identifies Need For Improvements In US Breastfeeding Surveillance And Monitoring – UConn News
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“Beyond Food Deserts: Measuring and Mapping Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Food Environments”
Working with Latino Families to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle by Guadalupe Ayala, Ph.D., M.P.H.
“Barriers to a Healthy Lifestyle: From Individuals to Public Policy—An Ecological Perspective”
“Quality of data reported on race and ethnicity in federally funded programs and relevance to policy and decision-making” by Minakshi Tikoo, Ph.D.
Under the leadership of Dr. Amber Hromi-Fiedler, CEHDL is making available to researchers nationwide a valid household food insecurity measurement scale for application with pregnant Latinas.
Under the leadership of Dr. Donna Chapman, CEHDL has published two articles proposing a national breastfeeding monitoring and surveillance system.
“Vitamin E: Friend or Foe Against Heart Disease?” by Richard Bruno, Ph.D., R.D.
Our Press Coverage page has been updated with two new articles.
“Neighborhood environments: disparities in access to healthy foods in the U.S.”
The slide presentation from Jennifer McTiernan's seminar is now available on our Seminars page.
The Winter 2009 edition of our quaterly newsletter is available on our Newsletters page.
Registration has begun for our 4th annual conference, “Social Determinants of Health”.
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The contributions that CEHDL has made to addressing health disparities in the state of Connecticut have been fully acknowledged in the 2008-09 Annual UConn President’s Report entitled ‘UCONNOMY’ (pdf, page 14).
“Food security, poverty, and human development in the United States”
Our Seminars page has been updated, featuring seminars by Donna Chapman, PhD, RD and Jennifer McTiernan H. The slide presentation from speaker John T. Cook, Ph.D. MA Ed is now available for download as well.
We are pleased to invite you to attend our 4th annual conference, “Social Determinants of Health”
“Food Insecurity and Child and Maternal Health in Latino Families” by John T. Cook, Ph.D. MA Ed.
The slide presentation from Beth Jones’ seminar “Mammography Screening Challenges in Underserved Populations” is available on our Seminars page.
“Determinants of physical activity among a convenience sample of Puerto Rican women residing in the Northeastern United States”
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