Rachel Colchamiro
Biographic Data
| ID | 6063364 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Rachel Colchamiro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Rachel |
| FAMILY NAME | Colchamiro |
| SIGNATURE | COLCHAMIRO R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Candace C. Nelson, Rachel Colchamiro, Peggy Leung-Strle, and JoAnn Kwass are with the Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Boston. Meghan Perkins and Elsie M. Taveras are with the Division of General Academic Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, MassGeneral Hospital for Children, Boston, MA. Jennifer A. Woo Baidal is with the Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition, Department of Pediatrics, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 3 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 3 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
I Didn't Have to Struggle”
We explored how increased Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits interacted for dually enrolled households. Twenty-five parents dually enrolled in WIC and SNAP in the spring of 2020 shared perceptions of expanded benefits and reduced administrative requirements via semistructured interviews. Specifically, parents shared that benefit increases mini…
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Effectiveness of a Multisector Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention
Objectives. To investigate racial/ethnic and language differences in the effectiveness of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study among children aged 2 to 4 years enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Methods. We performed a multisector quasiexperimental study in 2 MA-CORD intervention communities and 1 comparison community. Using WIC data from 2010 to 201…
Maternal WIC Participation Improves Breastfeeding Rates
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Effectiveness of a Multisector Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention
Objectives. To investigate racial/ethnic and language differences in the effectiveness of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study among children aged 2 to 4 years enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Methods. We performed a multisector quasiexperimental study in 2 MA-CORD intervention communities and 1 comparison community. Using WIC data from 2010 to 201…
Maternal WIC Participation Improves Breastfeeding Rates
Racial/Ethnic Differences in the Effectiveness of a Multisector Childhood Obesity Prevention Intervention
Objectives. To investigate racial/ethnic and language differences in the effectiveness of the Massachusetts Childhood Obesity Research Demonstration (MA-CORD) study among children aged 2 to 4 years enrolled in the Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC). Methods. We performed a multisector quasiexperimental study in 2 MA-CORD intervention communities and 1 comparison community. Using WIC data from 2010 to 201…
I Didn't Have to Struggle”
We explored how increased Special Supplemental Nutrition Program for Women, Infants, and Children (WIC) and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) benefits interacted for dually enrolled households. Twenty-five parents dually enrolled in WIC and SNAP in the spring of 2020 shared perceptions of expanded benefits and reduced administrative requirements via semistructured interviews. Specifically, parents shared that benefit increases mini…
Public health (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (2 works) · Medicine (2 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (2 works) · Association (psychology) (1 work) · Body mass index (1 work) · Breastfeeding (1 work) · Breastfeeding Practices and Influences (1 work) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (1 work)