Daheia Barr-Anderson
Daheia Barr-Anderson
Education
PhD in Kinesiology, University of Maryland, College Park, MD (2006)
MSPH in Epidemiology, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC (2000)
BS in Biology, Winthrop University, Rock Hill, SC (1998)
Research Interests
Physical activity, sedentary behaviors, and obesity prevention in children and adults
Dr. Barr-Anderson is particularly interested in 1) home- and community-based, environmental interventions that incorporate both physical activity and nutrition to achieve healthy outcomes and to decrease racial/ethnic health inequalities and 2) yoga interventions to address cardiovascular disease risk factor in Black/African American women.
Current & Recently Ended Projects
Role: Co-Investigator
PI: Tashara Leak (Cornell University, Ithaca, NY)
Funded by NIH NIMHD (National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities)
The Preliminary Efficacy of a Culturally Tailored, Telehealth Lifestyle Intervention for Black Adolescent Girls with Prediabetes: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial, 10/01/21 – 11/30/25
Role: Co-Investigator
PI: Simone French (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN)
Funded by NIH NHLBI (National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute)
Neighborhood Park Youth Sports Program Fee Waiver and Intensive Family Interventions to Promote Physical Activity, 07/01/21 – 06/30/26
Role: Co-Principal Investigator
Co-PI: Mark Pereira (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN)
NIH NCCIH (National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health)
Feasibility of a Yoga Intervention in Sedentary African-American Women,
09/01/20 – 08/31/24
Role: Principal Investigator of Subcontract
PI: Tony Ma (Benten Technologies, Manassas, VA)
NIH NIMHD (National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities)
Mini-ME – an innovative and fun, early childhood obesity prevention program that will help AA girls aged 4-8 years adopt HEAL practices, 09/10/20 – 08/31/24
Role: Consultant
PI: Erin Howie Hickey (University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR)
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Center for Research and Social Justice
The implementation of extended recess policy in diverse schools in Arkansas,
05/01/23 – 04/30/24
Recent or Notable Publications (out of 67 peer-reviewed publications) (NOTE: I would like to include direct links to these articles if possible; I have included copies of these papers to the email)
Jakicic JM, Apovian CM, *Barr-Anderson DJ, Courcoulas AP, Donnelly JE, Ekkekakis P, Hopkins M, Lambert V, Napolitano MA, Volpe SL. Physical Activity and the Role of the Exercise Professional in a Contemporary Paradigm for the Prevention and Treatment of Excess Weight and Adiposity. A Consensus Perspective of the American College of Sports Medicine (ACSM). **Submitted to Translational Journal of the American College of Sports Medicine (Journal’s 2022 IF=0.9) and Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise (Journal’s 2022 IF=4.1).
*Member of writing group (assisted in contribution to special populations sections and manuscript revisions)
**This manuscript is a consensus paper sponsored by the American College of Sports Medicine and will be published in two of their journals.
Folk AL, Grace SM, Urvig M, *Barr-Anderson DJ. Virtual focus groups on Zoom: “Lessons Learned: from two physical activity studies among Black and African American women and children”. International Journal of Social Research Methods. https://doi.org/10.1080/13645579.2024.2330050. Journal’s 2022 IF=3.3.
*Senior author; served as doctoral advisor for Ms. Folk; integrally involved in research idea development, data analyses, and manuscript preparation; responsible for funding acquisition
Leak TM, Overcash F, Reicks M, Leung CW, *Barr-Anderson DJ, Censani M. Diet and physical activity by prediabetes status among U.S. adolescents: National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2007-2018. Childhood Obesity. 2024. doi: 10.1089/chi.2023.0110. Journal’s 2022 IF=6.6.
*Research collaborator with Dr. Leak (assisted with interpretation of data analyses and manuscript writing and revision)
Puttock EJ, Marquez J, Young DR, Shirley Am, Han B, McKenzie TL, Smith N, Manuel K, Spear S, Ruiz M, Smith C, Krytus K, Martinez I, So H, Levy M, Wittenbraker J, Mehmood A, Thomas JD, Apedaile L, Ison S, *Barr-Anderson DJ, Heller J, Cohen DA. Association of masking policies with mask adherence and distancing during the SARS-COV-2 pandemic. American Journal of Infection Control. 2022;50(9):969-974. Journal’s 2020 IF=2.95.
*Research collaborator with Dr. Cohen on the SOMAD (Systematic Observation of Mask Adherence and Distancing) project (served as one of the 17 university data collection sites and assisted with manuscript revisions)
Barr-Anderson DJ, Hazzard VL, Hahn SL, Folk AL, Wagner BE, Neumark-Sztainer D. Stay-at-home orders during COVID-19: the influence of physical activity and recreational screen time among diverse, emerging adults and future implications for health promotion and the prevention of widening health disparities. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health. 2021;18(24):13228. Journal’s 2020 IF=3.364.
Barr-Anderson DJ, Flynn JI, Dowda M, Taverno Ross SE, Schenkelberg MA, Reid LA, Pate RR. The modifying effects of race/ethnicity & socioeconomic status on the change in physical activity from elementary to middle school. Journal of Adolescent Health. 2017;61(5):562-570. Journal’s 2016 IF=3.612.
Barr-Anderson DJ, Adams-Wynn AW, Alhassan S, Whitt-Glover MC. Culturally-appropriate, 9-month pilot, obesity intervention for African-American middle school girls and their mothers: a feasibility study. Journal of Adolescent and Family Health. 2014;6(2):6.
Barr-Anderson DJ, Singleton C, Cotwright CJ, Floyd MF, Affuso O. Outside-of-school time obesity prevention and treatment interventions in African American youth. Obesity Reviews. 2014;15(S4):26-45. Journal’s 2013 IF=7.859.
Barr-Anderson DJ, Adams-Wynn AW, DiSantis KI, Kumanyika S. Family-focused physical activity, diet, and obesity interventions in African-American girls: a systematic review. Obesity Reviews. 2013;14(1):29-51. PMID: 23057473 Journal’s 2012 IF=6.87.
Barr-Anderson DJ, AuYoung M, Whitt-Glover MC, Glenn BA, Yancey AK. Structural re-integration of short bouts of physical activity in organizational routine: a systematic review of the literature. American Journal of Preventive Medicine. 2011 Jan;40(1):76-93. PMID: 21146772. Journal’s 2013 IF=4.24; 5-year IF=5.092.