Selena Ortiz – Harvard Center for Population and Development Studies

Causal frames and contextualized values may effectively produce support for new obesity policies

April 04, 2016

Former RWJF Health & Society Scholar Selena Ortiz has published a paper in Social Science and Medicine titled “Increasing public support for food-industry related, obesity prevention policies: The role of a taste-engineering frame and…

When it comes to diabetes management amongst Mexican immigrants, does generational status matter?

August 04, 2015

Harvard Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar Selena Oritz, PhD, is lead author on a study published in Medical Care that reveals that the odds of receiving certain disease-management exams were lower for those Mexican immigrants in…

Obesity experts weigh in on influences & nuances of framing on obesity-prevention discourse

January 28, 2015

Harvard RWJF HSS Selena Ortiz, PhD, is lead author on a study published in the American Journal of Public Health that examines the influence of framing on the obesity prevention discourse. She and her colleagues conducted interviews with experts to learn…