¡Míranos!
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Promoting the healthy development of Latino preschoolers through center- and home-based interventions
Project Summary:
¡Míranos! (Look at Us, We Are Healthy!) is a participatory project, tailored to Latino preschool children and their parents, to promote the healthy development of predominantly Latino children in Head Start in San Antonio. The Míranos program includes center-based (policy changes, staff development, gross motor program and nutrition education) and home-based (parent engagement/education, home visits) interventions to address key enablers and barriers in obesity prevention in young children.
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Keywords: Latino, urban, family-focused, pre-school, development, Head Start, obesity prevention, nutrition, physical activity, policy change, cost effectiveness
Project Details:
Principal Investigators: Zenong Yin, Ph.D.; Deborah Parra-Medina, Ph.D.
Project Title: Obesity Prevention in Head Start: The ¡Míranos! Program (R01DK109323)
Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Collaborators: Todd Olmstead, Ph.D., UT Austin; Meizi He, Ph.D., UT Austin; Erica Sosa, PhD., UT San Antonio; Yuanyuan Lian, Ph.D., University of Maryland, Blatimore; Cindy Schoenmakers, Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc; Vanessa Errisuriz, Ph.D., UT Austin; Eva Gonzalez Villanueva, MSSW, MPH, UT Austin; Laura Delfausse, MS, UT Austin.
Project Period: 2016-2021
Location: San Antonio, Texas
Promoting the healthy development of Latino preschoolers through center- and home-based interventions
Project Summary:
¡Míranos! (Look at Us, We Are Healthy!) is a participatory project, tailored to Latino preschool children and their parents, to promote the healthy development of predominantly Latino children in Head Start in San Antonio. The Míranos program includes center-based (policy changes, staff development, gross motor program and nutrition education) and home-based (parent engagement/education, home visits) interventions to address key enablers and barriers in obesity prevention in young children.
Read about this project in the news.
Keywords: Latino, urban, family-focused, pre-school, development, Head Start, obesity prevention, nutrition, physical activity, policy change, cost effectiveness
Project Details:
Principal Investigators: Zenong Yin, MA, PhD (UTSA); Deborah Parra-Medina, MPH, PhD, FAAHB
Project Title: Obesity Prevention in Head Start: The ¡Míranos! Program (R01DK109323)
Funder: National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases
Collaborators: Todd Olmstead, PhD, UT Austin; Meizi He, PhD, UTSA; Erica Sosa, PhD, UTSA; Yuanyuan Liang, PhD, University of Maryland, Baltimore; Cindy Schoenmakers, Family Service Association of San Antonio, Inc.
Project Period: 2016-2021
Location: San Antonio, Texas
