News 2009 Archives

October 2009 Paper of the Month

October 1, 2009

“Health Disparities in the Latino Population”

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September 2009 Paper of the Month

September 10, 2009

“Are immigrant enclaves healthy places to live? The Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis”

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August 2009 Paper of the Month

July 31, 2009

Ecodevelopmental contexts for preventing type 2 diabetes in Latino and other racial/ethnic minority populations

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July 2009 Paper of the Month

June 30, 2009

“Childhood poverty, chronic stress, and adult working memory”

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Conference Media

June 24, 2009

Video of select speakers from our fourth annual conference “Social Determinants of Health” are available for viewing.

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La Noticia de Salud

June 2, 2009

The Spring 2009 edition of our quaterly newsletter is available for viewing

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Conference Media

June 2, 2009

Presentations and pictures from our fourth annual conference “Social Determinants of Health” are available for viewing.

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June 2009 Paper of the Month

May 29, 2009

“Physiogenomic analysis of the Puerto Rican population”

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Press Release

May 28, 2009

The brief of IOM report ‘Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Reexamining the Guidelines’ released today.

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Press Coverage

May 28, 2009

Report Updates Guidelines on How Much Weight Women Should Gain During Pregnancy; Calls on Health Care Providers to Help Women Achieve a Healthy Weight Before and During Pregnancy

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Peer-Reviewed Articles

May 27, 2009

We're pleased to announce that the upcoming June issue of the Journal of the American Dietetic Association includes the invited CEHDL research commentary entitled ‘Dietary quality among Latinos: Is acculturation making us sick?’

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Press Release

May 26, 2009

New pregnancy weight gain guidelines to be released May 28

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Press Coverage

May 14, 2009

UConn Hosts May 19 Conference On Social Determinants Of Health – UConn News.

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Seminar Series

May 7, 2009

The slide presentation from Minakshi Tikoo's and Guadalupe Ayala's seminars are now available on our Seminars page.


Press Coverage

May 6, 2009

UConn Research Identifies Need For Improvements In US Breastfeeding Surveillance And Monitoring – UConn News

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May 2009 Paper of the Month

May 1, 2009

“Beyond Food Deserts: Measuring and Mapping Racial Disparities in Neighborhood Food Environments”

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Seminar Series

April 15, 2009

Working with Latino Families to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle by Guadalupe Ayala, Ph.D., M.P.H.

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April 2009 Paper of the Month

March 27, 2009

“Barriers to a Healthy Lifestyle: From Individuals to Public Policy—An Ecological Perspective”

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Seminar Series

March 20, 2009

“Quality of data reported on race and ethnicity in federally funded programs and relevance to policy and decision-making” by Minakshi Tikoo, Ph.D.

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Peer Reviewed Articles

March 17, 2009

Under the leadership of Dr. Amber Hromi-Fiedler, CEHDL is making available to researchers nationwide a valid household food insecurity measurement scale for application with pregnant Latinas.

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Peer Reviewed Articles

March 16, 2009

Under the leadership of Dr. Donna Chapman, CEHDL has published two articles proposing a national breastfeeding monitoring and surveillance system.

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Seminar Series

March 5, 2009

“Vitamin E: Friend or Foe Against Heart Disease?” by Richard Bruno, Ph.D., R.D.

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Press Coverage

March 4, 2009

Our Press Coverage page has been updated with two new articles.

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March 2009 Paper of the Month

February 27, 2009

“Neighborhood environments: disparities in access to healthy foods in the U.S.”

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Seminar Series

February 20, 2009

The slide presentation from Jennifer McTiernan's seminar is now available on our Seminars page.


La Noticia de Salud

February 10, 2009

The Winter 2009 edition of our quaterly newsletter is available on our Newsletters page.


CEHDL 4th Annual Conference

February 9, 2009

Registration has begun for our 4th annual conference, “Social Determinants of Health”.

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CEHDL in the News

January 27, 2009

The contributions that CEHDL has made to addressing health disparities in the state of Connecticut have been fully acknowledged in the 2008-09 Annual UConn President’s Report entitled ‘UCONNOMY’ (pdf, page 14).


February 2009 Paper of the Month

January 26, 2009

“Food security, poverty, and human development in the United States”

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Spring 2009 Seminar Series

January 26, 2009

Our Seminars page has been updated, featuring seminars by Donna Chapman, PhD, RD and Jennifer McTiernan H. The slide presentation from speaker John T. Cook, Ph.D. MA Ed is now available for download as well.

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CEHDL Conference

January 12, 2009

We are pleased to invite you to attend our 4th annual conference, “Social Determinants of Health”

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Seminar Series

January 7, 2009

“Food Insecurity and Child and Maternal Health in Latino Families” by John T. Cook, Ph.D. MA Ed.

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Seminar Series Update

January 7, 2009

The slide presentation from Beth Jones’ seminar “Mammography Screening Challenges in Underserved Populations” is available on our Seminars page.


January 2009 Paper of the Month

January 6, 2009

“Determinants of physical activity among a convenience sample of Puerto Rican women residing in the Northeastern United States”

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