Publications
Tucker, Ingram, M., Doubleday, K., Piper, R., Sander, A., Flores, R., Martinez, D., & Carvajal, S. (2022). Results From La Vida Buena (The Good Life): A Quasi-Experimental Intervention of a Community Health Worker–Led Family-Based Childhood Obesity Program for Latino Children 5–8 Years of Age on the U.S.-Mexico Border. Health Promotion Practice, 15248399221112691-15248399221112691. https://doi.org/10.1177/15248399221112691
Tucker, Ingram, M., Martinez, D., Sander, A., & Flores, R. (2022). Guided evaluation activities to understand children’s experience of an obesity prevention programme. Health Education Journal, 81(1), 109–120. https://doi.org/10.1177/00178969211052355
Tucker, Ingram, M., Doubleday, K., Piper, R., & Carvajal, S. C. (2019). La Vida Buena (The Good Life) evaluation: A quasi experimental intervention of a community health worker-led family-based childhood obesity program for Latino children 5-8 years of age on the US-Mexico border. BMC Public Health, 19(1), 759–759. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-019-7081-x
Presentations from PEI
Johnson, K., Gutierrez, I., Torres, E., Garcia, C., Tucker, K., & Ingram, M. (November, 2022) A Community-Driven Academic Partnership uses a data-driven approach to mitigate cultural barriers to sexual and mental health education among Latinx teens. Oral presentation at the 2022 APHA Annual Meeting.
Tucker, Ingram, M., Martinez, D., Sander, A., Piper, R., & Flores, R. (October, 2020). Compromise and Collaboration for a community-engaged partnership for La Vida Buena [The Good Life], a childhood obesity intervention for Latino children aged 5-8 on the US-Mexico border.
Tucker, Ingram, M., Martinez, D., Sander, A., & Flores, R. (October, 2021). Using guided evaluation activities to understand children’s experience and learning in la vida buena [the good life] (oral presentation in-person). Oral Presentation at the 2021 APHA Annual Meeting.
Tucker, Ingram, M., Martinez, D., Sander, A., & Flores, R. (October, 2021). : Results from la vida buena [the good life], a CHW-led family-based childhood obesity intervention for Latino children 5-8 years old. Roundtable presentation at the 2021 APHA Annual Meeting.
Community Health Needs Assessments
The Participatory Evaluation Institute partnered with the City of Tucson Environmental and General Services Department to conduct community assessments in two neighborhoods in Tucson: Thrive in the 05 and La Doce. The assessments were conducted under the City of Tucson’s 2018 Brownfield Assessment Grant. As part of the assessments, the PEI engaged with a variety of organizations, community leaders, and community members to identify priorities for the re-development of Brownfield sites, which include underused or vacant properties that may be contaminated due to historical use. The PEI was told that this may be one of the first successful community assessments for a Brownfield grant project in EPA Region 9! The PEI Assessment team included Katy Ortiz y Pino, Rodrigo Valenzuela-Cordova and MPH student Alfonso Trujillo. The assessments are not yet available on the City of Tucson website, but you can access them through the links below: