Rafael Pérez‐Escamilla

Yale University — United States

Medicine · Health Sciences

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Research Topics

Breastfeeding Practices and Influences(274), Child Nutrition and Water Access(230), Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations(192), Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues(132), Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet(120)

Publications667 total

Dr. Rafael Perez-Escamilla’s Academic and Professional Journey: Advancing Global Breastfeeding Through Science and Policy
Journal of Human Lactation·2026
Nurturing Care Systems Underlying Early Childhood Food Insecurity in Brazil: A Causal Loop Diagram Approach
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2025Open Access
An Approach to Building a Strong Public Health Workforce: The Connecticut Public Health Fellowship Program
Journal of Public Health Management and Practice·2025
Retail food sales in Nunavut, Canada not impacted by short-term weather-related inaccessibility of trails used for Inuit subsistence harvesting
Environmental Research Food Systems·2025Open Access
Seasonal and Community Size-Related Patterns of Population Dietary Energy, Macronutrients, and Fiber Purchased in Grocery Stores across Nunavut, Canada
Current Developments in Nutrition·2025Open Access
Breastfeeding and Water Security
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2025Open Access
“I Never Don’t Have Water Because I Collect Rainwater”: Domains of Water Insecurity and Their Sociocultural Correlates in an Indigenous Community of Northern Argentina
Current Developments in Nutrition·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Support or Interference: Relational Influences on Mother's Exclusive Breastfeeding Practices in Ghana
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2025Open Access
Utilizing the Program Impact Pathways framework for improving COVID-19 vaccine confidence and uptake: demonstrations of multi-sector collaboration from two geographies in Connecticut
Vaccine·2025· 1 cited
Strategies for addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity with intermediaries, prevention research centers, and the vaccine confidence network
Vaccine·2025Open Access
What is effective communication in breastfeeding care? Perspectives from Latina women
PLoS ONE·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Perspective: Infant Feeding Policies among Women Living with HIV in Latin America and the Caribbean: Should They Be Updated?
Advances in Nutrition·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Validation of a food security experience scale among indigenous populations in Brazil
International Journal for Equity in Health·2025Open Access
Breastfeeding attributable fraction of triple negative breast cancer in the US
npj Breast Cancer·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Food insecurity and hypertension prevalence, awareness, and control in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network Study
PLOS Global Public Health·2025· 4 citedOpen Access
Prevalence of Household Food Insecurity Among Latinas at Risk for Type 2 Diabetes: Relationship to Dietary Glycemic Index and Trans-saturated Fat
Current Developments in Nutrition·2025Open Access
Evaluating Breastfeeding and Lactation Competencies in Mexican Primary Healthcare Providers Through Clinical Vignettes
Current Developments in Nutrition·2025Open Access
A New Era for Maternal and Child Nutrition Implementation Science Research and Program Evaluation
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2025· 1 citedOpen Access
Digital Marketing Claims and Their Association With the Perceptions of Parents of Children Under 2 Years Old of Commercial Milk Formulas in Mexico
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2025Open Access
Evidence‐Based Lessons From Two Decades of Implementation Research on Complementary Feeding Programmes
Maternal and Child Nutrition·2025· 3 citedOpen Access
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Frequent Co-authors

Sofía Segura‐Pérez(9), Donna J. Chapman(6), Grace Damio(5), Amber Hromi‐Fiedler(5), Nigel Rollins(4), Ana Maria Segall‐Corrêa(4), Linda Richter(3), Phillip Baker(3), David McCoy(3), Ellen Piwoz(3), César G. Victora(3), Letícia Marín‐Léon(3), David Himmelgreen(3), Anna Lartey(3), Gabriela Buccini(3), Cecília Tomori(2), Laurence M. Grummer‐Strawn(2), Paulo Augusto Ribeiro Neves(2), Lucia Kurdian Maranha(2), Maria de Fátima Archanjo Sampaio(2)