Lisa G Rosas

Biographic Data

ID	78092
NAME	Lisa G Rosas
GIVEN NAMES	Lisa G
FAMILY NAME	Rosas
SIGNATURE	ROSAS L G
AFFILIATIONS	Stanford University
ORCID	0000-0003-4053-7972
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	27
TOTAL CITATIONS	8
AUTHOR COUNT	27
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2009
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2025
H-INDEX	2

Food insecurity and cardiovascular disease risk factors among U.S. adults
Open AccessMichael F Royer, Lisa G Rosas et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025
Food insecurity among older adult Asian Americans
Open AccessLilly Nhan, Lilly A Nhan et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2025
Objective: Little is known about food insecurity in Asian Americans (AA). We examined age/ethnic subgroup differences in food insecurity among AA in California. Design: We examined associations between food insecurity and socio-demographic characteristics among AA (Chinese, Filipino, Korean, and Vietnamese) using the χ 2 test. Rolling averages were calculated to examine food insecurity trends. Setting: California. Participants: We used data from …
Toward decolonized fiscal relationships between universities and community organizations
Open AccessNancy J Burke, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2024
Author(s): Burke, Nancy J; Espinosa, Patricia Rodriguez; Corchado, Claudia C; Vázquez, Evelyn; Rosas, Lisa G; Wooe, Kent J; LeSarre, Monique; Gallegos-Castillo, Angela; Cheney, Ann; Lo, David D; Hintz, Rachel; Vassar, Stefanie D; Brown, Arleen F
Community of Practice of Promotoras de Salud to address health inequities during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic
Open AccessPatricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Yessica Martinez Mulet et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023
Using principles of Community-Based Participatory Research, we describe a community of practice for community health workers and promotoras (CHW/Ps) to address COVID-19 inequities in the Latinx community. We offer a concrete example of how programs can engage CHW/Ps as full partners in the research process, and how programs can support CHW/Ps’ capacity and workforce development during implementation. We conducted four focus groups with CHW/Ps ( n…
Emergence of social support networks among breast cancer survivors through a community-based physical activity program in Colombia
Open AccessMartha Blanco, Ana María Guerra et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2023References: 7
Cross-sector co-creation of a community-based physical activity program for breast cancer survivors in Colombia
Open AccessMaria A Rubio, Daniela Mosquera et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2022
Benefits of physical activity (PA) in breast cancer survivors (BCS) are well established. However, programs to promote PA among BCS tailored to real-world contexts within low- to middle-income countries are limited. Cross-sector co-creation can be key to effective and scalable programs for BCS in these countries. This study aimed to evaluate the networking process to engage multisector stakeholders in the co-creation of a PA program for Colombian…
Covid-19 Preventive Measures in Northern California Jails
Open AccessYiran E Liu, Christopher LeBoa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022
Background: Carceral facilities are high-risk settings for COVID-19 transmission. Little is known about the hidden burden of infection or practical barriers to infection control in these settings, especially in jails. There is also limited research on the mental health impacts of the pandemic among people living and working in carceral facilities. Methods: Between July 8, 2020 and April 30, 2021, we performed SARS-CoV-2 rapid antibody testing and…
The Value of Contemplative Practices
Open AccessGrace Achepohl, Catherine A Heaney et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
The aim of this study was to explore the association between resilience and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults. We used a sequential explanatory mixed methods study design to recruit older adults who spoke English and were 60 and above during the pandemic. Survey data investigated older adults' resilience, post-traumatic growth, well-being, and demographics. Extreme case purposeful sampling of their resilience score was used …
The “Our Voice” Method
Open AccessMaja Pedersen, Grace Wood et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Citizen science research that more fully engages the community can systematically involve people from under-resourced groups to create practical health-enhancing improvements across physical, social and food environments. Exemplary health equity-focused outcomes include key health behaviors (e.g., healthy eating or physical activity) and community-level changes (e.g., public transit to food shops) that are central to health promotion while being …
Pandemic Through the Lens of Black Barbershops
Open AccessN Kenji Taylor, Melvin Faulks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2022
Innovative participatory evaluation methodologies to assess and sustain multilevel impacts of two community-based physical activity programs for women in Colombia
Open AccessMaria A Rubio, Paula Guevara et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
The implementation of both participatory methodologies provided a multidimensional understanding of the programs' impacts and multisectoral dialogues that fostered efforts to sustain the community-based PA programs
Understanding Historical Trauma Among Urban Indigenous Adults at Risk for Diabetes
Open AccessPatricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Luis Garcia et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian and Alaska Native…2022
Historical trauma has been posited as a key framework for conceptualizing and addressing health equity in Indigenous populations. Using a community-based participatory approach, this study aimed to examine historical trauma and key psycho-social correlates among urban Indigenous adults at risk for diabetes to inform diabetes and other chronic disease prevention strategies. Indigenous adult participants (n=207) were recruited from an urban area in…
Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequities and Fostering Environmental Justice through Global Youth-Engaged Citizen Science
Open AccessAbby C King, Feyisayo A Odunitan-Wayas et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021
Growing socioeconomic and structural disparities within and between nations have created unprecedented health inequities that have been felt most keenly among the world’s youth. While policy approaches can help to mitigate such inequities, they are often challenging to enact in under-resourced and marginalized communities. Community-engaged participatory action research provides an alternative or complementary means for addressing the physical an…
Employing Participatory Citizen Science Methods to Promote Age-Friendly Environments Worldwide
Open AccessAbby C King, Diane K King et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020
The trajectory of aging is profoundly impacted by the physical and social environmental contexts in which we live. While “top–down” policy activities can have potentially wide impacts on such contexts, they often take time, resources, and political will, and therefore can be less accessible to underserved communities. This article describes a “bottom–up”, resident-engaged method to advance local environmental and policy change, called Our Voice, …
Comparing enhanced versus standard Diabetes Prevention Program among indigenous adults in an urban setting
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Jan J Vasquez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
(if applicable): NCT02266576. Registered October 17, 2014 on clinicaltrials.gov. The trial was prospectively registered
Perspectives on Precision Health Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities and the Physicians That Serve Them
Lisa G Rosas, Catherine Nasrallah et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2020
Engagement of racial/ethnic minority communities and the providers who serve them is important for advancing a precision health approach to addressing health disparities
Social cohesion emerging from a community-based physical activity program
Open AccessAna M Jaramillo, Felipe Montes et al.ARTICLENetwork Science2020Cited by: 3References: 11
Community-based physical activity programs, such as the Recreovía, are effective in promoting healthy behaviors in Latin America. To understand Recreovías’ challenges and scalability, we characterized its social network longitudinally while studying its participants’ social cohesion and interactions. First, we constructed the Main network of the program’s Facebook profile in 2013 to determine the main stakeholders and communities of participants.…
Using Korean Dramas as a Precision Mental Health Education Tool for Asian Americans
Open AccessVan Ta Park, R Henry Olaisen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019
Precision mental health (MH) holds great potential for revolutionizing MH care and reducing the burden of mental illness. Efforts to engage Asian Americans in precision MH research is necessary to help reduce MH disparities. Korean drama ("K-drama") television shows may be an effective educational tool to increase precision MH knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) among Asian Americans. This study determined whether KAB improved after partici…
The Effect of a Behavioral Weight-Loss Intervention on Depressive Symptoms Among Latino Immigrants in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Open AccessSophia Colombari Figueroa, Randall S Stafford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2017
Maternal Depression and Childhood Overweight in the CHAMACOS Study of Mexican-American Children
Open AccessJocelyn Audelo, Katherine Kogut et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016
Acceptability and feasibility of the ‘Dash for Asthma’ intervention in a randomized controlled trial pilot study
Open AccessAndrea C Blonstein, Nan Lv et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016
Objective ‘DASH for Asthma’ ( n 90) was a 6-month randomized controlled trial that demonstrated potential benefits of a DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) behavioural intervention for improving diet quality and asthma control by comparing intervention to usual care in adults with uncontrolled asthma. The present study examined acceptability and feasibility of the intervention from the perspective of intervention participants and lifes…
Harnessing Technology and Citizen Science to Support Neighborhoods that Promote Active Living in Mexico
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Deborah Salvo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2016Cited by: 5References: 2
Using Citizen Scientists to Gather, Analyze, and Disseminate Information About Neighborhood Features That Affect Active Living
Open AccessSandra J Winter, Lisa G Rosas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2015
Pica during pregnancy among M exican‐born women
Open AccessJanice W Lin, Luisa Temple et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2014
Although pica, the craving and purposive consumption of non-food substances, is common among many populations, especially during pregnancy, the health consequences are not well understood. Further, very little is known about pica among Mexican populations in the United States and Mexico. Therefore, we conducted formative research to understand pica in this understudied population. Our objectives were to identify the frequency and types of pica be…
Nativity, US Length of Residence, and BMI Among Diverse Asian American Ethnic Groups
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2014

Maternal Perception of Child Weight Among Mexicans in California and Mexico
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Kim G Harley et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2009
The prevalence of childhood overweight is high in Mexican immigrant communities in the United States. Understanding mother's perceptions of child weight in immigrants' country of origin may help to understand this high prevalence. The goal of this study was to examine and compare mothers' perception of weight in Mexico (MX) and in an immigrant community in California (CA). We assessed perceptions of child weight using a pictorial scale with 314 m…
Factors Associated with Overweight and Obesity among Children of Mexican Descent
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Sylvia Guendelman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2010
The prevalence of childhood obesity is high among young children of Mexican origin in the United States, however, the determinants are poorly understood. We conducted a binational study with a sample from California (CA) and Mexico (MX), to identify and compare the most important factors associated with overweight and obesity among children of Mexican descent. Significantly more children were classified as overweight or obese in CA compared to MX…
Pica during pregnancy among M exican‐born women
Open AccessJanice W Lin, Luisa Temple et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2014
Although pica, the craving and purposive consumption of non-food substances, is common among many populations, especially during pregnancy, the health consequences are not well understood. Further, very little is known about pica among Mexican populations in the United States and Mexico. Therefore, we conducted formative research to understand pica in this understudied population. Our objectives were to identify the frequency and types of pica be…
Nativity, US Length of Residence, and BMI Among Diverse Asian American Ethnic Groups
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Emma V Sanchez-Vaznaugh et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2014
Using Citizen Scientists to Gather, Analyze, and Disseminate Information About Neighborhood Features That Affect Active Living
Open AccessSandra J Winter, Lisa G Rosas et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2015
Maternal Depression and Childhood Overweight in the CHAMACOS Study of Mexican-American Children
Open AccessJocelyn Audelo, Katherine Kogut et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2016
Acceptability and feasibility of the ‘Dash for Asthma’ intervention in a randomized controlled trial pilot study
Open AccessAndrea C Blonstein, Nan Lv et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2016
Objective ‘DASH for Asthma’ ( n 90) was a 6-month randomized controlled trial that demonstrated potential benefits of a DASH (Dietary Approaches to Stop Hypertension) behavioural intervention for improving diet quality and asthma control by comparing intervention to usual care in adults with uncontrolled asthma. The present study examined acceptability and feasibility of the intervention from the perspective of intervention participants and lifes…
Harnessing Technology and Citizen Science to Support Neighborhoods that Promote Active Living in Mexico
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Deborah Salvo et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2016Cited by: 5References: 2
The Effect of a Behavioral Weight-Loss Intervention on Depressive Symptoms Among Latino Immigrants in a Randomized Controlled Trial
Open AccessSophia Colombari Figueroa, Randall S Stafford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2017
Using Korean Dramas as a Precision Mental Health Education Tool for Asian Americans
Open AccessVan Ta Park, R Henry Olaisen et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2019
Precision mental health (MH) holds great potential for revolutionizing MH care and reducing the burden of mental illness. Efforts to engage Asian Americans in precision MH research is necessary to help reduce MH disparities. Korean drama ("K-drama") television shows may be an effective educational tool to increase precision MH knowledge, attitudes, and behaviors (KAB) among Asian Americans. This study determined whether KAB improved after partici…
Employing Participatory Citizen Science Methods to Promote Age-Friendly Environments Worldwide
Open AccessAbby C King, Diane K King et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020
The trajectory of aging is profoundly impacted by the physical and social environmental contexts in which we live. While “top–down” policy activities can have potentially wide impacts on such contexts, they often take time, resources, and political will, and therefore can be less accessible to underserved communities. This article describes a “bottom–up”, resident-engaged method to advance local environmental and policy change, called Our Voice, …
Comparing enhanced versus standard Diabetes Prevention Program among indigenous adults in an urban setting
Open AccessLisa G Rosas, Jan J Vasquez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020
(if applicable): NCT02266576. Registered October 17, 2014 on clinicaltrials.gov. The trial was prospectively registered
Perspectives on Precision Health Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Communities and the Physicians That Serve Them
Lisa G Rosas, Catherine Nasrallah et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2020
Engagement of racial/ethnic minority communities and the providers who serve them is important for advancing a precision health approach to addressing health disparities
Social cohesion emerging from a community-based physical activity program
Open AccessAna M Jaramillo, Felipe Montes et al.ARTICLENetwork Science2020Cited by: 3References: 11
Community-based physical activity programs, such as the Recreovía, are effective in promoting healthy behaviors in Latin America. To understand Recreovías’ challenges and scalability, we characterized its social network longitudinally while studying its participants’ social cohesion and interactions. First, we constructed the Main network of the program’s Facebook profile in 2013 to determine the main stakeholders and communities of participants.…
Community-Based Approaches to Reducing Health Inequities and Fostering Environmental Justice through Global Youth-Engaged Citizen Science
Open AccessAbby C King, Feyisayo A Odunitan-Wayas et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021
Growing socioeconomic and structural disparities within and between nations have created unprecedented health inequities that have been felt most keenly among the world’s youth. While policy approaches can help to mitigate such inequities, they are often challenging to enact in under-resourced and marginalized communities. Community-engaged participatory action research provides an alternative or complementary means for addressing the physical an…
Cross-sector co-creation of a community-based physical activity program for breast cancer survivors in Colombia
Open AccessMaria A Rubio, Daniela Mosquera et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2022
Benefits of physical activity (PA) in breast cancer survivors (BCS) are well established. However, programs to promote PA among BCS tailored to real-world contexts within low- to middle-income countries are limited. Cross-sector co-creation can be key to effective and scalable programs for BCS in these countries. This study aimed to evaluate the networking process to engage multisector stakeholders in the co-creation of a PA program for Colombian…
Covid-19 Preventive Measures in Northern California Jails
Open AccessYiran E Liu, Christopher LeBoa et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022
Background: Carceral facilities are high-risk settings for COVID-19 transmission. Little is known about the hidden burden of infection or practical barriers to infection control in these settings, especially in jails. There is also limited research on the mental health impacts of the pandemic among people living and working in carceral facilities. Methods: Between July 8, 2020 and April 30, 2021, we performed SARS-CoV-2 rapid antibody testing and…
The Value of Contemplative Practices
Open AccessGrace Achepohl, Catherine A Heaney et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
The aim of this study was to explore the association between resilience and experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic among older adults. We used a sequential explanatory mixed methods study design to recruit older adults who spoke English and were 60 and above during the pandemic. Survey data investigated older adults' resilience, post-traumatic growth, well-being, and demographics. Extreme case purposeful sampling of their resilience score was used …
The “Our Voice” Method
Open AccessMaja Pedersen, Grace Wood et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022
Citizen science research that more fully engages the community can systematically involve people from under-resourced groups to create practical health-enhancing improvements across physical, social and food environments. Exemplary health equity-focused outcomes include key health behaviors (e.g., healthy eating or physical activity) and community-level changes (e.g., public transit to food shops) that are central to health promotion while being …
Pandemic Through the Lens of Black Barbershops
Open AccessN Kenji Taylor, Melvin Faulks et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2022
Innovative participatory evaluation methodologies to assess and sustain multilevel impacts of two community-based physical activity programs for women in Colombia
Open AccessMaria A Rubio, Paula Guevara et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022
The implementation of both participatory methodologies provided a multidimensional understanding of the programs' impacts and multisectoral dialogues that fostered efforts to sustain the community-based PA programs
Understanding Historical Trauma Among Urban Indigenous Adults at Risk for Diabetes
Open AccessPatricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Luis Garcia et al.ARTICLEAmerican Indian and Alaska Native…2022
Historical trauma has been posited as a key framework for conceptualizing and addressing health equity in Indigenous populations. Using a community-based participatory approach, this study aimed to examine historical trauma and key psycho-social correlates among urban Indigenous adults at risk for diabetes to inform diabetes and other chronic disease prevention strategies. Indigenous adult participants (n=207) were recruited from an urban area in…
Community of Practice of Promotoras de Salud to address health inequities during and beyond the Covid-19 pandemic
Open AccessPatricia Rodriguez Espinosa, Yessica Martinez Mulet et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023
Using principles of Community-Based Participatory Research, we describe a community of practice for community health workers and promotoras (CHW/Ps) to address COVID-19 inequities in the Latinx community. We offer a concrete example of how programs can engage CHW/Ps as full partners in the research process, and how programs can support CHW/Ps’ capacity and workforce development during implementation. We conducted four focus groups with CHW/Ps ( n…
Emergence of social support networks among breast cancer survivors through a community-based physical activity program in Colombia
Open AccessMartha Blanco, Ana María Guerra et al.ARTICLESocial Networks2023References: 7
Toward decolonized fiscal relationships between universities and community organizations
Open AccessNancy J Burke, Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2024
Author(s): Burke, Nancy J; Espinosa, Patricia Rodriguez; Corchado, Claudia C; Vázquez, Evelyn; Rosas, Lisa G; Wooe, Kent J; LeSarre, Monique; Gallegos-Castillo, Angela; Cheney, Ann; Lo, David D; Hintz, Rachel; Vassar, Stefanie D; Brown, Arleen F