All Projects
The Impact of Breast Cancer on the Hispanic Family
This psychosocial study targeted the impact of breast cancer on the Hispanic family and its quality of life, with findings that reveal specific impacts on family members and Hispanics’ interests in genetic testing.
Recruiting into Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Clinical Trials
This study used a community health worker/patient navigator to increase recruitment of children from Texas’ Lower Rio Grande Valley into clinical trials.
A Patient Navigator Intervention
This Pfizer-funded study aimed to use patient navigation to improve breast and cervical abnormality treatment outcomes among Latinas.
Genetic Evaluation for Breast Cancer Susceptibility in South Texas
This study examined how genetic counseling impacts awareness, perceptions, and decision-making about genetic among Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites.
Genetic Testing for Latina Breast Cancer Risk
This study examined how genetic counseling impacts awareness, perceptions, and decision-making about genetic among Hispanics and non-Hispanic whites.
Survivorship: Exercise Behaviors in Latina Survivors
This project tests whether Latina cancer survivors who receive a culturally tailored exercise intervention will be more likely to initiate/maintain exercise behaviors than Latinas who do not get the intervention.
Screening: Using Promotoras for Cancer Education
Salud San Antonio! tests the use of community health workers (promotoras) to deliver cancer education to increase screening rates and knowledge of breast, cervical, and colorectal cancer among Latinas living in high-risk areas on San Antonio’s West and South sides.
Preventing Tobacco Use in Young Latino Workers in Texas Project
This developed a program of mass media, peer networking, and Internet communications to reduce tobacco use among young, non-college-enrolled Latino workers at high risk for tobacco use.
Sin Fumar: Preventing Tobacco Use Among Border Youth
This aimed to prevent and reduce tobacco use among youth in grades 6-12 in Laredo, Texas, utilizing peer role models and behavioral journalism in a smoking prevention model.
Mass Media Intervention to Reduce Youth Smoking: Message Development Using Audience Research
This developed TV and radio advertisements to help youths avoid or quit smoking cigarettes and increase the effectiveness of mass media campaigns that target youth tobacco control.