Area of research
Epidemiology · Nutrition and Dietetics
Research interest
Research interests include Breastfeeding Practices and Influences, Child Nutrition and Water Access, Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations, and Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet.
Perspective: Infant Feeding Policies among Women Living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: Should They Be Updated?
Lactation Newsmakers - Dr. Rafael Perez-Escamilla's Academic and Professional Journey: Advancing Global Breastfeeding Through Science and Policy.
An Approach to Building a Strong Public Health Workforce: The Connecticut Public Health Fellowship Program.
Impact of the Food4Moms Produce Prescription Program on Readiness for Healthy Eating, Fruit and Vegetable Intake, and Food Security
Psychometric behavior of the Brazilian food insecurity scale applied repeatedly to socio-economically vulnerable women
How the new Dietary Guidelines for Americans may harm human and planetary health
Food-handling practices, nutrition and food safety knowledge, and attitudes of staff at early childhood development centres in the City of Cape Town, South Africa
Community-Engaged Codesign and Piloting of the FOOD4MOMS Produce Prescription Program for Pregnant Latina Women
Empowering Global Health Systems to Protect, Promote and Support Optimal Breastfeeding.
Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study.
Evidence-Based Lessons From Two Decades of Implementation Research on Complementary Feeding Programmes.
What is effective communication in breastfeeding care? Perspectives from Latina women.
Evaluation and adaptation of a two-way text messaging intervention in the WIC breastfeeding peer counseling program: A qualitative analysis.
Black Fathers' Views on Breastfeeding Facilitators, Barriers, and Support Services: Insights From a Qualitative Community-Based Participatory Research Study.
Food insecurity and water insecurity measurement in Brazil: Sustainable Development Goals monitoring through experiential scales.
Food Insecurity During Pregnancy: Where Do We Go from Here?
Support or Interference: Relational Influences on Mother's Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Ghana.
Digital Marketing Claims and Their Association With the Perceptions of Parents of Children Under 2 Years Old of Commercial Milk Formulas in Mexico.
Retail food sales in Nunavut, Canada not impacted by short-term weather-related inaccessibility of trails used for Inuit subsistence harvesting.
The Monthly Cycling of Food Insecurity in Latinas at Risk for Diabetes: Methods, Retention, and Sample Characteristics for a Microlongitudinal Design.
Validation of a food security experience scale among indigenous populations in Brazil.
Content Analysis of Austrian Print and Online Newspaper Coverage of Breastfeeding Over Two Decades.
Food insecurity experience-based scales and food security governance: A case study from Brazil
Clients’ experiences and satisfaction with produce prescription programs in California: a qualitative evaluation to inform person-centered and respectful program models
Scaling up a home-visiting program for child development in Brazil: a comparative case studies analysis
Depression and Anxiety Mediate the Relationship between Discrimination and Well-Being in a Sample of Latinx Adults with Type 2 Diabetes: Results from a Dual Mediation Analysis.
Barriers and facilitators for implementing the WHO Safe Childbirth Checklist (SCC) in Mozambique: A qualitative study using the Consolidated Framework for Implementation Research (CFIR).
Household food insecurity is associated with greater autonomic dysfunction testing score in Latinos with type 2 diabetes.
Urban Environmental Threat Moderates the Relationship Between Depression and Insulin Resistance Among Latinxs With Type 2 Diabetes.
The Monthly Cycling of Food Insecurity and Diabetes Risk among Latinas:Quantitative Methods and Baseline Demographic Characteristics. (Preprint)