Simona Kwon
Biographic Data
| ID | 6069771 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Simona Kwon |
| GIVEN NAMES | Simona |
| FAMILY NAME | Kwon |
| SIGNATURE | KWON S |
| AFFILIATIONS | New York University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 6 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Cultural Beliefs about Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease among Older Chinese Americans in New York City
Caregiving Across Cultures
Caregiving Across Cultures: Priority Areas for Research, Policy, and Practice to Support Family Caregivers of Older Asian Immigrants Minakshi Raj PhD, MPH, Sasha Zhou PhD, Stella S. Yi PhD, and Simona Kwon DrPH Affiliation Minakshi Raj is with the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign. Sasha Zhou is with the Department of Public Health, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Stella S. …
Asian American Dietary Sources of Sodium and Salt Behaviors Compared with Other Racial/Ethnic Groups, NHANES, 2011-2012
Mean sodium consumption and sources vary across racial/ethnic groups with highest consumption in Asian Americans. Given the smaller number of food categories contributing to sodium intake in Asian Americans, results imply that targeted activities on a few food items would have a large impact on reducing sodium intake in this group
Using Evidence-Based Policy, Systems, and Environmental Strategies to Increase Access to Healthy Food and Opportunities for Physical Activity Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islan…
Recent initiatives have focused on the dissemination of evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental (EBPSE) strategies to reduce health disparities. Targeted, community-level efforts are needed to supplement these approaches for comparable results among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs).The STRIVE Project funded 15 Asian American and NHPI community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement culturally adapted s…
Diabetes Prevention in the New York City Sikh Asian Indian Community
India has one of the highest burdens of diabetes worldwide, and rates of diabetes are also high among Asian Indian immigrants that have migrated into the United States (U.S.). Sikhs represent a significant portion of Asian Indians in the U.S. Diabetes prevention programs have shown the benefits of using lifestyle intervention to reduce diabetes risk, yet there have been no culturally-tailored programs for diabetes prevention in the Sikh community…
Methodological Issues in the Collection, Analysis, and Reporting of Granular Data in Asian American Populations
There are close to 15 million Asian Americans living in the United States, and they represent the fastest growing populations in the country. By the year 2050, there will be an estimated 33.4 million Asian Americans living in the country. However, their health needs remain poorly understood and there is a critical lack of data disaggregated by Asian American ethnic subgroups, primary language, and geography. This paper examines methodological iss…
Caregiving Across Cultures
Caregiving Across Cultures: Priority Areas for Research, Policy, and Practice to Support Family Caregivers of Older Asian Immigrants Minakshi Raj PhD, MPH, Sasha Zhou PhD, Stella S. Yi PhD, and Simona Kwon DrPH Affiliation Minakshi Raj is with the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign. Sasha Zhou is with the Department of Public Health, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Stella S. …
Methodological Issues in the Collection, Analysis, and Reporting of Granular Data in Asian American Populations
There are close to 15 million Asian Americans living in the United States, and they represent the fastest growing populations in the country. By the year 2050, there will be an estimated 33.4 million Asian Americans living in the country. However, their health needs remain poorly understood and there is a critical lack of data disaggregated by Asian American ethnic subgroups, primary language, and geography. This paper examines methodological iss…
Diabetes Prevention in the New York City Sikh Asian Indian Community
India has one of the highest burdens of diabetes worldwide, and rates of diabetes are also high among Asian Indian immigrants that have migrated into the United States (U.S.). Sikhs represent a significant portion of Asian Indians in the U.S. Diabetes prevention programs have shown the benefits of using lifestyle intervention to reduce diabetes risk, yet there have been no culturally-tailored programs for diabetes prevention in the Sikh community…
Using Evidence-Based Policy, Systems, and Environmental Strategies to Increase Access to Healthy Food and Opportunities for Physical Activity Among Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islan…
Recent initiatives have focused on the dissemination of evidence-based policy, systems, and environmental (EBPSE) strategies to reduce health disparities. Targeted, community-level efforts are needed to supplement these approaches for comparable results among Asian Americans and Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders (NHPIs).The STRIVE Project funded 15 Asian American and NHPI community-based organizations (CBOs) to implement culturally adapted s…
Asian American Dietary Sources of Sodium and Salt Behaviors Compared with Other Racial/Ethnic Groups, NHANES, 2011-2012
Mean sodium consumption and sources vary across racial/ethnic groups with highest consumption in Asian Americans. Given the smaller number of food categories contributing to sodium intake in Asian Americans, results imply that targeted activities on a few food items would have a large impact on reducing sodium intake in this group
Caregiving Across Cultures
Caregiving Across Cultures: Priority Areas for Research, Policy, and Practice to Support Family Caregivers of Older Asian Immigrants Minakshi Raj PhD, MPH, Sasha Zhou PhD, Stella S. Yi PhD, and Simona Kwon DrPH Affiliation Minakshi Raj is with the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Champaign. Sasha Zhou is with the Department of Public Health, Wayne State University, Detroit, MI. Stella S. …
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Cultural Beliefs about Healthy Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease among Older Chinese Americans in New York City
Medicine (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Asian americans (3 works) · Nursing (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Population (3 works) · Public health (3 works) · Blood pressure (2 works)