member of NM Center for Advancement of Research, Engagement & Sciences of Health Disparities Senior Fellow 2012 - Step Into Cuba Alliance Member 2009 - Faculty Senate Member 2013 - 2015 HSC Faculty Senate Member 2013 - 2015 PRC Program Committee Chair 2013 - 2014 PRC Steering Committee Member 2013 - 2014
selected publications academic article Perceptions of water and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption habits among teens, parents and teachers in the rural south-western USA.. Public health nutrition. 22:1376-1387. 2019 Research to Practice: Implementing Physical Activity Recommendations. 2017 Implementing Physical Activity Recommendations in a Tri-Ethnic Rural Community through a Community-University Partnership.. Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action. 11:149-159. 2017 The Impact of the CHILE Intervention on the Food Served in Head Start Centers in Rural New Mexico.. The Journal of School Health. 86:414-423. 2016 CHILE: Outcomes of a group randomized controlled trial of an intervention to prevent obesity in preschool Hispanic and American Indian children.. Preventive medicine. :-. 2016 Effects of an Obesity Prevention Intervention on Physical Activity Among Preschool Children: The CHILE Study. 2016 Effect of WIC Food Package Changes on Dietary Intake of Preschool Children in New Mexico.. Health behavior and policy review. 2:3-12. 2015 Implementing a Childhood Obesity prevention Coalition in a Tribal Community in the Southwest. Human Organization. 73:183-192. 2014 Effect of WIC Food Package Changes on Dietary Intake of Preschool Children in New Mexico. Health Behavior and Policy Review. 2:3. 2014 Engagement, Recruitment, and Retention in a Trans-Community, Randomized Controlled Trial for the Prevention of Obesity in Rural American Indian and Hispanic Children.. The Journal of Primary Prevention. :-. 2014 Health Impact Assessment, Physical Activity and Federal Lands Trail Policy. Health Behavior and Policy Review. 1. 2014 Health Impact Assessment, Physical Activity and Federal Lands Trail Policy.. Health behavior and policy review. 1:82-95. 2014 An adaptive community-based participatory research approach to create weight management materials for a school based health center intervention. Journal of Obesity. 2013:-. 2013 School-based health center intervention improves body mass index in overweight and obese adolescents. Journal of Obesity. 2013:-. 2013 CHILE: An Evidence-Based Preschool Intervention from Obesity Prevention in Head Start. The Journal of School Health. 83:223-229. 2013 Understanding "Agency" in the Translation of a Health Promotion Program. 2013 Interventions for Treating Overweight and Obesity in Adolescents. Adolescent medicine: state of the art reviews. 23:544-570. 2012 Integrating formative assessment and participatory research: Building healthier communities in the CHILE Project.. American journal of health education / American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance. 41:244-249. 2010 Evidence-based educational guidelines for stroke survivors after discharge home.. The Journal of neuroscience nursing : journal of the American Association of Neuroscience Nurses. 40:173-9, 191. 2008 Introduction and conceptual model for utilization of prevention research. 2007 Design, implementation, and quality control in the Pathways American-Indian multicenter trial.. Preventive medicine. 37:S13-S23. 2003 Pathways curriculum and family interventions to promote healthful eating and physical activity in American Indian schoolchildren.. Preventive medicine. 37:S24-S34. 2003 Environmental, policy, and cultural factors related to physical activity in sedentary American Indian women.. Women & health. 36:59-74. 2002 Why do teens smoke? American Indian and Hispanic adolescents' perspectives on functional values and addiction.. Medical anthropology quarterly. 16:439-457. 2002 Food Perceptions and Dietary Behavior of American-Indian Children, Their Caregivers, and Educators: Formative Assessment Findings from Pathways.. Journal of nutrition education. 32:2-13. 2000 Pathways: A school-based program for the primary prevention of obesity in American Indian children.. The Journal of nutritional biochemistry. 9:535-543. 1998 Cross-Sectional Relationships Between Household Food Insecurity and Child BMI, Feeding Behaviors, and Public Assistance Utilization Among Head Start Children From Predominantly Hispanic and American Indian Communities in the CHILE Study.. Journal of hunger & environmental nutrition. 10:439-455. chapter Physical Activity Promotion in Rural American. Rural Populations and Health: Deteminants, Disparities and Solutions. Jossey-Bass. 287-301. 2012 conference paper Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and exercise (CHILE) & CHILE PLUS. Joint Summit Meeting . 2015 Culturally Situating a Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition in a Tribal Context. Capacity Builders. . National Conference on Cultural-Based Nutrition & Fitness for Native American Youth. 2015 Practical approaches to Characterizing health Disparities in Your Community: A Workshop and Panel. New Mexico Public Health Association 2015 Annual Conference. 2015 Rural and Small Town Complete Streets: From Planning to Engineering. 2015 APA-NM & ASCE . NM statewide Conference Building Alliances for a Livable New Mexico. 2015 The SNAP Ed New Mexico social marketing projec. APHA Annual Meeting. 2015 Usage of Tobacco Cessation Helpline (QUITNOW) in Rural New Mexico. Society for Advancement of Hispanic/Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS). . 2015 Village Interventions & Venues for Action (VIVA II) . Joint Summit Meeting . 2015 Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) A Transcommunity Intervention for Preschool Children. New Mexico Public Health Association and University of New Mexico . 2014 Effects of the WIC food package revisions on eating and purchasing behaviors: Results from New Mexico and across the nation. New Mexico Public Health Association and University of New Mexico . 2014 Health Impact Assessment and Federal Trail Policy: Equity in Public Lands Access. New Mexico Public Health Association and University of New Mexico. 2014 Maximizing the message: The SNAP Ed New Mexico social marketing project. 142nd APHA Annual Meeting. 2014 The SNAP-Ed New Mexico Social Marketing Project: Changing behavior through consistent messages. 23rd Annual Social Marketing Conference, Tampa, FL. 2014 The Use of Social Marketing in Nutrition Education: Listening to the audience you want to reach. New Mexico Public Health Association and University of New Mexico. 2014 Effects of an obesity prevention intervention (CHILE) on physical activity and television viewing among preschool children in rural New Mexico. 141st APHA Annual Meeting, Boston, MA, November 2013. 141st APHA Annual Meeting. 2013 report SNAP-Ed New Mexico Social Marketing Project Phase II Report 2013
editor of academic article American Journal of Preventive Medicine July 207 Supplement Guest Editor Health Behavior & Policy Review 2013 Senior Associate Editors Preventive Medicine Dec 2003 Volume 37 Number 6 Guest Editor
presentations invited talk CHILE to CHILE Plus: From Research to Practice, Speaker, NOPREN Early Care & Education Workgroup - Webinar 2015 Child Health Initiative for Lifelong Eating and Exercise (CHILE) & CHILE PLUS, Speaker, Joint Summit Meeting 2015 Culturally Situating a Childhood Obesity Prevention Coalition in a Tribal Context. Capacity Builders, Co-Author, National Conference on Cultural-Based Nutrition & Fitness for Native American Youth 2015 Practical Approaches to Characterizing Health Disparities in Your Community, Speaker, NMPHA 2015 Annual Conference 2015 Village Interventions & Venues for Action (VIVA II), Speaker, Joint Summit Meeting 2015 Step Into Cuba, Keynote Speaker, NMCARES: Advancing Health Equity: Taking Steps Now 2013 presentation Practical Approaches to Characterizing Health Disparities in Your Community: A Workshop and Panel. , Speaker/Panelist, NMPHA 2015 Annual Conference 2015 Rural and Small Town Complete Streets: From Planning to Engineering, Speaker, 2015 APA-NM & ASCE - NM Statewide Conference Building Alliances for a Livable New Mexico 2015 Usage of Tobacco Cessation Helpline (QUITNOW) in Rural New Mexico, Mentor/ Co-Author, Society for Advancement of Hispanic/Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences (SACNAS). 2015 Examining the Relationship between Trails, Social Capital and Health in Cuba, New Mexico to Inform a HIA, Co-Author/Mentor, Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences 2014 Phyical Activity in the Rural Southwest Self-Identified Barriers and Facilitators to Walking, Co-Author/Mentor, Society for Advancement of Hispanics/Chicanos and Native Americans in Sciences 2014 Prevention Research Center to Senator Udall, Presentor, Sandia Convention Center 2014 Breaking News: Recent Reports on Prevention, Speaker, PRC PRofessional Development Series 2013 CHILE: Evidence Based Preschool Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Head Start, Speaker, Indian Health Service Webinar 2013 CHILE: Evidence Based Preschool Intervention for Obesity Prevention in Head Starts, Speaker, Journal of School Health - Nationwide Webinar 2013 Promoting Physical Activity in New Mexico Step Into Cuba, Speaker, CDC Site Visit, Comprehensive Cancer 2013 Step Into Cuba Walking Trains & Health Evaluation Component, Speaker, SW Trails Conference 2013
principal investigator on Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) 2014 - 2019 Village Interventions and Venues for Action II (VIVA II): Dissemination and Implementation of Evidence-Based Interventions to Prevention Chronic Disease in Rural New Mexico 2014 - 2019 NMDOH Teen Outreach Program 2014 - 2015 United Way Promoting Health Life 2014 - 2015 NMDOH - 12/13UNM02.1013 - Teen Outreach Program (TOP) 2011 - 2015 NMDOH - 11/13UNM02.0034 - ACL School Based Health Centers Projects 2006 - 2015 NM DOH - 14UNM021037 - Implementing Evidence-Based Recommendations that Promote Physical Activity to Reduce the Risk for Developing chronic Diseases including Certain Cancers in Communities 2013 - 2014 United Way - 19127 - Promoting Healthy Lives 2012 - 2014 NIH - 1R13HD068038 - Scientific Mtg for Creating Interdisciplinary Rsrch Teams 2011 - 2014 CDC - 5U48DP001931 - PRC Core 2009 - 2014 CDC - 5U48DP001931 - PRC Research - Step Into Cuba 2009 - 2014 NM PCA - MEP 13-14 1316 - Integrated Medicaid Enrollment Program 2008 - 2014 NM HSD - 12-630-9000-0028 A4 - Social Marketing 2011 - 2013 Cardiovascular Risk Reduction in Underserved Rural New Mexico 2014 - Cuba Connects: Systems Science & Network Informed Implementation to Improve Health Systems Science & Health in the Behavioral & Social Sciences 2014 - To'Hajiilee Community School 2014 - NM DOH - Implementing Evidence-Based Recommendations to increase Physical Activity to Reduce the Risk for Developing Chronic Disease Including Certain Cancers in Communities 2013 - NM Santa Fe Commuity Foundtion - HIA 2013 - I.H.S. - ACL Teen Center 2010 - I.H.S. ACT Teen Center - Medicaid Reimbursement Program Income 2010 -
co-principal investigator on NIH - 1R25OD010509 - NM FRESH: New Mexico's Future Researchers Exploring Science and Health (SEPA) 2012 - 2014
investigator on NIH - 1R01HL118734-01A1 - ACTION PAC: Adolescents Committed to Improvement of Nutrition and Physical Activity 2013 - 2018 NM HSD Social Marketing 2014 - 2015 NM HSD - 12-630-9000-0028 A4 - CHILE Plus 2013 - 2014 NM DOH - Program Evaluation for Improvement in DOH's Obesity Prevention Efforts Healthy Kids Las Cruces 2012 -
other research activities Nutrition and Obesity Policy Research and Evaluation Network (NOPREN) Principal Investigator 2014 - 2019 PRC Core Principal Ivestigator 2014 - 2019 PRC Core & Villiange Intervention and Venues for Action (VIVAII) Principal Investigator 2014 - 2019
advisees faculty mentoring relationship Cruz, Theresa, 2009 - Hess, Julia Meredith, 2014 - Fleg, Anthony, 2014 - Kong, Alberta, 2009 - Mishra, Shiraz I., 2012 - 2013 Rioux, Jennifer, 2013 graduate advising relationship Morshed, Alexandra, Ph.D. candidate, 2012 - Sheche, Judith, Ph.D. candidate, 2012 - Trappmann, Jess, M.S. candidate, 2013 - Eddie, Regina, Ph.D. candidate, 2013 - postdoc or fellow advising relationship Vlahovich, Kevin, 2013 - Candelaria-Cook, Felicha, 2013 undergraduate advising relationship Tsoodle, Shawna, 2014 - McMurray, Hannah, 2014 Pankayatselvan, Varayini , 2014 Settecerri, Taylor, 2014 Del Bajana Meza, Monica, 2014 other advising relationship Morshed MS, Alexandra, 2011 - Canaca MD, Glenda, 2009 - Ortega BS, Alejandro, 2013 - Keane MS LAT, Patricia , 2009 - Perez, Paul, 2014
reviewer of Annals of Family Medicine (Manuscript) 2015 - BioMed Central (Manuscript) 2014 - Health Education Journal (Manuscript) 2014 - Journal of School Health (Manuscript) 2014 - National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (Research Proposal) 2014 - Progress in Community Health Partnership: Research, Educator, and Action (Manuscript) 2014 - American Journal of Public Health (Manuscript) 2013 - BMC Pediatrics (Manuscript) 2013 - Ecology of Food and Nutrition (Manuscript) 2013 - Health Promotion International (Manuscript) 2013 - Preventive Medicine (Manuscript) 2013 - Health Education & Behavior (Manuscript) 2012 - Journal of Human Nutrition and Dietics (Manuscript) 2012 - Public Health Nutrition (Manuscript) 2012 - Health Education Research (Manuscript) 2005 -
professional service activities CDC PRC SIP NOPREN Network Member 2014 - CDC PRC Transition Committee Member 2014 - Computers in Medicine Presenter 2014 - CDC PRC Steering Committee Member 2009 - HSC Faculty Senate Member 2013 - 2015 UNM Faculty Senate Member 2013 - 2015 CDC PRC Program Committee Chair 2012 - 2014 CDC PRC National Network Member 2009 - 2014 CDC PRC Research Committee Member 2009 - 2014
outreach and community service activities Senator Tom Udall & Notah Begay III Roundtable Presenter 2014 - Carnegie Community Engagement Task Force Member 2013 - Village of Cuba - Step into Cuba Alliance Member 2009 - NM Department of Transportation Statewide Long-Range Multimodal Transportation Plan Member 2013 - 2015 MRCOG - Rural Transportation Planning Organization Committee Member 2012 - 2015 Community Partnership Feeback & Celebration Director 2014 SEPA Community Hike Leader 2014 SEPA Field Trips Director 2014 SEPA Summer Camp Director 2014 SEPA Think Tank Participant 2014 United Way of Central New Mexico; Community Solution Health Team Member 2012 - 2013
awards and honors Distinguished Alumna, conferred by Governor Gary E. Johnson & the NM Commission On The Status of Women, 2015 Hot Chile Pepper Award, conferred by New Mexico Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, 2013 Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) Best Practice Award, conferred by The National Community Committee (NCC), 2012 Community Partnership Engagement Award, conferred by National Community Commitee of the CDC Prevention Research Center Program, 2011 SBHC Star Award, conferred by NM Department of Health Office of School & Adolescent Health, 2010 Excellence in Research Award for Population Sciences, conferred by UNM Health Sciences Center, 2009 OSHker Award, conferred by Office of School Health, 2005 Thank you, conferred by NASBHC/DOH/OSH PSII-CQI, 2004 Governor's Award for Outstanding New Mexico Women, conferred by Governor Gary E. Johnson & the NM Commission On The Status of Women, 1999 Exemplary Prevention Awards Program, conferred by Department of Health and Human Services OSAP, 1991 Sally M. Davis, conferred by Department of Pediatrics, 1993 - 2011
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