Sora Park Tanjasiri
Biographic Data
| ID | 1742731 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sora Park Tanjasiri |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sora Park |
| FAMILY NAME | Tanjasiri |
| SIGNATURE | TANJASIRI S P |
| AFFILIATIONS | California State University, Fullerton |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8829-9363 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 34 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 28 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Multilevel Factors Associated with HPV Vaccine Initiation and Completion among Mexican American Young Adult Women from Federally Qualified Health Centers in Orange County, CA
Latina women experience cancer disparities exacerbated by multilevel factors. An understanding of how multilevel factors influence Latinas' use of prevention services, can inform culturally tailored interventions. Using cross-sectional surveys guided by the NIMHD Health Disparities Research Framework, we sought to identify individual (HPV vaccine hesitancy, HPV knowledge, HPV vaccine conspiracy beliefs), interpersonal (strength of provider commun…
Structural supports and challenges for community health worker models: Lessons from the Covid-19 response in Orange County, California
Public health relied on community health workers (CHWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic to connect with the most vulnerable communities, which saved lives and addressed inequities. Understanding the structural factors that supported and hindered the success of CHWs is essential for building a stronger public health infrastructure in the future. We analyzed semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 15 institutional representatives and policymakers wh…
Each one of us did the best we could for the community, while also supporting each other”: Community residents’ perspectives on community health worker (CHW) response during the Covid-19 pandemic - a …
Engaging community members is crucial for comprehensively understanding the CHW model. Given the enormous ongoing community challenges post-pandemic, these findings call for increased CHW presence, additional support and resources for health and socioeconomic needs, and improved information dissemination to bolster community resilience. Findings center mutual aid, emphasizing the importance of supporting communities in this crucial work. Addition…
Developing Strategic and Collaborative Community–Academic Partnerships to Improve Community Health, From Moving Upstream to Getting at the Root
Community partners have experienced inequity and lack of transparency in funding practices. Funding for community partners is a critical component of community-engaged research, as it influences community trust and opportunities. We compared contextual and site-specific factors at 2 centers (in New York City; Los Angeles and Orange Counties, CA) with different community-funding approaches, which influence institutional capacity to partner with an…
Reflecting on the Backstage and Frontstage of Community-Based Participatory Research: Ethics and Collaboration in the Catalyst Study
Community-based participatory research (CBPR) is critical for promoting health equity through the incorporation of equitable decision-making and participatory processes into health equity research. Yet, research processes often fail to align with community realities. Drawing on Goffman's frontstage-backstage framework, this paper examines how a community-academic partnership navigated and negotiated processes to support ethical inclusion of commu…
Engaging Residents to Address Environmental Injustices and Socioecological Factors in Boyle Heights
This study suggests the need to address factors at the personal, interpersonal, organizational, and community levels to increase civic engagement among predominantly Hispanic/Latino communities to advocate for clean air and relevant environmental justice issues affecting vulnerable neighborhoods
Practical Qualitative Data Analysis for Public Health Research: A Guide to a Team-Based Approach With Flexible Coding
Qualitative research is important to advance health equity as it offers nuanced insights into structural determinants of health inequities, amplifies the voices of communities directly affected by health inequities, and informs community-based interventions. The scale and frequency of public health crises have accelerated in recent years (e.g., pandemic, environmental disasters, climate change). The field of public health research and practice wo…
Community Activation to TrAnsform Local sYSTems (Catalyst): A Qualitative Study Protocol
Community Health Workers, promotores, and navigators (henceforth, CHWs) emerged as critical members of the public health workforce addressing social, economic, and health inequities worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is increased appreciation for and utilization of CHW models, and recognition of the importance of tailoring and innovating these models during the pandemic, few studies have examined the processes of change by which CHW m…
Community-Based Recruitment Strategies for Young Adult Pacific Islanders into a Randomized Community Smoking Cessation Trial
Community-based participatory research approaches not only inform the design of culturally tailored intervention recruitment material and strategies, but also result in innovative solutions to recruitment challenges to address the National Cancer Institute's gaps in science regarding small populations
Orange County, California Covid-19 Vaccine Equity Best Practices Checklist: A Community-Centered Call to Action for Equitable Vaccination Practices
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated longstanding inequities throughout the United States, disproportionately concentrating adverse social, economic, and health-related outcomes among low-income communities and communities of color. Inequitable distribution, prioritization, and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines due to systemic and organizational barriers add to these disproportionate impacts across the United S…
Health Information Source Characteristics Matter: Adapting the Dissemination of an HPV Vaccine Intervention to Reach Latina and Vietnamese Women
Latina and Vietnamese women are disproportionately burdened by human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical cancer and underutilize the HPV vaccine, which is an effective cancer prevention measure. To inform the adaptation of a National Cancer Institute's evidence-based cancer control program, HPV Vaccine Decision Narratives, and because of the rapidly changing information concerning consumption patterns of young adults, we elicited preferences…
Development of an Online Smoking Cessation Curriculum for Pacific Islanders: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach
Use of CBPR is critical in the development of the curriculum because it allowed for the sharing of ideas and knowledge between academics and community members
Network Structure, Multiplexity, and Evolution as Influences on Community‐based Participatory Interventions
This study applies an ecological perspective to the context of community‐based participatory research (CBPR). Specifically, it examines how endogenous and exogenous factors influence the dynamics of CBPR partnerships, including the tendency toward reciprocity and transitivity, the organizational type, the level of resource sufficiency, the level of organizational influence, and the perceived CBPR effect on organizations. The results demonstrate t…
The National Cancer Institute’s Community Networks Program Initiative to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: Outcomes and Lessons Learned
Findings demonstrate the value of government-supported, community-academic, CBPR partnerships in cancer prevention and control research
Fulfilling Ethical Responsibility: Moving Beyond the Minimal Standards of Protecting Human Subjects from Research Harm
By working with community members as partners, we expand the concept of beneficence to include "community beneficence," thus reducing the probability of "sins of omission
Enhancing Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Through Appreciative Inquiry
The AI process helped the partners recommit to collaborate with each other, renewed their excitement about working together, and assisted with reclarification of their roles to inform future collaborations
Mentoring and Training of Cancer-Related Health Disparities Researchers Committed to Community-Based Participatory Research
The CNPC training program consists of a scientifically productive pool of mentors and trainees. Trainees reported rates of scholarly productivity comparable to other national training programs and provided insights into relationships with mentors, academic pressures, and professional-personal life balance
CBPR-Informed Recruitment and Retention Adaptations in a Randomized Study of Pap Testing Among Pacific Islanders in Southern California
Although CBPR improves the cultural competence and relevance of study activities for ethnically diverse populations, selected past research shows that it does not ensure that such designs overcome all of the unique challenges in ethnically diverse communities. PI-specific organizational recruitment and individual retention is influenced by study issues and cultural factors in each community
A Community-Based Participatory Research Study of HIV and HPV Vulnerabilities and Prevention in Two Pacific Islander Communities: Ethical Challenges and Solutions
We describe ethical issues that emerged during a one-year CBPR study of HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) vulnerabilities and prevention in two Pacific Islander (PI) communities, and the collaborative solutions to these challenges reached by academic and community partners. In our project case study analysis, we found that ethical tensions were linked mainly to issues of mutual trust and credibility in PI communities; cultural taboos associated …
Operationalization of Community-Based Participatory Research Principles: Assessment of the National Cancer Institute's Community Network Programs
Objectives. We examined how National Cancer Institute–funded Community Network Programs (CNPs) operationalized principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). Methods. We reviewed the literature and extant CBPR measurement tools. On the basis of that review, we developed a 27-item questionnaire for CNPs to self-assess their operationalization of 9 CBPR principles. Our team comprised representatives of 9 of the National Cancer Institu…
Contextualization of HIV and HPV risk and prevention among Pacific Islander young adults in Southern California
Balancing Community and University Aims in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Pacific Islander Youth Study
CBPR has its strengths and limits; more studies are needed that report on processes to increase our understanding of how to balance research rigor with community sustainability
Challenges in Identifying Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Population-Based Cancer Registries in the U.S
A Network Assessment of Community-Based Participatory Research: Linking Communities and Universities to Reduce Cancer Disparities
Objectives. We sought to determine whether a community-based initiative designed to reduce cancer disparities among Pacific Islanders in Southern California increased communications between community-based organizations and university researchers. Methods. We conducted network analysis among 11 community-based organizations (CBOs) and 5 universities by interviewing 91 and 56 members of these organizations, respectively, at 2 points in time. We es…
Outcomes of a Breast Health Project for Hmong Women and Men in California
Objectives. We used a community-based research approach to test a culturally based breast cancer screening program among low-income Hmong women in central and southern California. Methods. We designed a culturally informed educational program with measures at baseline and 1-year follow-up in 2 intervention cities and 1 comparison city. Measures included changes in breast cancer screening, knowledge, and attitudes. Results. Compared with women in …
A Community-Based Participatory Research Study of HIV and HPV Vulnerabilities and Prevention in Two Pacific Islander Communities: Ethical Challenges and Solutions
We describe ethical issues that emerged during a one-year CBPR study of HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) vulnerabilities and prevention in two Pacific Islander (PI) communities, and the collaborative solutions to these challenges reached by academic and community partners. In our project case study analysis, we found that ethical tensions were linked mainly to issues of mutual trust and credibility in PI communities; cultural taboos associated …
A Network Assessment of Community-Based Participatory Research: Linking Communities and Universities to Reduce Cancer Disparities
Objectives. We sought to determine whether a community-based initiative designed to reduce cancer disparities among Pacific Islanders in Southern California increased communications between community-based organizations and university researchers. Methods. We conducted network analysis among 11 community-based organizations (CBOs) and 5 universities by interviewing 91 and 56 members of these organizations, respectively, at 2 points in time. We es…
Slowing the Epidemic of Tobacco Use Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Data on tobacco use among the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) population remain limited, although existing studies indicate that tobacco use prevalence among males from specific AAPI groups is significantly higher than in the general US male population. This high prevalence of tobacco use and the disparities in use result from social norms, targeted marketing by the tobacco industry, lack of culturally and linguistically tailored preventio…
Practical Qualitative Data Analysis for Public Health Research: A Guide to a Team-Based Approach With Flexible Coding
Qualitative research is important to advance health equity as it offers nuanced insights into structural determinants of health inequities, amplifies the voices of communities directly affected by health inequities, and informs community-based interventions. The scale and frequency of public health crises have accelerated in recent years (e.g., pandemic, environmental disasters, climate change). The field of public health research and practice wo…
Community Activation to TrAnsform Local sYSTems (Catalyst): A Qualitative Study Protocol
Community Health Workers, promotores, and navigators (henceforth, CHWs) emerged as critical members of the public health workforce addressing social, economic, and health inequities worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is increased appreciation for and utilization of CHW models, and recognition of the importance of tailoring and innovating these models during the pandemic, few studies have examined the processes of change by which CHW m…
Contextualization of HIV and HPV risk and prevention among Pacific Islander young adults in Southern California
Network Structure, Multiplexity, and Evolution as Influences on Community‐based Participatory Interventions
This study applies an ecological perspective to the context of community‐based participatory research (CBPR). Specifically, it examines how endogenous and exogenous factors influence the dynamics of CBPR partnerships, including the tendency toward reciprocity and transitivity, the organizational type, the level of resource sufficiency, the level of organizational influence, and the perceived CBPR effect on organizations. The results demonstrate t…
Fulfilling Ethical Responsibility: Moving Beyond the Minimal Standards of Protecting Human Subjects from Research Harm
By working with community members as partners, we expand the concept of beneficence to include "community beneficence," thus reducing the probability of "sins of omission
Enhancing Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Through Appreciative Inquiry
The AI process helped the partners recommit to collaborate with each other, renewed their excitement about working together, and assisted with reclarification of their roles to inform future collaborations
Balancing Community and University Aims in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Pacific Islander Youth Study
CBPR has its strengths and limits; more studies are needed that report on processes to increase our understanding of how to balance research rigor with community sustainability
The National Cancer Institute’s Community Networks Program Initiative to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: Outcomes and Lessons Learned
Findings demonstrate the value of government-supported, community-academic, CBPR partnerships in cancer prevention and control research
Operationalization of Community-Based Participatory Research Principles: Assessment of the National Cancer Institute's Community Network Programs
Objectives. We examined how National Cancer Institute–funded Community Network Programs (CNPs) operationalized principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). Methods. We reviewed the literature and extant CBPR measurement tools. On the basis of that review, we developed a 27-item questionnaire for CNPs to self-assess their operationalization of 9 CBPR principles. Our team comprised representatives of 9 of the National Cancer Institu…
Outcomes of a Breast Health Project for Hmong Women and Men in California
Objectives. We used a community-based research approach to test a culturally based breast cancer screening program among low-income Hmong women in central and southern California. Methods. We designed a culturally informed educational program with measures at baseline and 1-year follow-up in 2 intervention cities and 1 comparison city. Measures included changes in breast cancer screening, knowledge, and attitudes. Results. Compared with women in …
Communities Evaluating Community-Level Interventions: The Development of Community-Based Indicators in the Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative
This paper reports on two communities that are developing and using community-based indicators to evaluate their progress toward becoming a healthier community. These communities are part of the Colorado Healthy Communities Initiative (CHCI), a project involving 28 diverse communities in the state of Colorado. Following a description of CHCI and the 28 communities involved in it, the article explains the evaluation components for the initiative, …
Slowing the Epidemic of Tobacco Use Among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders
Data on tobacco use among the Asian American/Pacific Islander (AAPI) population remain limited, although existing studies indicate that tobacco use prevalence among males from specific AAPI groups is significantly higher than in the general US male population. This high prevalence of tobacco use and the disparities in use result from social norms, targeted marketing by the tobacco industry, lack of culturally and linguistically tailored preventio…
Vietnamese American Women's Health: A Community's Perspective and Report
This article discusses findings from focus groups conducted in the Vietnamese American community as part of a needs assessment to better understand the issues of breast and cervical cancer screening for Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) women in Los Angeles and Orange Counties. First, we present an overview of community sociodemographics and the problems of breast and cervical cancer for Vietnamese American women. Then we give a brief ba…
Outcomes of a Breast Health Project for Hmong Women and Men in California
Objectives. We used a community-based research approach to test a culturally based breast cancer screening program among low-income Hmong women in central and southern California. Methods. We designed a culturally informed educational program with measures at baseline and 1-year follow-up in 2 intervention cities and 1 comparison city. Measures included changes in breast cancer screening, knowledge, and attitudes. Results. Compared with women in …
Challenges in Identifying Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders in Population-Based Cancer Registries in the U.S
A Network Assessment of Community-Based Participatory Research: Linking Communities and Universities to Reduce Cancer Disparities
Objectives. We sought to determine whether a community-based initiative designed to reduce cancer disparities among Pacific Islanders in Southern California increased communications between community-based organizations and university researchers. Methods. We conducted network analysis among 11 community-based organizations (CBOs) and 5 universities by interviewing 91 and 56 members of these organizations, respectively, at 2 points in time. We es…
Balancing Community and University Aims in Community-Based Participatory Research: A Pacific Islander Youth Study
CBPR has its strengths and limits; more studies are needed that report on processes to increase our understanding of how to balance research rigor with community sustainability
Operationalization of Community-Based Participatory Research Principles: Assessment of the National Cancer Institute's Community Network Programs
Objectives. We examined how National Cancer Institute–funded Community Network Programs (CNPs) operationalized principles of community-based participatory research (CBPR). Methods. We reviewed the literature and extant CBPR measurement tools. On the basis of that review, we developed a 27-item questionnaire for CNPs to self-assess their operationalization of 9 CBPR principles. Our team comprised representatives of 9 of the National Cancer Institu…
Contextualization of HIV and HPV risk and prevention among Pacific Islander young adults in Southern California
A Community-Based Participatory Research Study of HIV and HPV Vulnerabilities and Prevention in Two Pacific Islander Communities: Ethical Challenges and Solutions
We describe ethical issues that emerged during a one-year CBPR study of HIV and human papillomavirus (HPV) vulnerabilities and prevention in two Pacific Islander (PI) communities, and the collaborative solutions to these challenges reached by academic and community partners. In our project case study analysis, we found that ethical tensions were linked mainly to issues of mutual trust and credibility in PI communities; cultural taboos associated …
The National Cancer Institute’s Community Networks Program Initiative to Reduce Cancer Health Disparities: Outcomes and Lessons Learned
Findings demonstrate the value of government-supported, community-academic, CBPR partnerships in cancer prevention and control research
Fulfilling Ethical Responsibility: Moving Beyond the Minimal Standards of Protecting Human Subjects from Research Harm
By working with community members as partners, we expand the concept of beneficence to include "community beneficence," thus reducing the probability of "sins of omission
Enhancing Community-Based Participatory Research Partnerships Through Appreciative Inquiry
The AI process helped the partners recommit to collaborate with each other, renewed their excitement about working together, and assisted with reclarification of their roles to inform future collaborations
Mentoring and Training of Cancer-Related Health Disparities Researchers Committed to Community-Based Participatory Research
The CNPC training program consists of a scientifically productive pool of mentors and trainees. Trainees reported rates of scholarly productivity comparable to other national training programs and provided insights into relationships with mentors, academic pressures, and professional-personal life balance
CBPR-Informed Recruitment and Retention Adaptations in a Randomized Study of Pap Testing Among Pacific Islanders in Southern California
Although CBPR improves the cultural competence and relevance of study activities for ethnically diverse populations, selected past research shows that it does not ensure that such designs overcome all of the unique challenges in ethnically diverse communities. PI-specific organizational recruitment and individual retention is influenced by study issues and cultural factors in each community
Network Structure, Multiplexity, and Evolution as Influences on Community‐based Participatory Interventions
This study applies an ecological perspective to the context of community‐based participatory research (CBPR). Specifically, it examines how endogenous and exogenous factors influence the dynamics of CBPR partnerships, including the tendency toward reciprocity and transitivity, the organizational type, the level of resource sufficiency, the level of organizational influence, and the perceived CBPR effect on organizations. The results demonstrate t…
Development of an Online Smoking Cessation Curriculum for Pacific Islanders: A Community-Based Participatory Research Approach
Use of CBPR is critical in the development of the curriculum because it allowed for the sharing of ideas and knowledge between academics and community members
Health Information Source Characteristics Matter: Adapting the Dissemination of an HPV Vaccine Intervention to Reach Latina and Vietnamese Women
Latina and Vietnamese women are disproportionately burdened by human papillomavirus (HPV)-associated cervical cancer and underutilize the HPV vaccine, which is an effective cancer prevention measure. To inform the adaptation of a National Cancer Institute's evidence-based cancer control program, HPV Vaccine Decision Narratives, and because of the rapidly changing information concerning consumption patterns of young adults, we elicited preferences…
Orange County, California Covid-19 Vaccine Equity Best Practices Checklist: A Community-Centered Call to Action for Equitable Vaccination Practices
Introduction: The coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic has exacerbated longstanding inequities throughout the United States, disproportionately concentrating adverse social, economic, and health-related outcomes among low-income communities and communities of color. Inequitable distribution, prioritization, and uptake of COVID-19 vaccines due to systemic and organizational barriers add to these disproportionate impacts across the United S…
Community-Based Recruitment Strategies for Young Adult Pacific Islanders into a Randomized Community Smoking Cessation Trial
Community-based participatory research approaches not only inform the design of culturally tailored intervention recruitment material and strategies, but also result in innovative solutions to recruitment challenges to address the National Cancer Institute's gaps in science regarding small populations
Engaging Residents to Address Environmental Injustices and Socioecological Factors in Boyle Heights
This study suggests the need to address factors at the personal, interpersonal, organizational, and community levels to increase civic engagement among predominantly Hispanic/Latino communities to advocate for clean air and relevant environmental justice issues affecting vulnerable neighborhoods
Practical Qualitative Data Analysis for Public Health Research: A Guide to a Team-Based Approach With Flexible Coding
Qualitative research is important to advance health equity as it offers nuanced insights into structural determinants of health inequities, amplifies the voices of communities directly affected by health inequities, and informs community-based interventions. The scale and frequency of public health crises have accelerated in recent years (e.g., pandemic, environmental disasters, climate change). The field of public health research and practice wo…
Community Activation to TrAnsform Local sYSTems (Catalyst): A Qualitative Study Protocol
Community Health Workers, promotores, and navigators (henceforth, CHWs) emerged as critical members of the public health workforce addressing social, economic, and health inequities worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic. While there is increased appreciation for and utilization of CHW models, and recognition of the importance of tailoring and innovating these models during the pandemic, few studies have examined the processes of change by which CHW m…
Structural supports and challenges for community health worker models: Lessons from the Covid-19 response in Orange County, California
Public health relied on community health workers (CHWs) during the COVID-19 pandemic to connect with the most vulnerable communities, which saved lives and addressed inequities. Understanding the structural factors that supported and hindered the success of CHWs is essential for building a stronger public health infrastructure in the future. We analyzed semi-structured, in-depth interviews with 15 institutional representatives and policymakers wh…
Each one of us did the best we could for the community, while also supporting each other”: Community residents’ perspectives on community health worker (CHW) response during the Covid-19 pandemic - a …
Engaging community members is crucial for comprehensively understanding the CHW model. Given the enormous ongoing community challenges post-pandemic, these findings call for increased CHW presence, additional support and resources for health and socioeconomic needs, and improved information dissemination to bolster community resilience. Findings center mutual aid, emphasizing the importance of supporting communities in this crucial work. Addition…
Medicine (21 works) · Political science (20 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Participatory action research (14 works) · Public relations (14 works) · Public health (13 works) · Community-based participatory research (12 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (12 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Gerontology (11 works)