A Quandt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 1212 |
|---|---|
| NOME | A Quandt |
| PRENOMES | A |
| SOBRENOME | Quandt |
| ASSINATURA | QUANDT A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Wake Forest University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2968-5459 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 129 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 232 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 129 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 1983 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2023 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Pesticide Exposure among Latinx Children in Rural Farmworker and Urban Non-Farmworker Communities
This study uses repeated measures to document the pesticide exposure of rural and urban Latinx children (age eight at baseline), and to compare these children in terms of the frequency and concentration of their exposure to a large set of pesticides, accounting for season. We used silicone wristbands worn for one week up to ten times at quarterly intervals from 2018 to 2022 to assess pesticide exposure in children from rural farmworker ( n = 75) …
Developing Infographics to Present Research Findings from CBPR to Latinx Farmworker Community Members
Infographics provide a means to communicate CBPR findings to community members
Depressive Symptoms of Latinx Women in Rural Farmworker and Urban Non-Farmworker Families in North Carolina
Environmentalism Among Vulnerable Youth
These results indicate that Latinx child farmworker have a strong sense of environmental self-efficacy. Organizations supporting the development of Latinx youth should incorporate issues of environmental justice into their programs
The Abysmal Organization of Work and Work Safety Culture Experienced by North Carolina Latinx Women in Farmworker Families
The occupational health of immigrant workers in the United States is a major concern. This analysis describes two domains, organization of work and work safety culture, important to the occupational health of Latinx women in farmworker families. Sixty-seven Latinx women in North Carolina farmworker families completed a baseline and five follow-up questionnaires in 2019 through 2021. Fifty-nine of the women were employed in the year prior to the F…
Study of an Educational Telenovela to Teach Genomics among Latino Farmworkers and Nonfarmworkers
Increased attention to graphic design principles, presentation across multiple sessions, and supplemental activities may increase telenovelas' impact
Understanding Latinx Child Farmworkers’ Reasons for Working
Agricultural labor is extremely hazardous, yet young children are legally permitted to work on farms. This paper contextualizes and describes Latinx hired child farmworkers’ stated reasons for working. We conducted a mixed-methods study using in-depth interviews ( n = 30) and survey interviews ( n = 202) with Latinx child farmworkers aged 10 to 17 in North Carolina. Our qualitative thematic analysis identified children’s salient reasons for worki…
Rural‐Urban Differences in Dental Service Utilization and Dental Service Procedures Received Among US Adults
PURPOSE: To assess rural-urban differences in dental service use and procedures and to explore the interaction effects of individual- and county-level factors on having dental service use and procedures. METHODS: Data were from the 2016 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS). We assessed rural-urban differences in 3 outcome variables: number of dental visits (1, 2, or 3+ visits), preventive care procedures (Yes/No), and treatment procedures (Yes…
Genetic Knowledge and Communication Among Mexican Farmworkers and Non-farmworkers in North Carolina
Adverse Childhood Experiences Among Low-Income, Latinx Children in Immigrant Families
Older Adult Internet Use and eHealth Literacy
We examine Internet use and eHealth literacy among older adults (aged 55+ years) who were patients at clinics serving low-income populations. Participants included 200 minority and White adults who completed interviews based on a technology acceptance conceptual model. A total of 106 participants (53.0%) used the Internet; utilization was associated with personal characteristics (age, ethnicity, education, poverty), computer characteristics (numb…
Covid-19 Pandemic among Latinx Farmworker and Nonfarmworker Families in North Carolina
(1) Background: The COVID-19 pandemic poses substantial threats to Latinx farmworkers and other immigrants in food production and processing. Classified as essential, such workers cannot shelter at home. Therefore, knowledge and preventive behaviors are important to reduce COVID-19 spread in the community. (2) Methods: Respondents for 67 families with at least one farmworker (FWF) and 38 comparable families with no farmworkers (nonFWF) in North C…
Respiratory Health and Suspected Asthma among Hired Latinx Child Farmworkers in Rural North Carolina
The aim of this study was to evaluate respiratory health problems, including suspected asthma, and healthcare provider utilization among a sample of Latinx hired child farmworkers in rural North Carolina (n = 140). In 2018, a respiratory health questionnaire and breathing tests were collected from Latinx child (11-19 years) farmworkers (35.0% girls and 65.0% boys). Overall, 21.4% of children reported having been told by a medical provider that th…
Using Life History Calendars to Estimate in Utero and Early Life Pesticide Exposure of Latinx Children in Farmworker Families
(1) Background: Early life exposure to neurotoxic chemicals can have later impacts on child health. Most research designs must assume that current exposure is similar to past. Life history calendar methods can help to provide data on early life exposure. (2) Methods: Life history calendars were completed by mothers of 8-year-old children from Latinx farmworker and non-farmworker families ( n = 73 and 65, respectively). Measures were created of mo…
It’s Worse to Breathe It Than to Smoke It”
This analysis describes beliefs about secondhand smoke and its health effects held by Mexican and Central American immigrants in North Carolina. Data from 60 semistructured, in-depth interviews were subjected to saliency analysis. Participant discussions of secondhand smoke centered on four domains: (1) familiarity and definition of secondhand smoke, (2) potency of secondhand smoke, (3) general health effects of secondhand smoke, and (4) child he…
Health and Occupational Injury Experienced by Latinx Child Farmworkers in North Carolina, USA
Children as young as 10 years old are hired to work on farms in the United States (U.S.). These children are largely Latinx. Using interview data collected from 202 North Carolina Latinx child farmworkers in 2017, this analysis documents the heath characteristics and occupational injuries of Latinx child farmworkers and delineates characteristics associated with their health and occupational injuries. Latinx child farmworkers include girls (37.6%…
Engaging Youth Advocates in Community-Based Participatory Research on Child Farmworker Health in North Carolina
The partnership between WFSM and Levante demonstrates the mutual benefit of CBPR and will continue during the upcoming study phases
Relationship between maternal depression symptoms and child weight outcomes in Latino farmworker families
This study sought to characterize depressive symptoms among mothers in Latino farmworker families, determine if maternal depression increases children's risk of obesity, and ascertain whether relevant risk factors such as physical activity, diet, and feeding style mediate this relationship. Mothers from 248 families completed the 10-item Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale 9 times over a 2-year period. Four distinct patterns were us…
Cancer Knowledge Among Mexican Immigrant Farmworkers in North Carolina
“Aguantamos”
Each year, tens of thousands of Latino migrant farmworkers return to the hills and fields of North Carolina to live in employer-provided labor camps that often fail to meet regulatory and ethical standards. Little attention has been paid to how these workers and their families perceive and respond to substandard housing conditions. This paper analyzes how far and in what ways Latino migrant farmworkers living in eastern North Carolina labor camps…
Medical Pluralism in the Use of Sobadores among Mexican Immigrants to North Carolina
Using "Policy Briefs" to Present Scientific Results of CBPR
Disseminating CBPR results to address policy is needed. Collaborating with community partners to produce policy briefs ensures that information about concerns and struggles reflects their priorities
Stability of Household and Housing Characteristics Among Farmworker Families in North Carolina
Mexican Sobadores in North Carolina
Residential Environment for Outdoor Play Among Children in Latino Farmworker Families
Evaluating Short-Form Versions of the CES-D for Measuring Depressive Symptoms Among Immigrants From Mexico
This article examines the feasibility of using a short-form version of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies–Depression Scale (CES-D) in community mental health research with Mexican immigrants. Several features of three published short versions of the CES-D were examined using data combined from seven diverse Mexican immigrant samples from across the United States ( N= 685). Results indicate that published short-form versions of the CES-D are rel…
The work-family challenge and mental health
The work–family literature is dominated by studies of white middle-class workers. In this study, we sought to expand this focus by examining work–family issues from the perspective of Mexicans who have immigrated to the USA within the past five years. Using data from qualitative in-depth interviews (N = 22) and quantitative structured interviews (N = 150), we documented the work–family experiences associated with immigration, and we examined the …
Self-management of nutritional risk among older adults
Changes in maternal postpartum adiposity and infant feeding patterns. Juan comas prize–1981
The relationship between maternal fatness and infant feeding practices was studied in 46 healthy Caucasian women from parturition to 6 months postpartum. Mothers reported infant feeding practices in diary form throughout the study. Weight, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, and midarm circumference were measured on seven occasions. Upper arm fat area was computed. All women breast fed their infants for at least 5 months, with no nonbreast milk fo…
Depressive symptoms among Latino farmworkers across the agricultural season
Immigrant Latino farmworkers confront multiple challenges that threaten their mental health. Previous farmworker mental health research has relied primarily on cross-sectional study designs, leaving little opportunity to describe how farmworker mental health changes or to identify factors that may contribute to these changes. This study used prospective data obtained at monthly intervals across one 4-month agricultural season from a large sample …
Material Recall Accuracy for Dates of Infant Feeding Transitions
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Sara Quandt; Material Recall Accuracy for Dates of Infant Feeding Transitions. Human Organization 1 June 1987; 46 (2): 152–160. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.46.2.f580815271u10732 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manage…
Staying healthy
Mental health in immigrants from nontraditional receiving sites
The mental health of Latinos immigrating to nontraditional settlements may be compromised by limited contextual resources. Stressors and strengths related to anxiety and depression were examined among 150 Mexican adults (45.3% women) in nontraditional areas. Normative stress was associated with anxiety (beta = .24) after controlling for depression. Normative and acculturative stressors were associated with depression after controlling for anxiety…
The social and nutritional meaning of food sharing among older rural adults
Age, Race, and Ethnicity in the Use of Complementary and Alternative Medicine for Health Self-Management
Objectives: Determine if complementary and alternative medicine (CAM) use for treating existing conditions and for health maintenance differs by age and ethnicity. Methods: Data from the 2002 National Health Interview Survey were used to operationalize distinct types of CAM in terms of (a) no use, (b) use for treatment only, (c) use for prevention only, and (d) use for both treatment and prevention. Differences in CAM use by age and ethnicity wer…
Work Safety Climate, Musculoskeletal Discomfort, Working While Injured, and Depression Among Migrant Farmworkers in North Carolina
Objectives. This analysis described Latino migrant farmworkers’ work safety climate and its association with musculoskeletal discomfort, working while injured or ill, and depressive symptoms. Methods. Data were from a cross-sectional survey of 300 farmworkers conducted in North Carolina in 2009. Generalized estimating equations models were used to investigate the association of work safety climate with health and safety outcomes. Results. Farmwor…
Herbal Remedy Use as Health Self-Management Among Older Adults
A complex set of factors is associated with the inclusion of herbs in the health self-management of older adults, with cultural and personal resources being extremely important
Faith and health self-management of rural older adults
Biological and behavioral predictors of exclusive breastfeeding duration
This paper examines the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in a sample of American women for whom lactation has been established. It uses social, biological, and behavioral variables to construct a predictive model. The sample consists of 62 infants born between January 1978 and September 1980 to a group of low risk white primiparae in Lansing, Michigan, who are participants in a longitudinal nutrition study of 91 mother-infant pairs. 29 of the …
Interpersonal and social correlates of depressive symptoms among Latinas in farmworker families living in North Carolina
Little research is available about the mental health of Latina women in farmworker families living in the southern United States, where Latino immigrants are relatively recent arrivals. This study examined interpersonal correlates (family conflict, family's outward orientation, and perceived discrimination) and social correlates (residential mobility and economic insecurity) of depressive symptoms and of meeting a threshold of depressive symptoms…
Work Organization and Health Among Immigrant Women
Objectives. We sought to describe work organization attributes for employed immigrant Latinas and determine associations of work organization with physical health, mental health, and health-related quality of life. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with 319 employed Latinas in western North Carolina (2009–2011). Measures included job demands (heavy load, awkward posture, psychological demand), decision latitude (skill variety, job co…
Complementary Therapy Use and Health Self-Management Among Rural Older Adults
Understanding how older adults include sets of complementary therapies in their health self-management is important for improving their health care resources, expectations, awareness, and priorities
Nutritional thriftiness and human reproduction
Hidden Farmworker Labor Camps in North Carolina
Objectives. We used geographic information systems (GIS) to delineate whether farmworker labor camps were hidden and to determine whether hidden camps differed from visible camps in terms of physical and resident characteristics. Methods. We collected data using observation, interview, and public domain GIS data for 180 farmworker labor camps in east central North Carolina. A hidden camp was defined as one that was at least 0.15 miles from an all…
Nutritional strategies of Latino farmworker families with preschool children
Heat Index in Migrant Farmworker Housing
Although the health risk to farmworkers of working in hot conditions is recognized, potential for excessive heat exposure in housing affecting rest and recovery has been ignored. We assessed heat index in common and sleeping rooms in 170 North Carolina farmworker camps across a summer and examined associations with time of summer and air conditioning use. We recorded dangerous heat indexes in most rooms, regardless of time or air conditioning. Po…
Cooking and Eating Facilities in Migrant Farmworker Housing in North Carolina
Objectives. We sought to (1) describe observed cooking and eating facilities in migrant farmworker camps, (2) compare observed conditions with existing farmworker housing regulations, and (3) examine associations of violations with camp characteristics. Methods. We collected data in 182 farmworker camps in eastern North Carolina during the 2010 agricultural season. We compared our observations with 15 kitchen-related housing regulations specified…
Patterns of variation in breast-feeding behaviors
Understanding Latinx Child Farmworkers’ Reasons for Working
Agricultural labor is extremely hazardous, yet young children are legally permitted to work on farms. This paper contextualizes and describes Latinx hired child farmworkers’ stated reasons for working. We conducted a mixed-methods study using in-depth interviews ( n = 30) and survey interviews ( n = 202) with Latinx child farmworkers aged 10 to 17 in North Carolina. Our qualitative thematic analysis identified children’s salient reasons for worki…
Using "Policy Briefs" to Present Scientific Results of CBPR
Disseminating CBPR results to address policy is needed. Collaborating with community partners to produce policy briefs ensures that information about concerns and struggles reflects their priorities
Changes in maternal postpartum adiposity and infant feeding patterns. Juan comas prize–1981
The relationship between maternal fatness and infant feeding practices was studied in 46 healthy Caucasian women from parturition to 6 months postpartum. Mothers reported infant feeding practices in diary form throughout the study. Weight, triceps and subscapular skinfolds, and midarm circumference were measured on seven occasions. Upper arm fat area was computed. All women breast fed their infants for at least 5 months, with no nonbreast milk fo…
Nutritional thriftiness and human reproduction
Biological and behavioral predictors of exclusive breastfeeding duration
This paper examines the duration of exclusive breastfeeding in a sample of American women for whom lactation has been established. It uses social, biological, and behavioral variables to construct a predictive model. The sample consists of 62 infants born between January 1978 and September 1980 to a group of low risk white primiparae in Lansing, Michigan, who are participants in a longitudinal nutrition study of 91 mother-infant pairs. 29 of the …
Patterns of variation in breast-feeding behaviors
Intracultural Variation in American Infant Diet
Council on Nutritional Anthropology
Infant care and feeding in the South Pacific
Material Recall Accuracy for Dates of Infant Feeding Transitions
Views Icon Views Article contents Figures & tables Video Audio Supplementary Data Peer Review Share Icon Share Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Tools Icon Tools Get Permissions Cite Icon Cite Search Site Citation Sara Quandt; Material Recall Accuracy for Dates of Infant Feeding Transitions. Human Organization 1 June 1987; 46 (2): 152–160. doi: https://doi.org/10.17730/humo.46.2.f580815271u10732 Download citation file: Ris (Zotero) Reference Manage…
Breasts, Bottles, and Babies
General/Theoretical Anthropology
Culture change, diet, and health
Raphael, Dana, and Flora Davis. Only Mothers Know: Patterns of Infant Feeding in Traditional Cultures. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 1985. xi + 159 pp. including photographs, bibliography, and index. $25.00 cloth. Seely, Stephen, David L. J. Freed, Gerald A. Silverstone, and Vicky Rippere. Diet‐Related Diseases: The Modern Epidemic. Westport, Connecticut: AVI Publishing Company, 1985. vi + 272 pp. including tables, figures, chapter bibl…
Meal Patterns of the Elderly in Rural Kentucky
Home gardening and food preservation practices of the elderly in rural Kentucky
Previous research on the nutritional vulnerability of the elderly has failed to examine the unique potential for dietary enhancement provided by gardening and food preservation among the rural elderly. The goal of this paper is to describe contemporary home gardening and food preservation practices in persons 55 years and older in rural Kentucky. Data come from a year of qualitative research and two subsequent surveys designed to record seasonal …
Diet in contemporary society
Sharman, Anne, Janet Theophano, Karen Curtis, and Ellen Messer, eds. Diet and Domestic Life in Society. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1991. vi + 287 pp. including collected references and index. $34.95 cloth. Harrison, G. A. and J. C. Waterlow, eds. Diet and Disease in Traditional and Developing Societies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1990. ix + 35 pp. including chapter references and index. $74.95 cloth
Ecology of breastfeeding in the United States
Breastfeeding initiation and duration have followed distinct cycles in the United States. Despite recent increases, breastfeeding rates still fall short of public health goals. This paper takes an applied perspective to examine the potential role of human biologists in enhancing the promotion of breastfeeding in the United States. The conceptual model of breastfeeding held by policy makers and public health professionals is distinguished from tha…
Ecology of breastfeeding in the United States
Breastfeeding initiation and duration have followed distinct cycles in the United States. Despite recent increases, breastfeeding rates still fall short of public health goals. This paper takes an applied perspective to examine the potential role of human biologists in enhancing the promotion of breastfeeding in the United States. The conceptual model of breastfeeding held by policy makers and public health professionals is distinguished from tha…
Occupational and Environmental Health Risks in Farm Labor
This essay provides an introduction and overview for this special thematic section. We discuss the general occupational and environmental health risks that those who provide farm labor - farmers, farm families, and farmworkers - experience as a result of commercial agriculture. We first briefly review some of the farm safety research literature, highlighting the important trend of listening to those who perform farm labor as they speak for themse…
Farmworker and Farmer Perceptions of Farmworker Agricultural Chemical Exposure in North Carolina
Agricultural chemicals pose health risks for farmworkers engaged in cultivating and harvesting crops. In a project to develop culturally appropriate interventions to reduce farmworker exposure to agricultural chemicals, formative research used in-depth interviews and focus groups to elicit beliefs and knowledge about exposure from farmers and migrant and seasonal farmworkers in North Carolina. Farmworkers were concerned about acute effects they a…
Chronic agricultural chemical exposure among migrant and seasonal farmworkers
Laboratory studies and case reports of accidental exposure to large amounts of chemicals indicate that there are immediate and long-term negative health consequences of exposure to agricultural chemicals. Logically, the consequences of chronic low-level exposure also should, be negative. Establishing a connection, however, between the more usual (chronic, low-level) exposure experienced by farmworkers and health outcomes using epidemiological met…
Self-management of nutritional risk among older adults
Participant Recruitment for Qualitative Research
The process used to locate and recruit participants in a qualitative study is important for controlling bias and for efficiently obtaining a representative sample. In complex societies without clearly bounded groups from which to sample, participant recruitment requires especially careful consideration. Yet few qualitative researchers discuss their recruitment methods. This paper describes a site-based procedure for locating, selecting, and recru…
Hunger and Food Security Among Older Adults in a Rural Community
Although government policies over the last several decades have addressed issues of nutrition for the elderly, elders still face problems of undernutrition and food insecurity. This study assesses the level of food insecurity and identifies predictors among 192 residents 65 years and older in rural Appalachia. Participants were recruited using a site-based rapid recruitment technique, and data were collected using structured questionnaires in fac…
Food and culture
Aging research in multi-ethinic rural communities
Health Behaviors of Rural White, African American and Native American Elders
Medicine (116 obras) · Environmental health (81 obras) · Gerontology (67 obras) · Psychology (63 obras) · Geography (41 obras) · Sociology (40 obras) · Nursing (36 obras) · Public health (33 obras) · Psychiatry (27 obras) · Agriculture and Farm Safety (25 obras)