Douglas L Taren
- Professor Emeritus
- (520) 626-8375
- AHSC, Rm. 4335
- TUCSON, AZ 85724-5163
- taren@arizona.edu
Biography
Douglas Taren, PhD, MS, focuses on maternal and child nutrition with a special emphasis on decreasing health disparities within low income populations and countries. His studies and teaching experiences in maternal and child health have been conducted in several Latin American, Asian and African countries with funding from numerous organizations including USAID, FAO, NIH, CDC, and the Elizabeth Glaser Pediatric AIDS Foundation. These projects have focused on food security programs with organizations such as Save the Children and Counterparts International, improving programs that prevent and treat vitamin A deficiency in pregnant women and young children, and effectiveness studies on decreasing mother-to-child HIV transmission. He also has worked on improving dietary assessment methods and community-based programs to decrease childhood obesity. Dr. Taren has been involved with developing a variety of innovative curricula for medical education and for public health practitioners. Dr. Taren received an NIH award to evaluate an integrated nutrition curriculum for medical education and has received funds from the Maternal and Child Health Bureau to develop graduate level training programs. He also was the principal investigator of a USAID grant to create a certificate program in public health in conjunction with El Colegio de Sonora. He has served as a resource person to the World Health Organization Nutrition Guidance Expert Advisory Group Monitoring and Evaluation Subgroup on Guidelines for the Assessment of Vitamin A, and Iron Status in Populations. He is currently the Director of the Western Region Public Health Training Center (http://wrphtc.arizona.edu).
Selected Publications:
Taren DL, Duncan B, Shrestha K, Shrestha N, Genaro-Wolf D, Schleicher RL, Pfeiffer CM, Sowell AL, Greivenkamp J, Canfield L. The Night Vision Threshold Test is a Better Predictor of Low Serum Vitamin A Concentrations than Self-Reported Night Blindness in Urban Nepalese Pregnant Women. J Nutrition 134:2573-2578, 2004.
Taren DL, Varela F, Dotson JW, Eden J, Egger M, Harper J, Johnson R, Kennedy R, Kent H, Muramoto M, Peacock JC, Roberts R, Shea-Ramirez J, Streeter N, Velarde L, and the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium. Developing a University-Workforce Partnership to Address Rural and Frontier MCH Training Needs: the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium (RMPHEC). Maternal and Child Health Journal DOI 10.1007/s10995-008-0420-7.
Alaofe H, , Burney J. Naylor R, Taren D. Solar-powered drip irrigation impacts on household food production, dietary diversity and women’s empowerment in Northern Benin. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 2016:1-12; DOI: 10.1177/0379572116639710.
Floden L, Taren DL, Muramoto ML, Leischow S. BMI changes in adolescents treated with Bupropion SR for smoking cessation. Obesity 24(1):26-29, 2016.
Alaofè H., Burney J., Naylor R., Taren D. Prevalence of anaemia, deficiencies of iron and vitamin A and their determinants in rural women and young children: a cross-sectional study in Kalalé district of northern Benin. Public Health Nutrition. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/S1368980016003608, Published online: 25 January 2017
Andrade R, Healy E, Muramoto M, Govindarajan L, Cunningham J, Taren D. The Development and Evolution of Public Health Essentials In Action: A Training Course on the 3 Core Functions and 10 Essential Public Health Services. Pedagogy in Health Promotion (In Press).
Nutrition and Health in a Developing World, 3rd Edition. de Pee, S, Taren DL, Bloem M (Eds). Springer Verlag Publishers. (In Press)
Taren D, de Pee S. The Spectrum of Malnutrition. In Nutrition and Health in a Developing World, 3rd Edition. Editors: De Pee, Taren and Bloem. Springer Verlag Publishers. (In Press)
Taren D, Lutter C. The Role of Breastfeeding Protection, Promotion and Support in a Developing World. In Nutrition and Health in a Developing World, 3rd Edition. Editors: De Pee, Taren and Bloem. Springer Verlag Publishers. (In Press)
Degrees
- Ph.D. International Nutrition
- Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
- Effects of Ascaris lumbricoides on the Nutritional Status of Children in Chiriquí Province, Republic of Panama. Doctor of Philosophy Dissertation, Cornell University, Malden Nesheim, Chair
- M.S. Nutritional Sciences
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- B.S. Microbiology
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona
- PhD
- Cornell University, Ithaca, US
Work Experience
- University of Arizona College of Public Health, Tucson, Arizona (2007 - Ongoing)
- University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona (1993 - Ongoing)
- Unviersity of South Florida College of Public Health (1987 - 1992)
- University of Arizona, Tucson ()
Awards
- 2013 Public Health Training Centers (PHTC) program Model Practices and Promising Practices Series
- HRSA and ASPPH, Fall 2013
- UA Academic Leadership Institute
- UA Office of the Provost, Spring 2012
- UA Office of the Provost, Spring 2011
Interests
Research
Maternal and Child Health; Nutrition; Local Food Systems; Food Security; Global Health
Teaching
Public Health Nutrition, International Nutrition, Public Health Communications, Active Learning
Courses
2022-23 Courses
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Dissertation
HPS 920 (Spring 2023) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Fall 2022)
2021-22 Courses
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Dissertation
HPS 920 (Spring 2022) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Fall 2021)
2020-21 Courses
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Dissertation
HPS 920 (Summer I 2021) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Spring 2021) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Spring 2021) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Fall 2020) -
Independent Study
HPS 599 (Fall 2020) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Fall 2020) -
Preceptorship
HPS 491 (Fall 2020) -
Public Health Nutrition
HPS 478 (Fall 2020) -
Public Health Nutrition
HPS 578 (Fall 2020) -
Public Health Nutrition
NSC 578 (Fall 2020) -
The World's Food Health
HPS 516 (Fall 2020) -
The World's Food and Health
HPS 416 (Fall 2020)
2019-20 Courses
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Dissertation
HPS 920 (Summer I 2020) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Summer I 2020) -
Pub Hlth Communications
HPS 642 (Summer I 2020) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Spring 2020) -
Independent Study
HPS 599 (Spring 2020) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Spring 2020) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Fall 2019) -
Independent Study
HPS 399 (Fall 2019) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Fall 2019) -
The World's Food and Health
HPS 416 (Fall 2019)
2018-19 Courses
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Global Experienc Public Health
HPS 493C (Summer I 2019) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Summer I 2019) -
Mch Pgms/Rural Southwest
HPS 597B (Summer I 2019) -
Pub Hlth Communications
HPS 642 (Summer I 2019) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Spring 2019) -
Independent Study
HPS 599 (Spring 2019) -
International Nutrition
HPS 560 (Spring 2019) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Spring 2019) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Fall 2018) -
Independent Study
HPS 599 (Fall 2018) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Fall 2018) -
The World's Food Health
HPS 516 (Fall 2018) -
The World's Food and Health
HPS 416 (Fall 2018)
2017-18 Courses
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Global Experienc Public Health
HPS 493C (Summer I 2018) -
Global Health
HPS 433 (Summer I 2018) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Summer I 2018) -
Mch Pgms/Rural Southwest
HPS 597B (Summer I 2018) -
Pub Hlth Communications
HPS 642 (Summer I 2018) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
HPS 399 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
HPS 599 (Spring 2018) -
Independent Study
HPS 699 (Spring 2018) -
International Nutrition
HPS 560 (Spring 2018) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Spring 2018) -
Dissertation
HPS 920 (Fall 2017) -
Evaluat Public Hlth Literature
HPS 609 (Fall 2017) -
Independent Study
HPS 399 (Fall 2017) -
Master's Report
HPS 909 (Fall 2017) -
Pub Hlth Communications
HPS 642 (Fall 2017)
2016-17 Courses
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Global Experienc Public Health
CPH 493C (Summer I 2017) -
Independent Study
CPH 599 (Summer I 2017) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Summer I 2017) -
Dissertation
CPH 920 (Spring 2017) -
Independent Study
CPH 599 (Spring 2017) -
International Nutrition
CPH 560 (Spring 2017) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Spring 2017) -
Dissertation
CPH 920 (Fall 2016) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Fall 2016) -
Pub Hlth Communications
CPH 642 (Fall 2016) -
Special Topics Public Health
CPH 459 (Fall 2016) -
Special Topics Public Health
CPH 559 (Fall 2016)
2015-16 Courses
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Master's Report
CPH 909 (Summer I 2016) -
Dissertation
CPH 920 (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
CPH 499 (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
CPH 599 (Spring 2016) -
Independent Study
CPH 699 (Spring 2016) -
International Nutrition
CPH 560 (Spring 2016) -
Master's Report
CPH 909 (Spring 2016) -
Special Topics Public Health
CPH 459 (Spring 2016) -
Special Topics Public Health
CPH 559 (Spring 2016)
Scholarly Contributions
Books
- de Pee, S., Taren, D., & Bloem, M. (2017). Nutrition and Health in a Developing World. US: Springer Publisher.More infoAn edited book to be released in conjunction with the UN post-2015 Development Goals.
Journals/Publications
- Alaofè, H., Burney, J., Naylor, R., & Taren, D. (2019). The impact of a Solar Market Garden programme on dietary diversity, women's nutritional status and micronutrient levels in Kalalé district of northern Benin. Public health nutrition, 22(14), 2670-2681.More infoTo examine the impacts of a Solar Market Garden 1-year solar-powered drip irrigation (SMG) programme in Kalalé district of northern Benin on mothers' nutritional status and micronutrient levels.
- Asaolu, I., Nuño, V. L., Ernst, K., Taren, D., & Ehiri, J. (2019). Healthcare system indicators associated with modern contraceptive use in Ghana, Kenya, and Nigeria: evidence from the Performance Monitoring and Accountability 2020 data. Reproductive health, 16(1), 152.More infoPublic health literature is replete with evidence on individual and interpersonal indicators of modern contraceptive use. There is, however, limited knowledge regarding healthcare system indicators of modern contraceptive use. This study assessed how the healthcare system influences use of modern contraceptive among women in Ghana, Kenya, and two large population states in Nigeria.
- Brooks, A. J., Chen, M. K., Goldblatt, E., Klatt, M., Kligler, B., Koithan, M. S., Kreitzer, M. J., Lee, J. K., Lopez, A. M., Maizes, V., Sandvold, I., Taren, D., & Lebensohn, P. (2019). Introducing integrative primary health care to an interprofessional audience: Feasibility and impact of an asynchronous online course. Explore (New York, N.Y.).More infoAlthough there is mounting clinical and cost-effectiveness evidence supporting integrative healthcare (IH), a significant knowledge gap hinders widespread adoption by primary care professionals.
- Bauman, A., Ernst, K., Hayden, M., Roe, D. J., Murray, R., Agawo, M., Munga, S., Schmahl, E., & Taren, D. (2018). Assessing Community Health: An Innovative Tool for Measuring Height and Length. Journal of tropical pediatrics, 64(2), 146-150.More infoAnthropometric measurements, including height and length, are routinely needed for health research worldwide. Measurement boards are the current gold standard for obtaining the height and length of children. In community-based research, however, the size and weight of the measurement boards make them difficult and cumbersome to carry in the field. In addition, children and infants may express an unwillingness to be placed onto the measurement board. Electronic measuring tools commonly used in industry and contracting work are precise and portable. This study piloted a protocol to use an adapted laser measurement tool, the anthropometric measurement assist (AMA), to obtain height and recumbent length in children in Western Kenya. Intra- and inter-observer variability were determined and compared with measurement board measurements. Results of this initial pilot indicated that the AMA may be a viable alternative to measurement boards. The AMA can measure height/length accurately and reliably, is portable and is equivalent in price to measuring boards, making it a viable option for fieldwork in low-resourced countries.
- Harrison, C. A., & Taren, D. (2018). How poverty affects diet to shape the microbiota and chronic disease. Nature reviews. Immunology, 18(4), 279-287.More infoHere, we discuss the link between nutrition, non-communicable chronic diseases and socio-economic standing, with a special focus on the microbiota. We provide a theoretical framework and several lines of evidence from both animal and human studies that support the idea that income inequality is an underlying factor for the maladaptive changes seen in the microbiota in certain populations. We propose that this contributes to the health disparities that are seen between lower-income and higher-income populations in high-income countries.
- Alaofe, H. S., Freed, N., Jones, K., Plano, A., & Taren, D. L. (2017). Impacts of Double Up SNAP Farmers’ Market Incentive Program on Fruit and Vegetable Access, Purchase and Consumption. Journal of Nutrition and Health Sciences, 4(3), 304.More infoBackground and Objective: In response to low consumption levels of fruits and vegetables (F&V) by Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants, the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona created the Double Up SNAP (DUSP) farmers’ market (FM) incentive program to examine its impact on awareness of and access to FM, and F&V purchase and consumption in Pima County, AZ.Methods: Cross-sectional surveys were conducted at early and 9-11 months after implementation of DUSP program in two groups of SNAP recipients: DUSP customers and randomized non-DUSP food shoppers. All questionnaires assessed socio-demographic characteristics, awareness of DUSP program, perceived access to FM, and purchasing patterns as well as F&V consumption. Descriptive analyses were tabulated and linear regression was used to estimate the difference in F&V consumption trends in both groups after DUSP implementation.Results: The introduction of DUSP was associated with greater awareness of FM; increased frequency and amount of F&V purchases; and increased self-reported number of F&V consumed and percentage of participants eating vegetables. However, our regression analysis did not detect impacts on frequency of F&V consumption and percentage of participants eating fruitsKeywords: Farmers’ market; Fruits and vegetables; Nutrition incentive; Low-income communitiesConclusion: While our study provides promising evidence that use of FM incentives combined with cooking demonstrations and marketing can increased awareness and use of FM, additional research is needed to better understand impacts on F&V consumption.
- Alaofè, H., Burney, J., Naylor, R., & Taren, D. (2017). Prevalence of anaemia, deficiencies of iron and vitamin A and their determinants in rural women and young children: a cross-sectional study in Kalalé district of northern Benin. Public health nutrition, 1-11.More infoTo identify the magnitude of anaemia and deficiencies of Fe (ID) and vitamin A (VAD) and their associated factors among rural women and children.
- Bauman, A., Ernst, K., Haden, M., Roe, D., Myrrat, R., Agawo, M., Munga, S., Schmahl, E., & Taren, D. (2017). Assessing community health: an innovative tool for measuring height and length" which you submitted to the Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, has been reviewed. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics.
- Burney, J., Alaofe, H. S., Naylor, R., & Taren, D. L. (2017). Impact of a rural solar electrification project on the level and structure of women's empowerment. Environmental Research Letters, 12(9), 095007.More infoAlthough development organizations agree that reliable access to energyand energy services { one of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals { is likely to haveprofound and perhaps disproportionate impacts on women, few studies have directlyempirically estimated the impact of energy access on women's empowerment. This isa function of both a relative dearth of energy access evaluations in general and a lackof clarity on how to quantify gender impacts of development projects. Here we presentan evaluation of the impacts of the Solar Market Garden { a distributed photovoltaicirrigation project { on the level and structure of women's empowerment in Benin,West Africa. We use a quasi-experimental design (matched-pair villages) to estimatechanges in empowerment for project beneciaries after one year of Solar Market Gardenproduction relative to non-beneciaries in both treatment and comparison villages(n=771). To create an empowerment metric, we constructed a set of general questionsbased on existing theories of empowerment, and then used latent variable analysis tounderstand the underlying structure of empowerment locally. We repeated this analysisat follow-up to understand whether the structure of empowerment had changed overtime, and then measured changes in both the levels and likelihood of empowermentover time. We show that the Solar Market Garden signicantly positively impactedwomen's empowerment, particularly through the domain of economic independence.In addition to providing rigorous evidence for the impact of a rural renewable energyproject on women's empowerment, our work lays out a methodology that can be usedin the future to benchmark the gender impacts of energy projects.
- Alaofè, H., Burney, J., Naylor, R., & Taren, D. (2016). Solar-Powered Drip Irrigation Impacts on Crops Production Diversity and Dietary Diversity in Northern Benin. Food and nutrition bulletin, 37(2), 164-75.More infoMeeting the food needs of Africa's growing population will require innovative and appropriate technologies whose effectiveness needs to be assessed.
- Floden, L., Taren, D. L., Muramoto, M. L., & Leischow, S. J. (2016). BMI changes in adolescents treated with bupropion SR for smoking cessation. Obesity (Silver Spring, Md.), 24(1), 26-9.More infoAdolescent overweight and obesity and smoking continue to be very important health challenges because of their lasting effects on overall health. Weight gain after smoking cessation is a barrier to quitting as well as a negative consequence to health. This study reports changes in the body mass index (BMI) z-scores of adolescent smokers participating in a dose-ranging clinical trial of bupropion SR (150 mg/day and 300 mg/day) for smoking cessation.
- Kligler, B., Brooks, A. J., Maizes, V., Goldblatt, E., Klatt, M., Koithan, M. S., Kreitzer, M. J., Lee, J. K., Lopez, A. M., McClafferty, H., Rhode, R., Sandvold, I., Saper, R., Taren, D., Wells, E., & Lebensohn, P. (2015). Interprofessional Competencies in Integrative Primary Healthcare. Global advances in health and medicine : improving healthcare outcomes worldwide, 4(5), 33-9.More infoIn October 2014, the National Center for Integrative Primary Healthcare (NCIPH) was launched as a collaboration between the University of Arizona Center for Integrative Medicine and the Academic Consortium for Integrative Health and Medicine and supported by a grant from the Health Resources and Services Administration. A primary goal of the NCIPH is to develop a core set of integrative healthcare (IH) competencies and educational programs that will span the interprofessional primary care training and practice spectra and ultimately become a required part of primary care education. This article reports on the first phase of the NCIPH effort, which focused on the development of a shared set of competencies in IH for primary care disciplines. The process of development, refinement, and adoption of 10 "meta-competencies" through a collaborative process involving a diverse interprofessional team is described. Team members represent nursing, the primary care medicine professions, pharmacy, public health, acupuncture, naturopathy, chiropractic, nutrition, and behavioral medicine. Examples of the discipline-specific sub-competencies being developed within each of the participating professions are provided, along with initial results of an assessment of potential barriers and facilitators of adoption within each discipline. The competencies presented here will form the basis of a 45-hour online curriculum produced by the NCIPH for use in primary care training programs that will be piloted in a wide range of programs in early 2016 and then revised for wider use over the following year.
- Sabo, S., de Zapien, J., Teufel-Shone, N., Rosales, C., Bergsma, L., & Taren, D. (2015). Service learning: a vehicle for building health equity and eliminating health disparities. American journal of public health, 105 Suppl 1, S38-43.More infoService learning (SL) is a form of community-centered experiential education that places emerging health professionals in community-generated service projects and provides structured opportunities for reflection on the broader social, economic, and political contexts of health. We describe the elements and impact of five distinct week-long intensive SL courses focused on the context of urban, rural, border, and indigenous health contexts. Students involved in these SL courses demonstrated a commitment to community-engaged scholarship and practice in both their student and professional lives. SL is directly in line with the core public health value of social justice and serves as a venue to strengthen community-campus partnerships in addressing health disparities through sustained collaboration and action in vulnerable communities.
- Rosenthal, J., Casas, J., Taren, D., Alverson, C. J., Flores, A., & Frias, J. (2014). Neural tube defects in Latin America and the impact of fortification: a literature review. Public health nutrition, 17(3), 537-50.More infoData on the prevalence of birth defects and neural tube defects (NTD) in Latin America are limited. The present review summarizes NTD prevalence and time trends in Latin American countries and compares pre- and post-fortification periods to assess the impact of folic acid fortification in these countries.
- Holton, K. F., Taren, D. L., Thomson, C. A., Bennett, R. M., & Jones, K. D. (2012). The effect of dietary glutamate on fibromyalgia and irritable bowel symptoms. Clinical and experimental rheumatology, 30(6 Suppl 74), 10-7.More infoTo examine the effects of a challenge with monosodium glutamate (MSG) as compared to placebo on the symptoms of fibromyalgia (FM), in participants who initially experienced >30% remission of symptoms on an excitotoxin elimination diet.
- Kathleen F. Holton, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Cynthia A. Thomson, ., Robert M. Bennett, ., & Kim D. Jones, . (2012). The effect of dietary glutamate on fibromyalgia and irritable bowel symptoms. Clinical and Experimental Rheumatology, 30(SUPPL.74), S10-S17.
- Makhoul, Z., Taren, D., Duncan, B., Pandey, P., Thomson, C., Winzerling, J., Muramoto, M., & Shrestha, R. (2012). Risk factors associated with anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in rural Nepali pregnant women. The Southeast Asian journal of tropical medicine and public health, 43(3), 735-46.More infoWe conducted a cross sectional study to investigate risk factors associated with severe anemia [hemoglobin (Hb) < 8.0 g dl(-1)] and poor iron status among Nepali pregnant women. Socio-demographic, anthropometric, health and dietary data were collected from 3,531 women living in the southeastern plains of Nepal. Stool samples were analyzed for intestinal helminthes. Dark adaptation was assessed using the Night Vision Threshold Test (NVTT). Hb levels were measured in all subjects to detect anemia and the soluble transferrin receptor (sTfR) was measured among a subsample of 479 women. The iron status categories were: 1) normal (Hb> or = 11.0 g/dl and sTfR < or = 8.5 mg/l); 2) anemia without iron deficiency (Hb or = 11.0 g/dl and sTfR>8.5 mg/l); and 4) iron deficiency anemia (IDA): (Hb8.5 mg/l). Factors associated with severe anemia and poor iron status were determined using logistic regression. Hookworm infection increased the risk for developing severe anemia [adjusted odds ratio (AOR): 4.26; 95% CI 1.67-10.89; p
- Taren, D., O'Shea, M. S., Girón, J. M., Cabrera, L., Lescano, A. G., & Taren, D. L. (2012). Public perceptions of intellectual disability in a shantytown community in Lima, Peru. International health, 4(4).More infoDisability is the result of interactions between biological and environmental factors including the physical, economic, and social barriers imposed on an individual by society. In low and middle-income countries, limited attention has been given to the situation of individuals with intellectual disabilities, who remain seriously neglected. Given the lack of resources available to address mental disorders, it is essential to examine the role of socioeconomic and socio-cultural factors in the lives of these individuals. We conducted interviews of key informants and community members in a shantytown community in Lima, Peru, to explore public knowledge, perceptions, and attitudes regarding intellectual disability. Findings indicated that the most important concern for community members was the longstanding issues associated with poverty. There was a profound lack of awareness of intellectual disability among the general population and an absence of social integration for these individuals. However, interviewees also recognized the productive potential of persons with intellectual disabilities provided they received currently inaccessible support services. The results suggest that educational efforts and intervention strategies must be mindful of the challenges of chronic poverty in order to successfully facilitate the social integration of individuals with intellectual disabilities into the community.
- Zeina Makhoul, ., Douglas Taren, ., Burris Duncan, ., Pooja Pandey, ., Cynthia Thomson, ., Joy Winzerling, ., Myra Muramoto, ., & Am Shrestha, . (2012). Risk factors associated with anemia, iron deficiency and iron deficiency anemia in rural Nepali pregnant women. Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health, 43(3), 735-745.
- Douglas L. Taren, ., Frances Varela, ., Jo Ann W. Dotson, ., Joan Eden, ., Marlene Egger, ., John Harper, ., Rhonda Johnson, ., Kathy Kennedy, ., Helene Kent, ., Myra Muramoto, ., Jane C. Peacock, ., Richard Roberts, ., Sheila Sjolander, ., Nan Streeter, ., Lily Velarde, ., & Anne Hill, . (2011). Developing a university-workforce partnership to address rural and frontier MCH training needs: The rocky mountain public health education consortium (RMPHEC). Maternal and Child Health Journal, 15(7), 845-850.
- Michelle Hanson, ., Lois Englberger, ., Burris Duncan, ., Douglas Taren, ., Henrich Mateak, ., & Emihner Johnson, . (2011). An evaluation of a nutrition intervention in Kapinga Village on Pohnpei, Federated States of Micronesia.. Pacific health dialog, 17(1), 173-184.
- Taren, D. L., Varela, F., Dotson, J. A., Eden, J., Egger, M., Harper, J., Johnson, R., Kennedy, K., Kent, H., Muramoto, M., Peacock, J. C., Roberts, R., Sjolander, S., Streeter, N., Velarde, L., Hill, A., & , R. M. (2011). Developing a university-workforce partnership to address rural and frontier MCH training needs: the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium (RMPHEC). Maternal and child health journal, 15(7), 845-50.More infoThe objective of the article is to provide the socio-cultural, political, economic, and geographic conditions that justified a regional effort for training maternal and child health (MCH) professionals in the Rocky Mountain region, describe a historical account of factors that led to the development of the Rocky Mountain Public Health Education Consortium (RMPHEC), and present RMPHEC as a replicable model developed to enhance practice/academic partnerships among state, tribal, and public health agencies and universities to enhance public health capacity and MCH outcomes. This article provides a description of the development of the RMPHEC, the impetus that drove the Consortium's development, the process used to create it, and its management and programs. Beginning in 1997, local, regional, and federal efforts encouraged stronger MCH training and continuing education in the Rocky Mountain Region. By 1998, the RMPHEC was established to respond to the growing needs of MCH professionals in the region by enhancing workforce development through various programs, including the MCH Certificate Program, MCH Institutes, and distance learning products as well as establishing a place for professionals and MCH agencies to discuss new ideas and opportunities for the region. Finally over the last decade local, state, regional, and federal efforts have encouraged a synergy of MCH resources, opportunities, and training within the region because of the health disparities among MCH populations in the region. The RMPHEC was founded to provide training and continuing education to MCH professionals in the region and as a venue to bring regional MCH organizations together to discuss current opportunities and challenges. RMPHEC is a consortium model that can be replicated in other underserved regions, looking to strengthen MCH training and continuing education.
- Abbot, J. M., Thomson, C. A., Ranger-Moore, J., Teixeira, P. J., Lohman, T. G., Taren, D. L., Cussler, E., Going, S. B., & Houtkooper, L. B. (2008). Psychosocial and behavioral profile and predictors of self-reported energy underreporting in obese middle-aged women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 108(1), 114-9.More infoEnergy underreporting is a concern with dietary intake data; therefore, subject characteristics associated with underreporting energy intake should be elucidated. Baseline self-reported dietary intake and measures of diet and weight history, life status, weight-loss readiness, psychology, eating behavior, physical activity, and self-image of obese middle-aged women (mean body mass index [calculated as kg/m(2)]=31.0) enrolled in a lifestyle weight-loss program were evaluated. Of the 155 participating, 71 women were identified as underreporting energy intake using the Goldberg cutoff values. Comparison of means between psychosocial and behavioral measures from energy underreporters and energy accurate reporters were used to help develop logistic regression models that could predict likelihood to underreport energy intake based on baseline measures. Characteristics most predictive of energy underreporting included fewer years of education (P=0.01), less-realistic weight-loss goals (P=0.02), higher perceived exercise competence (P=0.07), more social support to exercise (P=0.04), more body-shape concern (P=0.01), and higher perception of physical condition (P=0.03). These results highlight distinct psychosocial and behavioral characteristics that, at baseline, can help identify the likelihood an overweight middle-aged woman entering a weight-loss intervention will underreport energy intake. These results can help provide a framework for screening study participants for probability of energy underreporting, based on baseline psychosocial and behavioral measures. This knowledge can help researchers target at-risk subjects and, through education and training, improve the accuracy of self-reported energy intake and, ultimately, the accuracy of energy and nutrient intake relationships with health and disease.
- Jaclyn Maurer Abbot, ., Cynthia A. Thomson, ., James Ranger-Moore, ., Pedro J. Teixeira, ., Timothy G. Lohman, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Ellen Cussler, ., Scott B. Going, ., & Linda B. Houtkooper, . (2008). Psychosocial and Behavioral Profile and Predictors of Self-Reported Energy Underreporting in Obese Middle-Aged Women. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 108(1), 114-119.
- Jaclyn Maurer, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Pedro J. Teixeira, ., Cynthia A. Thomson, ., Timothy G. Lohman, ., Scott B. Going, ., & Linda B. Houtkooper, . (2006). The psychosocial and behavioral characteristics related to energy misreporting. Nutrition Reviews, 64(2), 53-66.
- Kelly A. Reynolds, ., Pamela M. Watt, ., Stephanie A. Boone, ., & Charles P. Gerba, . (2005). Occurrence of bacteria and biochemical markers on public surfaces. International Journal of Environmental Health Research, 15(3), 225-234.
- Sandhya Sankaranarayanan, ., Monica Suárez, ., Douglas Taren, ., Denise Genaro-Wolf, ., Burris Duncan, ., Kamal Shrestha, ., Narayani Shrestha, ., & Francisco J. Rosales, . (2005). The concentration of free holo-retinol binding protein is higher in vitamin A-sufficient than in deficient nepalese women in late pregnancy. Journal of Nutrition, 135(12), 2817-2822.
- Sankaranarayanan, S., Suárez, M., Taren, D., Genaro-Wolf, D., Duncan, B., Shrestha, K., Shrestha, N., & Rosales, F. J. (2005). The concentration of free holo-retinol binding protein is higher in vitamin A-sufficient than in deficient Nepalese women in late pregnancy. The Journal of nutrition, 135(12), 2817-22.More infoFree holo-retinol binding protein (RBP) [i.e., unbound to transthyretin (TTR)] plays a role in transporting vitamin A across the placenta during pregnancy. In a cross-sectional study of clinically healthy urban women, we assessed the association among clinical and biochemical factors on estimated concentrations of free holo-RBP during the last trimester of pregnancy. Serum samples obtained from a subsample of women (n = 259), who had participated in the Night Vision Threshold Test study in Nepal, were analyzed for determinations of retinol by HPLC, and RBP, TTR, and alpha-1 acid glycoprotein by radial immunodiffusion. Free holo-RBP concentrations were calculated using dissociation constants for free holo- and apo-RBP. Among these women, 30% were vitamin A deficient based on either the RBP:TTR index < or = 0.36 or serum retinol < 1.05 micromol/L. Using stepwise regression analyses, the RBP:TTR index explained 75% of the variance in free holo-RBP concentrations, whereas retinol explained only 14%. Women were classified as vitamin A sufficient (n = 185) or deficient (n = 74) using the RBP:TTR index and were stratified into 3 gestational groups (I: 24-28 wk, II: 29-33 wk, III: >33 wk). Concentrations of free holo-RBP were higher in vitamin A-sufficient women than in vitamin A-deficient women (mean +/- SEM, 48.1 +/- 1.2 vs. 27.6 +/- 0.8 nmol/L; P < 0.001), and in a 3 x 2 factorial analysis, the interaction between gestational group and vitamin A status was significant. These results demonstrate that the RBP:TTR index is a useful proxy for free holo-RBP concentration and that vitamin A status affects its distribution.
- B.D. Tanner, ., S. Kuwahara, ., C.P. Gerba, ., & K.A. Reynolds, . (2004). Evaluation of electrochemically generated ozone for the disinfection of water and wastewater. Water Science and Technology, 50(1), 19-25.
- Douglas L. Taren, ., Burris Duncan, ., Kamal Shrestha, ., Narayani Shrestha, ., Denise Genaro-Wolf, ., Rosemary L. Schleicher, ., Christine M. Pfeiffer, ., Anne L. Sowell, ., John Greivenkamp, ., & Louise Canfield, . (2004). The night vision threshold test is a better predictor of low serum vitamin A concentration than self-reported night blindness in pregnant urban Nepalese women. Journal of Nutrition, 134(10), 2573-2578.
- Kelly A Reynolds, . (2004). Integrated cell culture/PCR for detection of enteric viruses in environmental samples.. Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.), 268, 69-78.
- Kelly A. Reynolds, . (2004). Coliform bacteria: A failed indicator of water quality?. Water Well Journal, 58(3), 20-21.
- Taren, D. L., Duncan, B., Shrestha, K., Shrestha, N., Genaro-Wolf, D., Schleicher, R. L., Pfeiffer, C. M., Sowell, A. L., Greivenkamp, J., & Canfield, L. (2004). The night vision threshold test is a better predictor of low serum vitamin A concentration than self-reported night blindness in pregnant urban Nepalese women. The Journal of nutrition, 134(10), 2573-8.More infoThis study was conducted to validate the night vision threshold test (NVTT) as an indicator of night blindness. A total of 1401 pregnant women from the National Maternity Hospital participated in this study. Women were queried about night blindness and took the NVTT using standardized procedures after 10 min of dark adaptation. Sixteen percent failed the NVTT, but only 6.4% reported having night blindness. Blood samples from women who failed the NVTT (cases) and matched controls indicated the serum vitamin A (SVA) concentration was lower (P < 0.05) in cases (1.19 +/- 0.03 micromol/L) than in controls (1.29 +/- 0.03 micromol/L). The SVA concentrations did not differ between women who reported and did not report night blindness. The SVA concentration was correlated (r = 0.22, P < 0.001) with the NVTT scores. Twenty-five percent of women with an SVA < 0.35 micromol/L reported night blindness while 100% failed the NVTT. Nineteen percent of women with an SVA < 0.70 micromol/L reported night blindness while 73% failed the NVTT. A receiver operating characteristics analysis indicated that the NVTT had greater sensitivity (0.73 vs. 0.19) and less specificity (0.51 vs. 0.87) compared with reported night blindness for women with SVA < 0.70 micromol/L and greater sensitivity (100.0 vs. 0.73) and similar specificity (0.51 vs. 0.50) for women with SVA < 0.35 micromol/L. The NVTT identified women with low SVA and self-reported night blindness was misleading. We provide a preliminary algorithm to predict the population of women with low SVA concentrations.
- S. Kuwahara, ., J. Cuello, ., K. Reynolds, ., & C. Gerba, . (2003). Synergistic UV-ozone effects on the treatment of pathogens in secondary effluent. SAE Technical Papers.
- Douglas L. Taren, . (2002). The International Conferences on Dietary Assessment Methods. Public Health Nutrition, 5(6 A), 817-819.
- Douglas Taren, ., Johanna Dwyer, ., Laurence Freedman, ., & Noel W. Solomons, . (2002). Dietary assessment methods: Where do we go from here?. Public Health Nutrition, 5(6 A), 1001-1003.
- George D. Swanson, ., Lisa K. Staten, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Wanda H. Howell, ., Maribel Tobar, ., Eric T. Poehlman, ., Anabel Hill, ., Phyllis M. Reid, ., & Cheryl Ritenbaugh, . (2002). The Arizona activity frequency questionnaire using doubly labeled water [2]. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 34(7), 1217.
- Taren, D., Dwyer, J., Freedman, L., & Solomons, N. W. (2002). Dietary assessment methods: where do we go from here?. Public health nutrition, 5(6A), 1001-3.
- Canfield, L. M., Kaminsky, R. G., Taren, D. L., Shaw, E., & Sander, J. K. (2001). Red palm oil in the maternal diet increases provitamin A carotenoids in breastmilk and serum of the mother-infant dyad. European journal of nutrition, 40(1), 30-8.More infoDespite vitamin A supplementation programs, vitamin A deficiency in children remains a public health concern in Honduras.
- D.L. Taren, ., C.A. Thomson, ., N.A. Koff, ., P.R. Gordon, ., M.J. Marian, ., T.L. Bassford, ., J.V. Fulginiti, ., & C.K. Ritenbaugh, . (2001). Effect of an integrated nutrition curriculum on medical education, student clinical performance, and student perception of medical-nutrition training. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 73(6), 1107-1112.
- K.A. Reynolds, ., C.P. Gerba, ., M. Abbaszadegan, ., & I.L. Pepper, . (2001). ICC/PCR detection of enteroviruses and hepatitis A virus in environmental samples. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 47(2), 153-157.
- L.K. Staten, ., D.L. Taren, ., W.H. Howell, ., M. Tobar, ., E.T. Poehlman, ., A. Hill, ., P.M. Reid, ., & C. Ritenbaugh, . (2001). Validation of the Arizona activity frequency questionnaire using doubly labeled water. Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, 33(11), 1959-1967.
- Louise M. Canfield, ., Rina G. Kaminsky, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Elysa Shaw, ., & Jay K. Sander, . (2001). Red palm oil in the maternal diet increases provitamin A carotenoids in breastmilk and serum of the mother-infant dyad. European Journal of Nutrition, 40(1), 30-38.
- Staten, L. K., Taren, D. L., Howell, W. H., Tobar, M., Poehlman, E. T., Hill, A., Reid, P. M., & Ritenbaugh, C. (2001). Validation of the Arizona Activity Frequency Questionnaire using doubly labeled water. Medicine and science in sports and exercise, 33(11), 1959-67.More infoPhysical activity questionnaires (PAQs) are considered the most cost-efficient method to estimate total energy expenditure (TEE) in epidemiological studies. However, relatively few PAQs have been validated using doubly labeled water (DLW) in women or in samples with diverse ethnic backgrounds. This study was conducted to validate the Arizona Activity Frequency Questionnaire (AAFQ) for estimation of TEE and physical activity energy expenditure (PAEE) over 1 month using DLW as a reference method.
- Taren, D. L., Thomson, C. A., Koff, N. A., Gordon, P. R., Marian, M. J., Bassford, T. L., Fulginiti, J. V., & Ritenbaugh, C. K. (2001). Effect of an integrated nutrition curriculum on medical education, student clinical performance, and student perception of medical-nutrition training. The American journal of clinical nutrition, 73(6), 1107-12.More infoNinety-eight percent of medical schools report nutrition as a component of medical education. However, most schools do not have an identifiable nutrition curriculum. Medical schools that do include nutrition have not evaluated its effect on clinical skills.
- A.K. Shrestha, ., B. Duncan, ., D. Taren, ., L.M. Canfield, ., J.E. Greivenkamp, ., N. Shrestha, ., & K.K. Shrestha, . (2000). A new, simple, inexpensive means of testing functional vitamin A status: The night vision threshold test (NVTT). A preliminary field-test report. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 46(6), 352-356.
- Anabel L. Hill, ., Denise J. Roe, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Myra M. Muramoto, ., & Scott J. Leischow, . (2000). Efficacy of transdermal nicotine in reducing post-cessation weight gain in a Hispanic sample. Nicotine and Tobacco Research, 2(3), 247-253.
- Cynthia A. Thomson, ., Douglas Taren, ., Nancy Koff, ., Mary Marian, ., Louise Canfield, ., Tamsen Bassford, ., & Cheryl Ritenbaugh, . (2000). An integrated nutrition curriculum in medical education. Journal of Cancer Education, 15(3), 127-129.
- David Buller, ., Mary Klein Buller, ., Linda Larkey, ., Lee Sennott-Miller, ., Douglas Taren, ., Mikel Aickin, ., Thomas M. Wentzel, ., & Calvin Morrill, . (2000). Implementing a 5-a-Day Peer Health Educator Program for Public Sector Labor and Trades Employees. Health Education and Behavior, 27(2), 232-240.
- Douglas Taren, ., Maribel De Tobar, ., Cheryl Ritenbaugh, ., Ellen Graver, ., Robin Whitacre, ., & Mikel Aickin, . (2000). Evaluation of the Southwest Food Frequency Questionnaire. Ecology of Food Nutrition, 38(6), 515-547.
- Felisa Blackmer, ., Kelly A. Reynolds, ., Charles P. Gerba, ., & Ian L. Pepper, . (2000). Use of integrated cell culture-PCR to evaluate the effectiveness of poliovirus inactivation by chlorine. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 66(5), 2267-2268.
- Kristen A. Bruinsma, ., & Douglas L. Taren, . (2000). Dieting, essential fatty acid intake, and depression. Nutrition Reviews, 58(4), 98-108.
- Nancy Vuckovic, ., Cheryl Ritenbaugh, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., & Maribel Tobar, . (2000). A qualitative study of participants' experiences with dietary assessment. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 100(9), 1023-1028.
- Rafael A. Garcia, ., Douglas Taren, ., & Nicolette I. Teufel, . (2000). Factors associated with the reproducibility of specific food items from the southwest food frequency questionnaire. Ecology of Food Nutrition, 38(6), 549-561.
- Canfield, L. M., Taren, D. L., Kaminsky, R. G., & Mahal, Z. (1999). Short-term beta-carotene supplementation of lactating mothers consuming diets low in vitamin A. The Journal of nutritional biochemistry, 10(9), 532-8.More infoWe have previously shown that beta-carotene supplementation of the diets of healthy U.S. mothers increases serum and milk beta-carotene concentrations. Building on these results, we investigated the possibility that beta-carotene supplementation could enhance the vitamin A status of mothers and their nursing infants. Three 30-mg doses of beta-carotene were administered on 3 consecutive days to 44 lactating mothers who had vitamin-A-poor diets. Concentrations of maternal serum and milk carotenoids and retinol were evaluated at baseline and after 2 and 3 days of supplementation. Infant serum carotenoids and retinol were measured at baseline and 2 days following maternal supplementation. beta-Carotene supplementation markedly elevated maternal serum and milk beta-carotene concentrations (nine- and sevenfold, respectively) and resulted in smaller, transient increases of alpha-carotene, lycopene, and beta-cryptoxanthin concentrations in maternal serum. Maternal serum and milk retinol were unchanged in response to the treatment. In contrast, maternal beta-carotene supplementation significantly increased infant serum retinol (P
- David B. Buller, ., Calvin Morrill, ., Douglas Taren, ., Mikel Aickin, ., Lee Sennott-Miller, ., Mary Klein Buller, ., Linda Larkey, ., Carlos Alatorre, ., & Thomas M. Wentzel, . (1999). Randomized trial testing the effect of peer education at increasing fruit and vegetable intake. Journal of the National Cancer Institute, 91(17), 1491-1500.
- Douglas L. Taren, ., M. Tobar, ., A. Hill, ., W. Howell, ., C. Shisslak, ., I. Bell, ., & C. Ritenbaugh, . (1999). The association of energy intake bias with psychological scores of women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 53(7), 570-578.
- Jennifer L. Herl, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Ann M. Taylor, ., & Tamsen L. Bassford, . (1999). Cancer prevention education in U.S. medical schools: A curricular assessment. Journal of Cancer Education, 14(4), 214-218.
- Kristen Bruinsma, ., & Douglas L. Taren, . (1999). Chocolate: Food or drug?. Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 99(10), 1249-1256.
- Linda K. Larkey, ., Carlos Alatorre, ., David B. Buller, ., Calvin Morrill, ., Mary Klein Buller, ., Doug Taren, ., & Lee Sennott-Miller, . (1999). Communication strategies for dietary change in a worksite peer educator intervention. Health Education Research, 14(6), 777-790.
- Louise M. Canfield, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., Rina G. Kaminsky, ., & Zeenat Mahal, . (1999). Short-term β-carotene supplementation of lactating mothers consuming diets low in vitamin A. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 10(9), 532-538.
- S.L. Costa, ., D.L. Taren, ., L. Staten, ., & A. Hill, . (1999). Factors associated with the accuracy of reported energy expenditure. Journal of Investigative Medicine, 47(2), 9A.
- A. Hill, ., D. Taren, ., D. Roe, ., T. Lohman, ., & S. Leischow, . (1998). Body composition changes in hispanics after smoking cessation. FASEB Journal, 12(5), A862.
- D. Taren, ., C. Thomson, ., M. Marion, ., & J. Fulginiti, . (1998). Evaluation of a medical school's integrated nutrition curriculum. FASEB Journal, 12(5), A823.
- F. Javier Enriquez, ., Douglas Taren, ., Antonio Cruz-López, ., Myra Muramoto, ., John D. Palting, ., & Patricia Cruz, . (1998). Prevalence of intestinal encephalitozoonosis in Mexico. Clinical Infectious Diseases, 26(5), 1227-1229.
- Kelly A. Reynolds, ., Kimberly Roll, ., Roger S. Fujioka, ., Charles P. Gerba, ., & Ian L. Pepper, . (1998). Incidence of enteroviruses in Mamala Bay, Hawaii using cell culture and direct polymerase chain reaction methodologies. Canadian Journal of Microbiology, 44(6), 598-604.
- M. Tobar, ., D. Taren, ., A. Hill, ., & D. Wood, . (1998). What is the association between milk and soda intake on BMI and school performance in third graders. FASEB Journal, 12(5), A862.
- Cheryl Ritenbaugh, ., Mikel Aickin, ., Douglas Taren, ., Nicolette Teufel, ., Ellen Graver, ., Kathleen Woolf, ., & David S. Alberts, . (1997). Use of a food frequency questionnaire to screen for dietary eligibility in a randomized cancer prevention phase III trial. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers and Prevention, 6(5), 347-354.
- K.S. Reynolds, ., C.P. Gerba, ., & I.L. Pepper, . (1997). Rapid PCR-based monitoring of infectious enteroviruses in drinking water. Water Science and Technology, 35(11-12), 423-427.
- Cheryl K. Ritenbaugh, ., Cynthia A. Thomson, ., Douglas Taren, ., Tamsen Bassford, ., James M. Byers, ., Eric P. Gall, ., Louise M. Canfield, ., & Nancy Alexander Koff, . (1996). Nutrition Curriculum in Medical Education: An Integrated and Comprehensive Approach. Teaching and Learning in Medicine, 8(2), 101-110.
- Kelly A. Reynolds, ., Charles P. Gerba, ., & Ian L. Pepper, . (1996). Detection of infectious enteroviruses by an integrated cell culture-PCR procedure. Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 62(4), 1424-1427.
- D.C. Johnson, ., K.A. Reynolds, ., C.P. Gerba, ., I.L. Pepper, ., & J.B. Rose, . (1995). Detection of Giardia and Cryptosporidium in marine waters. Water Science and Technology, 31(5-6), 439-442.
- Jing Chen, ., & D. Taren, . (1995). Early feeding practices and the nutrition status of preschool children in rural Hubei Province, China. Food & Nutrition Bulletin, 16(1), 40-48.
- K.A. Reynolds, ., C.P. Gerba, ., & I.L. Pepper, . (1995). Detection of enteroviruses in marine waters by direct RT-PCR and cell culture. Water Science and Technology, 31(5-6), 323-328.
- Thomas M. Ball, ., & Douglas A. Taren, . (1995). Letters to the editor. Journal of Tropical Pediatrics, 41(4), 250-252.
- W.S. Grizzard, ., G.F. Hilton, ., M.E. Hammer, ., D. Taren, ., & D.A. Brinton, . (1995). Pneumatic retinopexy failures: Cause, prevention, timing, and management. Ophthalmology, 102(6), 929-936.
- K. Miller, ., C. Duran-Pinales, ., A. Cruz-Lopez, ., L. Morales-Lechuga, ., D. Taren, ., & F.J. Enriquez, . (1994). Cryptosporidium parvum in children with diarrhea in Mexico. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 51(3), 322-325.
- W.Sanderson Grizzard, ., George F. Hilton, ., Mark E. Hammer, ., & Douglas Taren, . (1994). A multivariate analysis of anatomic success of retinal detachments treated with scleral buckling. Graefe's Archive for Clinical and Experimental Ophthalmology, 232(1), 1-7.
- D.L. Taren, ., M.B. Freeman, ., & N.A. Brandenburg, . (1993). Evaluation of dietary and activity questionnaires for elementary school children. Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, 699, 298-300.
- Douglas Taren, ., & Jing Chen, . (1993). A positive association between extended breast-feeding and nutritional status in rural Hubei Province, People's Republic of China. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 58(6), 862-867.
- K.A. Reynolds, ., J.B. Rose, ., & A.T. Giordano, . (1993). Comparison of methods for the recovery and quantitation of coliphage and indigenous bacteriophage from marine waters and sediments. Water Science and Technology, 27(3-4), 115-117.
- D.L. Taren, ., D. Sanjur, ., G. Rivera, ., D.W. Crompton, ., M. Nesheim, ., J.T. Cox, ., & E.C. Williamson, . (1992). The nutritional status of Guaymi Indians living in Chiriqui province, Republic of Panamá.. Archivos Latinoamericanos de Nutricion, 42(2), 118-126.
- P.E. Tornambe, ., L.S. Poliner, ., L.J. Hovey, ., & D. Taren, . (1992). Scatter macular photocoagulation for subfoveal neovascular membranes in age-related macular degeneration. A pilot study. Retina, 12(4), 305-314.
- D.L. Taren, ., & S.N. Graven, . (1991). The association of prenatal nutrition and educational services with low birth weight rates in a Florida program. Public Health Reports, 106(4), 426-436.
- D.L. Taren, ., & S.N. Graven, . (1991). The sensitivity and specificity of a preterm risk score for various patient populations.. Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 11(2), 130-136.
- G.F. Hilton, ., P.E. Tornambe, ., D.A. Brinton, ., T.P. Flood, ., S. Green, ., W.S. Grizzard, ., M.E. Hammer, ., S.R. Leff, ., L. Mascuilli, ., C.M. Morgan, ., D.H. Orth, ., K.H. Packo, ., L.S. Poliner, ., D.L. Taren, ., J.S. Tiedeman, ., & D.L. Yarian, . (1991). Pneumatic retinopexy. An analysis of intraoperative and postoperative complications. Retina, 11(3), 285-294.
- P.E. Tornambe, ., G.F. Hilton, ., D.A. Brinton, ., T.P. Flood, ., S. Green, ., W.S. Grizzard, ., M.E. Hammer, ., S.R. Leff, ., L. Masciulli, ., C.M. Morgan, ., D.H. Orth, ., K.H. Packo, ., L.S. Poliner, ., D.L. Taren, ., J.S. Tiedeman, ., & D.L. Yarian, . (1991). Pneumatic retinopexy: A two-year follow-up study of the multicenter clinical trial comparing pneumatic retinopexy with scleral buckling. Ophthalmology, 98(7), 1115-1123.
- D. Sanjur, ., D.W.T. Crompton, ., D.L. Taren, ., M.C. Nesheim, ., G. Rivera, ., J. Tiffany, ., & E.C.M. Williamson, . (1990). Intestinal parasitic infections in Guaymi Indians from Chiriqui, Panama. Medecine et Chirurgie Digestives, 19(8), 503-504.
- D.L. Taren, ., W. Clark, ., M. Chernesky, ., & E. Quirk, . (1990). Weekly food servings and participation in social programs among low income families. American Journal of Public Health, 80(11), 1376-1378.
- M.C. Cook, ., & D.L. Taren, . (1990). Nutritional implications of medication use and misuse in elderly. Journal of the Florida Medical Association, 77(6), 606-613.
- P.E. Tornambe, ., G.F. Hilton, ., L.S. Polinier, ., D.A. Brinton, ., T.P. Flood, ., D.H. Orth, ., K.H. Packo, ., S. Green, ., S.R. Leff, ., L. Masciulli, ., D.L. Yarian, ., W.S. Grizzard, ., M.E. Hammwe, ., D.L. Taren, ., C.M. Morgen, ., & J.S. Tiedeman, . (1989). Pneumatic retinopexy. A multicenter randomized controlled clinical trial comparing pneumatic retinopexy with scleral buckling. Ophthalmology, 96(6), 772-784.
- Celia V. Holland, ., Douglas L. Taren, ., D.W.T. Crompton, ., M.C. Nesheim, ., Diva Sanjur, ., Irma Barbeau, ., Katharine Tucker, ., Jean Tiffany, ., & Gloria Rivera, . (1988). Intestinal helminthiases in relation to the socioeconomic environment of Panamanian children. Social Science and Medicine, 26(2), 209-213.
- F.E. Thompson, ., D.L. Taren, ., E. Andersen, ., G. Casella, ., J.K.J. Lambert, ., C.C. Campbell, ., E.A. Frongillo Jr., ., & D. Spicer, . (1988). Within month variability in use of soup kitchens in New York State. American Journal of Public Health, 78(10), 1298-1301.
- C.V. Holland, ., D.W. Crompton, ., D.L. Taren, ., M.C. Nesheim, ., D. Sanjur, ., I. Barbeau, ., & K. Tucker, . (1987). Ascaris lumbricoides infection in pre-school children from Chiriqui Province, Panama.. Parasitology, 95, Pt 3/.
- D.L. Taren, ., M. Chvapil, ., & C.W. Weber, . (1987). Increasing the breaking strength of wounds exposed to preoperative irradiation using vitamin E supplementation.. International Journal for Vitamin and Nutrition Research, 57(2), 133-137.
- D.L. Taren, ., M.C. Nesheim, ., D.W. Crompton, ., C.V. Holland, ., I. Barbeau, ., G. Rivera, ., D. Sanjur, ., J. Tiffany, ., & K. Tucker, . (1987). Contributions of ascariasis to poor nutritional status in children from Chiriqui Province, Republic of Panama.. Parasitology, 95, Pt 3/.
- G.A. Ewy, ., D. Taren, ., J. Bangert, ., S. McClung, ., & D.A. Hellman, . (1980). Comparison of myocardial damage from defibrillator discharges at various dosages. Medical Instrumentation, 14(1), 9-12.
- G.A. Ewy, ., D.A. Hellman, ., S. McClung, ., & D. Taren, . (1980). Influence of ventilation phase on transthoracic impedance and defibrillation effectiveness.. Critical Care Medicine, 8(3), 164-166.
- R.W. Yakaitis, ., G.A. Ewy, ., C.W. Otto, ., D.L. Taren, ., & T.E. Moon, . (1980). Influence of time and therapy on ventricular defibrillation in dogs.. Critical Care Medicine, 8(3), 157-163.
- Douglas Taren, ., & Gordon A. Ewy, . (1979). RELATIVE CONTRIBUTION OF PADDLE ELECTRODE AREA AND EDGE LENGTH TO TRANSTHORACIC IMPEDANCE FROM A DC DEFIBRILLATOR DISCHARGE.. Medical Instrumentation, 13(3), 183-184.
- G.A. Ewy, ., & D. Taren, . (1979). Relative impedance of gels to defibrillator discharge. Medical Instrumentation, 13(5), 295-296.
- Evan Thomas, ., Gordon A. Ewy, ., & Douglas Taren, . (1978). TRANSVENOUS CATHETER DEFIBRILLATION: COMPARISON OF A HALF-SINUSOIDAL AND TRAPEZOIDAL WAVEFORM.. Med Instrum, 12(6), 349-351.
- G.A. Ewy, ., & D. Taren, . (1978). Impedance to transthoracic direct current discharge: A model for testing interface material. Medical Instrumentation, 12(1), 47-48.
- G.A. Ewy, ., E. Thomas, ., & D. Taren, . (1978). Electrode system for permanent implantable defibrillators: Transvenous catheter and subcutaneous plate electrodes. Medical Instrumentation, 12(5), 296-300.
- G.A. Ewy, ., & D. Taren, . (1977). Comparison of paddle electrode pastes used for defibrillation. Heart and Lung: Journal of Acute and Critical Care, 6(5), 847-850.
Presentations
- Andrade, R. Y., Gerald, L. B., Bryson, D., Govindarajan, L., Healy, E., Taren, D. L., & Thomas, A. (2017, Nov). Development of the Stock Inhaler Training for School Personnel: A Course for Use in Pima County Schools. American Public Health Association International Meeting. Atlanta, GA: American Public Health Association.
- Cunningham, J. K., Andrade, R., Healy, E., Govindarajan, L., & Taren, D. L. (2016, October). Measuring the skill level of the public health workforce: Construct validity of the Eight Core Competencies Questionnaire. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Denver: APHA.
- Govindarajan, L., & Taren, D. L. (2016, October). Importance of Partnerships in Dissemination of Distance-Based Trainings to a Diverse Public Health Workforce. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association. Denver: APHA.
- Govindarajan, L., Taren, D. L., & Cunningham, J. K. (2016, October). The Partnership between Local Health Departments and the Western Region Public Health Training Center in Addressing Workforce Development. Annual Meeting of the American Public Health Association Meeting. Denver: APHA.
- Taren, D. L. (2016, May). The National Center for Integrative Primary Healthcare - Enhancing Interprofessional Integrative Health Education. International Congress on Integrative Medicine and Health. Las Vegas: American Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health.More infoHalf-day Workshop
- Cutshaw, C. A., Cimetta, A., Taren, D. L., Yaden, D. B., & Marx, R. W. (2014, Fall). Health Risks and School Readiness in Early Childhood. Pamela Turbeville Speaker Series, Frances McClelland Institute. University of Arizona: Frances McClelland Institute, Norton School of Family and Consumer Sciences.More infohttps://mcclellandinstitute.arizona.edu/speakerSeries
- Gomez, S., Celaya, M., Silk, M., England, B., De Zapien, J. G., Rosales, C. B., Dawley, D., Andrade, R., Tobar, M. -., Healy, E., & Taren, D. L. (2013, November). Parent ambassador program: A model for expanding the public health workforce to effect school wellness plans. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston MA: American Public Health Association.
- Alaofe, H., Jennifer, B., & Taren, D. L. (2012, August). Solar-powered drip irrigation contributes to improved household food production and consumption, and female empowerment in Northern Benin. International Congress of Nutrition. Granada, Spain: International Union of Nutritional Sciences.
Poster Presentations
- Taren, D. L. (2019, March). Diet Quality Among Food Bank Clients in Southern Arizona.. Society for Nutrition Education and Behavior.
- Alaofe, H. S., Burney, J., Naylor, R., & Taren, D. L. (2016, April). Anemia, Iron and Vitamin A Deficits are Still Public Health Issues Among Women and Young Children in Northern Benin. Experimental Biology. San Diego: American Society of Nutrition.
- Burney, J., Alaofe, H. S., Taren, D. L., & Naylor, R. (2016, April). Use of Dietary Scores for Diet Quality Measurement: Relation with Nutritional Status of Women in Northern Benin. Experimental Biology. San Diego: American Society of Nutrition.
- Taren, D. L., & Sunsari, S. (2016, April). Baby Friendly Hospital Births and Lactation Consultants Are Associated with State-Level Breastfeeding Rates. Experimental Biology 2016. San Diego: American Society of Nutrition.
- Taren, D. L., Alaofe, H. S., Burney, J., & Naylor, R. (2016, April). Nutritional Status of Children Under Five Years and Associated Factors in Kalale District, Benin. Experimental Biology. San Diego: American Society of Nutrition.
- Alaofe, H., Burney, J., & Taren, D. L. (2013, August). Impact of solar powered irrigation on food security, water security and income in the district of Kalalé of Northern Benin. International Congress of Nutrition. Granada Spain: International Union of Nutritional Sciences.
- Alaofe, H., Burney, J., & Taren, D. L. (2013, August). Solar-powered drip irrigation contributes to improved household food production and consumption, and female empowerment in Northern Benin. International Congress of Nutrition. Granada Spain: International Union of Nutritional Sciences.
- Bravo-Clouzet, R., Heckert, K. A., Ehiri, J. E., Rosales, C. B., Attakai, A. -., Guerrero, R., Andrade, R., & Taren, D. L. (2013, November). New frontiers in global health leadership: Building strong health systems to respond to non-communicable diseases – a versatile training toolkit for professionals and graduate students. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston MA: American Public Health Association.
- Cutshaw, C. A., Cimetta, A. D., Taren, D. L., Yaden, D. B., & Marx, R. W. (2013, Fall). Health Risks and School Readiness in Early Childhood. AHSC Frontiers in Biomedical Research Poster Forum. Tucson, AZ: AZ Health Sciences Center.
Others
- Alaofe, H. S., Freed, N., Hulsey, D., Taren, D. L., Alaofe, H. S., Freed, N., Hulsey, D., & Taren, D. L. (2017, July). Evaluation of DOUBLE UP SNAP PROGRAM: 2016-2017 Evaluation Report. Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona.More infoAccess to healthy food is a fundamental building block for a productive life. While federal food assistance benefits are critical to enabling low-income families to buy food, the lack of access to healthy, fresh food contributes to poor health outcomes and increases the risk of diet-related chronic illness. As consequence, the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive (FINI) Grant Program awarded funds for pilot projects to determine if financial incentives provided at the point of sale to Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) participants would increase their consumption of fruits and vegetables (F&V).In frame of this grant, the Community Food Bank of Southern Arizona’s (CFBSA) designed the Double Up SNAP pilot (DUSP) initiative to investigate the impact of making F&V more affordable for SNAP participants. Specifically, the DUSP program uses existing infrastructure — farmers’ markets and the SNAP Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) Card — to:1. improve access to and affordability of fresh fruits and vegetables for low-income families;2. grow the local economy by supporting purchases from local farmers; and3. shift public policy so that future federal nutrition assistance programs can simultaneously address health, hunger, and nutrition and support a more sustainable food system.Under DUSP, SNAP participants received an incentive of $1 dollar for every dollar of SNAP benefits ($1 yellow vouchers) that they spend on targeted F&V from participating vendors for a maximum of $20. Cooking demonstrations were also provided to increase the beneficiaries’ knowledge about healthy food options. Lastly, a strategic marketing and promotional campaign was used to narrow the knowledge gap regarding the program among SNAP customers.The pilot was implemented in two Tucson farmers markets by the CFBSA: Santa Cruz River Farmers’ Market and Community Food Bank. The study ran from May 2016 through June 2017. Located in Southern Arizona, Tucson is poorer than average: the per capita income ($20,314) and the median household income ($37,000) are considerably lower than the State average ($25,358 and $49,774, respectively). The household economic struggles faced by low-income Tucsonans have resulted in serious food security issues and 18.5% of the population is enrolled in SNAP. Tucson has a large Hispanic population which has a greater poverty rate and prevalence of food insecurity compared with their non-Hispanic counterparts.CBSA partners with a range of other organizations to develop and implement this program and contracts with the University of Arizona to lead the evaluation aspects of DUSP project with the primary objectives to:1. determine the effectiveness of monetary incentives to promote healthier food choices (as evidenced by food purchasing behavior) for SNAP customers;2. determine the impact of the DUSP project on the participating markets, vendors and the local food economy;3. determine the implications of the evaluation findings in relation to policy change and replication; and4. examine implementation processes, including social marketing strategies, and identify best practices for replicating the model.The data collection for the DUSP evaluation included two rounds of participant surveys. The first round of the survey occurred at early DUSP implementation (2 months after DUSP begins) and the second round late in DUSP implementation (9- 11 months after DUSP begins). A wide array of qualitative and quantitative data collection activities was conducted and included: DUSP and non-DUSP customer surveys, DUSP and non-DUSP vendor surveys, market managers and observations, and interviews with key stakeholders. EBT transaction data also provided detailed information on purchases, including DUSP-eligible purchases and the amount of incentives earned.Key impacts of DUSP on customers• DUSP customers had increased their daily consumption of fruits and vegetables compared with non-DUSP participants: fruits: 16.28% vs. 12.16%, and vegetables: 11.98% vs. -8.06%.• DUSP customers increased their variety of fruits by 21% compared with 8.9% for non-DUSP food shoppers over time.• Percentage decrease of consumed fruits and vegetables less than one time per day was greater among FM customers compared with non-FM food shoppers: fruits: 37.66% vs. 21.37%; vegetables: 21.72% vs. 5.53%, respectively.• 9% of customers used their benefits at farmers’ market for the first time in 2017, compared with 13% in 2016.• 89% and 95% of customers reported that because of DUSP they increased the amount of fruits and vegetables they buy, respectively.• 84% of customers tried different kinds of fruits and vegetables.
- Taren, D. L., & Alaofe, H. (2013, September). Feed the Future Learning Agenda Literature Review: Improved Nutrition and Diet Quality. USAID.More infoInvited and peer-reviewed paper for USAID.
- Taren, D. L., Taren, D. L., Taren, D. L., De Zapien, J. G., De Zapien, J. G., De Zapien, J. G., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Rosales, C. B., Rosales, C. B., Rosales, C. B., Sabo, S., Sabo, S., Sabo, S., Foote, J. A., Foote, J. A., Foote, J. A., Bergsma, L. J., , Bergsma, L. J., et al. (2013, June). Creating an Environment that has Service Learning Integrated into the Curricula. Innovations for Public Health Education, Columbia University.