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Deborah Parra-Medina

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Zenong Yin; Amanda Sintes-Yallen; Erica Sosa; Virginia Trummer; Xuelian Wu; Desiree Acosta; Alberto Cordova; Kipling J Gallion; Meizi He; Yaling Huang; Debra Kibbe; Deborah Parra-Medina; Amelie Ramirez
Míranos! Look at us, we are healthy! An environmental approach to early childhood obesity prevention.
Sara Wilcox; Michelle L Granner; Deborah Parra-Medina; Patricia A Sharpe; Brent Hutto
A randomized trial of a diet and exercise intervention for overweight and obese women from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods: Sisters Taking Action for Real Success (STARS).
Deborah Parra-Medina; Marybeth Poston; Jennifer Salinas; Sara Wilcox; Cheryl Addy; Elizabeth Fore; Dawn K Wilson
Results of the Heart Healthy and Ethnically Relevant Lifestyle trial: a cardiovascular risk reduction intervention for African American women attending community health centers.

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2012: Zenong Yin; Amanda Sintes-Yallen; Erica Sosa; Virginia Trummer; Xuelian Wu; Desiree Acosta; Alberto Cordova; Kipling J Gallion; Meizi He; Yaling Huang; Debra Kibbe; Deborah Parra-Medina; Amelie Ramirez
Míranos! Look at us, we are healthy! An environmental approach to early childhood obesity prevention.
Childhood obesity (Print) 2012;8(5):429-39.
2011: Sara Wilcox; Michelle L Granner; Deborah Parra-Medina; Patricia A Sharpe; Brent Hutto
A randomized trial of a diet and exercise intervention for overweight and obese women from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods: Sisters Taking Action for Real Success (STARS).
Contemporary clinical trials 2011;32(6):931-45.
2011: Deborah Parra-Medina; Marybeth Poston; Jennifer Salinas; Sara Wilcox; Cheryl Addy; Elizabeth Fore; Dawn K Wilson
Results of the Heart Healthy and Ethnically Relevant Lifestyle trial: a cardiovascular risk reduction intervention for African American women attending community health centers.
American journal of public health 2011;101(10):1914-21.
2011: Daniel R Taber; June Stevens; Robyn D Foreman; Leslie A Lytle; Jamie Moody; Deborah Parra-Medina; Charlotte A Pratt
Association between school- and nonschool-based activity programs and physical activity in adolescent girls.
Journal of physical activity & health 2011;8(7):971-7.
2011: Patricia A Sharpe; Donna Strong; Sara Wilcox; Laura J Rooney; Barbara Ainsworth; Jean Butel; Rosie Hopkins-Campbell; Deborah Parra-Medina
Adherence to accelerometer protocols among women from economically disadvantaged neighborhoods.
Journal of physical activity & health 2011;8(5):699-706.
2010: Sara Wilcox; Deborah Parra-Medina; Gwen M Felton; Mary Beth Poston; Amanda McClain
Adoption and implementation of physical activity and dietary counseling by community health center providers and nurses.
Journal of physical activity & health 2010;7(5):602-12.
2010: Evelyn B Kelly; Deborah Parra-Medina; Karin A Pfeiffer; Marsha Dowda; Terry L Conway; Larry S Webber; Jared B Jobe; Scott Going; Russell Pate
Correlates of physical activity in black, Hispanic, and white middle school girls.
Journal of physical activity & health 2010;7(2):184-93.
2010: Deborah Parra-Medina; Sara Wilcox; Dawn K Wilson; Cheryl L Addy; Gwen Felton; Mary Beth Poston
Heart Healthy and Ethnically Relevant (HHER) Lifestyle trial for improving diet and physical activity in underserved African American women.
Contemporary clinical trials 2010;31(1):92-104.
2009: Deborah Parra-Medina; DeAnne K Hilfinger Messias; Elizabeth Fore; Mayo Rachel; Denyse Petry; Irene Prabhu Das
The partnership for cancer prevention: addressing access to cervical cancer screening among Latinas in South Carolina.
Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975) 2009;105(7):297-305.
2009: Irene Prabhu Das; DeAnne K Hilfinger Messias; Deborah Parra-Medina; Kathryn Luchok; Donna L Richter
Making it happen: low-income African American women's follow-up to abnormal pap tests.
Journal of the South Carolina Medical Association (1975) 2009;105(7):254-9.
2009: Leslie A Lytle; David M Murray; Kelly R Evenson; Jamie Moody; Charlotte A Pratt; Lauve Metcalfe; Deborah Parra-Medina
Mediators affecting girls' levels of physical activity outside of school: findings from the trial of activity in adolescent girls.
Annals of behavioral medicine : a publication of the Society of Behavioral Medicine 2009;38(2):124-36.
2009: Melissa Bopp; Sara Wilcox; Marilyn Laken; Steven P Hooker; Deborah Parra-Medina; Ruth P Saunders; Kimberly Butler; Elizabeth A Fallon; Lottie McClorin
8 Steps to Fitness: a faith-based, behavior change physical activity intervention for African Americans.
Journal of physical activity & health 2009;6(5):568-77.
2009: John P Elder; Guadalupe X Ayala; Deborah Parra-Medina; Gregory A Talavera
Health communication in the Latino community: issues and approaches.
Annual review of public health 2009;30():227-51.
2008: Muriam E Torres; Deborah Parra-Medina; Jessica Bellinger; Andrew O Johnson; Janice C Probst
Rural hospitals and Spanish-speaking patients with limited English proficiency.
Journal of healthcare management / American College of Healthcare Executives 2008;53(2):107-19; discussion 119-20.
2007: Melissa Bopp; Sara Wilcox; Marilyn Laken; Steven P Hooker; Ruth P Saunders; Deborah Parra-Medina; Kimberly Butler; Lottie McClorin
Using the RE-AIM framework to evaluate a physical activity intervention in churches.
Preventing chronic disease 2007;4(4):A87.
2006: Katherine E Morrison; KATHRYN LUCHOK; Donna L Richter; Deborah Parra-Medina
Factors influencing help-seeking from informal networks among African American victims of intimate partner violence.
Journal of interpersonal violence 2006;21(11):1493-511.
2005: DeAnne Messias; Elizabeth M Fore; Kerry McLoughlin; Deborah Parra-Medina
Adult roles in community-based youth empowerment programs: implications for best practices.
Family & community health 2005;28(4):320-37.
2005: Sarah F Griffin; Belinda M Reininger; Deborah Parra-Medina; Alexandra Evans; Maureen Sanderson; Murray L Vincent
Development of multidimensional scales to measure key leaders' perceptions of community capacity and organizational capacity for teen pregnancy prevention.
Family & community health 2005;28(4):307-19.
2005: Belinda M Reininger; Alexandra Evans; Sarah F Griffin; Maureen Sanderson; Murray L Vincent; Robert F Valois; Deborah Parra-Medina
Predicting adolescent risk behaviors based on an ecological framework and assets.
American journal of health behavior 2005;29(2):150-61.
2004: Alexandra Evans; Maureen Sanderson; Sarah F Griffin; Belinda M Reininger; Murray L Vincent; Deborah Parra-Medina; Robert F Valois; Doug Taylor
An exploration of the relationship between youth assets and engagement in risky sexual behaviors.
The Journal of adolescent health : official publication of the Society for Adolescent Medicine 2004;35(5):424.e21-30.
2004: Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis; Angela M D'antonio; Sharon M Smith; Gregory J Kirkner; Sarah Levin Martin; Deborah Parra-Medina; Richard Schultz
Pounds off with empowerment (POWER): a clinical trial of weight management strategies for black and white adults with diabetes who live in medically underserved rural communities.
American journal of public health 2004;94(10):1736-42.
2004: Deborah Parra-Medina; Sara Wilcox; Melva Thompson-Robinson; Roger G Sargent; Julie C Will
A replicable process for redesigning ethnically relevant educational materials.
Journal of women's health (2002) 2004;13(5):579-88.
2004: Deborah Parra-Medina; Angela M D'antonio; Sharon M Smith; Sarah Levin; Gregory J Kirkner; Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis
Successful recruitment and retention strategies for a randomized weight management trial for people with diabetes living in rural, medically underserved counties of South Carolina: the POWER study.
Journal of the American Dietetic Association 2004;104(1):70-5.
2003: Deborah Parra-Medina; Doug Taylor; Robert F Valois; Michelle Rousseau; Murray L Vincent; Belinda M Reininger
The Program Plan Index: an evaluation tool for assessing the quality of adolescent pregnancy prevention program plans.
Health promotion practice 2003;4(4):375-84.
2003: Belinda M Reininger; Alexandra Evans; Sarah F Griffin; Robert F Valois; M L Vincen; Deborah Parra-Medina; D J Taylor; Keith J Zullig
Development of a youth survey to measure risk behaviors, attitudes and assets: examining multiple influences.
Health education research 2003;18(4):461-76.
2003: Belinda M Reininger; Murray Vincent; Sarah F Griffin; Robert F Valois; Doug Taylor; Deborah Parra-Medina; Alexandra Evans; Michelle Rousseau
Evaluation of statewide teen pregnancy prevention initiatives: challenges, methods, and lessons learned.
Health promotion practice 2003;4(3):323-35.
2003: Codruta Rafiroiu; Roger G Sargent; Deborah Parra-Medina; Wanzer J Drane; Robert F Valois
Covariations of adolescent weight-control, health-risk and health-promoting behaviors.
American journal of health behavior 2003;27(1):3-14.
2002: John P Elder; Alan J Litrownik; Donald J Slymen; Nadia R Campbell; Deborah Parra-Medina; Sunny Choe; Virginia Lee; Guadalupe X Ayala
Tobacco and alcohol use-prevention program for Hispanic migrant adolescents.
American journal of preventive medicine 2002;23(4):269-75.
2001: Sara Wilcox; Deborah Parra-Medina; Melva Thompson-Robinson; J Will
Nutrition and physical activity interventions to reduce cardiovascular disease risk in health care settings: a quantitative review with a focus on women.
Nutrition reviews 2001;59(7):197-214.
2001: Elizabeth J Mayer-Davis; Angela M D'antonio; M Martin; Abraham Wandersman; Deborah Parra-Medina; Richard M. Schulz
Pilot study of strategies for effective weight management in type 2 diabetes: Pounds Off with Empowerment (POWER).
Family & community health 2001;24(2):27-35.
2000: Alan J Litrownik; John P Elder; Nadia R Campbell; Guadalupe X Ayala; Donald J Slymen; Deborah Parra-Medina; F B Zavala; CY Lovato
Evaluation of a tobacco and alcohol use prevention program for Hispanic migrant adolescents: promoting the protective factor of parent-child communication.
Preventive medicine 2000;31(2 Pt 1):124-33.
2000: John P Elder; Nadia R Campbell; Alan J Litrownik; Guadalupe X Ayala; Donald J Slymen; Deborah Parra-Medina; CY Lovato
Predictors of cigarette and alcohol susceptibility and use among Hispanic migrant adolescents.
Preventive medicine 2000;31(2 Pt 1):115-23.
1995: Deborah Parra-Medina; Gregory A Talavera; John P Elder; Susan I Woodruff
Role of cigarette smoking as a gateway drug to alcohol use in Hispanic junior high school students.
Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs 1995;(18):83-6.
1993: Deborah Parra-Medina; E Kenney; J Elder
The California excise tax on cigarettes: the tobacco industry profits from this too.
JAMA : the journal of the American Medical Association 1993;269(11):1387-8.