Michael J Yedidia
Biographic Data
| ID | 4229174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michael J Yedidia |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michael J |
| FAMILY NAME | Yedidia |
| SIGNATURE | YEDIDIA M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0645-3575 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 15 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1975 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Improving Cross-Sector Collaborations between Healthcare and Housing: Challenges and Strategies Identified by Unhoused People with Complex Health Needs
There is growing recognition of the need for collaboration between the healthcare and housing sectors to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness. This study explores how these cross-sector collaborations can be improved from the perspective of those with histories of homelessness and complex health needs. In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews (N = 23) were used to (1) understand the challenges faced by people with complex…
The association between unhealthy dietary behaviors and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): No evidence in support of the self-selection hypothesis
Do Parental Perceptions of the Nutritional Quality of School Meals Reflect the Food Environment in Public Schools
(1) Background: It is unknown whether parents' perception of school meals, a determinant of student meal participation, align with the nutritional quality of meals served in schools. This study compares the healthfulness of foods offered in schools with parental perception of school meals at those same schools. (2) Method: Parents were asked to rate the healthfulness of school meals at their child's school. Data on the types of foods offered were…
Healthy Food Access in Low-Income High-Minority Communities: A Longitudinal Assessment—2009–2017
Disparities in healthy food access are well documented in cross-sectional studies in communities across the United States. However, longitudinal studies examining changes in food environments within various neighborhood contexts are scarce. In a sample of 142 census tracts in four low-income, high-minority cities in New Jersey, United States, we examined the availability of different types of food stores by census tract characteristics over time …
Impact of the 2010 US Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on School Breakfast and Lunch Participation Rates Between 2008 and 2015
Objectives. To evaluate National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) participation over a 7-year period before and after the implementation of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), which required healthier school lunch options beginning in school year (SY) 2012–2013 and healthier school breakfast options beginning in SY2013–2014. Methods. Data were gathered from low-income, high-minority public schools in 4 Ne…
Predicted Impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s Menu-Labeling Regulations on Restaurants in 4 New Jersey Cities
Objectives. To determine the proportion of restaurants that will be required to post calorie information under the Food and Drug Administration’s menu-labeling regulations in 4 New Jersey cities. Methods. We classified geocoded 2014 data on 1753 restaurant outlets in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration’s guidelines, which will require restaurants with 20 or more locations nationwide to post calorie information. We used multivariate l…
Patterns of food and physical activity environments related to children's food and activity behaviors: A latent class analysis
The relative contribution of layers of the Social Ecological Model to childhood obesity
Objective The Social Ecological Model (SEM) has been used to describe the aetiology of childhood obesity and to develop a framework for prevention. The current paper applies the SEM to data collected at multiple levels, representing different layers of the SEM, and examines the unique and relative contribution of each layer to children’s weight status. Design Cross-sectional survey of randomly selected households with children living in low-incom…
The Influence of Parental Nativity, Neighborhood Disadvantage and the Built Environment on Physical Activity Behaviors in Latino Youth
Changes in Physicians' Attitudes Toward Aids During Residency Training: A Longitudinal Study of Medical School Graduates
Understanding the impact of training on the development of physicians' attitudes toward AIDS is important to furthering our knowledge of the mechanisms through which socialization affects professional outlook, as well as promoting an adequate supply of providers to treat people with AIDS (PWAs). This prospective panel study collected data on 383 physicians at two critical stages: as fourth-year medical students and as third-year residents. Aspect…
Physicians' Attitudes Toward Aids at Different Career Stages: A Comparison of Internists and Surgeons
Physicians' responses to AIDS at different career stages and in different specialties were studied by surveying house staff (N = 438), faculty (N = 363), and applicants (N = 487) at six residency programs in internal medicine and six in surgery. House staff had more negative outlooks than senior medical students and faculty, reporting greater fear of exposure to AIDS and greater unwillingness to treat AIDS patients. Surgeons were more negative th…
Delivering Primary Health Care: Nurse Practitioners at Work
The Physician's Assistant: A National and Local Analysis
Intermediate-level health practitioners
Training of the nurse practitioner: A clinical and statistical analysis
Patterns of food and physical activity environments related to children's food and activity behaviors: A latent class analysis
Changes in Physicians' Attitudes Toward Aids During Residency Training: A Longitudinal Study of Medical School Graduates
Understanding the impact of training on the development of physicians' attitudes toward AIDS is important to furthering our knowledge of the mechanisms through which socialization affects professional outlook, as well as promoting an adequate supply of providers to treat people with AIDS (PWAs). This prospective panel study collected data on 383 physicians at two critical stages: as fourth-year medical students and as third-year residents. Aspect…
Physicians' Attitudes Toward Aids at Different Career Stages: A Comparison of Internists and Surgeons
Physicians' responses to AIDS at different career stages and in different specialties were studied by surveying house staff (N = 438), faculty (N = 363), and applicants (N = 487) at six residency programs in internal medicine and six in surgery. House staff had more negative outlooks than senior medical students and faculty, reporting greater fear of exposure to AIDS and greater unwillingness to treat AIDS patients. Surgeons were more negative th…
The association between unhealthy dietary behaviors and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): No evidence in support of the self-selection hypothesis
Predicted Impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s Menu-Labeling Regulations on Restaurants in 4 New Jersey Cities
Objectives. To determine the proportion of restaurants that will be required to post calorie information under the Food and Drug Administration’s menu-labeling regulations in 4 New Jersey cities. Methods. We classified geocoded 2014 data on 1753 restaurant outlets in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration’s guidelines, which will require restaurants with 20 or more locations nationwide to post calorie information. We used multivariate l…
Intermediate-level health practitioners
Training of the nurse practitioner: A clinical and statistical analysis
The Physician's Assistant: A National and Local Analysis
Delivering Primary Health Care: Nurse Practitioners at Work
Physicians' Attitudes Toward Aids at Different Career Stages: A Comparison of Internists and Surgeons
Physicians' responses to AIDS at different career stages and in different specialties were studied by surveying house staff (N = 438), faculty (N = 363), and applicants (N = 487) at six residency programs in internal medicine and six in surgery. House staff had more negative outlooks than senior medical students and faculty, reporting greater fear of exposure to AIDS and greater unwillingness to treat AIDS patients. Surgeons were more negative th…
Changes in Physicians' Attitudes Toward Aids During Residency Training: A Longitudinal Study of Medical School Graduates
Understanding the impact of training on the development of physicians' attitudes toward AIDS is important to furthering our knowledge of the mechanisms through which socialization affects professional outlook, as well as promoting an adequate supply of providers to treat people with AIDS (PWAs). This prospective panel study collected data on 383 physicians at two critical stages: as fourth-year medical students and as third-year residents. Aspect…
The Influence of Parental Nativity, Neighborhood Disadvantage and the Built Environment on Physical Activity Behaviors in Latino Youth
The relative contribution of layers of the Social Ecological Model to childhood obesity
Objective The Social Ecological Model (SEM) has been used to describe the aetiology of childhood obesity and to develop a framework for prevention. The current paper applies the SEM to data collected at multiple levels, representing different layers of the SEM, and examines the unique and relative contribution of each layer to children’s weight status. Design Cross-sectional survey of randomly selected households with children living in low-incom…
Patterns of food and physical activity environments related to children's food and activity behaviors: A latent class analysis
Impact of the 2010 US Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act on School Breakfast and Lunch Participation Rates Between 2008 and 2015
Objectives. To evaluate National School Lunch Program (NSLP) and School Breakfast Program (SBP) participation over a 7-year period before and after the implementation of the 2010 Healthy, Hunger-Free Kids Act (HHFKA), which required healthier school lunch options beginning in school year (SY) 2012–2013 and healthier school breakfast options beginning in SY2013–2014. Methods. Data were gathered from low-income, high-minority public schools in 4 Ne…
Predicted Impact of the Food and Drug Administration’s Menu-Labeling Regulations on Restaurants in 4 New Jersey Cities
Objectives. To determine the proportion of restaurants that will be required to post calorie information under the Food and Drug Administration’s menu-labeling regulations in 4 New Jersey cities. Methods. We classified geocoded 2014 data on 1753 restaurant outlets in accordance with the Food and Drug Administration’s guidelines, which will require restaurants with 20 or more locations nationwide to post calorie information. We used multivariate l…
Healthy Food Access in Low-Income High-Minority Communities: A Longitudinal Assessment—2009–2017
Disparities in healthy food access are well documented in cross-sectional studies in communities across the United States. However, longitudinal studies examining changes in food environments within various neighborhood contexts are scarce. In a sample of 142 census tracts in four low-income, high-minority cities in New Jersey, United States, we examined the availability of different types of food stores by census tract characteristics over time …
Do Parental Perceptions of the Nutritional Quality of School Meals Reflect the Food Environment in Public Schools
(1) Background: It is unknown whether parents' perception of school meals, a determinant of student meal participation, align with the nutritional quality of meals served in schools. This study compares the healthfulness of foods offered in schools with parental perception of school meals at those same schools. (2) Method: Parents were asked to rate the healthfulness of school meals at their child's school. Data on the types of foods offered were…
The association between unhealthy dietary behaviors and participation in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP): No evidence in support of the self-selection hypothesis
Improving Cross-Sector Collaborations between Healthcare and Housing: Challenges and Strategies Identified by Unhoused People with Complex Health Needs
There is growing recognition of the need for collaboration between the healthcare and housing sectors to address the needs of people experiencing homelessness. This study explores how these cross-sector collaborations can be improved from the perspective of those with histories of homelessness and complex health needs. In-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews (N = 23) were used to (1) understand the challenges faced by people with complex…
Medicine (13 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Geography (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Nursing (5 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works)