Helena H Laroche

Dados Biográficos

ID6678889
NOMEHelena H Laroche
PRENOMESHelena H
SOBRENOMELaroche
ASSINATURALAROCHE H H
AFILIAÇÕESUniversity of Iowa
ORCID0000-0003-3708-5207
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS10
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR10
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2008
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2024
ÍNDICE H0

  • Effectiveness of implementing evidence-based approaches to promote physical activity in a Midwestern micropolitan area using a quasi-experimental hybrid type I study design

    Open AccessBarbara Baquero, Nicole L Novak et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    The study demonstrates that the adapted evidence-based PA interventions in a micropolitan context is effective

  • The Association Between State Characteristics and Latinx People's Treated Hypertension in Established and New Latinx Destination States

    Adriana Maldonado, Helena H Laroche et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2024

    This study sought to quantify the contributions of state-level factors including income inequality, state's legislature political control, and Medicaid expansion in new and established Latinx destination states on Latinx individuals' treated hypertension. Mixed-effects logistic regression analyses were conducted to analyze 2017 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data from 7524 Latinx adults nested within 39 states. Overall, 70% reported b…

  • Hypertension management among Latinos

    Open AccessAdriana Maldonado, Barbara Baquero et al.ARTICLESSM - Qualitative Research in…2023

    Latinos are at an increased risk of hypertension-related disparities. Biological, behavioral, cultural, and structural factors have been identified as underlying mechanisms driving these disparities. However, the influence of Latino settlement patterns on hypertension management practices has been rarely explored, particularly from a qualitative lens. Using data from semi-structured interviews conducted with Latinos with hypertension (n = 26), we…

  • Identifying the Social Determinants of Treated Hypertension in New and Established Latino Destination States

    Open AccessAdriana Maldonado, Richard M Hoffman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2022

  • Extending Work on Rural Health Disparities

    Open AccessPaul A Gilbert, Helena H Laroche et al.ARTICLEThe Journal of Rural Health2018

    We are writing The Journal of Rural Health to draw readers’ attention to the recent study by Matthews and colleagues that appeared in Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report1 and offer suggestions to extend their work. We applaud the authors for their focus on rural health—a disparities dimension that is often overlooked—and concur with their assessment that US health surveillance data are rarely disaggregated by meaningful geographic location. Ind…

  • Active Ottumwa

    Open AccessBarbara Baquero, Christine M Kava et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2018

    Background : Evidence-based interventions have been developed and tested to promote physical activity, but fewer studies have focused on identifying effective intervention strategies for mid-size rural communities, especially new immigrant destinations. We report here on the design and implementation of Active Ottumwa, a community-wide intervention using a lay health advisor approach to increase physical activity in a micropolitan new destination…

  • Calibration of the global physical activity questionnaire to Accelerometry measured physical activity and sedentary behavior

    Open AccessKristen M Metcalf, Barbara Baquero et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    This research demonstrates the utility of calibrating self-report questionnaire data to objective measures to improve estimates of physical activity and sedentary behavior. It provides an understanding of the divide between objective and subjective measures, and provides a means to utilize the two methods as a unified measure

  • Factors Influencing Diabetes Self-Management Among Medically Underserved Patients With Type II Diabetes

    Open AccessJimmy Reyes, Toni Tripp‐reimer et al.ARTICLEGlobal Qualitative Nursing Research2017

    In this study, researchers compare and contrast issues regarding diabetes self-management between persons in good versus poor glycemic control. The sample comprises low-income racially diverse adults with diabetes from four mid-western community health centers; 44 patients participated in eight focus groups divided by control status (HbA1c of > 9 [uncontrolled] or < 7 [controlled]). Themes common to both groups included the impact of dietary rest…

  • Marriage and parenthood in relation to obesogenic neighborhood trajectories

    Open AccessJanne Boone-Heinonen, Annie Green Howard et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2015Referências: 9

  • What about the children? The experience of families involved in an adult-focused diabetes intervention

    Open AccessHelena H Laroche, Michael M Davis et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2008

    Objective Among adults with diabetes attempting to change their own diets, we explored how these adults approached providing food for their children and how their children reacted to dietary changes in the household. Design The research design used semi-structured parallel individual interviews of adults and a child (aged 10–17 years) in their home. Interviews were audio-taped, transcribed, coded and analysed for themes. Subjects Subjects include…