Madison E Santella

ORCID: 0000-0001-9736-6516
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Research Areas
  • Obesity and Health Practices
  • Dietetics, Nutrition, and Education
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Impact of Technology on Adolescents
  • Child Development and Digital Technology
  • Consumer Behavior in Brand Consumption and Identification
  • Behavioral Health and Interventions
  • Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
  • Social and Behavioral Studies
  • Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
  • Social Media in Health Education
  • Cultural Competency in Health Care

West Virginia University
2018-2019

West Virginia State University
2019

Background: Consumption of health- and fitness-related social media content is a predominant behavior among teenage girls, which puts them at risk for consuming unreliable health-related information.

10.2196/11404 article EN cc-by JMIR Formative Research 2018-12-10

Health professionals generally have positive attitudes towards the role of nutrition in medicine, but limited knowledge and low self-efficacy for incorporating it into routine care. To assess effectiveness a "learn first, practice second" intervention on nutrition-related knowledge, attitudes, multidisciplinary health professionals, present approach consisted 16 weeks online education 2 cultural immersion Tuscany, Italy. Data was captured via surveys at Baseline, Post-education,...

10.1080/09637486.2019.1661977 article EN International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition 2019-11-14

Purpose Eating away from home frequency is increasing and linked with numerous adverse health outcomes. The purpose of this paper to inform the development promotion materials for improving eating behaviors by elucidating related parent child cognitions. Design/methodology/approach Parents ( n =37) children =35; ages 6–11 years) participated in focus group discussions, based on social cognitive theory. Data were content analyzed detect themes. Findings Many parents concerned about what ate...

10.1108/bfj-07-2018-0431 article EN British Food Journal 2019-06-03

The Model of Goal-directed Behavior (MGB) was used to examine factors influencing college students' intentions consume fruit and vegetable (F&V). College students, ages 19 years or older pursuing any undergraduate major at University Alabama participated in this cross-sectional study. Participants completed validated survey instruments measuring attitude, subjective norm, perceived behavioral control, intention, positive anticipated emotion, negative past behavior desire. Structural equation...

10.1080/14635240.2018.1505533 article EN International Journal of Health Promotion and Education 2018-08-09

<sec> <title>BACKGROUND</title> Consumption of health- and fitness-related social media content is a predominant behavior among teenage girls, which puts them at risk for consuming unreliable health-related information. </sec> <title>OBJECTIVE</title> This mixed-methods study (qualitative quantitative) assessed health attitudes practices as well use adolescent girls. Additionally, similar behaviors adults who regularly interact with this population were studied. <title>METHODS</title> Girls...

10.2196/preprints.11404 preprint EN 2018-06-26
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