In the United States the growing Latino population is often referred to as the "sleeping giant" of electoral politics due to the group's significant size. After the 2012 Presidential elections some argued that the 'sleeping giant' had finally awakened. This work analyzed the val…
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Problem. The problem of the study was to examine and test the effectiveness of the Promotoras model, through the development of a culturally sensitive peer-led pilot intervention to increase breast and cervical cancer awareness and screening behavior for Latinas. Hispanic/Latino…
The goal of this secondary analysis is to describe the sociodemographic, psychosocial, HIV testing, alcohol and drug use, and sexual risk behavior characteristics in a sample of young Latino men who have sex with men (YLMSM) living in the San Diego-Tijuana border region. In addi…
A large proportion of older adult Latinos have at least one chronic physical health condition; those same individuals who also exhibit depressive symptoms experience higher mortality rates. Given their projected population growth of 500% by 2050, it is important to disentangle t…
Using the lenses of social constructionism and critical feminist theory, this dissertation examines how transnational Mexican couples in the agricultural town of Mecca, Southern California, respond to the crisis created by their adolescent children using illegal substances. As p…
The present study assessed levels of anticipated positive and negative social support that undergraduate Latino heterosexual siblings would give to a younger brother that disclosed a gay identity. Randomly selected Latino undergraduate students (N = 179) read a vignette that dep…
Over the past twenty years, the state of Arizona has increasingly become a key location for the debate surrounding immigration and border policy in the United States. Its geographical position within the Southwest North American Region (SWNAR) of the United States and shared phy…
Purpose of the Study: The aim of this explanatory mixed methods study was to understand what factors motivate Latinos with cardiometabolic risk factors (CMRF) to use mHealth.