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Name TitleType of RequestResearch StatusPublished
Aifili TufaPrevalence of Overweight, Obesity, and Acanthosis Nigricans Among American Samoan Children Ages 2 to 18 Years OldDissertationCompleteYes
Aifili TufaThe Relationship Among Infant Feeding Practice, BMI, and Acanthosis Nigricans Among American Samoan Children Ages 2 to 8 Years Old: Results From the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramDissertationCompleteYes
Aifili TufaAcculturation and Childhood Overweight and Obesity in American Samoa: Results From the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL) ProgramDissertationCompleteYes
Allison CalabreseThe Relationship Between Protein Intake and Acanthosis Nigricans Among Young Children in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program in the United States Affiliated PacificThesisCompleteYes
Allison TsuchidaComparing Energy Expenditure Estimates Across 3 Measures of Physical Activity: Accelerometry, Physical Activity Logs, and a Physical Activity QuestionnaireNo
Amalie MonluxThe Association Between Food Security Status and Fruit and Vegetable Consumption in Children in Hawai?iDissertationCompleteYes
Amalie MonluxWhat Influences Children's Food Choices?DissertationCompleteNo
Amalie MonluxTrends in Added Sugar Intake of Children 2-8 in the Pacific Region: A Children's Healthy Living StudyDissertationCompleteNo
Amalie MonluxComparing Obesity Rates and Food Security Among Children in Rural Cities in HawaiiDissertationCompleteYes
Andrea BersaminPrevalence and Predictors of Obesity in Alaska Native ChildrenNot in ProgressNo
Andrea BersaminThe Prevalence of Obesity in Alaska Native Children: Results From the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program (Abstract)AbstractCompleteNo
Anthony OkelyAssociations between 24-hr movement behaviours and malnutrition and Acanthosis Nigricans in children aged 2-5y in the Pacific: a compositional analysis
Anthony OkelyCHL Patterns Grant ProposalGrant
Anthony OkelyAssociations between 24-hour movement behaviors and adiposity
Ariella KornRole of social ecological model level on young Pacific childrenÕs sugar-sweetened beverage and water intakes: ChildrenÕs Healthy Living interventionDissertationCompleteYes
Ashley YamanakaExamination of Healthy Growth Among Children of the US Affiliated Pacific RegionDissertationCompleteYes
Ashley YamanakaThe Cost of a Healthy Diet and Prevalence of Overweight and Obesity in the US Affiliated Pacific Region, a ChildrenÕs Healthy Living StudyManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Ashley YamanakaFood and Physical Activity Environment in the US Affiliated Pacific, the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramManuscriptCompleteYes
Ashley YamanakaDetermination of Child Waist Circumference Cut Points for Metabolic Risk Based on Acanthosis Nigricans, the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramManuscriptCompleteYes
Ashley YamanakaExploration of Healthy Growth among Children of the U.S. Affiliated Pacific RegionDissertationCompleteYes
Ashley YamanakaFood Insecurity and the Food Environment in the US Affiliated Pacific RegionManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Ashley YamanakaEffect of the Children's Healthy Living Program on Diet Quality among Young Children in the Pacific Region: A Randomized Clinical TrialManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Ashley YamanakaHEI Child CutpointsManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Ashley YamanakaExploring Household Size and Child Development in the Pacific RegionManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Carol J BousheyExamining Diet Quality Among the 11 Jurisdictions Participating in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific RegionManuscript CompleteYes
Carol J BousheyExploring Foods of the Pacific (EFP): The ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program (CHL) for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific RegionManuscriptCompleteYes
Carol J BousheyWhat Kind of Activities Do Children in the Pacific Engage In?ManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Carol J BousheyAssociations Between Diet and Physical Activity Among Children in the Western Pacific RegionManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Carol J BousheyCreating the Healthy Eating Index 2005 for CHL Data FilesAnalysisCompleteNo
Caryn E.S. OshiroVariability in Diet Among Children 2 Ð 8 Years Old in the Pacific RegionIn ProgressNo
Chloe LozanoAssociation in diet quality between CHL and EFNEP adults.Abstract, ManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Claire Townsend IngSystems Thinking, Multilevel Approach to Cardiovascular Health in Native HawaiiansManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Claire Townsend IngMultilevel Determinants of Blood Pressure Ð Recruitment ListPreliminary AnalysisIn ProgressNo
Claire Townsend IngSystems Science Informed Multilevel Theoretical Model of Cardiovascular Health in Native HawaiiansIn ProgressNo
Claire Townsend IngExploring the Relationships Between Parent/Caregiver and Child Body Mass Index Among Native HawaiiansIn ProgressNo
Claudio NiggValidation of the Actical Accelerometer in Multiethnic Preschoolers: The ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL) ProgramManuscriptCompleteYes
Dorothea DumuidLifestyle behavior profiles and associations with body sizeManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Douglas TarenFactors Associated With the Occurance and Remission of Acanthosis Nigricans in Pacific ChildrenManuscriptCompleteYes
Elise Dela Cruz-TalbertFast Food Environment, Diet, and Obesity Outcomes Among Children in the US Affiliated PacificDissertationIn ProgressNo
Fiorenzo ToncanFatty Acid intake in US Affiliated jurisdictions of the Children's Healthy LivingManuscriptIn ProgressNo
FritzEvaluating Implementation Process and Progress on a Multi-Component Childhood Obesity Intervention (CHL)No
Geneva MauDietary patterns among East Asian children living in the U.S. Affiliated Pacific Region
Gomes de AguiarWhich Types of Physical Activity Are Related to Healthier BMI Among Children in PacificNo
Halimatou AlaofeDietary Patterns and the Association With Obesity and Socio-Demographic Factors Among American Samoa and Guam Children/Adherence to the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) and Risk of Obesity and Acanthosis Nigricans Among American Samoa and Guam ChildrenNo
Halimatou AlaofeDietary Patterns and the Association With Obesity and Socio-Demographic Factors in Children Across the Pacific Region: A Cross-Sectional StudyNo
Ivenglynn AndonData Analysis on Sleep and Sedentary Lifestyles. (Revised Title Project) Analysis of Obesity Indicators (Sedentary Behaviors, Sleep, and Acculturation) of Children in the ChildrenÕs Health Living (CHL) Program in PohnpeiUndergraduate TopicCompleteNo
James P. BarryEffects of Measuring ChildrenÕs Physical Activity Guidelines With Smaller Epochs of TimeNo
Jang Ho KimChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations of the Pacific Region: Brief IntroductionPresentionYes
Jean ButelCommunity Social Network Pattern Analysis: Development of a Novel Methodology Using a Complex, Multi-Level Health InterventionManuscriptCompleteYes
Jean ButelDoes Community Readiness Mediate the Dose of Multilevel, Multisite Intervention Activities in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL) Program?ManuscriptCompleteYes
Jean ButelMeasuring Dose and Ordering of Collective Efficacy Building Blocks Using the Multilevel Multisite ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program InterventionManuscriptCompleteYes
Jean ButelHow Can Collective Efficacy Interventions Be Adapted? A Case Study of the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program (Abstract)AbstractCompleteYes
Jean ButelInfluence of Social Ecologic Level of Intervention Activity on Behavioral and Biologic Outcomes in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL) Trial in the PacificManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Jean ButelLocal Food Strategies to Enhance Collective Efficacy and Community Health & WellbeingManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Jean ButelMapping Networks to Implement Collective Efficacy Building Blocks Using a Multilevel, Multisite Intervention: The Children's Healthy Living ProgramManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Jean ButelCHL Food Cost Survey Locally Produced FoodsManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Jean ButelSustaining a Multi-level, Multi-Site Intervention: A Case-Study from the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramAbstract In ProgressNo
Joshua GreenbergThe Affordability of a Thrifty Food Plan-Based Market Basket in the United States-Affiliated Pacific RegionManuscriptCompleteYes
Joshua SilvaRelating Crop Diversity, Abundance, Productivity, and Utilization of Traditional Agroforest Systems to Child Health in PohnpeiManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Julia HavinisAssessing Fruit and Vegetable Consumption Among Childhood Obesity in HawaiiInternship ProjectCompleteNo
Katalina McGloneMedical Conditions of Young Children Participating in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramNo
Katalina McGloneFeasibility of Using Accelerometers With Preschool ChildrenNo
Kathryn BraunImproving Indigenous Public Health through Community-Engaged Interventions: Stories of Success
Kevin Meyers MathieuRe-evaluation of the Thrifty Food Plan (TFP) in Alaska and Hawaii
Kim YonemoriCollecting Wrappers, Labels, and Packages to Enhance Dietary Information From Food Records Among Children 2Ð8 Years Participating in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program (CHL) for Remote Underserved Minority Populations in the Pacific RegionManuscriptCompleteYes
Kristi HammondApplication of the NOVA classification system to ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL)ManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Lenora MatananePara I FamaguÕon-Ta: Fruit and Vegetable Intake, Food Store Environment, and Childhood Overweight/Obesity in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program on GuamManuscriptCompleteYes
Lucia A. SealeDietary Selenium Intake, Obesity and Acanthosis Nigricans Among Young Children From the US Affiliated Pacific RegionManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Marie K. FialkowskiThe Benefits of Integrating Place-Based Learning in an Online Introductory Nutrition Class for the Pacific: An Outcome of The Children's Healthy Living Training ProgramManuscriptCompleteYes
Marie K. FialkowskiUnanticipated Capacity Building in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Multi-Level and Multi-Site Integrated Coordinated Agricultural Program in the Pacific (Abstract)AbstractCompleteYes
Marie K. FialkowskiAssessing Enculturation of Remote, Underserved Parents and Caregivers From the US Affiliated Pacific Islands, Hawaii and Alaska: The ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramManuscriptCompleteYes
Marie Kainoa FialkowskiThe ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Summer Institute: An Opportunity for Sustained Pacific Workforce Capacity Development (Abstract)AbstractCompleteYes
Marie Kainoa FialkowskiCommunity Readiness for a Child Obesity Prevention Intervention in the US Affiliated PacificIn ProgressNo
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski RevillaTiming of complementary food introduction and obesity risk in young children in the Children's Healthy Living Training ProgramIn ProgressNo
Marie Kainoa Fialkowski Revilla for Geneva MauPreliminary Analysis Ð Exploring Possibility of Assessing Diets of East Asian CHL ParticipantsIn ProgressNo
Meghan McGurkExamining Risk Factors for Obesity and Chronic Disease to Inform Hawaii State Department of Health Initiatives for Young Children.Presentation, Report?CompleteYes
Melanie HingleThe Relationship Between Diet Quality and Food Insecurity Among Children of the US Affiliated Pacific RegionManuscriptCompleteYes
Melanie HinglePrevalence of Food Insecurity Among Children of the US Affiliated Pacific RegionPreliminary Analysis?CompleteNo
Melanie NicholsPrecision Evidence for Childhood Obesity Prevention Interventions (PRECIS)ManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Monica EsquivelComparing Sedentary and Dietary Behaviors of Preschool Aged Children by Childcare Setting in the U.S. Affiliated PacificManuscriptCompleteYes
Monica EsquivelWaist Measurements and Weight Classification in Young Children: A study of the Children's Healthy Living Program (CHL)PendingNo
Monica EsquivelEffect of Head Start Preschool Participation on Dietary Intake, Physical Activity Levels and BMI Status: Supporting Role of Food Program and Policy in Hawaii, Alaska and US Territories in the PacificManuscriptPendingYes
Monica EsquivelComparing Growth Assessments and Predictive Validity of Central Adiposity of CDC 2000 and WHO 2007 Reference Data in Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander Children: Baseline Data From the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program (CHL)PendingNo
Monica EsquivelHawaii Child Food Frequency Questionnaire Development (HICFFQ)Manuscript, AbstractIn ProgressNo
Monica EsquivelNutrition Status of Filipino Children Across USAP (working title)ManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Monica Esquivel (initially Marie K. Fialkowski)Disparity in Nutrition Monitoring in the US Affiliated Pacific: A Call From the Children's Healthy Living Program to Develop a Nutrition Monitoring System for the Prevention of Obesity and Non-Communicable DiseasesIn ProgressNo
N. Kau_i BaumhoferDistribution of Food Environment Resources by Community CharacteristicsIn ProgressNo
Patricia ColemanRelationship Between Sugar-Sweetened Beverages, Sugary Beverages, and Weight Status in CNMI ChildrenIn ProgressNo
Patricia ColemanUsing Data on Sugar-Sweetened Beverage (SSB) Consumption Among Young Child Nutrition Assistance Program [Food Stamp] Recipients in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) to Inform Policy & Project DevelopmentIn ProgressNo
Pauline M. McFallDietary Intake of Young Children in American SamoaPreliminary Analysis?CompleteNo
Pauline McFallAn assessment of dietary intake among young American Samoan childrenDissertationIn ProgressNo
Peter HovmandDevelopment and Evaluation of a Group Model Building Facilitation Protocol for Community Food SystemsManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Rachael Leon GuerreroPrevalence and Predictors of Overweight and Obesity among Young Children in the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Study on GuamManuscriptCompleteYes
Rachel NovotnyYear 5 of the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program for Remote Underserved Minority Populations of the Pacific Region (CHL) (Abstract)ManuscriptCompleteNo
Rachel NovotnyCHL Multilevel Multicomponent Intervention for Child Health in Native Communities in the US Affiliated PacificManuscriptCompleteYes
Rachel NovotnyGeography of Young Child BMI Status Across the US Affiliated Pacific Region: The ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramIn ProgressNo
Rachel NovotnyThe Role of the Food and Physical Activity Environment on the Impact of the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL) Trial in the US Affiliated Pacific RegionManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Rachel NovotnyThe Pacific Tracker (PacTrac) Version 3.1 Diet and Physical Activity Assessment Tool for the PacificManuscriptCompleteYes
Rachel NovotnyNutrient intakes and their relationship to measures of obesity and early diabetes among young children in the Children's Healthy Living Program in the US affiliated Pacific RegionManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Rachel NovotnyMaintenance Outcomes of the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program on Overweight, Obesity, and Acanthosis Nigricans Among Young Children in the US-Affiliated Pacific RegionManuscriptCompleteYes
Rachel NovotnyFood group, macronutrient intake and metabolic status in the US-Affiliated Pacific's Children's Healthy Living (CHL) ProgramManuscriptCompleteYes
Rachel NovotnyPutting People Back Into Community Food Systems: Community Based System Dynamics Across Five Pacific JurisdictionsAbstractCompleteYes
Remedios PerezChildhood Obesity and School-Neighborhood Food Store Access in GuamIn ProgressNo
Reynolette EttienneAccelerometers in the Freely Associated States: Objective Measures of Physical Activity in Micronesia; the ChildrenÕs Healthy Living ProgramManuscriptCompleteYes
Reynolette EttienneÒPour Some Sugar on MeÓ Investigating Beverage Consumption and Its Association With Weight Status and Other Behaviors in Micronesian Children: The ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL) ProgramCompleteYes
Rica Dela CruzExploratory Study to Assess the Food and Physical Activity Environments in Communities in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)DissertationIn ProgressNo
Rica Dela CruzPredictors of Childhood Overweight and Obesity in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana IslandsDissertationIn ProgressNo
Rica Dela CruzSpecial Data Request for Situational Data Analysis and Intervention Development in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI)DissertationIn ProgressNo
Rica Dela CruzExploring Foods of the Pacific: Frequency of Consumption of Traditional, Acculturated Fruits and Vegetables Among Children in the PacificManuscriptCompleteYes
Rica Dela CruzUnderstanding parent/caregiver health literacy in the U.S. Pacific states and territoriesManuscript CompleteYes
Rica Dela CruzGMB Workshop Introduction PresentationsPresentationCompleteNo
Ross K. VilligerHow does Hawai'i (HI) stack up: Comparing nutrient intakes in 2-8 year old participants in the Children's Healthy Living (CHL) program in HI to National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey (NHANES)PresentationCompleteNo
Ruth Le'auHawaii Food Access AssessmentExpiredNo
Ruth Le'auStrategies to Prevent Obesity, Diabetes, and Heart Disease and Stroke Among Adults in HawaiiÕs Four Main CountiesExpiredNo
Solange SaxbyAssessing inadequate nutrient intake among children aged 2 to 8 in Alaska: Children’s Healthy Living Cohort.Abstract, ManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Sarah RyanPrevalence and Correlates of Movement Behaviours in Children in the North Pacific RegionManuscriptCompleteYes
Shelly Blas LaguanaUtilizing CHL Diet Data to Help Create an FFQ Tool for Children on GuamDissertation CompleteYes
Shelly Blas LaguanaDietary Intake of Young Children on Guam: The ChildrenÕs Healthy Living Program (CHL)DissertationCompleteYes
Shelly Blas Laguana (initially Yvette Paulino)Diet and Physical Activity Patterns of Children in Guam: The ChildrenÕs Healthy Living (CHL) ProgramDissertationCompleteYes
Sumeet SaksenaHousehold Air Pollution's association with diabetes and weight disorders in the Freely Associated StatesAbstract, ManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Tanisha AflagueAddressing childhood obesity through novel assessments, enhancement of summer enrichment programs, and surveillance in GuamDissertationCompleteYes
Tanisha AflagueExamining breastfeeding duration on childhood dietary behaviors among young children in GuamManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Tanisha AflagueChild Acculturation Drives Dietary Differences in GuamManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Treena Becker & Meghan FloydCaregiver Substance Use and the Health and Wellbeing of their children in the Freely Associated StatesManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Victoria FliscoExploring the Relationships Between Parent/Caregiver and Child Body Mass Index Among Native HawaiiansThesisCompleteYes
Yurii ShvetsovHEI-2015 and DASH Descriptive Analysis & ValidationManuscriptIn ProgressNo
Yurii ShvetsovAssociation of Diet Quality Index (HEI-2015, DASH) and CHL Outcomes ManuscriptIn ProgressNo

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