Project Salsa: Development and Institutionalization of a Nutritional Health Promotion Project in a Latino Community

Elder, John P.; Campbell, Nadia R.; Candelaria, Jeanette I.; Talavera, Gregory A.; Mayer, Joni A.; Moreno, Carmen; Medel, Yvonne R.; Lyons, Geanne K.

doi:10.4278/0890-1171-12.6.391

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“…The Framingham Heart Study and studies conducted in Europe have cohorts that are predominantly white (Prins et al, 2002;Seshadri et al, 2002). Other comparable studies conducted in the US have focused mainly on Hispanic (Elder et al, 1998;Tucker et al, 2000a) and Asian (Stemmermann et al, 1976) minorities. This is one of the first studies of the type to recruit a large number of AfricanAmericans (currently 39% of our subjects).…”

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The Nutrition, Aging, and Memory in Elders (NAME) study: design and methods for a study of micronutrients and cognitive function in a homebound elderly population

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Peter

Tucker

et al. 2006

Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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The Nutrition, Aging, and Memory in Elders (NAME) study: design and methods for a study of micronutrients and cognitive function in a homebound elderly population

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Peter

Tucker

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Int J Geriat Psychiatry

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“…1,2 These efforts are quite notable in the nutrition intervention literature, [3][4][5][6][7][8] as well as in the health communication field. 9 The advent of computer technology makes it possible to create materials for specific individuals.…”

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Nutrition Communication for a Latino Community

Ayala¹,

Elder²,

Campbell

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Formative research techniques were used to develop a tailored health communication nutrition intervention for Latinas and their families. Members of the target community were recruited to participate in focus groups, depth interviews, and participant observations. Women, in particular, were observed preparing meals in their homes and purchasing groceries. The objective was to identify variables that could be used for targeting, segmenting, and tailoring the intervention. Results from these efforts were used to develop a theory-based intervention, which is described at the conclusion of the article.

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“…We focus specifically on the interaction of places and people. Finally, our model reflects our collective experience working primarily with Mexicans/ Mexican American populations along the U.S. Mexico border (8,10,11,13,[28][29][30][31][32][33]64) and also in the U.S. Southeast region (12,22,36,53,70,100,105), as well as our leadership and participation in national Latino research efforts (see http://www.redesenaccion.org/ and http://www.cscc.unc.edu/hchs/). …”

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Health Communication in the Latino Community: Issues and Approaches

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Ayala

Parra‐Medina³

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Annu. Rev. Public Health

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With reference to the Communication-Persuasion model, we describe various research issues and challenges when considering the health of Latinos, and implications for designing and evaluating health communication and behavior change efforts in this population. Latinos, collectively the nation's largest minority group, vary substantially in terms of socioeconomic and legal status, their country of origin and the extent of ongoing contact with that country, their region of residence within the United States, their generation status and levels of acculturation, and psychosocial factors. Health communication efforts with Latinos need to focus on family, cultural traditions, and collectivism while attending to acculturation, language, generation and national origin. The most extensive intervention topic in Latino health promotion has been the application of the lay health advisor model. This and other fundamental communication approaches, as well as audience and population characteristics, need to be considered within the context of dynamic and complex societal changes. PART I: LATINOS IN THE UNITED STATESMany national health and social science studies, including the National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) and other surveys, treat Latinos 1 as though they were a homogenous group. However, as Modiano and colleagues (75) stated,The aggregation of culturally distinct subgroups, which have resided in the United States for different periods of time, into a more inclusive Latino category assumes that all persons of Mexican, Cuban and Puerto Rican origin have similar needs and experience similar barriers in using health services.There is, however, no clear evidence for this assumption. On the contrary, there is evidence that each group has specific characteristics that make it different and independent from one another. . . . (p. 35) Clearly, extraordinary diversity exists among subgroups of Latinos. The immigration and acculturation experiences of Mexican or Central American-descended Americans, South Americans, Puerto Ricans, and Cuban Americans vary substantially from one another. The distinction among Latino subgroups can be traced back to highly varied experiences not only with respect to encounters with the dominant American culture but also extending back to Spanish colonization, which began to redefine the western hemisphere 500 years ago. Indigenous groups in the Caribbean Islands and coastal areas largely succumbed to Iberian diseases and aggression and were replaced by Europeans and African slaves. Although forced to adopt much of the culture and religion of the conquistadores, indigenous groups in central and highland areas of Mexico and further south survived 1 The field offers no consensus regarding the term to refer to persons of Latin American heritage who live in the United States. Both "Hispanic" and "Latino" are used extensively, although U.S. government documents, including the Census, use the term Hispanic. Given this mixed usage in the literature, we use the term Latino to indicate, where po...

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Project Salsa: Development and Institutionalization of a Nutritional Health Promotion Project in a Latino Community

Abstract: Four factors common to institutionalized components are presented in the paper.

Cited by 27 publications

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The Nutrition, Aging, and Memory in Elders (NAME) study: design and methods for a study of micronutrients and cognitive function in a homebound elderly population

The Nutrition, Aging, and Memory in Elders (NAME) study: design and methods for a study of micronutrients and cognitive function in a homebound elderly population

Nutrition Communication for a Latino Community

Health Communication in the Latino Community: Issues and Approaches

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