Salud America! National Research Briefs
In December 2011, Salud America! issued three national research briefs examining the obesity epidemic among Latino children. These briefs review current evidence and provide policy recommendations with respect to Latino youth:
Salud America! Pilot Grantees & Briefs
In 2009, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, through Salud America!, funded 20 pilot research grants to inform policymakers and advocates working to prevent/reduce Latino childhood obesity.
In December 2011, grantees produced 20 research briefs highlighting their own new research on menu labeling, P.E. policy, community gardens, after-school programs, body image perception and more relating to Latino childhood obesity.
Click grantee names to read their briefs and learn about their projects:
- Dr. Shari Barkin, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
- Dr. Cristina Barroso, University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville
- Dr. Alexy Arauz Boudreau, Massachusetts General Hospital
- Dr. Dina Castro, University of North Carolina
- Dr. Dharma Cortes, The University of Massachusetts
- Dr. Robert W. Dudley, Community Health Center, Inc., Connecticut
- Dr. Claudia L. Galindo, University of Maryland, Baltimore County
- Dr. Zan Gao, Texas Tech University
- Dr. Meizi He, University of Texas at San Antonio
- Dr. Harris Huberman, SUNY Downstate Medical Center, New York
- Dr. Rebecca London, Stanford University School of Education
- Dr. Nelda Mier, Texas A&M Health Science Center
- Dr. Carmen Nevarez, Public Health Institute, California
- Dr. Norma Olvera, University of Houston
- Dr. Javier Rosado, Florida State University
- Dr. Emma Sanchez, University of California, San Francisco
- Dr. Monika Stodolska, University of Illinois
- Dr. Myriam E. Torres, University of South Carolina Research Foundation
- Dr. Miriam Y. Vega, Latino Commission on AIDS, New York
- Dr. Angela R. Wiley, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Also, please feel free to review the Delphi Survey Summary Report, which details the results of the program’s recent survey that identified the research priorities that guided the funding of these projects. You can also view the original call for proposals here.
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