Abstract

The Cartographic Modeling Lab (CML) Shared Resource Core will work with investigators, faculty and students at Cheney University of Pennsylvania and the University of Pennsylvania to apply geographic information science (GIS) research methods to the study of obesity and obesity-related health disparities.
Specific aims i nclude: 1. To advance the state of knowledge about the relationship between environmental factors and individual health outcomes - specifically, obesity and obesity-related health disparities - by applying GIS and spatial research methods. 2. To educate investigators and students at Cheney University and the University of Pennsylvania about how GIS and spatial analysis can be used to study health disparities. 3. To expand the application spatial analytic techniques and research methods to support investigators engaged in the Research and Pilot Research cores. Special emphasis will be placed on the use of raster GIS techniques to measure the social, environmental and health services contexts as much more continuous areas and to take into account a broad range of factors within the environment that can influence individual health outcomes. The CML will work closely with the GIS lab at Cheney regarding spatial data, data processing and GIS research methods as applied to obesity and obesity-related health disparities research.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD)
Type
Comprehensive Center (P60)
Project #
1P60MD000209-01
Application #
6696485
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZMD1)
Project Start
2002-09-30
Project End
2007-09-29
Budget Start
Budget End
Support Year
1
Fiscal Year
2002
Total Cost
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Pennsylvania
Department
Type
DUNS #
042250712
City
Philadelphia
State
PA
Country
United States
Zip Code
19104

  Publications

Kumanyika, Shiriki K; Morales, Knashawn H; Allison, Kelly C et al. (2018) Two-Year Results of Think Health! ¡Vive Saludable!: A Primary Care Weight-Management Trial. Obesity (Silver Spring) 26:1412-1421
Huang, Shirley H; Parks, Elizabeth P; Kumanyika, Shiriki K et al. (2012) Child-feeding practices among Chinese-American and non-Hispanic white caregivers. Appetite 58:922-7
Parks, Elizabeth P; Kumanyika, Shiriki; Moore, Reneé H et al. (2012) Influence of stress in parents on child obesity and related behaviors. Pediatrics 130:e1096-104
Kumanyika, Shiriki K; Fassbender, Jennifer E; Sarwer, David B et al. (2012) One-year results of the Think Health! study of weight management in primary care practices. Obesity (Silver Spring) 20:1249-57
Kumanyika, Shiriki; Fassbender, Jennifer; Phipps, Etienne et al. (2011) Design, recruitment and start up of a primary care weight loss trial targeting African American and Hispanic adults. Contemp Clin Trials 32:215-24
Hillier, Amy; Cole, Brian L; Smith, Tony E et al. (2009) Clustering of unhealthy outdoor advertisements around child-serving institutions: a comparison of three cities. Health Place 15:935-45
Kranz, Sibylle; Mitchell, Diane C; Smiciklas-Wright, Helen et al. (2009) Consumption of recommended food groups among children from medically underserved communities. J Am Diet Assoc 109:702-7
Wright, Tracey B; Shults, Justine; Leonard, Mary B et al. (2009) Hypovitaminosis D is associated with greater body mass index and disease activity in pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus. J Pediatr 155:260-5
Grier, Sonya A; Kumanyika, Shiriki K (2008) The context for choice: health implications of targeted food and beverage marketing to African Americans. Am J Public Health 98:1616-29
Magge, Sheela N; O'Neill, Kristen L; Shults, Justine et al. (2008) Leptin levels among prepubertal children with Down syndrome compared with their siblings. J Pediatr 152:321-6

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