Sarah Oresnik
Biographic Data
| ID | 191576 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sarah Oresnik |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sarah |
| FAMILY NAME | Oresnik |
| SIGNATURE | ORESNIK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | McMaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3381-2377 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
A syndemic perspective on food insecurity, gestational diabetes, and mental health disorders during pregnancy
Cultivating critical and food justice dimensions of youth food programs
In this article we present accounts of two youth food programs operating at a Community Food Centre. One program, Kids Club, engages children, aged 6 to 12, in cooking and gardening activities; the other, Cookin' Up Justice, is directed to adolescents (13 to 18 years) and explores food justice concepts through experiential group cooking. A variety of ethnographic methods including participant-observation, semi-structured interviews, focus group a…
Investigating the normalization and normative views of gestational weight gain
Objectives Gestational weight gain (GWG) is increasingly monitored in the United States and Canada. While promoting healthy GWG offers benefits, there may be costs with over‐surveillance. We aimed to explore these costs/benefits. Methods Quantitative data from 350 pregnant survey respondents and qualitative focus group data from 43 pregnant/post‐partum and care‐provider participants were collected in the Mothers to Babies (M2B) study in Hamilton,…
Addressing embodied inequities in health
Objective: To disrupt cycles of health inequity, traceable to dietary inequities in the earliest stages of life, public health interventions should target improving nutritional wellbeing in preconception/pregnancy environments. This requires a deep engagement with pregnant/postpartum people (PPP) and their communities (including their health and social care providers, HSCP). We sought to understand the factors that influence diet during pregnancy…
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Addressing embodied inequities in health
Objective: To disrupt cycles of health inequity, traceable to dietary inequities in the earliest stages of life, public health interventions should target improving nutritional wellbeing in preconception/pregnancy environments. This requires a deep engagement with pregnant/postpartum people (PPP) and their communities (including their health and social care providers, HSCP). We sought to understand the factors that influence diet during pregnancy…
Investigating the normalization and normative views of gestational weight gain
Objectives Gestational weight gain (GWG) is increasingly monitored in the United States and Canada. While promoting healthy GWG offers benefits, there may be costs with over‐surveillance. We aimed to explore these costs/benefits. Methods Quantitative data from 350 pregnant survey respondents and qualitative focus group data from 43 pregnant/post‐partum and care‐provider participants were collected in the Mothers to Babies (M2B) study in Hamilton,…
Cultivating critical and food justice dimensions of youth food programs
In this article we present accounts of two youth food programs operating at a Community Food Centre. One program, Kids Club, engages children, aged 6 to 12, in cooking and gardening activities; the other, Cookin' Up Justice, is directed to adolescents (13 to 18 years) and explores food justice concepts through experiential group cooking. A variety of ethnographic methods including participant-observation, semi-structured interviews, focus group a…
A syndemic perspective on food insecurity, gestational diabetes, and mental health disorders during pregnancy
Focus group (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Pregnancy (3 works) · Environmental health (2 works) · Food security (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Gestational Diabetes Research and Management (2 works) · Obesity and Health Practices (2 works)