Bastida, Elena

Elena Bastida
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Professor, Health Promotion and Disease Prevention , Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work

Contact Info

ebastida@fiu.edu

305-348-7789

ResearchGate

overview

Dr. Elena Bastida’s research focuses on aging, the life course, health disparities, religion, population and community health. She led the 12-year National Institutes of Health (NIH) supported Border Epidemiologic Study on Aging (BESA) and, with continuous NIH support, conducted research on religion and aging, and community based participatory research on obesity and diabetes. Though, substantively, her research topics have varied, she has maintained her focus on Latino populations and health disparities. Both her teaching and her mentoring have received statewide and national recognition with two national role model awards and most recently, the University Graduate School Mentorship Award and the Florida McKnight Foundation Mentor Award. In 2009, she received the Public Health Hero Award from Research America. Dr. Bastida is the past president of the Population Research Committee of the International Sociological Association. Her research has been published in the American Journal of Public Health, The Gerontologist, The Journal of Gerontology, Health Economics, Journal of Scientific Study of Religion, Diabetes Care among others.

selected publications

Article
- 2016
  
  That's True Love: Lived Experiences of Puerto Rican Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth within Their Families' Context. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 13.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010007 PMID: 26703639 Web of Science: 000374186100129
- 2015
  
  Cost-Effectiveness of a Community-Based Weight Control Intervention Targeting a Low-Socioeconomic-Status Mexican-Origin Population. HEALTH PROMOTION PRACTICE. 16.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/1524839914537274 Web of Science: 000357298500014
- 2013
  
  Intermediate Outcomes of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Spanish-Speaking Older Adults in South Florida, 2008-2010. PREVENTING CHRONIC DISEASE. 10.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.5888/pcd10.130016 PMID: 23987252 Web of Science: 000329392600020
- 2012
  
  CONTACT WITH THE DEAD, RELIGION, AND DEATH ANXIETY AMONG OLDER MEXICAN AMERICANS. DEATH STUDIES. 36:932-948.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.604468 PMID: 24563948 Web of Science: 000310594600004
- 2012
  
  Health Literacy and Breast Cancer Screening among Mexican American Women in South Texas. JOURNAL OF CANCER EDUCATION. 27:132-137.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0239-6 PMID: 21573944 Web of Science: 000300490600021
- 2012
  
  Religion and Health Among Older Mexican Americans: Exploring the Influence of Making Mandas. JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH. 51:812-824.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9389-9 PMID: 20838897 Web of Science: 000308961400019
- 2011
  
  Church-Based Social Relationships, Belonging, and Health Among Older Mexican Americans. JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION. 50:397-409.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01575.x PMID: 21687808 Web of Science: 000291277900014
- 2011
  
  Financial Strain, Religious Involvement, and Life Satisfaction Among Older Mexican Americans. RESEARCH ON AGING. 33:403-425.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0164027511400433 Web of Science: 000290853600004
- 2011
  
  Prayer to the Saints or the Virgin and Health Among Older Mexican Americans. HISPANIC JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. 33:71-87.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0739986310393628 PMID: 21415935 Web of Science: 000286372600005
- 2011
  
  Religion, Suffering, and Self-rated Health Among Older Mexican Americans. JOURNALS OF GERONTOLOGY SERIES B-PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES AND SOCIAL SCIENCES. 66:207-216.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq086 PMID: 21076086 Web of Science: 000288139500008
- 2011
  
  Social Relationships in the Church During Late Life: Assessing Differences Between African Americans, Whites, and Mexican Americans. REVIEW OF RELIGIOUS RESEARCH. 53:41-63.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13644-011-0008-3 PMID: 21998489 Web of Science: 000299566700004
Letter
- 2016
  
  ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES Electronic cigarettes: the renormalisation of nicotine use. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL.
  Full Text via DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i425 PMID: 26822898 Web of Science: 000369313700010

chaired theses and dissertations

Kaur, Ramandeep, Impact of a Lifestyle Modification Intervention on Health Behaviors and Health Outcomes in a Mexican American population: A Mixed-methods Study 2018
Farrell, Dana G., Risk and Protective Factors Associated with the Adult Achievement of Substance-Using Adolescents: Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health 2016
Rivera, Tania, The Effects of a 12 Week Nutrition and Physical Activity Intervention Program on Mexican Americans Residing in the Lower Rio Grande Valley, TX 2016
Biersteker, Susan, Outcomes of Transition to Adult HV Care in Perinatally HIV-infected Young Adults 2016
Serna, Claudia A, Exploring Oral Health Problems in Adult Hispanic Migrant Farmworkers: A Mixed-Methods Approach 2014
Silva-Suarez, Georgina, Life Experiences of Youth Who Were Born with HIV Infection in Puerto Rico: The Voices of Young Survivors 2014
Rosario, Janisse, Obesity, Cardiovascular Risk Factors, and Weight Loss in a Population of Adult Mexican Americans 2014

research interests

Aging and Health Disparities

principal investigator on

Beyond SABOR: A Border Embedded Health Promotion awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2010 - 2016
Religion, Aging and Mexican American Health awarded by National Institute on Aging 2010 - 2012
Beyond SABOR: A Border Embedded Health Promotion awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2011

investigator on

Florida International University-Health Disparities Initiative (FIU-HDI) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
Florida International University-Health Disparities Initiative (FIU-HDI) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
Yr2 - Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2019
Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2018

teaching activities

PHC6907-U17: Independent Study: Public Health Spring Term 2019
PHC6907-U17: Independent Study: Public Health Spring Term 2019
PHC6907-U17: Independent Study: Public Health Spring Term 2019
PHC6907-U17: Independent Study: Public Health Spring Term 2019
PHC6907-U17: Independent Study: Public Health Spring Term 2019
PHC7198-U01: Advanced Qualitative Methods in Public Health Fall Term 2019
PHC7198-U01: Advanced Qualitative Methods in Public Health Fall Term 2019
PHC7198-U01: Advanced Qualitative Methods in Public Health Spring Term 2019
PHC7198-U01: Advanced Qualitative Methods in Public Health Spring Term 2019
PHC7980-U08: Dissertation Spring Term 2019
PHC7980-U08: Dissertation Spring Term 2019
PHC7980-U08: Dissertation Spring Term 2019
PHC7980-U10: Dissertation Fall Term 2019
PHC7980-U10: Dissertation Fall Term 2019
PHC7980-U10: Dissertation Fall Term 2019
PHC7982-U06: Public Health Pre Dissertation Research Fall Term 2019
PHC7982-U06: Public Health Pre Dissertation Research Fall Term 2019
PHC7982-U11: Public Health Pre Dissertation Research Spring Term 2019
PHC7982-U11: Public Health Pre Dissertation Research Spring Term 2019

full name

Elena Bastida

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publication subject areas

Biomedical Social Sciences
Education & Educational Research
Environmental Sciences & Ecology
General & Internal Medicine
Geriatrics & Gerontology
Oncology
Psychology
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Religion
Social Issues
Sociology

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