Salud America! Packages of Research Materials
Salud America! focuses on six topics of potential change to reduce and prevent Latino childhood obesity.
In the summer of 2013, Salud America! will release a package of research—an in-depth scientific Research Review, shorter Issue Brief, along with an informational video and infographic—on these topics:
Better Food in the Neighborhood (6/12/13)
Healthier School Snacks (5/16/13)
Active Spaces (June 2013)
- Research Review
- Issue Brief
- Infographic
- Video
Active Play (July 2013)
- Research Review
- Issue Brief
- Infographic
- Video
Healthier Marketing (July 2013)
- Research Review
- Issue Brief
- Infographic
- Video
Sugary Drinks (August 2013)
- Research Review
- Issue Brief
- Infographic
- Video
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.
Each grantee produced a research brief on their work.
See a full list of 20 research briefs (December 2011) or learn about each project and grantee:
- 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
