Overview
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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.
research interests
- Aging and Health Disparities
Scholarly & Creative Works
selected publications
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2021Parity and later life risk for coronary heart disease among slum-dwelling women in Mysore, IndiaFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.ihj.2021.05.004 Web of Science: 000706855100018
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2020Cardiovascular Risk Factor Knowledge and Behaviors Among Low-Income Urban Women in Mysore, IndiaFull Text via DOI: 10.1097/JCN.0000000000000657 Web of Science: 000614146400037
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2020Snoring is associated with obesity among middle aged Slum-dwelling women in Mysore, IndiaFull Text via DOI: 10.4103/lungindia.lungindia_515_19 Web of Science: 000587470800005
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2020Self-reported factors associated with dental care utilization among Hispanic migrant farmworkers in South FloridaFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/jphd.12364 Web of Science: 000526139700001
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2019Determining the Long-Term Effectiveness of a Group-Based Physical Activity ProgramFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/1524839918769590 Web of Science: 000464509200012
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2019E-cigarette use is associated with other tobacco use among US adolescentsFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s00038-018-1166-7 Web of Science: 000457744700016
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2016"That's True Love:" Lived Experiences of Puerto Rican Perinatally HIV-Infected Youth within Their Families' ContextFull Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13010007 Web of Science: 000374186100129
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2013Intermediate Outcomes of a Chronic Disease Self-Management Program for Spanish-Speaking Older Adults in South Florida, 2008-2010Full Text via DOI: 10.5888/pcd10.130016 Web of Science: 000329392600020
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2012Religion and Health Among Older Mexican Americans: Exploring the Influence of Making MandasFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10943-010-9389-9 Web of Science: 000308961400019
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2012Health Literacy and Breast Cancer Screening among Mexican American Women in South TexasFull Text via DOI: 10.1007/s13187-011-0239-6 Web of Science: 000300490600021
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2012CONTACT WITH THE DEAD, RELIGION, AND DEATH ANXIETY AMONG OLDER MEXICAN AMERICANSFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/07481187.2011.604468 Web of Science: 000310594600004
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2011Financial Strain, Religious Involvement, and Life Satisfaction Among Older Mexican AmericansFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0164027511400433 Web of Science: 000290853600004
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2011Church-Based Social Relationships, Belonging, and Health Among Older Mexican AmericansFull Text via DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2011.01575.x Web of Science: 000291277900014
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2011Religion, Suffering, and Self-rated Health Among Older Mexican AmericansFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/geronb/gbq086 Web of Science: 000288139500008
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2011Prayer to the Saints or the Virgin and Health Among Older Mexican AmericansFull Text via DOI: 10.1177/0739986310393628 Web of Science: 000286372600005
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2009Core religious beliefs and providing support to others in late lifeFull Text via DOI: 10.1080/13674670802249753
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2009Religion, suffering, and health among older Mexican AmericansFull Text via DOI: 10.1016/j.jaging.2008.11.002
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2005The impact of diabetes on employment: Genetic IVs in a bivariate probitFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/hec.942
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1995Panel II: Macrosocial and Environmental Influences on Minority HealthFull Text via DOI: 10.1037/0278-6133.14.7.601
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1984Reconstructing the social world at 60: Older Cubans in the United StatesFull Text via DOI: 10.1093/geront/24.5.465
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Book Chapter
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Editorial Material
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Letter
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2016ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES Electronic cigarettes: the renormalisation of nicotine useFull Text via DOI: 10.1136/bmj.i425 Web of Science: 000369313700010
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Other Scholarly Work
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2019Snoring is Associated With Obesity Among Middle Aged Slum-Dwelling Women in Mysore IndiaFull Text via DOI: 10.1161/circ.139.suppl_1.P241 Web of Science: 000478079000187
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Preprint
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Review
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2001Kinship ties of Mexican migrant women on the United States/Mexico borderFull Text via DOI: 10.3138/jcfs.32.4.549
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Works By Students
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
principal investigator on
- Beyond SABOR: A Border Embedded Health Promotion awarded by 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 Minority Health and Health Disparities 2010 - 2011
- Beyond SABOR: A Border EMbedded Health Promotion awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2011
co-principal investigator on
- FL-CEAL Project Team awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2022
subproject principal investigator on
- Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by National Institutes of Health 2021 - 2022
- Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by National Institutes of Health 2020 - 2022
- Yr 3-Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by Minority Health and Health Disparities 2019 - 2022
- Yr2 - Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by Minority Health and Health Disparities 2018 - 2022
- Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by Minority Health and Health Disparities 2017 - 2018
investigator on
Contact
full name
- Elena Bastida
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