Differences in Community Members' and Academics' Perceptions of Factors Contributing to Food Insecurity and Obesity among Mexican Immigrants: An Application of Concept Mapping

D’Alonzo, Karen T.; Vilaró, Frances Munet; Garsman, Lisa; Rosas, Scott R.; Vivar, Maria Teresa Herrera

doi:10.1353/cpr.2021.0050

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“…Since many of these adolescents are from undocumented or mixed-immigration status families, we preferred the term "community researcher" to citizen scientist. We designed RU-CRISP as a follow-up to Project PESO (People Engaged in Stopping Obesity), an NIH-funded community-academic partnership to address obesity among Mexican immigrant families (D'Alonzo et al, 2020(D'Alonzo et al, , 2021. Several teenagers who participated in that study expressed an interest in continuing to work with the primary author in her obesity-related research.…”

Section: In This Study (Rutgers University Community Researchers Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Because of our participative focus, pre-session discussions were held at the beginning of each class to assess the students' baseline knowledge of the topic, while a brief post-session summary of the material was presented by the students in order to judge overall comprehension, in place of a pre-test post-test format. Once the students completed the basic modules, they analyzed the results of the group concept mapping (GCM) activities completed in Project PESO (D'Alonzo et al, 2020(D'Alonzo et al, , 2021.…”

Section: Ru-crisp Took Place Inmentioning

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Use of Adolescent “Community Researchers” to Address Obesity Among Mexican Immigrant Families

D’Alonzo,

Jimenez,

Ahmed

et al. 2023

Hisp Health Care Int

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Background: Mexican–American immigrants have a disparate prevalence of overweight/obesity, and obesogenic illness. One approach is to train immigrant adolescents as “community researchers.” Aims: (1) Design a program to train community researchers to address obesity among Mexican immigrant families and (2) identify the key components of a successful program. Methods: The content included an overview of community research/citizen science; obesity and food insecurity; study design and data collection and analysis for nutrition and physical activity. The students concluded by analyzing the results of group concept mapping (GCM) activities. Results: Post-session class discussions reflected an increased understanding of weekly topics. Analysis of GCM data suggests that members of the Mexican immigrant community may use emotional eating as a way to manage structural stigma, eventually leading to truncal obesity, T2DM and increased cardiovascular risk. Conclusions: Adolescents of Mexican heritage can have a major impact in promoting healthy lifestyles in their communities.

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Section: In This Study (Rutgers University Community Researchers Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Ru-crisp Took Place Inmentioning

confidence: 99%

Use of Adolescent “Community Researchers” to Address Obesity Among Mexican Immigrant Families

D’Alonzo,

Jimenez,

Ahmed

et al. 2023

Hisp Health Care Int

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Differences in Community Members' and Academics' Perceptions of Factors Contributing to Food Insecurity and Obesity among Mexican Immigrants: An Application of Concept Mapping

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