Cassandra S Diep

Biographic Data

ID6765968
NAMECassandra S Diep
GIVEN NAMESCassandra S
FAMILY NAMEDiep
SIGNATUREDIEP C S
AFFILIATIONSChildren's Nutrition Research Center at Baylor College of Medicine
ORCID0000-0001-9262-6171
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS10
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Understanding Diabetes Self-Management Among Vietnamese Americans

    Open AccessLinda H Sheen, Rebecca Casarez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Transcultural Nursing2024

    INTRODUCTION: The Vietnamese American (VA) population is projected to grow to 3.9 million by 2030. This demographic shift could affect health care cost as VAs have greater susceptibility for type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Few studies have explored diabetes self-management (DSM) among VAs. The aim of this study was to explore and describe how VAs with T2DM perceive diabetes and DSM practices. METHOD: A focused ethnographic design, using semi-str…

  • Lower perceived stress among physically active elite private university students with higher levels of gratitude

    Open AccessLaura S Kabiri, Jennie Le et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Sports and Active…2024References: 6

    Elite private universities have high stress levels, particularly for underrepresented populations. While physical activity and gratitude can both reduce stress, independent effects from gratitude and interaction effects between physical activity and gratitude on stress are insufficiently explored. Our study investigated these effects among undergraduates at elite private universities. Undergraduates ( n = 145) completed an online survey in Fall 2…

  • Engaging the Asian American Community to Address Cancer Burden

    Kamisha Hamilton Escoto, Cassandra S Diep et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2023

    Community-academic-medical partnerships are promising ways to engage the community, draw on combined expertise, and create research and programs that are scientifically strong and meaningful to the community

  • Physical Activity Behaviors and Influences Among Chinese–American Children Aged 9–13 Years

    Open AccessCassandra S Diep, Randall Leung et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2016

  • Predicting habits of vegetable parenting practices to facilitate the design of change programmes

    Open AccessTom Baranowski, Tzu-An Chen et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016

    Objective Habit has been defined as the automatic performance of a usual behaviour. The present paper reports the relationships of variables from a Model of Goal Directed Behavior to four scales in regard to parents’ habits when feeding their children: habit of (i) actively involving child in selection of vegetables; (ii) maintaining a positive vegetable environment; (iii) positive communications about vegetables; and (iv) controlling vegetable p…

  • Predicting use of effective vegetable parenting practices with the Model of Goal Directed Behavior

    Open AccessCassandra S Diep, Alicia Beltran et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    Objective To model effective vegetable parenting practices using the Model of Goal Directed Vegetable Parenting Practices construct scales. Design An Internet survey was conducted with parents of pre-school children to assess their agreement with effective vegetable parenting practices and Model of Goal Directed Vegetable Parenting Practices items. Block regression modelling was conducted using the composite score of effective vegetable parenting…

  • Predicting use of ineffective vegetable parenting practices with the Model of Goal Directed Behavior

    Open AccessTom Baranowski, Alicia Beltran et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    Objective Increasing a parent’s ability to influence a child’s vegetable intake may require reducing the parent’s use of ineffective vegetable parenting practices. The present study was designed to understand the psychosocial influences on ineffective vegetable parenting practices. Design A cross-sectional web-based survey was conducted to model use of ineffective vegetable parenting practices using validated scales from a Model of Goal Directed …

  • Dimensions of vegetable parenting practices among preschoolers

    Tom Baranowski, Tzu-An Chen et al.ARTICLEAppetite2013Cited by: 3References: 22

  • Rural versus Urban Texas WIC Participants' Fruit and Vegetable Consumption

    Reynolette Ettienne‐Gittens, Reynolette Ettienne-Gittens et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2012

    This study provides insight into a subsection of the WIC population. Further research should be done regarding increasing the amount and variety of F&V consumed by WIC women and children

  • Factors predicting mortality in a total population sample of the elderly

    Angela Campbell, A J Campbell et al.ARTICLEJournal of Epidemiology and…1985Cited by: 7References: 17

    Between 1977 and 1979 an age stratified sample of people 65 years and over living in the community and in institutions in Gisborne, New Zealand was assessed medically and socially. This sample was followed and reviewed in 1982. At follow up 308 subjects were seen, 227 had died, and 24 had left the area. Factors predicting mortality were assessed. Using a log rank test, factors predicting mortality included age, impaired mental function, functiona…