Elena Bastida

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• Ph.D
• Professor (Full) at Florida International University

At 63.7 million, Latinxs constitute the largest racial/ethnic minority in the United States (US). Early during the COVID-19 pandemic, Latinxs were disproportionately impacted and exhibited lower vaccine uptake. Widespread infodemics contributed to confusion, eroded trust, and fostered vaccine hesitancy among this population. This study used a conve...

In the United States, non-Hispanic Black adolescents have a significantly higher prevalence of obesity than their peers. Though physical activity (PA) has many benefits, many adolescents fail to engage in adequate amounts of PA. Black adolescents are also more sedentary than those from other races and ethnicities. This study aimed to describe the p...

Current literature is conflicting regarding whether accurate weight perception encourages healthy weight-related behaviors. This study examined the prevalence of weight misperception and explored associations between weight misperception and weight-related behaviors among 353 Black adolescents in Broward County, Florida. Overall, 44.8% of participa...

Contact tracing is a cornerstone in public health practice, providing an effective response to infectious disease outbreaks. Beginning in April 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic spread quickly in the United States, public health departments increasingly relied on contact tracers to control disease spread and reduce the impact on the community. The Flo...

During the Spring of 2021 in Miami-Dade County, four virtual focus groups were held with 31 participants from four diverse local Latinx communities as part of the Florida Community Engagement Alliance (FL-CEAL) Against COVID-19 Disparities project. The main objective was to explore attitudes about COVID-19 information and prevention strategies amon...

The period between adolescence to young adulthood can be stressful for parents of transition-aged children (14 to 22 years old) with autism spectrum disorder. A systematic review was undertaken to examine if existing interventions address the unique parental stressors of this phase and if the scales used to measure parental stress and anxiety are s...

Background To examine the role of parity in coronary heart disease (CHD) among middle-aged Indian women living in government-designated slums in Mysore, India. Methods Between October 2017 and May 2018, a cross-sectional study was carried out among women, 40 to 64 years of age, residing in government-designated slums in Mysore, India. In addition...

IMPACT: Understanding the needs and barriers or facilitators to participation in research, especially among minority communities is critical not only for COVID-19 research but also for future clinical and translational research and health disparities studies. OBJECTIVES/GOALS: The overall goal of this project is to enhance education, awareness, acc...

Background: Globally, rates of obesity have trebled in the past four decades. India has more than 9.8 million men and 20 million women classified as obese. While poor diet and sedentary lifestyles are major causes, growing evidence suggests other factors like sleep-disordered-breathing may also be contributors. Methods: A cross-sectional survey...

Objectives To explore patterns of dental care utilization among adult Hispanic migrant farmworkers utilizing the Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services. Methods In 2010, 278 Hispanic migrant workers participated in the oral health assessment. Hierarchical logistic regression modeling was used to assess the effects of multiple factors on havi...

Background: Cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) are the leading causes of death among women globally. Cardiovascular disease-related events are more common in older women compared with men and are more likely to result in death. Although research in high-income countries suggests that women have unique sociobiological CVD risk factors, only a few study...

Background: Globally, rates of obesity have trebled in the past four decades. India has more than 9.8 million men and 20 million women classified as obese. While poor diet and sedentary lifestyles are major causes, growing evidence suggests other factors like sleep-disordered-breathing may also be contributors. Methods: A cross-sectional survey was...

Objectives To examine whether tobacco initiation via e-cigarettes increases the likelihood of subsequent tobacco use among a large representative sample of US adolescents. Methods This study is a retrospective longitudinal analysis from a representative sample of US middle and high school students (n = 39,718) who completed the 2014 and 2015 Natio...

Objective: In 2015, only half (48%) of older adults in the United States (≥60 years) reported engaging in any kind of physical activity. Few studies examine the impact of evidence-based programs when adopted in community-based settings. The purpose of this study is to assess the effectiveness of EnhanceFitness (EF) upto 12-months. Method: EF was...

We agree with McKee and Capewell’s article on Public Health England’s report.1 Unfortunately, the debate focuses on the potential harm reduction among dual users and diverts attention away from the harms of e-cigarettes,2 ignoring their impact on naive users, especially adolescents. Despite the complete ban on …

The burden of HIV affects not only HIV-infected patients but also their families and caregivers. It is also known that family support is crucial for people living with HIV. A qualitative study was conducted to explore the life experiences, within the family context, of perinatally HIV-infected (pHIV-I) youth in Puerto Rico. Twenty in-depth intervie...

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Background: Perinatally HIV-infected (pHIV-I) young adults are alive due to the successes in antiretroviral therapies (ART) where available. They face the complexity of living with a transmissible disease. The advent of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) can redefine their path to sexually active adults. Methods:A study using an Interpretative Pheno...

A sample of 808 Food Bank (FB) clients of Mexican and Central American origin were recruited at FB pantry sites to participate in a 12 week intervention to promote healthy eating and increased physical activity. Ethnographic and quantifiable data examined the existence, acquisition or increased participant social capital throughout 40 weeks. Partic...

Objective: The study purpose was to explore oral health issues and the effect of a set of predisposing, enabling, and need factors (Andersen Behavioral Model of Health Services Utilization) on dental services utilization among adult Hispanic migrant workers in South Florida. A second objective was to complement the quantitative analysis with ethnog...

This roundtable will engage panelists and attendees in a discussion on the impact of political and social change on demographic transitions; and vice versa, how demographic transitions trigger important social and political change. In this context, panelists will reflect upon what they consider are present demographic transitions and socio/politica...

This paper presents data collected along the US/Mexico border region to highlight the poor health profile exhibited by native born and Mexican immigrants in this economically disadvantaged region of the United States. A random cluster design consisting of 132 sites yielded a total of 1237 food insecure participants reporting a high number of chroni...

Introduction: The objective of our study was to evaluate the cost-effectiveness of a community-based intervention designed to improve physical activity levels and dietary intake and to reduce diabetes risk in a largely Hispanic population residing along the U.S.-Mexico border. Method: We forecasted disease outcomes, quality-adjusted life-years (...

We provide an equilibrium based asset pricing framework to investigate the patterns in health care finance in 30 OECD countries. Using purchasing power parity adjusted data we find that the sample of countries together as a whole does not exhibit a pattern of convergence. However, there is some evidence of regional convergence within NAFTA, the E.U...

Rates of type 2 diabetes in Texas-Mexico border counties (20-39%) exceed national rates. Few community-based interventions have improved outcomes related to risk factors (overweight, sedentary lifestyle, and poor diet) in low-income Mexican-American populations. Further, information on intervention cost-effectiveness is lacking. We evaluate the cos...

Background: In Puerto Rico, perinatally HIV-infected young adults are alive due to the successes in antiretroviral therapies (ART). Since a young age, they face the challenges and complexity of ART, including adherence and discipline. There is paucity in studies that explore the meaning of medication for this population. Methods: In-depth intervi...

The prevalence and negative health effects of chronic diseases are disproportionately high among Hispanics, the largest minority group in the United States. Self-management of chronic conditions by older adults is a public health priority. The objective of this study was to examine 6-week differences in self-efficacy, time spent performing physical...

The purpose of this study is to see if contact with the dead is associated with lower death anxiety among older Mexican Americans. The data come from a nationwide survey of older Mexican Americans (N = 1,005). The study model specifies that (a) older Mexican Americans who have experienced contact with the dead are more likely to see the connectedne...

Exploring the Expectation of Well Being upon retirement in a Middle Age Population of Mexican Americans Elena Bastida, Florida International University Tibebe Assefa, University of Texas Pan American Carlos Barreto Beck, Texas A & M University Gokce Soydemir, California State University, Stanislaus While much has been written about retire...

Background Women involved in street-prostitution face multiple health risks emanating from contextual and behavioral factors. These risks endanger the women's lives, and would also threaten a fetus if pregnancy were to occur. Few studies have focused on these women from a maternal health perspective. Methods Twenty women with prostitution experienc...

The purpose of this study is to see if there are differences in the social relationships that older African Americans, older whites, and older Mexican Americans form with the people where they worship. Data from two nationwide surveys are pooled to see if race differences emerge in eleven different measures of church-based social relationships. The...

The purpose of this study is to see if financial strain affects the religious involvement and life satisfaction of older Mexican Americans. In the process, an effort was made to explore the factors that promote financial strain in this ethnic group, including immigration status and English language use. The data come from a nationwide survey of old...

The purpose of this study is to explain how church-based emotional support influences the health of older Mexican Americans. This issue is evaluated with a theoretical model that contains the following core linkages: (1) older Mexican Americans who go to church more often will be more likely to receive emotional support from fellow church members;...

Breast cancer is the main cause of cancer deaths for Hispanic women. This study analyzes the role of functional health literacy on mammography screening behavior and adherence of Hispanic women. Survey data from 722 Mexican American women age 40 and over residing in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas in 2008 were used to estimate logistic regress...

The purpose of this study was to evaluate a conceptual model that assesses whether praying to the saints or the Virgin is associated with the health of older Mexican Americans. A survey was conducted of 1,005 older Mexican Americans (Mean age = 73.9 years; SD = 6.6 years). Data from 795 of the Catholic respondents are presented in this study. The f...

The purpose of this study is to examine the relationship between religiously based beliefs about suffering and health among older Mexicans. A nationwide survey of older Mexican Americans was conducted (N=1,005). Questions were administered to assess beliefs about finding positive outcomes in suffering, the benefits of suffering in silence, other di...

A manda is a religious quid pro quo whereby an older Mexican American promises to perform a religious act if the Virgin or one of the saints grants a request. The purpose of this study is to see whether making mandas is associated with health among older Mexican Americans. Findings from the study model suggest that making mandas is associated with...

Exploring the importance of ethical issues in the conduct of community-based participatory research (CBPR) continues to be an important topic for researchers and practitioners. This article uses the Beyond Sabor Project, a CBPR project implemented in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, as a case example to discuss ethical issues such as the importance of...

The purpose of the current study is to examine the relationship between religion and post death contact among older Mexican Americans. Four major themes emerged from 52 in-depth interviews that were conducted with Older Mexican Americans residing in Texas. First, many older study participants told us they had contact with the dead, but others indic...

This article examines changes in weight loss and employment on the incidence and management of diabetes over an eight-year period. Using data from three panel waves of the Border Epidemiologic Study on Aging, collected between 1995 and 2003, estimation results from a set of logit regression models reveal that obese individuals, who lose weight over...

Pain and suffering are deeply embedded in the ethos of Mexican American culture. Consequently, it is not surprising to find that many Mexican Americans turn to their faith in an effort to deal with the pain and suffering that arise in their lives. The purpose of the current study is to explore the interface between pain, suffering, religion, and he...

A number of studies suggest that people who have strong social support systems at church tend to enjoy better mental and physical health. Yet little is known about the factors that promote strong church-based social support networks. The purpose of this study is to show that key religious beliefs may have something to do with it. A new construct -...

We examined disparities in health care use among US-Mexico border residents, with a focus on the unique binational environment of the region, to determine factors that may influence health care use in Mexico. Data were from 2 waves of a population-based study of 1048 Latino residents of selected Texas border counties. Logistic regression models exa...

Conventional economic explanations for uninsurance should apply to all geographic regions in the United States. However, the border states of California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas have the highest rates of uninsurance in the US, accounting for over 30% of the total US uninsured population. We use survey data from the fourth wave of the Border E...

One-fifth of the U.S. adult population does not have health insurance coverage and it is projected that the ranks of the uninsured will continue to grow due to increasing health care costs and rising health insurance premiums (DeNavas-Walt, Proctor and Lee, 2005; Gilmer and Kronick, 2001; Rowland, 2004). The U.S. uninsured population is not only re...

Sovereignty, territory, and boundaries are key concepts of public international law. They define essential attributes of a state, the primary subject of international law. Sovereignty represents "the basic constitutional doctrine of the law of nations, which governs a community consisting primarily of states having a uniform legal personality." Sov...

In this paper, we examine whether moderate alcohol consumption is associated with higher wages. A population-based sample of Mexican American workers, in the U.S. Southwest is employed. Estimation results indicate a positive association for the entire sample. The findings for the U.S. born Mexican Americans are similar to those of the other U.S. na...

Economic analyses of diabetes and diabetes treatment and prevention are increasingly common (1–11). The cost of illness studies divide costs into direct and indirect components (12,13). Indirect costs are typically those associated with limited employment-related productivity (14–18). Direct costs usually include hospital and other medical costs (1...

Diabetes has been shown to have a detrimental impact on employment and labor market productivity, which results in lost work days and higher mortality/disability. This study utilizes data from the Border Epidemiologic Study on Aging to analyze the endogeneity of diabetes in an employment model. We use family history of diabetes as genetic instrumen...

Using an age stratified random sample from an ongoing population-based study of Mexican Americans 45 years of age or older living in the Southwest this study fexamines the relationship between religiosity and self-rated indices of physical health, subjective health status and happiness. After estimating a set of binary logit models and controlling...

Objective: To compare the mental health and well-being of Mexican immigrants with native-born Mexican Americans living in the Lower Rio Grande Valley of Texas. Methods: A randomly stratified sample of 353 Hispanics aged 45 and older were interviewed. The immigrant group (n = 148) was compared with native-born Mexican Americans (n = 205). Results: T...

Epidemiological studies indicate that minority populations in the US - including African Americans, Native Americans and Mexican Americans - are particularly at risk for diabetes and that their complications are more frequent and severe. Using microdata from a 1994-1999 population based study of middle aged and older Mexican Americans in the Southw...

The psychometric properties of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) Scale for Depression-26-Spanish Version (DSD-26-SV) were examined with a Spanish-speaking, elderly, Hispanic sample (n = 353) of Mexican origin, aged 45 and older (mean age = 62.22). The DSD-26-SV was constructed using diagnostic criteria from the Diagnostic and Statistical...

This paper explored the migration processes and cross-cultural experiences of female Japanese settlers in British society. The motivations of the women to migrate to Britain varied widely but were driven least by economic incentives. Many women moved on their own and of their own will in order to maximise their well-being and enhance their life cha...

The prevalence of self-reported diabetes mellitus in a Mexican American sample population living in Hidalgo County in south Texas was examined along with risk for related sequelae. Data from a stratified random sample of 849 Mexican American men and women ages 45 and older were examined. A subsample of 193 diabetics was compared to 656 nondiabetics...

Ethnic minority populations show patterns of health, health care use, and mortality that differ from the overall U.S. population. Each of the broad groups of minorities (Asian Hispanic, Native, and African Americans) has a unique background of sociocultural factors that influence these patterns. Thus, the larger social environment for ethnic popula...

Ethnic minority populations show patterns of health, health care use, and mortality that differ from the overall U.S. population. Each of the broad groups of minorities (Asian, Hispanic, Native, and African Americans) has a unique background of sociocultural factors that influence these patterns. Thus, the larger social environment for ethnic popul...

This state-of-the-art, multi-disciplinary reference is the first to assess the empirical research and conceptual frameworks for understanding the mental health needs and services use of the ethnic elderly. Leading scholars, researchers, and clinicians in gerontology, epidemiology, psychiatry, psychology, sociology, anthropology, nursing, and social...

Examined were age identification and age-appropriate behavior among 160 older Hispanics of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban origin. Content analyses revealed an extensive use among all three groups and both sexes of realistic qualifiers about one's age. Also, younger old Hispanics preferred to identify themselves as “of advanced age/” whereas older...

Lately, theory-building in social gerontology has emphasized the person/environment transactional processes. Participant observation was used to test the fruitfulness of these developments on a population of 75 elderly Cubans. Special attention was given to what Dowd calls short-term exchange. Findings point to the productiveness of these theoretic...

Recent demographic trends among the elderly Hispanic-origin population in the United States are analyzed by major subgroup, including Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban. Data are from a variety of official sources, including the 1980 census. The author suggests that many of the observed variations in socioeconomic and health-related factors are due p...

Thesis--University of Kansas, 1979. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 205-213). Microfilm of typescript. s