2025
Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study
Oladele C, Khandpur N, Galusha D, Nair S, Hassan S, Wambugu V, Martinez-Brockman J, Nunez-Smith M, Perez-Escamilla R. Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study. PLOS Global Public Health 2025, 5: e0003296. PMID: 40323907, PMCID: PMC12052096, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgph.0003296.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrevalence of uncontrolled hypertensionHypertension prevalenceFI prevalenceFood insecuritySevere FICross-sectional analysis of baseline dataUncontrolled hypertensionAnalysis of baseline dataHypertension care cascadeFood-secure womenEstimate prevalence ratiosCaribbean Food Security ScaleJoint National Committee on PreventionFood Security ScaleHealth Research CouncilSex-stratified resultsPrevalence of FICross-sectional analysisCare cascadeNutrition policiesPrevalence ratiosResearch Network StudyPoisson regressionHypertension controlSeventh Report
2021
Maternal and child health and nutrition (MCHN) policies and programs in Sri Lanka: a paradigm for public health in Asia
Agampodi T, Amarasinghe G, Wickramasinghe N, Warnasekara J, Perez-Escamilla R, Agampodi S. Maternal and child health and nutrition (MCHN) policies and programs in Sri Lanka: a paradigm for public health in Asia. Sri Lanka Journal Of Medicine 2021, 30: 70. DOI: 10.4038/sljm.v30i2.328.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchWelfare systemSri LankaCountry’s welfare systemEvidence-informed public health policyGender equityUnique nationLimited economic resourcesLocal communitiesChild healthEconomic resourcesPolicy makersUseful lessonsNutrition policiesPublic health policyTriple burdenForeign invasionImportance of healthFood securityHealth policyPolicyGoal targetLankaNutrition outcomesProgram plannersMiddle-income countries
2000
Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Hispanics in Hartford, Connecticut: Implications for Public Health Policy
Himmelgreen D, Pérez-Escamilla R, Segura-Millán S, Peng Y, Gonzalez A, Singer M, Ferris A. Food Insecurity Among Low-Income Hispanics in Hartford, Connecticut: Implications for Public Health Policy. Human Organization 2000, 59: 334-342. DOI: 10.17730/humo.59.3.76557m317748l414.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRadimer/Cornell ScaleFood insecurityPublic health nutrition policiesFood insecureNutrition policiesRecent welfare reformsEmergency food assistanceImportant social issuesWelfare reformPercent of householdsFemale caretakersSocial issuesFood assistanceChild hungerCornell ScaleFood stampsInsecurityPolicy makersHousehold headPublic health policyLate 1980sFood ProgramHealth policyPolicyLow-income Hispanics
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