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Rojas-Guyler, Liliana; Britigan, Denise H.; King, Keith A.; Zulig, Judy; Vaughn, Lisa M. – Health Educator, 2016
Purpose: To determine sources of health information of Latinos and assess associations with acculturation level, functional health literacy and demographics. Methods: Focus groups (n = 40) and Semi-structured survey interviews were conducted with adults (n = 212). Results: Over 60% of respondents had lived in the country for less than 10 years,…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Hispanic Americans, Access to Information, Help Seeking
Rojas-Guyler, Liliana; Inniss-Richter, Zipporah M.; Lee, Rebecca; Bernard, Amy; King, Keith – Health Educator, 2014
Diabetes disproportionately affects individuals with lower income in the U.S. (CDC, 2012). Specifically the control of diabetes through self-management has been found to be sub-par and an important contributor to complications (Seligman, Davis, Schillinger, & Wolf, 2010). People experiencing homelessness also experience barriers. One such…
Descriptors: Males, Veterans, Diabetes, Homeless People
Rojas-Guyler, Liliana; Britigan, Denise H.; Murnan, Judy; King, Keith; Vaughn, Lisa M. – Health Educator, 2013
The purposes of the study were to determine the health literacy levels of Latinos in the Greater Cincinnati Area in both English and Spanish by utilizing two standardized quantitative measures of health literacy, and to undertake an assessment of the relationship between language, health literacy and acculturation in this community. Given a rapid…
Descriptors: English (Second Language), Second Language Learning, Surveys, Spanish
Rojas-Guyler, Liliana; Price, Kimberly L. J.; Young, Kathleen; King, Keith A. – Health Educator, 2010
Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess potential relationships among reproductive health knowledge, preventive health behaviors, perceived severity and risk of breast cancer, cervical cancer, and sexually transmitted infections and selected demographical variables and characteristics related to acculturation among Latina immigrants.…
Descriptors: Health Needs, Health Education, Health Promotion, Acculturation
Murnan, Judy; Cottrell, Randall; Rojas-Guyler, Liliana – Health Educator, 2009
There have been no published studies documenting current practices regarding graduate student research supervision by faculty in health education programs. Documenting current standards for such supervision may help programs gauge their practices against a national sample. This study assessed practices utilized by U.S. universities and colleges…
Descriptors: Graduate Students, Student Research, Health Education, Academic Rank (Professional)