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Melissa Vilaro, PhD, MPH, CPH
Melissa Vilaro, PhD, MPH, CPH
Assistant Professor, Department of Family Youth and Community Sciences, University of Florida
Verified email at ufl.edu
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Prevalence and correlates of food insecurity among US college students: a multi-institutional study
A El Zein, KP Shelnutt, S Colby, MJ Vilaro, W Zhou, G Greene, MD Olfert, ...
BMC public health 19 (1), 1-12, 2019
3202019
Food Choice Priorities Change Over Time and Predict Dietary Intake at the End of the First Year of College Among Students in the US
M Vilaro, S Colby, K Riggsbee, W Zhou, C Byrd-Bredbenner, M Olfert, ...
Nutrients 10 (9), 1296, 2018
522018
Weekday and weekend food advertising varies on children's television in the USA but persuasive techniques and unhealthy items still dominate
MJ Vilaro, TE Barnett, AM Watson, JW Merten, AE Mathews
Public health 142, 22-30, 2017
472017
Gardening Experience Is Associated with Increased Fruit and Vegetable Intake among First-Year College Students: A Cross-Sectional Examination
J Loso, D Staub, SE Colby, MD Olfert, K Kattelmann, M Vilaro, J Colee, ...
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 118 (2), 275-283, 2018
402018
Income differences in social control of eating behaviors and food choice priorities among southern rural women in the US: A qualitative study
MJ Vilaro, TE Barnett, A Mathews, J Pomeranz, B Curbow
Appetite 107, 604-612, 2016
272016
A pilot study examining the efficacy of delivering colorectal cancer screening messages via virtual health assistants
JL Krieger, JM Neil, KA Duke, MS Zalake, F Tavassoli, MJ Vilaro, ...
American journal of preventive medicine 61 (2), 251-255, 2021
252021
Theory-Based Interventions for Long-Term Adherence to Improvements in Diet Quality: An In-depth Review
MJ Vilaro, D Staub, C Xu, AE Mathews
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 10 (6), 369-376, 2016
222016
Development and Preliminary Testing of the Food Choice Priorities Survey (FCPS): Assessing the Importance of Multiple Factors on College Students’ Food Choices
MJ Vilaro, W Zhou, SE Colby, C Byrd-Bredbenner, K Riggsbee, MD Olfert, ...
Evaluation & the health professions 40 (4), 425-449, 2017
202017
Socio-demographic Correlates and Predictors of Food Insecurity among First Year College Students
A El Zein, K Shelnutt, S Colby, M Olfert, K Kattelmann, O Brown, T Kidd, ...
Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics 117 (10), A146, 2017
202017
The rural food environment: a survey of food price, availability, and quality in a rural Florida community
MJ Vilaro, TE Barnett
Food and Public Health 3 (3), 111-118, 2013
172013
Key changes to improve social presence of a virtual health assistant promoting colorectal cancer screening informed by a technology acceptance model
MJ Vilaro, DS Wilson-Howard, MS Zalake, F Tavassoli, BC Lok, ...
BMC Medical Informatics and Decision Making 21 (1), 1-9, 2021
162021
Tailoring virtual human‐delivered interventions: A digital intervention promoting colorectal cancer screening for Black women
MJ Vilaro, DS Wilson‐Howard, LN Griffin, F Tavassoli, MS Zalake, BC Lok, ...
Psycho‐Oncology 29 (12), 2048-2056, 2020
162020
More than Fast Food: Development of a Story Map to Compare Adolescent Perceptions and Observations of Their Food Environments and Related Food Behaviors
K Riggsbee, J Riggsbee, M Vilaro, L Moret, M Spence, ...
International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 16 (1), 76, 2019
152019
Skin Cancer Risk and Other Health Risk Behaviors: A Scoping Review
J Williams Merten, JL King, K Walsh-Childers, MJ Vilaro, JL Pomeranz
American Journal of Lifestyle Medicine 11 (2), 182-196, 2017
152017
Obstacles to university food pantry use and student-suggested solutions: A qualitative study
A El Zein, MJ Vilaro, KP Shelnutt, K Walsh-Childers, AE Mathews
PloS one 17 (5), e0267341, 2022
132022
A subjective culture approach to cancer prevention: rural black and white adults’ perceptions of using virtual health assistants to promote colorectal cancer screening
MJ Vilaro, DS Wilson-Howard, JM Neil, F Tavassoli, MS Zalake, BC Lok, ...
Health Communication 37 (9), 1123-1134, 2022
122022
Promoting community health collaboration between CTSA programs and Cooperative Extension to advance rural health equity: Insights from a national Un-Meeting
MS Gutter, LTJ O’Neal, R Riportella, L Sugarwala, J Mathias, MJ Vilaro, ...
Journal of clinical and translational science 4 (5), 377-383, 2020
112020
Health Behaviors of Student Community Research Partners When Designing and Implementing a Healthy Lifestyle Intervention on College Campuses
M Barr, S Colby, K Riggsbee, K Leischner, A Mathews, M Vilaro, ...
Behavioral Sciences 8 (11), 99, 2018
112018
What did the pandemic teach us about effective health communication? Unpacking the COVID-19 infodemic
EJ Cooks, MJ Vilaro, BW Dyal, S Wang, G Mertens, A Raisa, B Kim, ...
BMC Public Health 22 (1), 1-14, 2022
102022
A Community Based Participatory Approach to Training Young Adults to Design and Implement a Social Marketing Framed Lifestyle Intervention on Their College Campus
M Olfert, M Barr, K Riggsbee, K Kattelmann, K Leischner, A Mathews, ...
Education Sciences 8 (3), 150, 2018
72018
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