Julie Meeks Gardner

Biographic Data

ID5380785
NAMEJulie Meeks Gardner
GIVEN NAMESJulie Meeks
FAMILY NAMEGardner
SIGNATUREGARDNER J M
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of the West Indies System
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS11
TOTAL CITATIONS5
WORKS AS AUTHOR11
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Design and methodology of a cluster randomized factorial trial to optimize implementation strategies for the Healthy School Recognized Campus initiative

    Open AccessJacob Szeszulski, Allyson Schaefers et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2025

    Background: The Healthy School Recognized Campus initiative bundles multiple school- and research-based programs for children and adults to improve physical activity and nutrition outcomes that affect cardiovascular disease risk. This study aims to test the individual and combined impact of three implementation strategies on implementation and effectiveness outcomes. Methods: = 16 total) of public elementary schools in North and East Texas will b…

  • U.S. Media Enjoyment without Strong Media Literacy Undermines Adolescents' and Mothers' Reported Efforts to Reduce Unhealthy Eating in Jamaica

    Open AccessGail M Ferguson, Michelle R Nelson et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2020Cited by: 1References: 6

    We investigate whether media literacy and media use can moderate the association between U.S. media enjoyment and unhealthy eating among remotely acculturating "Americanized" adolescents and their mothers in Jamaica (n = 164 individuals/82 dyads; M adolescent.age = 12.83, SD = 0.48, 48% female; M mother_age = 39.25, SD = 5.71). Socioeconomically diverse participants completed questionnaires reporting their degree of enjoyment of U.S. media (i.e.,…

  • Transdisciplinary team science for global health

    Open AccessGail M Ferguson, Barbara H Fiese et al.ARTICLEAmerican Psychologist2019Cited by: 4References: 6

    The world's most pressing health problems, such as the childhood obesity pandemic, demand creative new solutions. In this article it is argued that psychological theories, concepts, and methods are ripe for integration with those of other disciplines to synthesize innovative transdisciplinary global health solutions. As a model, the process of blending developmental and cross-cultural psychology with health and media sciences to develop a transdi…

  • Inequality in early childhood

    Open AccessSusan Walker, Susan P Walker et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2011

  • The Jamaica Youth Survey

    Julie Meeks Gardner, Kirk R Williams et al.ARTICLECaribbean Quarterly2011References: 1

    IntroductionTHERE IS GLOBAL INTEREST in promoting healthy youth development and preventing antisocial and problem behaviour during adolescence.1 Not only is positive development an important goal in its own right, linked to academic achievement and socioeconomic success,2 but many social and emotional competencies also decrease risk for antisocial behaviours that compromise individual health and development and exact costs for society.3 Among ado…

  • Setting Priorities in Global Child Health Research Investments

    Open AccessIgor Rudan, Jennifer L Gibson et al.ARTICLECroatian Medical Journal2008

    This article provides detailed guidelines for the implementation of systematic method for setting priorities in health research investments that was recently developed by Child Health and Nutrition Research Initiative (CHNRI). The target audience for the proposed method are international agencies, large research funding donors, and national governments and policy-makers. The process has the following steps: (i) selecting the managers of the proce…

  • Child development

    Open AccessSusan Walker, Susan P Walker et al.ARTICLEThe Lancet2007

  • Percepciones y experiencias en torno a la violencia en estudiantes de secundaria en la zona urbana de Jamaica

    Open AccessJulie Meeks Gardner, Christine A Powell et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2003

    These results will help focus interventions aimed at reducing violence, provide a baseline for later comparisons of perceptions and experiences of violence, and offer a basis for comparing the experiences of young people in urban Jamaica with those of young persons elsewhere

  • Complementary foods in Jamaica

    Open AccessJulie Meeks Gardner, Susan P Walker et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2002

    Objectives: To develop and validate a field method for measuring the viscosity of small quantities of weaning porridges, to measure the viscosity and energy density of porridges fed in urban and rural environments, and to relate the findings to ingredients used and feeding practices. Design: A new method for determining the viscosity of homogeneous, semi-solid weaning foods was developed. The viscosity and energy density of porridges fed to young…

  • Caregiver knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding childhood diarrhea and dehydration in Kingston, Jamaica

    Open AccessLela Rose Bachrach, Lela Bachrach et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2002

    These findings highlight a need to enhance educational efforts that will empower caregivers to protect their children from diarrhea-associated morbidity and mortality

  • Undernutrition and elevated blood lead levels

    Open AccessJulie Meeks Gardner, Susan Walker et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition1998

    Objective: We examined whether or not the effect of elevated blood lead levels on children's psychomotor development was modified by their nutritional status. Design: Anthropometry, developmental quotients (DQs), blood lead levels and haemoglobin were measured in lead exposed and unexposed children with different levels of nutritional status. Social background and maternal height and verbal intelligence were also measured. Testers, anthropometris…