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Eduardo R Ochoa
Professor
Also affiliated: Boston Medical Center (2020); Arkansas Children's Hospital (2023); Arkansas Children's Research Institute (2022)
Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine
14 h-index
33 pubs
2,222 cited
Research Areas
Biomedical Subjects
Biography and Research Information
OverviewAI-generated summary
Eduardo R. Ochoa's research focuses on child health, particularly concerning obesity and social determinants of health. He has contributed to clinical practice guidelines for the evaluation and treatment of children and adolescents with obesity. His work also investigates the impact of unstable housing on caregiver and child health, as well as social risk screening acceptability among patients and caregivers. Additionally, Ochoa has studied trends in food insecurity and SNAP participation among immigrant families and examined vaccine policy in relation to childhood immunization exemptions. His scholarship metrics include an h-index of 16, with 49 total publications and over 2,300 citations. He has collaborated with Beatrice A. Boateng, Irma C. Cardenas, and David Kelley, all from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences.
Metrics
- h-index: 14
- Publications: 33
- Citations: 2,222
Positions
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Professor publications 2026University of Arkansas at Fayetteville Peds Pediatrics, College of Medicine Institutional directory
Selected Publications
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“I'm Doing My Part, Why Aren't You Doing Yours?”: A Qualitative Exploration of the Expanded Child Tax Credit Among Mothers with Young Children (2026)
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Co-Enrollment in Safety-Net Programs Among Families with Young Children: A Multistate Analysis of Enrollment Gaps, Design and Implementation (2026)
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Caregiver Incarceration and Incarceration-Related Barriers to SNAP Among Young Children (2026)
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Hardship-Free Households Are Associated With Optimal Caregiver and Child Health (2025)
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Expanded Child Tax Credit, Family Health, and Material Hardships (2025)
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“But who takes care of the mom?”: The daily experiences of immigrant mothers navigating health in family life (2025)
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Maternal adverse childhood experiences and lifetime experiences of racial discrimination: Associations with current household hardships and intergenerational health (2025)
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Food Insecurity and Weight Faltering: US Multisite Analysis of Young Children’s Weight Trajectory (2024)
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Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale for Use in Clinical and Research Settings in the United States (2023)
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Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity (2023)
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Child Care Feeding Programs Associated With Food Security and Health for Young Children From Families With Low Incomes (2023)
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Associations of household unmet basic needs and health outcomes among very low birth weight children (2023)
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Continuity of care in Arkansas children’s primary care clinics and opportunity for improvement (2023)
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Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity (2023)
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Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity (2023)
Grants & Funding
As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.
- HEAD START_EARLY HEAD START - Continuation - 06CH7095 - Continuation DHHS - Administration for Children & Families Principal Investigator
- Determination of antihypertensive, anti-inflammatory and chymase inhibitory efficacy of sweet potato and rice bran extract US Department of Agriculture via University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff Principal Investigator
- FY2021 Head Start/Early Head Start DHHS 5 year grant proposal DHHS -Administration for Children and Familes - Administration on Children, Youth & Families Principal Investigator
- Early Head Start and Child Care Partnership; "A Community Hub Approach" AR Dept of Human Services/Div. of Child Care & Early Childhood Education Principal Investigator
- Head Start / Early Head Start USDA FY21 Arkansas Department of Human Services Principal Investigator
- Head Start / Early Head Start COLA Funding & Quality Improvement Funding FY20 DHHS - Administration for Children & Families Principal Investigator
- Kresge -Community collected Data to make the Case for Homes for Health / FY18 CHW UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
- COVID DHHS - Administration for Children & Families Principal Investigator
- Learning Action Network - Boston Medical JPB Foundation via Boston Medical Center Principal Investigator
- FY2025 Head Start/Ealry Head Start Program 5yrs DHHS -Administration for Children and Familes - Administration on Children, Youth & Families DHHS -Administration for Children and Families - Administration on Children, Youth & Families via DHHS - Administration for Children & Families Principal Investigator
- FY2021 Head Start/Early Head Start DHHS 5 year grant proposal DHHS -Administration for Children and Families - Administration on Children, Youth & Families Principal Investigator
- Head Start / Early Head Start USDA FY24 Arkansas Department of Education Principal Investigator
- Children's Health Watch UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
- Maintenance Grant Funds US Department of the Treasury via Arkansas Department of Human Services Principal Investigator
- HEAD START_EARLY HEAD START - Continuation - 06CH7095 DHHS - Administration for Children & Families Principal Investigator
- Head Start and/or Early Head Start Grantee --Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas DHHS - Administration for Children & Families Principal Investigator
- Early Identification of Rising Risk Families and Parent-Guided Team Based Care to Prevent and Mitigate Toxic Stress JPB Foundation via UAMS ACHRI Flow Through Principal Investigator
- FY2026 HS/EHS DHHS Grant DHHS -Administration for Children and Families - Administration on Children, Youth & Families Principal Investigator
- USDA-Head Start FY18 AR Dept of Human Services/Div. of Child Care & Early Childhood Education Principal Investigator
- Better Beginnings Arkansas Department of Health & Human Services via Arkansas Department of Education Principal Investigator
Collaboration Network
Top Collaborators
Stephanie Ettinger de Cuba
Boston University (US)
17 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Part I: A Quantitative Study of Social Risk Screening Acceptability in Patients and Caregivers
- Trends in Food Insecurity and SNAP Participation among Immigrant Families of U.S.-Born Young Children
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
Showing 5 of 17 shared publications
Deborah A. Frank
Boston University (US)
16 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Trends in Food Insecurity and SNAP Participation among Immigrant Families of U.S.-Born Young Children
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
Showing 5 of 16 shared publications
Megan Sandel
Boston University (US)
14 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Part I: A Quantitative Study of Social Risk Screening Acceptability in Patients and Caregivers
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Household unmet basic needs in the first 1000 days and preterm birth status
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Maureen M. Black
University of Maryland, Baltimore (US)
14 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Trends in Food Insecurity and SNAP Participation among Immigrant Families of U.S.-Born Young Children
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Diana B. Cutts
Hennepin Healthcare Research Institute (US)
14 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Trends in Food Insecurity and SNAP Participation among Immigrant Families of U.S.-Born Young Children
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
Showing 5 of 14 shared publications
Félice Lê‐Scherban
Drexel University (US)
13 shared publications
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
- Household unmet basic needs in the first 1000 days and preterm birth status
- Changes in Economic Hardships Arising During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Nativity and Race
- Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale for Use in Clinical and Research Settings in the United States
Showing 5 of 13 shared publications
S. M. Coleman
Boston University (US)
10 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Trends in Food Insecurity and SNAP Participation among Immigrant Families of U.S.-Born Young Children
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
Showing 5 of 10 shared publications
Timothy Heeren
Boston University (US)
9 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
- Household unmet basic needs in the first 1000 days and preterm birth status
Showing 5 of 9 shared publications
Allison Bovell-Ammon
Boston Medical Center (US)
8 shared publications
- Trends in Food Insecurity and SNAP Participation among Immigrant Families of U.S.-Born Young Children
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
- Changes in Economic Hardships Arising During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Nativity and Race
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Ana Poblacion
Boston University (US)
8 shared publications
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
- Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale for Use in Clinical and Research Settings in the United States
- “But who takes care of the mom?”: The daily experiences of immigrant mothers navigating health in family life
- Child Care Feeding Programs Associated With Food Security and Health for Young Children From Families With Low Incomes
- Maternal adverse childhood experiences and lifetime experiences of racial discrimination: Associations with current household hardships and intergenerational health
Showing 5 of 8 shared publications
Lindsey Rateau
Boston University (US)
7 shared publications
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
- Household unmet basic needs in the first 1000 days and preterm birth status
- Changes in Economic Hardships Arising During the COVID-19 Pandemic: Differences by Nativity and Race
- Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale for Use in Clinical and Research Settings in the United States
Showing 5 of 7 shared publications
Richard Sheward
Boston University (US)
5 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Part I: A Quantitative Study of Social Risk Screening Acceptability in Patients and Caregivers
- Development and Validation of an Abbreviated Child and Adult Food Security Scale for Use in Clinical and Research Settings in the United States
- Hardship-Free Households Are Associated With Optimal Caregiver and Child Health
- Caregiver Incarceration and Incarceration-Related Barriers to SNAP Among Young Children
Charlotte Bruce
Boston Medical Center (US)
4 shared publications
- Prenatal WIC Is Associated with Increased Birth Weight of Infants Born in the United States with Immigrant Mothers
- SNAP Is Medicine for Food Insecurity
- Child Care Feeding Programs Associated With Food Security and Health for Young Children From Families With Low Incomes
- Expanded Child Tax Credit, Family Health, and Material Hardships
Mariana Chilton
3 shared publications
- Unstable Housing and Caregiver and Child Health in Renter Families
- Eviction and Household Health and Hardships in Families With Very Young Children
- Housing Instability Among Families With Young Children With Special Health Care Needs
Sarah Hampl
Center for Children (US)
3 shared publications
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity
- Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity
- Executive Summary: Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity
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