Latoya J O’neal
Biographic Data
| ID | 4594454 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Latoya J O’neal |
| GIVEN NAMES | Latoya J |
| FAMILY NAME | O’neal |
| SIGNATURE | O’NEAL L J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Florida |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4092-9220 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Maternal Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Spiritual Care and the Challenges and Opportunities for Provider Spiritual Well-Being in the United States
Spiritual well-being is essential to overall well-being for healthcare providers. Furthermore, providing spiritual care depends on providers' spiritual well-being and competence in assessing patients' spiritual care needs. Including spiritual care in maternal healthcare represents an opportunity to improve the quality of patient care. We conducted interviews with 20 maternal healthcare providers to understand how to address spiritual care impleme…
Social Networks Influence Vaccine Confidence in Rural Black Americans
Public health interventions to increase vaccine uptake among rural Black adults should focus on social networks to enhance the credibility of the information provided by experts
Perceived Discrimination Is a Mediator of Rural Identity and Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Among U.S. Adults
The rise in prevalence of cardiometabolic multimorbidity indicates the need for more research examining associated risk factors. Identifying multilevel risk factors is especially critical for U.S. health disparity populations who have been shown to experience a disproportionate burden of chronic disease-related morbidity and mortality. This study examines differences in the prevalence of and risk factors associated with cardiometabolic multimorbi…
Social undermining of weight management behaviors among young adult African American women
BACKGROUND: Social undermining of weight management behaviors represents a meaningful intervention target as social undermining may lead to dietary and exercise lapses. Young adult African American women, who exhibit the highest prevalence of obesity compared to young adults of all other races and ethnicities, may experience different types of social undermining or respond differently to social undermining due to various cultural factors (eg, cul…
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Mental–Physical Comorbidities among U.S. Adults
The co-occurrence of mental and physical conditions has increased significantly during the last decade. However, research examining the influence of social factors such as food insecurity is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between food insecurity and mental-physical comorbidity status among U.S. adults. Data for this analysis were drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the ye…
Effective Experiences
The development of computer skills, as well as computer self-efficacy, has increased in importance along with the role of technology in everyday life. Childhood is a critical time for the development of these skills since early inequalities may substantially impact future life outcomes. In a context of a computing intervention designed to improve digital inclusion, we hypothesize that students’ enactive learning experience (conceptualized as thei…
Food Security Status and Overweight/Obesity Among 2- to 5-Year-Old Boys and Girls in a Community-Based Clinic
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between food security, parental health behaviors, and overweight/obesity among 2- to 5-year-old children in West Tennessee (N = 264). Results from logistic regression models indicate that the association between parental characteristics and child weight status varies by child sex and household food security. These findings highlight the need for more nuanced analysis that can produce results …
An Exploration of Multilevel Physical Activity Correlates Among Low-Income African Americans in Alabama and Mississippi
Understanding obesity-related health disparities among low-income African Americans in the south requires further research investigating the range of factors influencing health behaviors. This study sought to examine the relationship between meeting the minimum recommendation for moderate physical activity and multilevel, including policy, systems, and environmental, strategies thought to influence health behaviors. We utilize preintervention com…
Policy, System and Environmental Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Low-Income African American Population in the Southeast
These findings suggest that policy-based interventions have the potential to improve health outcomes among priority populations, such as low-income African Americans, who are at high risk of developing chronic diseases
Using Affordable Technology to Decrease Digital Inequality
School systems in the United States are increasingly integrating computers into the classroom. Yet, we know little about the factors that determine successful adoption, use, and attitudes toward the computers. The City Council of Birmingham, Alabama is the first in the United States to provide One Laptop Per Child XO laptops to all students in first-fifth grades in the Birmingham City School System. The purpose of this study is to present the sur…
Effective Experiences
The development of computer skills, as well as computer self-efficacy, has increased in importance along with the role of technology in everyday life. Childhood is a critical time for the development of these skills since early inequalities may substantially impact future life outcomes. In a context of a computing intervention designed to improve digital inclusion, we hypothesize that students’ enactive learning experience (conceptualized as thei…
Using Affordable Technology to Decrease Digital Inequality
School systems in the United States are increasingly integrating computers into the classroom. Yet, we know little about the factors that determine successful adoption, use, and attitudes toward the computers. The City Council of Birmingham, Alabama is the first in the United States to provide One Laptop Per Child XO laptops to all students in first-fifth grades in the Birmingham City School System. The purpose of this study is to present the sur…
Policy, System and Environmental Correlates of Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in a Low-Income African American Population in the Southeast
These findings suggest that policy-based interventions have the potential to improve health outcomes among priority populations, such as low-income African Americans, who are at high risk of developing chronic diseases
An Exploration of Multilevel Physical Activity Correlates Among Low-Income African Americans in Alabama and Mississippi
Understanding obesity-related health disparities among low-income African Americans in the south requires further research investigating the range of factors influencing health behaviors. This study sought to examine the relationship between meeting the minimum recommendation for moderate physical activity and multilevel, including policy, systems, and environmental, strategies thought to influence health behaviors. We utilize preintervention com…
Food Security Status and Overweight/Obesity Among 2- to 5-Year-Old Boys and Girls in a Community-Based Clinic
The purpose of this study was to examine relationships between food security, parental health behaviors, and overweight/obesity among 2- to 5-year-old children in West Tennessee (N = 264). Results from logistic regression models indicate that the association between parental characteristics and child weight status varies by child sex and household food security. These findings highlight the need for more nuanced analysis that can produce results …
Effective Experiences
The development of computer skills, as well as computer self-efficacy, has increased in importance along with the role of technology in everyday life. Childhood is a critical time for the development of these skills since early inequalities may substantially impact future life outcomes. In a context of a computing intervention designed to improve digital inclusion, we hypothesize that students’ enactive learning experience (conceptualized as thei…
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Mental–Physical Comorbidities among U.S. Adults
The co-occurrence of mental and physical conditions has increased significantly during the last decade. However, research examining the influence of social factors such as food insecurity is limited. The purpose of this study was to examine the association between food insecurity and mental-physical comorbidity status among U.S. adults. Data for this analysis were drawn from the National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES) for the ye…
Perceived Discrimination Is a Mediator of Rural Identity and Cardiometabolic Multimorbidity Among U.S. Adults
The rise in prevalence of cardiometabolic multimorbidity indicates the need for more research examining associated risk factors. Identifying multilevel risk factors is especially critical for U.S. health disparity populations who have been shown to experience a disproportionate burden of chronic disease-related morbidity and mortality. This study examines differences in the prevalence of and risk factors associated with cardiometabolic multimorbi…
Social undermining of weight management behaviors among young adult African American women
BACKGROUND: Social undermining of weight management behaviors represents a meaningful intervention target as social undermining may lead to dietary and exercise lapses. Young adult African American women, who exhibit the highest prevalence of obesity compared to young adults of all other races and ethnicities, may experience different types of social undermining or respond differently to social undermining due to various cultural factors (eg, cul…
Maternal Healthcare Provider Perspectives on Spiritual Care and the Challenges and Opportunities for Provider Spiritual Well-Being in the United States
Spiritual well-being is essential to overall well-being for healthcare providers. Furthermore, providing spiritual care depends on providers' spiritual well-being and competence in assessing patients' spiritual care needs. Including spiritual care in maternal healthcare represents an opportunity to improve the quality of patient care. We conducted interviews with 20 maternal healthcare providers to understand how to address spiritual care impleme…
Social Networks Influence Vaccine Confidence in Rural Black Americans
Public health interventions to increase vaccine uptake among rural Black adults should focus on social networks to enhance the credibility of the information provided by experts
Medicine (7 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works) · Public health (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Logistic regression (3 works)