Publications

Participatory Research, Advocacy and Community Engagement

Informing health policy, systems, and environmental interventions to enhance nutrition and reduce diet-related cardiovascular risk factors.

What’s New?

Logic Model for Charlie Cart Project: Bringing Hands-On Food Education to the Next Generation, by Stella Leung, MPH candidate, Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University, August 1, 2024 (a recorded presentation also available!)

Sugary Drinks makes our Water Crisis Worse , OpEd by Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, The Progressive Magazine, August 13, 2024

Si somos lo que comemos, ¿qué seremos con el cambio climático? El Nuevo Dia, Desde la Diaspora, 13 de julio 2024 and Ciencia Puerto Rico, 16 julio 2024

From Chocolate to Home Insurance, Climate Change is Making Life for Expensive, CBC News, March 28, 2024

We need to Talk about Food Prices, OpEd by Uriyoán Colón-Ramos, Yale Climate Connections, March 11, 2024

Climate Change Threatens Imports and Increases Puerto Rico’s Food Vulnerability, Ciencia Puerto Rico, August 24, 2023

Estudian el Efecto del Cambio Climatico en la Agricultura de la Isla, El Sol, Junio 12, 2023

Universidad de EE.UU estudia efecto del cambio climatico en la agricultura de Puerto Rico, Agencia EFE, Junio 12, 2023

Publications

Climate Change and Nutrition Security in Puerto Rico Working Group: A newsletter of progress and next steps, April 17, 2024	Year 2024
Shared Perceptions on Upstream Factors that Influence Water and Sugar-Sweetened Beverage Consumption Among Hispanic Families in the Greater Washington, DC, Metro Area …M Estradé, R Burgos-Gil, L Witting, I Rivera, J Gittelsohn, U Colón-Ramos; Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics	2024
A Mixed-Methods Approach to the Development of a Disaster Food Security Framework LA Clay, N Koyratty, S Rogus, U Colón-Ramos, A Hossan, A Josephson, … Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 123 (10), S46-S58	2023
Exploratory Analysis of Social Networks Linked to the Provision of Beverages in Costa Rican Schools R Monge-Rojas, R Vargas-Quesada, T Moore, CD Economos, … Nutrients 15 (10), 2271	2023
Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Food Insecurity in Puerto Rico C Ostolaza, C Rosas, AM García-Blanco, J Gittelsohn, U Colón-Ramos Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition 18 (3), 380-395	2023
Consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and T2D diabetes in the Eastern Caribbean CR Oladele, N Khandpur, D Galusha, S Hassan, U Colón-Ramos, … Public Health Nutrition, 1-11	2023
Use of a Water Filter at Home Reduces Sugary Drink Consumption among Parents and Infants/Toddlers in a Predominantly Hispanic Community: Results from the Water Up!@ Home … AC Reese, R Burgos-Gil, SD Cleary, K Lora, I Rivera, J Gittelsohn, … Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 123 (1), 41-51	2023
Capturing disruptions to food availability after disasters: assessing the food environment following Hurricanes florence and María LA Clay, R Slotter, B Heath, V Lange, U Colón-Ramos Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness 17, e17	2023
How can systems that serve low-income Hispanic families align better to support sustained beverage replacement at home? U Colon-Ramos APHA 2022 Annual Meeting and Expo	2022
How providing a low-cost water filter pitcher led Latino parents to reduce sugar-sweetened beverages and increase their water intake: explanatory qualitative results from the … C Santillán-Vázquez, L Hernández, AC Reese, R Burgos-Gil, SD Cleary, … Public health nutrition 25 (11), 3195-3203	2022
A Commentary on the Healthy Community Stores Case Study Project: Implications for Retailers, Policy, and Future Research SM Sundermeir, MR Winkler, S John, U Colón-Ramos, R Kaur, A Hickson, … International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (14), 8824	2022
Balancing Mission and margins: what makes healthy community food stores successful S John, MR Winkler, R Kaur, J DeAngelo, AB Hill, SM Sundermeir, … International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (14), 8470	2022
Forms of community engagement in neighborhood food retail: Healthy community stores case study project R Kaur, MR Winkler, S John, J DeAngelo, RD Dombrowski, A Hickson, … International journal of environmental research and public health 19 (12), 6986	2022
Beverage characteristics perceived as “healthy” among Hispanic and African American parents of young children AC Sylvetsky, ST Hoang, AJ Visek, SE Halberg, M Smith, Y Salahmand, … Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 122 (6), 1158	2022
Beverage characteristics perceived as healthy among Hispanic and African-American parents of young children AC Sylvetsky, ST Hoang, AJ Visek, SE Halberg, M Smith, Y Salahmand, … Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 122 (6), 1158-1167	2022
Perceptions of the local food environment and fruit and vegetable intake in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes research Network (ECHORN) Cohort study CR Oladele, U Colón-Ramos, D Galusha, E Tran, OP Adams, RG Maharaj, … Preventive Medicine Reports 26, 101694	2022
Lessons learned for emergency feeding during modifications to 11 school feeding programs in Latin America and the Caribbean during the COVID-19 pandemic U Colón-Ramos, R Monge-Rojas, JG Weil, F Olivares G, R Zavala, … Food and Nutrition Bulletin 43 (1), 84-103	2022

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Inviting Communities to the Table

We use participatory research approaches to understand community priorities, leverage partnerships and increase access to healthier eating. Our diverse and dedicated team identifies strategies, uses systems science and mixed methods to highlight where policies and programs are misaligned regarding nutrition.