Bienestar Contributes to Research

Two new studies have examined the Bienestar/NEEMA Health Program and the HEALTHY Study's impact on Type 2 diabetes and obesity in San Antonio Populations. "A School Based Intervention for Diabetes Risk Reduction" appeared in the July 29, 2010 edition of the New England Journal of Medicine and "Identifying Barriers that Hinder Onsite Parental Involvement in a School-Based Health Promotion Program" appeared in the September 2010 edition of Health Promotion Practice.

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• Identifying Barriers That Hinder Onsite Parental Involvement in a School-Based Health Promotion Program

  Oralia Garcia-Dominic, MS, MA, PhD Linda A. Wray, PhD; Roberto P. Treviño, MD; Arthur E. Hernandez, PhD, NCSP, NCC; Zenong Yin, PhD Jan S. Ulbrecht, MB, BS
  Health Promotion Practice, September 2010 Vol. 11, No. 5

• A School-Based Intervention for Diabetes Risk Reduction

  Gary D. Foster, Ph.D., Temple University, Philadelphia; Barbara Linder, M.D., Ph.D., National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD; Tom Baranowski, Ph.D., Baylor College of Medicine, Houston; Dan M. Cooper, M.D., University of California at Irvine, Irvine; Linn Goldberg, M.D., Oregon Health and Science University, Portland; Joanne S. Harrell, Ph.D., University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill; Francine Kaufman, M.D., Children’s Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles; Marsha D. Marcus, Ph.D., University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh; Roberto P. Treviño, M.D., University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, San Antonio; and Kathryn Hirst, Ph.D., George Washington University, Washington, DC)
  The New England Journal of Medicine, July 29, 2010

• Diabetes Risk, Low Fitness, and Energy Insufficiency Levels among Children from Poor Families

  Roberto P. Treviño, MD; Donovan L. Fogt, PhD; Tammy Jordan Wyatt, PhD; Liset Leal-Vasquez, MA, RD; Erica Sosa, MS; Charlotte Woods, MPH
  Journal of the American Dietetic Association (08/08)

• NEEMA: A School-Based Diabetes Risk Prevention Program Designed for African-American Children

  Mary Shaw-Perry, PhD, CHES; Charlotte Horner, MPH, CHES; Roberto P. Treviño, MD; Erica T. Sosa, MS; Irene Hernandez; and Abhishek Bhardwaj, MPH
  Journal of the National Medical Association Vol. 99 NO. 4, April 2007

• Social Capital And Health: Implications For Working With Minority And Underserved Populations

  Robert P. Treviño, MD
  The Health Education Monograph Series, Vol 22, No. 1, 2005

• Effect of the Bienestar Health Program on Physical Fitness in Low-Income Mexican American Children.

  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences (2/05)

• Impact of the Bienestar School-Based Diabetes Mellitus Prevention Program on Fasting Capillary Glucose Levels.

  Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine (9/04)

• Diabetes Risk Factors in Low-Income Mexican American Children

  Diabetes Care (2/99)

• Bienestar: A Diabetes Risk-Factor Prevention Program

  Journal of School Health (2-98)

• The Bienestar School-Based Program for Preventing Diabetes in Schoolchildren: An Interview With Roberto P. Treviño, MD

• Therapeutic Strategies in the Intervention of Coronary Events (12/05)