Progress 10/01/19 to 09/30/20
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audiences included nutrition educators and Extension specialists, undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of nutrition and health, low-income and low-literacy families will be informed of evidence-based information generated, Hispanic/LatinX populations will also be targeted with bilingual/bicultural educative materials, and public and scientists in the areas of nutrition, health, and wellness for children and families. Changes/Problems:During the last quarter of 2019, three Hurricanes and an earthquake made it more challenging to address the community families and leadership. During 2020 a systematic pandemic affected all the world, and particularly our target audiences. The regions where we implement our programs are confronting additional problems. To keep our community engagement, we had implemented a continuous zoom video conference with several community members. The collaboration with families of low-income, low-literacy builds on trust and respect. Thus, our work together facilitates resource optimization to the communities with their leadership. We have constructed rapport over the years with a common goal of health and wellness for children and families. We will continue this work, developing additional strategies and partnerships. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?We have provided education to undergraduate students with seminars on "Global Biosecurity and Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity" during the last twoyears with an audience of 50 to 75 students. Attended professional meetings to disseminate the impact of ongoing projects. Attended the annual meeting of the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior, and "Obesity Weekfrom The Obesity Society". This year, presentations were virtual. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?As an invited speaker to community and campus groups. What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue collection and analyses of data. The next year will be heavy on bioinformatics and analytical tasks with the goal of completing a publication before the end of the fiscal year. Continue dissemination of materials for health and wellness to families. We provide strategies to low-income, low-literacy audiences on how to prepare healthy meals according to USDA recommendations. Disseminate resources to communities and families for developing plans for better access to nutritive and affordable food. Maintain relationships in our community to reduce the proportion of children and families affected by overweight or obesity problems. Contribute to sustained changes in healthy eating habits in youth and their families and decrease the burden of inadequate nutrition-related problems.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The data to complete Objectives 1 through4 is almost completed. DNA has been extracted from 150 selected samples and quality analyses are underway to investigate genetic-environment influences on health and wellness. Several documents were developed under Objective 5 in order to work closely with Extension specialists and community members. We are communicating evidence-based-tailored recommendations with simplified messages, effective and impactful, to promote healthy nutrition and wellness.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Howard, D., Namara G., Teran-Garcia, M. and the Abriendo Caminos Research Team. 2019, April. Methods of Nutrition Education: Translations of Literal to Visual Approaches in the Afro-Centered Abriendo Caminos Immigrant Program.
College of Applied Health Sciences, School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Human Development and Family Studies, Cooperative Extension, Division of Nutritional Sciences, College of ACES, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Poster presentation at the UIUC Undergraduate Research Symposium and at the 5th International Food Security Symposium, Urbana-Champaign, Illinois.
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Inclusion session: Best Practices to Engage Communities for Health Equity. November 19, 2019. Annual Meeting of Cooperative Extension U of I. Champaign, Illinois.
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Progress 02/11/19 to 09/30/19
Outputs
Target Audience:Target audiences included nutrition educators and Extension specialists, undergraduate and graduate students in the areas of nutrition and health, low-income and low-literacy families will be informed of evidence-based information generated, Hispanic populations will also be targeted with bilingual/bicultural educative materials, and general public and scientists in the area sof nutrition, health, and wellness for children and families. Changes/Problems:The objectives related to gene-environment interactions are ongoing but require long-term data collection. To investigate the relations of trajectories of excessive weight gain in critical periods of the life-cycle (early childhood and late adolescence/young adulthood) with increased frequencies of risk alleles in candidate genes commonly associated with obesity it will be necessary to complete a larger data collection. We expect to make more progress in the next report. The collaboration with families of low-income, low-literacy represent challenges on building trust and facilitating resources to communities and their leadership, We have worked in building a rapport over years with a common goal of health and wellness for children and families. We will continue this work, developing additional strategies and partnerships. What opportunities for training and professional development has the project provided?We have provided education to undergraduate students with seminars on"Global Biosecurity and Social Determinants of Health and Health Equity" Attended professional meetings to disseminate the impact of ongoing projects. Attended the annual meeting of the Society of Nutrition Education and Behavior, the Obesity week. How have the results been disseminated to communities of interest?Invited Speaker: San Francisco University School of Medicine in Quito, Ecuador. "Community Strategies for a Healthy Family Life" / Escuela de Medicina Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. "Estrategias Comunitarias para una Vida Saludable en Familia." Public Health School San Francisco de Quito University, Ecuador. "Genetics and the Environment: its Impact on Overweight and Obesity." / Escuela de Salud Pública Universidad San Francisco de Quito, Ecuador. "Genética y Ambiente: Su Impacto en el Sobrepeso y Obesidad." What do you plan to do during the next reporting period to accomplish the goals?Continue collection and analyses of data. Continue dissemination of materials for health and wellness to families. We provide strategies to low-income, low literacy audiences on how to prepare healthy meals according to USDA recommendations. Disseminate resources to communities and families for developing plans for better access to nutritive and affordable food. Maintain relationships in our community to reduce the proportion of children and families affected by overweight or obesity problems. Contribute to sustained changes in healthy eating habits in youth and their families and decrease the burden of inadequate nutrition-related problems.
Impacts
What was accomplished under these goals?
The data to complete Objectives 1 to 4 is still under collection and analyses. More than 100 samples were collected to investigate genetic-environment influences on health and wellness.However, several documents were developed under Objective 5.
Publications
- Type:
Conference Papers and Presentations
Status:
Published
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Maribel Barragan, Viridiana Luna, Juan Manuel Vargas-Morales, Celia Aradillas-Garcia and Margarita Teran-Garcia. 2019. Uric Acid: An Overlooked, Inexpensive Biomarker of Metabolic Syndrome (P10-068-19), Current Developments in Nutrition, Volume 3, Issue Supplement_1, June 2019, nzz034.P1006819, https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz034.P10-068-19.
- Type:
Journal Articles
Status:
Accepted
Year Published:
2019
Citation:
Gonzalez-Cortes, C.A., Teran-Garcia, M., Luevano-Contreras, C., Portales-Perez, D.P., Vargas-Morales, J.M., Cubillas-Tejeda, A.C., Cossio-Torres, P.E. and Aradillas-Garcia, C. 2019. Neck Circumference and Its Association with Cardiometabolic Risk Factors in Pediatric Population. Medicina (Kaunas), 55(5). https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina55050183.
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