Santiago Saldana

Biographic Data

ID207456
NAMESantiago Saldana
GIVEN NAMESSantiago
FAMILY NAMESaldana
SIGNATURESALDANA S
AFFILIATIONSWake Forest University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS6
AUTHOR COUNT10
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX2

  • Leveraging Emergent Social Networks to Reduce Sedentary Behavior in Low-Income Parents With Preschool-Aged Children

    Open AccessSabina B Gesell, Shari L Barkin et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2021Cited by: 1References: 39

    This study tested the hypothesis that parents participating in a pediatric obesity intervention who formed social network ties with a parent in the intervention arm would engage in more daily physical activity and less sedentary behavior (after controlling for participant covariates). Data were collected at baseline, 12 months, and 36 months from 610 low-income parent-child pairs participating in an obesity prevention intervention for 3- to 5-yea…

  • Identifying Social Network Conditions that Facilitate Sedentary Behavior Change

    Open AccessSabina B Gesell, K De La Haye et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Using data from one of the first trials to try to leverage social networks as a mechanism for obesity intervention, we examined which social network conditions amplified behavior change. Data were collected as part of a community-based healthy lifestyle intervention in Nashville, USA, between June 2014 and July 2017. Adults randomized to the intervention arm were assigned to a small group of 10 participants that met in person for 12 weekly sessio…

  • Relationship between maternal depression symptoms and child weight outcomes in Latino farmworker families

    Open AccessSarah A Marshall, Edward H Ip et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    This study sought to characterize depressive symptoms among mothers in Latino farmworker families, determine if maternal depression increases children's risk of obesity, and ascertain whether relevant risk factors such as physical activity, diet, and feeding style mediate this relationship. Mothers from 248 families completed the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 9 times over a 2-year period. Four distinct patterns were us…

  • Investigating Predictors of Cognitive Decline Using Machine Learning

    Open AccessRamon Casanova, Santiago Saldana et al.ARTICLEThe Journals of Gerontology…2018Cited by: 2References: 3

    The combination of latent trajectories and RF classification techniques suggested that nongenetic factors contribute more to cognitive decline than genetic factors. Education was the most relevant predictor for discrimination

  • Comparison of Measures of Adiposity and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among African American Adults

    Open AccessRonny A Bell, Haiying Chen et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2018References: 22

  • Profiles of Food Security for US Farmworker Households and Factors Related to Dynamic of Change

    Edward H Ip, Santiago Saldana et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2015Cited by: 2References: 29

    Objectives. We recruited 248 farmworker families with preschool-aged children in North Carolina and examined food security indicators over 24 months to identify food security patterns and examine the dynamic of change over time. Methods. Participants in the Niños Sanos study, conducted 2011 to 2014, completed quarterly food security assessments. Based on responses to items in the US Household Food Security Survey Module, we identified different s…

  • Unreliable item or inconsistent person? A study of variation in health beliefs and belief-anchors to biomedical models

    Open AccessEdward H Ip, Santiago Saldana et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2015References: 19

    The reliability of an item designed to measure health belief is often confounded with response consistency at the person level. The study applied contemporary measurement methods to an inventory of common sense beliefs about diabetes and used a sample of N = 563 adults with diabetes to test the hypothesis that individuals whose beliefs are congruent with a biomedical model are more consistent in their responses. Item-level analysis revealed that …

  • Correlates of Physician Trust among Rural Older Adults with Diabetes

    Ronny A Bell, T A Arcury et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2013

    Physician trust may influence patient adherence to diabetes management recommendations. Efforts should be made to build trust in the patient-provider relationship to enhance patient outcomes

  • Social Control in Older Adults’ Diabetes Self Management and Well-Being

    J G Grzywacz, T A Arcury et al.ARTICLEBehavioral Medicine2012

    The "dual effects" hypothesis argues that social control can be effective in promoting positive health-related behavior change, but it can also jeopardize the targeted individual's well-being. This hypothesis is tested using hemoglobin A1C as an objective indicator of behavioral compliance with diabetes self-management behavior and depressive symptoms. Differences in the effects of social control on A1C and depressive symptoms by sex and ethnicit…

  • Social Integration and Diabetes Management Among Rural Older Adults

    Open AccessT A Arcury, J G Grzywacz et al.ARTICLEJournal of Aging and Health2012Cited by: 1References: 13

    Social integration had small but significant associations with diabetes management behaviors. This analysis suggests specific mechanisms for how social integration influences the effect of disease on disability