Cecilia B Rosales

Interests

Research

Border and binational health, farmworker health, social corporate responsibility, health disparities,

Teaching

US Mexico Border Policy and Binational Collaboration, Policy and Management, Service Learning

Courses

Scholarly Contributions

Books

• Sabo, S. J., Nicolette, T., Jill, d. Z., & Rosales, C. B. (2014). Entre Fronteras (Between Borders): The Power of Service-Learning in Cultural Exchange and Social Action in the United States -Mexico Borderlands. eBook ISBN: 978-989-98013-7: Heritage 2014 Proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Heritage and Sustainable Development.

Chapters

• Arranda, P., Ortega, I., Rosales, C. B., Sabo, S. J., De Zapien, J. G., & Zapien, A. (2013). Migracion y atenciion a la salud de los Jornalero agricolas. In Alternativas en la crisis para la transformacion de las politicas sociales en Mexico. Hermosillo, Mexico: Fundación Konrad Adenauer.
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  Arranda P, Ortega I, Rosales C, de Zapien J, Sabo S, Zapien A. (2013) Migracion y atención a la salud de los Jornalero agricolas. In Alternativas en la crisis para la transformación de las políticas sociales en México, México/Hermosillo, El Colegio de Sonora, CIAD, Fundación Konrad Adenauer

Journals/Publications

• Rosales, C. B. (2016). Agribusiness, Corporate Social Responsibility and Health of Agricultural Migrant Workers. Frontiers in Public Health, 4(54), 10. doi:10.3389/fpubh.2016.00054
• Rosales, C. B. (2016). Developing a Network of Community Health Workers: Improving the Lives of Migrant Farmworkers. Open Journal of Social Sciences, 4, 14. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/jss.2016.410011
• Rosales, C. B. (2016). Editorial: Emergent Public Health Issues in the US–Mexico Border Region. Frontiers in Public Health, 4(93), 10. doi:https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2016.00093
• Rosales, C. B. (2016). Prevalence of Asthma in School Children on the Arizona-Sonora Border. The Journal of Allergy and Clinical Immunology: In Practice, 5(1), 6. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jaip.2016.07.001
• Rosales, C. B. (2016). The effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on fetal development and pregnancy outcomes: a protocol. BMJ, 5(3), 10.
• Denman, C. A., Bell, M. L., Cornejo, E., de Zapien, J. G., Carvajal, S., & Rosales, C. (2015). Changes in health behaviors and self-rated health of participants in Meta Salud: a primary prevention intervention of NCD in Mexico. Global heart, 10(1), 55-61.
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  Meta Salud was a community health worker-facilitated intervention for the prevention of noncommunicable diseases in Northern Mexico.
• Gunn, J. K., Rosales, C. B., Center, K. E., Nuñez, A. V., Gibson, S. J., & Ehiri, J. E. (2015). The effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on fetal development and pregnancy outcomes: a protocol. BMJ open, 5(3), e007227.
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  The effects of exposure to marijuana in utero on fetal development are not clear. Given that the recent legislation on cannabis in the US is likely to result in increased use, there is a need to assess the effects of prenatal cannabis exposure on fetal development and pregnancy outcomes. The objective of this review is to assess the effects of prenatal exposure to cannabis on pregnancy outcomes (including maternal and child outcomes).
• Sabo, S., de Zapien, J., Teufel-Shone, N., Rosales, C., Bergsma, L., & Taren, D. (2015). Service learning: a vehicle for building health equity and eliminating health disparities. American journal of public health, 105 Suppl 1, S38-43.
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  Service learning (SL) is a form of community-centered experiential education that places emerging health professionals in community-generated service projects and provides structured opportunities for reflection on the broader social, economic, and political contexts of health. We describe the elements and impact of five distinct week-long intensive SL courses focused on the context of urban, rural, border, and indigenous health contexts. Students involved in these SL courses demonstrated a commitment to community-engaged scholarship and practice in both their student and professional lives. SL is directly in line with the core public health value of social justice and serves as a venue to strengthen community-campus partnerships in addressing health disparities through sustained collaboration and action in vulnerable communities.
• Denman, C. A., Rosales, C., Cornejo, E., Bell, M. L., Munguía, D., Zepeda, T., Carvajal, S., & Guernsey de Zapien, J. (2014). Evaluation of the community-based chronic disease prevention program Meta Salud in Northern Mexico, 2011-2012. Preventing chronic disease, 11, E154.
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  Meta Salud is a community health worker-facilitated intervention in Hermosillo, Sonora, Mexico, and was adapted from Pasos Adelante, a similar evidence-based intervention developed for a Latino population in the United States-Mexico border region. The objective of this study was to examine outcomes for Meta Salud and compare them with outcomes for Pasos Adelante.
• Langellier, B. A., Guernsey de Zapien, J., Rosales, C., Ingram, M., & Carvajal, S. C. (2014). State Medicaid expansion, community interventions, and health care disparities in a United States-Mexico border community. American journal of public health, 104(8), e94-e100.
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  We investigated whether access to and use of health care services increased among residents of a low-income, predominantly Mexican American border community affected by the expansion of Arizona's Medicaid program in 2001 and multiple community-level programs and policies.
• Rosales, C. B., Coe, K., Ortiz, S., Gámez, G., & Stroupe, N. (2014). Social justice, health, and human rights education: challenges and opportunities in schools of public health. Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974), 127(1).
• Sabo, S. J., Shaw, S. J., Ingram, M. -., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Carvajal, S., De Zapien, J. G., Rosales, C. B., Redondo, F., Garcia, G., & Rubio-Goldsmith, R. (2014). Everyday Violence , Structural Racism and Mistreatment at the US-Mexico Border. Social Science and Medicine, 109, 66-74.
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  Sabo S, Shaw S, Ingram M, , Teufel Shone N, Carvajal S, de Zapien J, Rosales C, Redondo F**, Garcia G**, . Rubio-Goldsmith R. Everyday Violence , Structural Racism and Mistreatment at the US-Mexico Border. Social Science and Medicine.
• Carvajal, S. C., Miesfeld, N., Chang, J., Reinschmidt, K. M., de Zapien, J. G., Fernandez, M. L., Rosales, C., & Staten, L. K. (2013). Evidence for long-term impact of Pasos Adelante: using a community-wide survey to evaluate chronic disease risk modification in prior program participants. International journal of environmental research and public health, 10(10).
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  Effective community-level chronic disease prevention is critical to population health within developed and developing nations. Pasos Adelante is a preventive intervention that aims to reduce chronic disease risk with evidence of effectiveness in US-Mexico residing, Mexican origin, participants. This intervention and related ones also implemented with community health workers have been shown to improve clinical, behavioral and quality of life indicators; though most evidence is from shorter-term evaluations and/or lack comparison groups. The current study examines the impact of this program using secondary data collected in the community 3-6 years after all participants completed the program. A proportional household survey (N = 708) was used that included 48 respondents who indicated they had participated in Pasos. Using propensity score matching to account for differences in program participants versus other community residents (the program targeted those with diabetes and associated risk factors), 148 natural controls were identified for 37 matched Pasos participants. Testing a range of behavioral and clinical indicators of chronic disease risk, logistic regression models accounting for selection bias showed two significant findings; Pasos participants were more physically active and drank less whole milk. These findings add to the evidence of the effectiveness of Pasos Adalente and related interventions in reducing chronic disease risk in Mexican-origin populations, and illustrate the use of innovative techniques for using secondary, community-level data to complement prior evaluation research.
• Carvajal, S. C., Rosales, C., Rubio-Goldsmith, R., Sabo, S., Ingram, M., McClelland, D. J., Redondo, F., Torres, E., Romero, A. J., O'Leary, A. O., Sanchez, Z., & de Zapien, J. G. (2013). The border community and immigration stress scale: a preliminary examination of a community responsive measure in two Southwest samples. Journal of immigrant and minority health / Center for Minority Public Health, 15(2).
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  Understanding contemporary socio-cultural stressors may assist educational, clinical and policy-level health promotion efforts. This study presents descriptive findings on a new measure, the border community and immigration stress scale. The data were from two community surveys as part of community based participatory projects conducted in the Southwestern US border region. This scale includes stressful experiences reflected in extant measures, with new items reflecting heightened local migration pressures and health care barriers. Stressors representing each main domain, including novel ones, were reported with frequency and at high intensity in the predominantly Mexican-descent samples. Total stress was also significantly associated with mental and physical health indicators. The study suggests particularly high health burdens tied to the experience of stressors in the US border region. Further, many of the stressors are also likely relevant for other communities within developed nations also experiencing high levels of migration.
• Carvajal, S., Carvajal, S., Rosales, C. B., Rosales, C. B., Raquel, G. R., Raquel, G. R., Sabo, S., Sabo, S., Ingram, M. -., Ingram, M. -., McClelland, D., McClelland, D., Redondo, F., Redondo, F., Torres, E., Torres, E., Romero, A. J., Romero, A. J., O'Leary, A. O., , O'Leary, A. O., et al. (2013). The Border Community and Immigration Stress Scale: A Preliminary Examination of a Community Responsive Measure in Two Southwest Samples. Journal of Immigrant & Minority Health, 2(15), 427-436.
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  This article is based on earlier research on Migrant Farmworker health in Yuma, Arizona. The article was first published on-line in 2012, then in print in 2013.
• Chang, J., Guy, M. C., Rosales, C., de Zapien, J. G., Staten, L. K., Fernandez, M. L., & Carvajal, S. C. (2013). Investigating social ecological contributors to diabetes within Hispanics in an underserved U.S.-Mexico border community. International journal of environmental research and public health, 10(8).
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  Hispanics bear a disproportionate burden of diabetes in the United States, yet relations of structural, socio-cultural and behavioral factors linked to diabetes are not fully understood across all of their communities. The current study examines disparities and factors associated with diabetes in adult Hispanics of Mexican-descent (N = 648) participating in a population survey of an underserved rural U.S.-Mexico border community. The overall rate of diabetes prevalence rate in the sample, based on self-report and a glucose testing, was 21%; much higher than rates reported for U.S. adults overall, for all Hispanic adults, or for Mexican American adults specifically. Acculturation markers and social determinants of health indicators were only significantly related to diabetes in models not accounting for age. Older age, greater BMI (>30), greater waist-to-hip ratio as well as lower fruit and vegetable consumption were significantly related to increased likelihood of diabetes when all structural, cultural, behavioral, and biological factors were considered. Models with sets of behavioral factors and biological factors each significantly improved explanation of diabetes relative to prior social ecological theory-guided models. The findings show a critical need for diabetes prevention efforts in this community and suggest that health promotion efforts should particularly focus on increasing fruit and vegetable consumption.
• Rosales, C. (2013). The Enigma of the Stigma of Hair Loss: Why is Cancer-Treatment Related Alopecia so Traumatic for Women?. Open Cancer Journal, 6, 1-8.
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  Coe, K., Staten, L., Rosales, C., & Swanson, M. (2013). The Enigma of the Stigma of Hair Loss: Why is Cancer-Treatment Related Alopecia so Traumatic for Women?. Open Cancer Journal, 6, 1-8.
• Rosales, C., Carvajal, S. C., Kibor, C., McClelland, D. J., Ingram, M., de Zapien, J. G., Torres, E., Redondo, F., Rodriguez, K., Rubio-Goldsmith, R., Meister, J., & Rosales, C. B. (2013). Stress and Sociocultural Factors Related to Health Status Among US-Mexico Border Farmworkers. Journal of immigrant and minority health / Center for Minority Public Health.
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  This study examines factors relating to farmworkers' health status from sociocultural factors, including stress embedded within their work and community contexts. A cross-sectional household survey of farmworkers (N = 299) included social-demographics, immigration status descriptors, and a social-ecologically grounded, community-responsive, stress assessment. Outcomes included three standard US national surveillance measures of poor mental, physical, and self-rated health (SRH). Logistic regression models showed that higher levels of stress were significantly associated (Ps 
• Rosales, C., Sugeng, A. J., Beamer, P. I., Lutz, E. A., & Rosales, C. B. (2013). Hazard-ranking of agricultural pesticides for chronic health effects in Yuma County, Arizona. The Science of the total environment, 463-464.
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  With thousands of pesticides registered by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, it not feasible to sample for all pesticides applied in agricultural communities. Hazard-ranking pesticides based on use, toxicity, and exposure potential can help prioritize community-specific pesticide hazards. This study applied hazard-ranking schemes for cancer, endocrine disruption, and reproductive/developmental toxicity in Yuma County, Arizona. An existing cancer hazard-ranking scheme was modified, and novel schemes for endocrine disruption and reproductive/developmental toxicity were developed to rank pesticide hazards. The hazard-ranking schemes accounted for pesticide use, toxicity, and exposure potential based on chemical properties of each pesticide. Pesticides were ranked as hazards with respect to each health effect, as well as overall chronic health effects. The highest hazard-ranked pesticides for overall chronic health effects were maneb, metam-sodium, trifluralin, pronamide, and bifenthrin. The relative pesticide rankings were unique for each health effect. The highest hazard-ranked pesticides differed from those most heavily applied, as well as from those previously detected in Yuma homes over a decade ago. The most hazardous pesticides for cancer in Yuma County, Arizona were also different from a previous hazard-ranking applied in California. Hazard-ranking schemes that take into account pesticide use, toxicity, and exposure potential can help prioritize pesticides of greatest health risk in agricultural communities. This study is the first to provide pesticide hazard-rankings for endocrine disruption and reproductive/developmental toxicity based on use, toxicity, and exposure potential. These hazard-ranking schemes can be applied to other agricultural communities for prioritizing community-specific pesticide hazards to target decreasing health risk.
• Ortega, M., Rosales, C., de Zapien, J. G., Aranda, P., Castañeda, A., Saucedo, S., Montaño, C., & Contreras, A. (2012). Migration, agribusiness and nutritional status of children under five in Northwest Mexico. International journal of environmental research and public health, 9(1).
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  The aim of this study was to examine the nutritional status of children of Mexican migrant worker families under five years of age within the context of global food markets. The sample included 404 children less than five years old from farms and agricultural communities in northwest Mexico. Prevalence of stunting and underweight of children appeared very similar to that of indigenous children from the national sample survey (difference 0.9 and 1.6 percentage points, respectively). Compared to the national sample of Mexican children, stunting and underweight seemed higher in migrant children (difference 17.7 and 4.5 percentage points, respectively), but wasting, an indicator of both chronic and acute undernutrition, appeared to indicate a process of nutritional recuperation. Migrant children living in poverty and suffering from chronic undernutrition, poor performance and scarce education opportunities, can be expected to eventually become agricultural workers with low productivity and poor general health. Consumer's demands on social and environmental standards of fresh food production in developed countries could be an opportunity to impact the lives of migrant agricultural workers, their families and communities.
• Rosales, C., Ortega, M. I., De Zapien, J. G., Paniagua, A. D., Zapien, A., Ingram, M., & Aranda, P. (2012). The US/Mexico border: a binational approach to framing challenges and constructing solutions for improving farmworkers' lives. International journal of environmental research and public health, 9(6).
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  Mexican migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the US-Mexico border region face health hazards and occupational risks and are becoming commonly known in the public health literature. According to several studies, farmworkers have high levels of chronic diseases such as diabetes and respiratory problems, are at risk for infectious diseases, and experience among the highest incidences of work-related injuries of any profession. The findings from two studies are considered and presented with the objective of contributing to an overall understanding of migrant farmworkers as a workforce moving across national boundaries and affected by the work environments and health stressors both shared and unique to each context. We propose a binational approach to comprehensively address the health problems and socioeconomic challenges faced by migrant and seasonal farmworkers. In this paper we present the results of two distinct but complementary studies of farmworker health on the Arizona-Sonora border.
• Rosales, C. B., Nuno, T., Dieke, A., Galvez, F. N., Dutton, R. J., Guerrero, R., Dulin, P., Jiménez, E. A., Granillo, B., & de Zapien, J. G. (2011). U.S.-Mexico cross-border workforce training needs: survey implementation. Journal of injury & violence research, 3(1).
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  Since the tragic events experienced on September 11, 2001, and other recent events such as the hurricane devastation in the southeastern parts of the country and the emergent H1N1 season, the need for a competent public health workforce has become vitally important for securing and protecting the greater population. Objective: The primary objective of the study was to assess the training needs of the U.S. Mexico border states public health workforce.
• Hayden, M. H., Uejio, C. K., Walker, K., Ramberg, F., Moreno, R., Rosales, C., Gameros, M., Mearns, L. O., Zielinski-Gutierrez, E., & Janes, C. R. (2010). Microclimate and human factors in the divergent ecology of Aedes aegypti along the Arizona, U.S./Sonora, MX border. EcoHealth, 7(1).
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  This study examined the association of human and environmental factors with the presence of Aedes aegypti, the vector for dengue fever and yellow fever viruses, in a desert region in the southwest United States and northwest Mexico. Sixty-eight sites were longitudinally surveyed along the United States-Mexico border in Tucson, AZ, Nogales, AZ, and Nogales, Sonora during a 3-year period. Aedes aegypti presence or absence at each site was measured three times per year using standard oviposition traps. Maximum and minimum temperature and relative humidity were measured hourly at each site. Field inventories were conducted to measure human housing factors potentially affecting mosquito presence, such as the use of air-conditioning and evaporative coolers, outdoor vegetation cover, and access to piped water. The results showed that Ae. aegypti presence was highly variable across space and time. Aedes aegypti presence was positively associated with highly vegetated areas. Other significant variables included microclimatic differences and access to piped water. This study demonstrates the importance of microclimate and human factors in predicting Ae. aegypti distribution in an arid environment.
• Rosales, C. B., Coe, M. K., Stroupe, N. R., Hackman, A., & de Zapien, J. G. (2010). The Culture of Health Survey: a qualitative assessment of a diabetes prevention coalition. Journal of community health, 35(1).
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  In the past two decades, the fields of public health and social services have increasingly turned toward collaborative and community-based approaches to address complex health and social issues. One aspect of these approaches has been the development and implementation of community coalitions. Coalitions have been used to successfully address a wide range of issues, including cancer prevention, tobacco use, HIV/AIDS, youth violence, heart disease, diabetes, and sexual exploitation of youth runaways. In south Tucson, Arizona the SEAH coalition was developed to address diabetes and substance abuse prevention. Using a qualitative interview guide, the Culture of Health Survey, this study was aimed at identifying community perceptions of the coalition and its effectiveness in the areas of community leadership, partnerships, trust, and movement towards positive change. We also sought to document the dissemination, throughout a community, of information on the activities and functioning of a community based coalition and whether or not it was seen as one that held fast to the community values and not to individual agendas. Results highlight the importance of outreach, education, trust, and partnerships in promoting diabetes prevention through a community coalition.
• Rosales, C., Robinson, K. L., Ernst, K. C., Johnson, B. L., & Rosales, C. B. (2010). Health status of southern Arizona border counties: a Healthy Border 2010 midterm review. Revista panamericana de salud pública = Pan American journal of public health, 28(5).
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  The region on the United States (US) side of the US-Mexico border consists of 44 counties in four states; populations on both sides of the border have similar health problems. Healthy Border 2010: An Agenda for Improving Health on the US-Mexico Border (HB 2010) is a binational agenda of health promotion and disease prevention for individuals in the region. This study reports on the health status of the four southern Arizona border counties.
• Fenn, J., Rosales, C., & Logue, C. (2007). "Sir insulin monk versus the evil Diana betes": a program addressing type 2 diabetes education and prevention in youth. The Diabetes educator, 33(3), 455-459.
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  The purpose of this article is to share an innovative method of integrating community resources into a program designed to deliver age-appropriate and culturally appropriate diabetes education to youth. The educational program involves an interactive dialogue that engages school-aged children in an active process of learning about diabetes. School or community-based settings provide the best venue for presenting information to youth on diabetes. In addition, peer education is an excellent method of creating interest among youth. Many adults have received diabetes education simply by observing the program. This program has become an appealing and interactive method of delivering type 2 diabetes prevention information to children of all ages.
• Cowan, L., Esteban, E., McElroy-Hart, R., Kieszak, S., Meyer, P. A., Rosales, C., Applegate, M., Mada Vélez, G., Arias-Ortiz, J., & Rubin, C. (2006). Binational study of pediatric blood lead levels along the United States/Mexico border. International journal of hygiene and environmental health, 209(3).
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  To evaluate lead exposure among children living in border communities, the states of Arizona and New Mexico in the United States (US), and the states of Sonora and Chihuahua in Mexico collaboratively requested that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) provide technical assistance to document pediatric blood lead levels (BLLs) in children living along this part of the US/Mexico border. Two studies were conducted to evaluate BLLs of children aged 1-6 years. In 1998, 1210 children were tested in the Arizona/Sonora study; in 1999, 874 children were tested in New Mexico/Chihuahua. Overall geometric mean BLL was 32.5 microg/l (95% Confidence Interval 31.5-33.5) with BLLs ranging from below limit of detection to 320.0 microg/l. Mean BLLs were higher among children living on the Mexican side of the border (43.2 microg/l) compared to those on the US side (22.3 microg/l). Mean BLLs ranged from 14.9 to 31.2 microg/l at the US sites and from 26.9 to 55.2 microg/l at the Mexican sites. This study used a convenience sample and cannot be considered representative of the general population. Nonetheless, the range of mean BLLs among the sites and especially the higher mean BLLs among children living in the border communities in Mexico suggests different exposures to lead and warrants further attention.

Presentations

• Sugeng, A. J., Canales, R. A., Lutz, E. A., Rosales, C. B., & Beamer, P. (2015, October). Modeling the Transport of Agricultural Pesticides into Farmworkers’ Homes. International Society of Exposure Science. Henderson, NV.
• Sabo, S., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Rosales, C. B., & De Zapien, J. G. (2014, July). Entre Fronteras (Between Borders): the power of service learning in cultural exchange and social action in the US-Mexico borderlands. 4th International Conference of Heritage and Sustainable Development. Guimares, Portugal: UNESCO.
• De Zapien, J. G., Denman, C., Cornejo, E., Staten, L., Carvajal, S. C., & Rosales, C. B. (2013, November). Meta salud: Building binational collaboration with community health workers for prevention of chronic disease. APHA.
• Gomez, S., Celaya, M., Silk, M., England, B., De Zapien, J. G., Rosales, C. B., Dawley, D., Andrade, R., Tobar, M. -., Healy, E., & Taren, D. L. (2013, November). Parent ambassador program: A model for expanding the public health workforce to effect school wellness plans. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston MA: American Public Health Association.

Poster Presentations

• Carvajal, S. C., Jean, C., Sam, S., De Zapien, J. G., & Rosales, C. B. (2013, November). Diabetes disparities in Latino adults in US-Mexico border: Are social context-related stressors contributing?. APHA.
• Carvajal, S. C., Jean, C., Sam, S., De Zapien, J. G., & Rosales, C. B. (2014, November). AZCHW Coalition: History, Process, and Outcomes. APHA.
• Sugeng, A., Canales, R. A., Lutz, E. A., Rosales, C. B., & Beamer, P. I. (2014, October). Exploring the Influence of Household and Housing Characteristics on Transport of Agricultural Pesticides into Farmworkers' Homes. International Society of Exposure Science. Cincinnati, OH.
• Sugeng, A., Canales, R. A., Lutz, E. A., Rosales, C. B., & Beamer, P. I. (2014, October). Using chemical characteristics to explain transport pathways of agricultural pesticides from the field into homes. International Society of Exposure Science. Cincinnati, OH.
• Bravo-Clouzet, R., Heckert, K. A., Ehiri, J. E., Rosales, C. B., Attakai, A. -., Guerrero, R., Andrade, R., & Taren, D. L. (2013, November). New frontiers in global health leadership: Building strong health systems to respond to non-communicable diseases – a versatile training toolkit for professionals and graduate students. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston MA: American Public Health Association.
• Sabo, S. J., De Zapien, J. G., Ingram, M. -., Rosales, C. B., & Carvajal, S. (2013, November). Everyday violence of immigration related ethno-racial profiling and mistreatment: A mixed methods approach to understanding immigration policy as a structural determinants of health. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA: American Public Health Association.
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  Public health scholars have called for research into the impact of state level immigration policies on the public's health and have recognized these policies may exacerbate existing racial and ethnic disparities among immigrant populations and their co-ethnics. Objective: The purpose of this study was to apply the theory of everyday violence to explore immigration policy and militarization of the US-Mexico border as a structural determinant of health. Methods: Through qualitative and quantitative data, the prevalence and type of direct and indirect experiences of immigration related ethno- racial profiling, mistreatment and resistance to institutionalized victimization were explored among 499 Mexican border farmworkers during the years 2005-2007. Results: Farmworkers were predominately US citizens and permanent residents with more than two decades working in US agriculture. Approximately 25% described a personally experienced and/ or witnessed immigration related mistreatment encounter, categorized as verbal, physical and or psychological mistreatment by an immigration official. Approximately 75% of all mistreatment encounters occurred in a non US-port of entry community location, and more than half were experienced personally and or reported by female farmworkers who were 30% of the total sample. Conclusion: Farmworkers described living and working in a highly militarized environment, whereby immigration related ethno-racial profiling and mistreatment were common immigration law enforcement practices. This paper argues for the inclusion of immigration policy that sanctions the institutional practices of discrimination, such as ethno-racial profiling and mistreatment by immigration officials, as a structural determinant of health and a form of everyday violence.
• Sabo, S. J., Rosales, C. B., De Zapien, J. G., Change, J., & Carvajal, S. (2013, November). Diabetes disparities in Latino adults in US-Mexico border: Are social context-related stressors contributing?. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting. Boston, MA: American Public Health Association.
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  Mexican-descent persons living at the border have high rates of diabetes. Health consequences are further exacerbated by SES and health care access disparities, and within Arizona, an intense socio-political environment associated with immigration enforcement. This work examines context-relevant stressors as well as a more general stress and mental health problems, in relating to diabetes. The participants are from proportional household samples of adult Latino farmworkers (Southwest Arizona; N=299) and of Latino adults (Southeast Arizona; N = 648). The data were part of community-based participatory research involving diverse partnerships of academics, promotoras and other community advocates, and other public health professionals requesting surveillance, programmatic and policy-related data. Response rates were over 85%, a testament to the community partnerships and strong community rapport. Except for social-ecologic stress (1st sample only; from the Border Community and Immigration Stress Scale) and glucose (2nd sample only), measures were derived from standard behavior/health surveillance instruments. In the farmworker sample 16% reported physician diabetes diagnosis, while in the other sample the rate was 21% (including 1% detected from the glucose test alone). These rates are about 2-3 times that for non-Hispanic whites in the US, and 25-50% higher than the national rates for Latino or Mexican American adults. Models tested in both samples showed among stress and mental health indicators, only the BCISS related to significantly excess (AOR=1.7) risk for diabetes. Efforts to reduce diabetes should consider a broad range of culturally and context-relevant stressors, and consider ways to intervene on the individual, group and policy level.
• Sabo, S., Ingram, M., De Zapien, J. G., Rosales, C. B., & Carvajal, S. C. (2013, November). Everyday violence of immigration related ethno-racial profiling and mistreatment: A mixed methods approach to understanding immigration policy as a structural determinants of health.. APHA.

Others

• Taren, D. L., Taren, D. L., De Zapien, J. G., De Zapien, J. G., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Teufel-Shone, N. I., Rosales, C. B., Rosales, C. B., Sabo, S., Sabo, S., Foote, J. A., Foote, J. A., Bergsma, L. J., Bergsma, L. J., Heckert, K. A., Heckert, K. A., Raine, S., Raine, S., Lutz, E. A., & Lutz, E. A. (2013, June). Creating an Environment that has Service Learning Integrated into the Curricula. Innovations for Public Health Education, Columbia University.
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  Conference proceedings, Summit on Public Health Education Sets Course for Change, June 3, 2013