Melissa Flores
Biographic Data
| ID | 101359 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Melissa Flores |
| GIVEN NAMES | Melissa |
| FAMILY NAME | Flores |
| SIGNATURE | FLORES M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2550-0816 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Over-the-counter medication use among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona: A cross-sectional study
Introduction Over-the-counter (OTC) medication use is high among Mexican immigrants before migrating to the U.S. However, changes in OTC medication use during migration process remain unclear. This study describes OTC medication use patterns among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona, explores changes caused during the migration process, and examines the influence of sociodemographic factors on OTC medication use. Methods A cross-sectional stud…
The association between neighborhood context, allostatic load, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatosis liver disease in Mexican-origin farmworkers along the Southern Arizona US/Mexico border
The results of this study inform the development of culturally relevant strategies to reduce Mexican-origin farmworkers' risk for MASLD that are highly responsive to the structural and systemic forces that shape their lived experience
University-to-work transition and work placements: Evidence of heterogeneous pay dynamics
This study contributes theoretically and empirically to our understanding of students’ transition from work placement to the graduate labour market, by exploring earning differentials due to heterogeneous job transitions. We developed a theoretical framework that underpins the relationships between work placement, job transition and graduate earnings. Based on this framework, we established three hypotheses of pay dynamics: the gain of a pay prem…
Do professional year placements matter for job quality? The case of economics graduates
We study whether the completion of an optional professional year placement during undergraduate studies enhances job quality, in terms of earnings, job security and career fit, for economics graduates from a UK university. Using linear and discrete choice models, we estimate the effect of doing a professional year placement on four graduate outcomes that capture job quality and use a rich data set to control for demographics, educational backgrou…
Anti-Racism Efforts in Healthcare: A Selective Review From a Social Cognitive Perspective
Health effects of structural racism occur on cultural and institutional levels and potentiate racism on an interpersonal level. Consequently, efforts to mitigate the health effects of racism may require intervention on all levels. The effectiveness of these approaches may depend partly on the degree to which they address the underlying patterns of social cognition, shaping social norms and influencing thoughts, feelings, and expectations about on…
Determinants of students’ salaries in the professional training year
This paper studies the main determinants of salaries for economics students in their year-long industrial placements. Using three different sources of data on three cohorts of economics placement students, including demographic characteristics, academic performance, programme of studies and employability-related characteristics, we find that academic performance, job location and industry type are the main determinants of placement salaries. We s…
Examining Between-Group Differences in Social Network Density and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Older Adults: Implications for the Hispanic Mortality Paradox
OBJECTIVE: Hispanic/Latino(x) and African American/Black older adults experience disproportionate cardiometabolic disease burdens when compared with their non-Hispanic White counterparts. Sources of resilience such as social networks have been found to mitigate the risk of this disease and its end points like high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). However, little is known about the social network infrastructure among these groups. Moreover…
Structural racism and health in the age of Covid‐19: A selective review with policy implications
Structural racism encompasses the effects of racial bias across all systems of society. A growing body of data indicates that structural racism contributes to racial inequities in health across the lifespan. Investigators have documented associations of different dimensions of structural racism, including cultural and institutional discrimination, to health. To clarify and integrate the scope of these data, we examine a broad array of manifestati…
Enhancing graduate employability skills and student engagement through group video assessment
Universities are under increasing pressure to equip graduates with a broader set of competencies, such as communication, teamwork and leadership skills, that go beyond subject-specific knowledge. This, alongside growing student numbers in higher education, creates pedagogic challenges, especially with regards to assessment design. Conventional assessment modalities, such as individual essay writing, are costly to scale up and poorly suited for th…
Confidence and gender differences within a work-integrated learning programme: Evidence from a UK higher education institution
This paper explores students’ assessment of several competencies to perform a job as part of the economic undergraduate programme at the University of Surrey. The first aim is to study how confident students are in six different areas (cognitive abilities, personal characteristics, transferable competencies, subject-specific expertise, organisational awareness, and professionalism) related to competencies during their Professional Training Year (…
The intersectional role of social stress in fracture risk: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative
BACKGROUND: The biological consequences of stress from the social environment pattern health outcomes. This study investigated whether social stress is prospectively associated with fracture incidence among racially and ethnically diverse, postmenopausal women. METHODS: Data from 160 709 postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative was analysed using Cox proportional hazards regression models to examine prospective associations of social…
Associations Between Objective Sleep and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Community Sample
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic data increasingly support sleep as a determinant of cardiovascular disease risk. Fewer studies have investigated the mechanisms underlying this relationship using objective sleep assessment approaches. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine associations between daily blood pressure (BP) and both objectively assessed sleep duration and efficiency. METHODS: A diverse community sample of 300 men and women aged 21 to…
Racial-ethnic differences in social networks and perceived support: Measurement considerations and implications for disparities research
Findings support the use of these measures across groups and provide initial support for potential differences in this hypothesized mediator of racial-ethnic health disparities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Are Developmental Assets Protective Against Suicidal Behavior? Differential Associations by Sexual Orientation
Microaggressions and Diurnal Cortisol: Examining Within-Person Associations Among African-American and Latino Young Adults
Daily Emotion Regulation in American and Asian-Indian Romantic Couples
We present findings from a daily diary study that explored relative preferences for using each of six emotion regulation strategies and associations between those strategies and romantic relationship quality, as indicated by negative emotions experienced due to one's partner. We also investigate differences in these processes as predicted by country of residence (United States or India), since these countries differ on many aspects of social and …
Family Socialization for Racism and Heterosexism: Experiences of Latinx Sexual Minority Adolescents and Young Adults
Experiences of racism and heterosexism are common among marginalized adolescents and young adults. Family socialization processes that aim to prepare young people for bias have been studied among racial-ethnic minority populations; however, they have not been investigated among sexual minority populations. This study examined the associations among preparation for bias related to ethnicity and sexual orientation, minority stressors (i.e., bias-ba…
La formación integral del estudiantado de ingeniería a través de la educación continua
Recibido 4 de octubre de 2013 • Corregido 29 de octubre de 2013 • Aceptado 6 de noviembre de 2013El presente artículo aborda un tema prioritario para la formación del estudiantado en general y en particular para los futuros ingenieros e ingenieras. A pesar de que en los últimos años se ha abordado con frecuencia esta temática; aún son insuficientes las propuestas en el caso del estudiante de ingeniería. El objetivo de este artículo es fundamentar…
Microaggressions and Diurnal Cortisol: Examining Within-Person Associations Among African-American and Latino Young Adults
Family Socialization for Racism and Heterosexism: Experiences of Latinx Sexual Minority Adolescents and Young Adults
Experiences of racism and heterosexism are common among marginalized adolescents and young adults. Family socialization processes that aim to prepare young people for bias have been studied among racial-ethnic minority populations; however, they have not been investigated among sexual minority populations. This study examined the associations among preparation for bias related to ethnicity and sexual orientation, minority stressors (i.e., bias-ba…
Racial-ethnic differences in social networks and perceived support: Measurement considerations and implications for disparities research
Findings support the use of these measures across groups and provide initial support for potential differences in this hypothesized mediator of racial-ethnic health disparities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Are Developmental Assets Protective Against Suicidal Behavior? Differential Associations by Sexual Orientation
Daily Emotion Regulation in American and Asian-Indian Romantic Couples
We present findings from a daily diary study that explored relative preferences for using each of six emotion regulation strategies and associations between those strategies and romantic relationship quality, as indicated by negative emotions experienced due to one's partner. We also investigate differences in these processes as predicted by country of residence (United States or India), since these countries differ on many aspects of social and …
La formación integral del estudiantado de ingeniería a través de la educación continua
Recibido 4 de octubre de 2013 • Corregido 29 de octubre de 2013 • Aceptado 6 de noviembre de 2013El presente artículo aborda un tema prioritario para la formación del estudiantado en general y en particular para los futuros ingenieros e ingenieras. A pesar de que en los últimos años se ha abordado con frecuencia esta temática; aún son insuficientes las propuestas en el caso del estudiante de ingeniería. El objetivo de este artículo es fundamentar…
Microaggressions and Diurnal Cortisol: Examining Within-Person Associations Among African-American and Latino Young Adults
Daily Emotion Regulation in American and Asian-Indian Romantic Couples
We present findings from a daily diary study that explored relative preferences for using each of six emotion regulation strategies and associations between those strategies and romantic relationship quality, as indicated by negative emotions experienced due to one's partner. We also investigate differences in these processes as predicted by country of residence (United States or India), since these countries differ on many aspects of social and …
Family Socialization for Racism and Heterosexism: Experiences of Latinx Sexual Minority Adolescents and Young Adults
Experiences of racism and heterosexism are common among marginalized adolescents and young adults. Family socialization processes that aim to prepare young people for bias have been studied among racial-ethnic minority populations; however, they have not been investigated among sexual minority populations. This study examined the associations among preparation for bias related to ethnicity and sexual orientation, minority stressors (i.e., bias-ba…
Associations Between Objective Sleep and Ambulatory Blood Pressure in a Community Sample
OBJECTIVE: Epidemiologic data increasingly support sleep as a determinant of cardiovascular disease risk. Fewer studies have investigated the mechanisms underlying this relationship using objective sleep assessment approaches. Therefore, the aim of this study was to examine associations between daily blood pressure (BP) and both objectively assessed sleep duration and efficiency. METHODS: A diverse community sample of 300 men and women aged 21 to…
Racial-ethnic differences in social networks and perceived support: Measurement considerations and implications for disparities research
Findings support the use of these measures across groups and provide initial support for potential differences in this hypothesized mediator of racial-ethnic health disparities. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2020 APA, all rights reserved)
Are Developmental Assets Protective Against Suicidal Behavior? Differential Associations by Sexual Orientation
Confidence and gender differences within a work-integrated learning programme: Evidence from a UK higher education institution
This paper explores students’ assessment of several competencies to perform a job as part of the economic undergraduate programme at the University of Surrey. The first aim is to study how confident students are in six different areas (cognitive abilities, personal characteristics, transferable competencies, subject-specific expertise, organisational awareness, and professionalism) related to competencies during their Professional Training Year (…
The intersectional role of social stress in fracture risk: Results from the Women’s Health Initiative
BACKGROUND: The biological consequences of stress from the social environment pattern health outcomes. This study investigated whether social stress is prospectively associated with fracture incidence among racially and ethnically diverse, postmenopausal women. METHODS: Data from 160 709 postmenopausal women in the Women's Health Initiative was analysed using Cox proportional hazards regression models to examine prospective associations of social…
Enhancing graduate employability skills and student engagement through group video assessment
Universities are under increasing pressure to equip graduates with a broader set of competencies, such as communication, teamwork and leadership skills, that go beyond subject-specific knowledge. This, alongside growing student numbers in higher education, creates pedagogic challenges, especially with regards to assessment design. Conventional assessment modalities, such as individual essay writing, are costly to scale up and poorly suited for th…
Anti-Racism Efforts in Healthcare: A Selective Review From a Social Cognitive Perspective
Health effects of structural racism occur on cultural and institutional levels and potentiate racism on an interpersonal level. Consequently, efforts to mitigate the health effects of racism may require intervention on all levels. The effectiveness of these approaches may depend partly on the degree to which they address the underlying patterns of social cognition, shaping social norms and influencing thoughts, feelings, and expectations about on…
Determinants of students’ salaries in the professional training year
This paper studies the main determinants of salaries for economics students in their year-long industrial placements. Using three different sources of data on three cohorts of economics placement students, including demographic characteristics, academic performance, programme of studies and employability-related characteristics, we find that academic performance, job location and industry type are the main determinants of placement salaries. We s…
Examining Between-Group Differences in Social Network Density and High-Sensitivity C-Reactive Protein in Older Adults: Implications for the Hispanic Mortality Paradox
OBJECTIVE: Hispanic/Latino(x) and African American/Black older adults experience disproportionate cardiometabolic disease burdens when compared with their non-Hispanic White counterparts. Sources of resilience such as social networks have been found to mitigate the risk of this disease and its end points like high-sensitivity C-reactive protein (hs-CRP). However, little is known about the social network infrastructure among these groups. Moreover…
Structural racism and health in the age of Covid‐19: A selective review with policy implications
Structural racism encompasses the effects of racial bias across all systems of society. A growing body of data indicates that structural racism contributes to racial inequities in health across the lifespan. Investigators have documented associations of different dimensions of structural racism, including cultural and institutional discrimination, to health. To clarify and integrate the scope of these data, we examine a broad array of manifestati…
University-to-work transition and work placements: Evidence of heterogeneous pay dynamics
This study contributes theoretically and empirically to our understanding of students’ transition from work placement to the graduate labour market, by exploring earning differentials due to heterogeneous job transitions. We developed a theoretical framework that underpins the relationships between work placement, job transition and graduate earnings. Based on this framework, we established three hypotheses of pay dynamics: the gain of a pay prem…
Do professional year placements matter for job quality? The case of economics graduates
We study whether the completion of an optional professional year placement during undergraduate studies enhances job quality, in terms of earnings, job security and career fit, for economics graduates from a UK university. Using linear and discrete choice models, we estimate the effect of doing a professional year placement on four graduate outcomes that capture job quality and use a rich data set to control for demographics, educational backgrou…
Over-the-counter medication use among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona: A cross-sectional study
Introduction Over-the-counter (OTC) medication use is high among Mexican immigrants before migrating to the U.S. However, changes in OTC medication use during migration process remain unclear. This study describes OTC medication use patterns among Mexican immigrants in Southern Arizona, explores changes caused during the migration process, and examines the influence of sociodemographic factors on OTC medication use. Methods A cross-sectional stud…
The association between neighborhood context, allostatic load, and metabolic dysfunction-associated steatosis liver disease in Mexican-origin farmworkers along the Southern Arizona US/Mexico border
The results of this study inform the development of culturally relevant strategies to reduce Mexican-origin farmworkers' risk for MASLD that are highly responsive to the structural and systemic forces that shape their lived experience
Psychology (14 works) · Medicine (10 works) · Social Psychology (8 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Pedagogy (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Economics (4 works)