Publications

Hispanic adults with type 2 diabetes (T2D) are more likely to develop complications and die from the disease than the US general population. Digital storytelling interventions are narrative-based videos elicited through a community-based participatory research approach to surface the authentic voices of participants overcoming obstacles to health-promoting behaviors that perpetuate health inequities; research on the effect of digital storytelling on T2D outcomes among Hispanic adults is lacking.

After settling in the United States (US), immigrants often accumulate obesity and cardiovascular risk factors. As mood is often associated with health behaviors in the US population, mood may be an important mediating factor in immigrant populations.

Evidence-based health promotion programs in group settings have been shown to be effective at improving health behaviors in general populations, [7] but despite calls for interventions to address obesity and health behaviors among immigrant populations, [8] few intervention studies have been reported. [9]

Culturally tailored interventions are needed to address cancer screening disparities [6, 7]. One potential solution is using digital storytelling (DST) [8].

Im/migrants (immigrants and migrants, including refugees, asylum seekers, and individuals without legal documentation) experience unique assets and needs in relation to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19). Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is one way to engage im/migrant communities.

Community engagement is important for reaching populations at risk for health inequities in the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic.

Community-engaged research partnerships promote health equity through incorporation of regional contexts to inform partnership dynamics that shape research and interventions that reflect community voice and priorities.

Hispanic/Latino adults are disproportionately impacted by type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2D).

It is challenging to develop health promotion interventions created in collaboration with communities affected by inequities that focus beyond individual behavior change. One potential solution is interventions that use digital stories (DS).

The dissemination of research findings is a critical component of late translation research, but dissemination remains focused on academic audiences despite multiple studies demonstrating that research participants desire to know the key findings of studies in which they were involved.

The inequitable impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States resulted in substantial loss of life in Hispanic communities. Life expectancy among US Hispanics declined 3 years, the most of any race/ethnicity subgroup, from 2019 to 2020. Although COVID-19 led to a majority of this decline (90%), diabetes was noted as the third leading cause of increased deaths, behind unintentional injuries.

Immigrants often arrive to the United States (US) at a healthier weight compared to the general US population, but these healthy weight advantages disappear over time, and the rates of obesity, with associated complications, rise.

Crisis and emergency risk communication (CERC) frameworks encourage public participation in pandemic prevention and containment, but effective implementation depends, in part, on reaching populations with a history of health disparities and limited access to culturally and linguistically tailored health information.

Community-based participatory research (CBPR) can effectively address health disparities among groups that are historically difficult to reach, disadvantaged, of a minority status, or are otherwise underrepresented in research. Recent research has focused on the science of CBPR partnership constructs and on developing and testing tools for self-evaluation.