List of works - Rafael Pérez-Escamilla

A qualitative analysis of text message conversations in a breastfeeding peer counselling intervention

scientific article published on 11 December 2019

A randomized trial assessing the efficacy of peer counseling on exclusive breastfeeding in a predominantly Latina low-income community

scientific article published on 01 September 2005

A randomized, controlled trial of a stress management intervention for Latinos with type 2 diabetes delivered by community health workers: Outcomes for psychological wellbeing, glycemic control, and cortisol

scientific article published on 4 August 2016

A systematic review of costing studies for implementing and scaling-up breastfeeding interventions: what do we know and what are the gaps?

scientific article published on 19 February 2020

Acculturation and Syndemic Risk: Longitudinal Evaluation of Risk Factors Among Pregnant Latina Adolescents in New York City.

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Acculturation, socioeconomic status, obesity and lifestyle factors among low-income Puerto Rican women in Connecticut, U.S., 1998-1999.

scientific article published in May 2006

Acculturative type is associated with breastfeeding duration among low-income Latinas

scientific article published on 25 July 2011

Adaptation of the U.S. Food Security Survey Module for Low-Income Pregnant Latinas: Qualitative Phase

scientific article published on January 2009

Addressing Barriers to Exclusive Breastfeeding in Mozambique: Opportunities to Strengthen Provider Counseling and Use of a Job Aid (OR30-03-19)

An analysis of stakeholder networks to support the breastfeeding scale-up environment in Mexico

scientific article published on 09 March 2020

An innovative community-based approach to encourage breastfeeding among Hispanic/Latino women

scientific article published on 01 June 2002

Applying the Program Impact Pathways (PIP) evaluation framework to school-based healthy lifestyles programs: Workshop Evaluation Manual

scientific article published on September 2014

Assessing the Nurturing Care Content of UNICEF's Community Infant and Young Child Feeding Counselling Package: Gaps, Best Practices, and Lessons Learned

scientific article published in 2022

Association of degree and timing of exposure to breastfeeding peer counseling services with breastfeeding duration

scientific article published on 01 January 2004

Bacterial contamination of hands increases risk of cross-contamination among low-income Puerto Rican meal preparers

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Barriers and Facilitators to Improve Fruit and Vegetable Intake Among WIC-Eligible Pregnant Latinas: An Application of the Health Action Process Approach Framework

scientific article published on July 2016

Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly Index: Development and application for scaling-up breastfeeding programmes globally.

scientific article published on 22 February 2018

Breastfeed4Ghana: Design and evaluation of an innovative social media campaign

scientific article published on 22 December 2019

Breastfeeding Among Minority Women: Moving From Risk Factors to Interventions ⬇️

scientific article published on January 5, 2012

Breastfeeding Initiation, Duration, and Supplementation Among Mexican-Origin Women in Texas

scientific article published on 18 March 2020

Breastfeeding and infant pneumonia in Brazil: the value of electronic surveillance information systems

scientific article published on 01 September 2011

Breastfeeding and the nutritional transition in the Latin American and Caribbean Region: a success story?

scientific article published on 21 July 2003

Breastfeeding and the origins of health: Interdisciplinary perspectives and priorities

scientific article published on 19 November 2020

Breastfeeding during the first hour of life and neonatal mortality

scientific article published in March 2013

Breastfeeding education and support trial for overweight and obese women: a randomized trial

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Breastfeeding in Brazil: major progress, but still a long way to go.

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Breastfeeding in the 21st century: How we can make it work

scientific article published on 09 June 2019

Breastfeeding peer counseling: from efficacy through scale-up

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Breastfeeding protection, promotion, and support in the United States: a time to nudge, a time to measure

scientific article published in May 2012

Breastfeeding social marketing: lessons learned from USDA's "Loving Support" campaign.

scientific article published on 4 September 2012

Breastfeeding status on US birth certificates: where do we go from here?

scientific article published on December 2008

COVID-19, food and nutrition insecurity and the wellbeing of children, pregnant and lactating women: A complex syndemic

scientific article published on 26 May 2020

Can "Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly" Impact Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion, and Support in Mexico? A Qualitative Study

scientific article published on 15 August 2018

Can a pragmatic responsive feeding scale be developed and applied globally?

scientific article published on 15 April 2020

Changes in negative affect and changes in heart rate variability among low-income latinos with type 2 diabetes in a randomized, controlled stress management trial

scientific article published on 06 July 2019

Community health workers assisting Latinos manage stress and diabetes (CALMS-D): rationale, intervention design, implementation, and process outcomes

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Comparing food environment and food purchase in areas with low and high prevalence of obesity: data from a mapping, in-store audit, and population-based survey

scientific article published on 09 September 2019

Comparison between self-reported and observed food handling behaviors among Latinas

scientific article published in August 2007

Content analysis of media coverage of breastfeeding in Mexico

scientific article published on 15 December 2019

Costing a Maternity Leave Cash Transfer to Support Breastfeeding Among Informally Employed Mexican Women

scientific article published on 29 April 2019

Costing of actions to safeguard vulnerable Mexican households with young children from the consequences of COVID-19 social distancing measures

scientific article published on 19 May 2020

Costs of maternity leave to support breastfeeding; Brazil, Ghana and Mexico

scientific article published on 08 April 2020

Delivery mode and breastfeeding outcomes among new mothers in Nicaragua.

scientific article published on 16 June 2017

Determinants of fasting plasma glucose and glycosylated hemoglobin among low income Latinos with poorly controlled type 2 diabetes.

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Determinants of nutrition knowledge among low-income, Latino caretakers in Hartford, Conn

scientific article published on 01 July 2002

Determinants of perceived insufficient milk among new mothers in León, Nicaragua.

scientific article published on 20 September 2016

Development and Testing of Responsive Feeding Counseling Cards in Ghana (OR03-07-19)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

Development and Testing of Responsive Feeding Counseling Cards to Strengthen the UNICEF Infant and Young Child Feeding Counseling Package

scientific article published on 15 July 2020

Development and pretesting of "Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly": Empowering governments for global scaling up of breastfeeding programmes

scientific article published on 13 September 2018

Development of LactaPedia: A lactation glossary for science and medicine

scientific article published on 07 February 2020

Dietary energy density and body weight in adults and children: a systematic review

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Dietary guidelines for children under 2 years of age in the context of nurturing care

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Dietary patterns in Liberian refugees in Buduburam, Ghana

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Differential response to an exclusive breastfeeding peer counseling intervention: the role of ethnicity

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Early Life Nutrition Disparities: Where the Problem Begins? ⬇️

scientific article published on January 5, 2012

Effective interventions and strategies for improving early child development

scientific article published on 14 September 2015

Effects of Food Label Use on Diet Quality and Glycemic Control Among Latinos With Type 2 Diabetes in a Community Health Worker-Supported Intervention

scientific article published on 14 April 2016

Egg Contribution Towards the Diet of Pregnant Latinas ⬇️

scientific article published on September 1, 2009

Epidemiology of breastfeeding: advances and multidisciplinary applications.

scientific article published in January 2004

Equity in breastfeeding: where do we go from here?

scientific article published on 01 February 2015

Evaluation of Nutrition Interventions in Children in Conflict Zones: A Narrative Review

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Evidence based breast-feeding promotion: the Baby-Friendly Hospital Initiative

scientific article published on 01 February 2007

Exclusive breastfeeding changes in Brazil attributable to pacifier use

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Factors Associated With Breastfeeding Duration Among Connecticut Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) Participants ⬇️

scientific article published on August 1, 2010

Factors Influencing Dietary Practices Among Ghanaian Residents and Liberians Living in a Protracted Refugee Situation in Ghana

scientific article published on 13 November 2018

Factors are not the same for risk of stopping exclusive breast-feeding and introducing different types of liquids and solids in HIV-affected communities in Ghana

scientific article published on 6 May 2016

Factors influencing the implementation of the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly initiative in Ghana

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Feasibility and acceptability of a text message intervention used as an adjunct tool by WIC breastfeeding peer counsellors: The LATCH pilot.

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Follow‐up and growing‐up formula promotion among Mexican pregnant women and mothers of children under 18 months old

scientific article published in 2022

Food Insecurity is Associated with Acculturation and Social Networks in Puerto Rican Households ⬇️

scientific article published on October 16, 2010

Food Security and the 2015-2030 Sustainable Development Goals: From Human to Planetary Health: Perspectives and Opinions

scientific article published on 20 June 2017

Food insecurity and low self-efficacy are associated with health care access barriers among Puerto-Ricans with type 2 diabetes

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Food insecurity and perceived stress but not HIV infection are independently associated with lower energy intakes among lactating Ghanaian women ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Food insecurity is related to increased risk of type 2 diabetes among Latinas ⬇️

scientific article published on January 1, 2011

Food safety knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors among Puerto Rican caretakers living in Hartford, Connecticut

scientific article published on 01 March 2004

Fruit Juice and Fruit in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children Food Packages

scientific article published on 16 October 2017

Gender of respondent does not affect the psychometric properties of the Brazilian Household Food Security Scale

scientific article published on 22 May 2008

HIV-negative status is associated with very early onset of lactation among ghanaian women

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Household food insecurity and early childhood development: Systematic review and meta-analysis

scientific article published on 12 February 2020

Household food insecurity is associated with childhood malaria in rural Haiti

scientific article published on 9 September 2009

Household food insecurity is associated with depressive symptoms among low-income pregnant Latinas

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How does "Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly" work? A Programme Impact Pathways Analysis

scientific article published on 29 January 2019

How much can Mexican healthcare providers learn about breastfeeding through a semi-virtual training? A propensity score matching analysis

scientific article published on 29 June 2020

Impact of Maternal Anxiety on Breastfeeding Outcomes: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Impact of a community health workers-led structured program on blood glucose control among latinos with type 2 diabetes: the DIALBEST trial.

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Impact of peer nutrition education on dietary behaviors and health outcomes among Latinos: a systematic literature review

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Impact of the Baby-friendly Hospital Initiative on breastfeeding and child health outcomes: a systematic review

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Impact of the Lactation Advice Through Texting Can Help (LATCH) Trial on Time to First Contact and Exclusive Breastfeeding among WIC Participants

scientific article published in January 2018

Implementation Science in the Field of Nutrition: Why Is It So Relevant?

scientific article published on 31 October 2018