Dr. Sharon Ross is an Associate Professor of Health and Human Development and the Interim Executive Director of the Office of Child Development in the School of Education at the University of Pittsburgh. She holds a secondary appointment in the Behavioral and Community Health Sciences in the School of Public Health. Dr. Ross' expertise centers on healthy lifestyle promotion in children and families, primarily in the Latino community. She employs community based participatory research methods to design promotora-led home- and community-based interventions to promote health equity in Latino families.
Taverno Ross SE, *Liang HW, *Cheng J, Fox AF, Documét PI. Effectiveness of a promotores network to improve health behaviors and outcomes in members of an emerging Latino community. Health Educ Behav. 2022 Apr 26:10901981221090161.
Bantham A, Taverno Ross SE, Sebastião E, Hall G. Overcoming barriers to physical activity in underserved populations. Prog Cardiovasc Dis. 2021 Jan-Feb;64:64-71.
Taverno Ross SE, Smith Tapia I, Saunders RP, Documet PI, Pate RR. Implementation Monitoring of a Promotora-Led, Home-Based Obesity Prevention Pilot Study With Latino Preschool Children and Their Mothers. Int Q Community Health Educ. 2021;41(4):411-418.
Taverno Ross SE, Macia L, Documét PI, Escribano C, Kazemi Naderi T, Smith-Tapia I. Latino Parents' Perceptions of Physical Activity and Healthy Eating: At the Intersection of Culture, Family, and Health. J Nutr Educ Behav. 2018 Nov - Dec;50(10):968-976.
Taverno Ross SE, Barone Gibbs B, Documét PI, Pate RR. ANDALE Pittsburgh: results of a promotora-led, home-based intervention to promote a healthy weight in Latino preschool children. BMC Public Health. 2018 Mar 16;18(1):360.
