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Rosalinda Medrano's research focuses on child and adolescent health, with a particular emphasis on health disparities and outcomes within Latino populations. Her work investigates the impact of early life factors, such as antibiotic exposure, birthweight, maternal pre-pregnancy body mass index (BMI), and sugar-sweetened beverage consumption, on the development of childhood obesity and other health conditions like asthma and prehypertension. Medrano has also explored the experiences of farmers market vendors in healthy food incentive programs and assessed nutritional risk among adolescents.
Her publications include studies on excess pregnancy weight gain in Latinas and its impact on infant adiposity and growth hormones, as well as the association between rapid infant weight gain, prenatal maternal depression, and prehypertension/hypertension in children. Medrano's scholarship metrics include an h-index of 6, with 22 total publications and 128 total citations. She has collaborated with researchers from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, including Bonnie Faitak, Krista Langston, Jonathan Langner, and Kejjo Clarence.
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- h-index: 6
- Publications: 22
- Citations: 128
Selected Publications
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Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas (2025)
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Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program (2023)
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- Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
- Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program
- Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program
- Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program
- Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program
- Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program
- Experiences of Farmers Market Vendors in a Healthy Food Incentive Program
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
- Developing a Sustainable Community Health Workforce in Arkansas
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