Andrew Springer

Biographic Data

ID242090
NAMEAndrew Springer
GIVEN NAMESAndrew
FAMILY NAMESpringer
SIGNATURESPRINGER A
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
ORCID0000-0002-4548-4163
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS26
TOTAL CITATIONS16
AUTHOR COUNT26
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • A Scoping Review of School Connectedness Interventions for Adolescents

    Open AccessSarina A Attri, Andrew Springer et al.ARTICLEJournal of School Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Given the importance of school connectedness for healthy adolescent development, this scoping review aimed to identify and describe intervention strategies used to increase school connectedness among adolescents. METHODS: Guided by the Arksey and O'Malley framework, we conducted a scoping review of school-based intervention studies published between 2011 and 2023 targeting school connectedness among adolescents. Intervention strategie…

  • Examining the Association Between Parental Perceptions and Social Support and Their Child’s Physical Activity Levels

    Layla A Haidar, Natalia I Heredia et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2025

    This study underscores the significance of involving parents in promoting PA among children, particularly through the provision of instrumental and direct support mechanisms. Culturally sensitive interventions that address parental perceptions and promote support may improve PA among Latinx/Hispanic children. The results emphasize the importance of prioritizing instrumental support over mere encouragement and underscore the necessity of addressin…

  • Utilizing an Intersectional Approach to Examine Experiences of Hunger Among Adolescents During Covid-19

    Open AccessKathryn M Janda-Thomte, Dale S Mantey et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2025References: 44

  • Exploring strategies for pet owners experiencing homelessness

    Open AccessMichelle Kurkowski, Andrew SpringerARTICLEHuman-Animal Interactions2024

    Approximately 10% of homeless individuals keep pets, but little information exists on specific interventions for this population. The aim of this rapid review is to describe what is currently known about intervention strategies for improving the health of homeless pet owners and their companion animals to identify knowledge gaps and inform future research and interventions. A database search of PubMed and Embase was conducted, and relevant articl…

  • Examining associations between physical activity context and children meeting daily physical activity guidelines

    Open AccessChristopher D Pfledderer, Denver M Y Brown et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: Less than one-quarter of US children meet physical activity (PA) guidelines. Understanding the context in which PA occurs and how these contexts may play a role in meeting PA guidelines is an essential step toward developing effective behavioral interventions. The purpose of this study was to examine associations between PA context (sports participation, participation in other organized physical activities, active travel to school, an…

  • Identifying Factors That Influence Physical Activity and Healthy Aging Among Older Latino Adults

    Open AccessElena Luna, Andrew Springer et al.ARTICLEHealth Education & Behavior2024

    BACKGROUND: For older Latinos, some benefits of leisure-time physical activity (LTPA) include enhanced cognitive functioning, decreased loneliness, and reduced premature mortality. Despite LTPA benefits, adults ≥50 years are one of the most inactive age groups in the United States. METHODS: This qualitative study aimed to add to the limited evidence of LTPA in older Latino adults by exploring the barriers and facilitators for fitness class uptake…

  • Development and refinement of a corner-based injury prevention programme for Latino day labourers

    Open AccessAndrew Springer, Yesmel A King et al.ARTICLEHealth Education Journal2023

    Objective: Latino day labourers (LDLs) in the USA are at increased risk for non-fatal and fatal occupational injuries, which are compounded by stressors that include wage theft, job insecurity and discrimination. This paper describes the development and refinement of Vales+Tú (You are Worthy of More), an injury prevention programme currently being evaluated as part of a cluster randomised trial in which health promotion is taken directly to the '…

  • Association of Social Vulnerability and Covid-19 Mortality Rates in Texas between 15 March 2020, and 21 July 2022

    Open AccessDennis Ogeto Nyachoti, Nalini Ranjit et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2023

    This study provides further evidence of disparities in COVID-19 mortality by social vulnerability and can inform decisions on the allocation of social resources and services as a strategy for reducing COVID-19 mortality rates and similar pandemics in the future

  • Patterns of Substance Use Among Street-Involved Children and Youth in Kenya

    Open AccessMichael L Goodman, Sarah Seidel et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of Mental…2023

  • Association between Gross National Income per capita and Covid-19 vaccination coverage

    Open AccessDennis Ogeto Nyachoti, Pierre Fwelo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    WHO members with low GNI per capita and the African region reported significantly lower COVID-19 vaccination coverage than those with high GNI per capita or other regions. Efforts to strengthen and promote COVID-19 vaccination in low-income WHO countries and African region should be scaled up

  • School Connectedness and E-cigarette Susceptibility/ Ever Use in Texas 6 th -Grade Students

    Andrew Springer, Andrew E Springer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2022

    Objectives: We examined the association between school connectedness (SC) and e-cigarette susceptibility/ ever use in a diverse sample of Texas 6 th graders, with a secondary aim to explore the association stratified by gender and classroom setting (in-person vs remote). Methods: A cross-sectional analysis was conducted of CATCH My Breath baseline data, representing 985 6 th -graders from 21 public schools. SC was based on National Longitudinal S…

  • Interweaving Adult Fitness Classes Into Community Settings Via Stronger Austin's Community Partnership Model

    Andrew Springer, Andrew E Springer et al.ARTICLEFamily & Community Health2022

    The lack of environmental supports for healthy lifestyles is a potent factor in the high prevalence of noncommunicable diseases among communities experiencing economic disadvantage. Stronger Austin aimed to increase access to free physical activity (PA) and fitness programming (eg, Zumba) in underserved communities in Austin, Texas, via a partnership and interweaving into context approach in which classes are interwoven into settings with widespr…

  • Exploring Models for Youth Engagement in Community Health Planning

    Andrew Springer, Allison N Marshall et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2022

    High school health science tracks and community- based organizations represent promising settings for fostering community partnerships and youth engagement in identifying local health needs and opportunities that can enhance community health improvement planning and contribute to positive youth development

  • Exploring Models for Youth Engagement in Community Health Planning

    Andrew Springer, Allison N Marshall et al.ARTICLEProgress in community health…2022

    Progress in Community Health Partnerships: Research, Education, and Action - Volume 16, Issue 2, Summer 2022

  • Refugee Health Education

    Open AccessElizabeth Leah Frost, Elizabeth Frost et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Social Work2018Cited by: 2

    Although resettlement agencies in the United States assist refugees by offering a variety of local social and health services, refugees are still less likely to access these services. Few studies have evaluated refugee health education interventions focusing on barriers to accessing healthcare and overcoming negative social determinants of health. This study evaluated the feasibility, acceptability, and perceived impact of a yearlong health educa…

  • Is frequency of family meals associated with parental encouragement of healthy eating among ethnically diverse eighth graders

    Open AccessNatalie S Poulos, Keryn E Pasch et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between family meals and parental encouragement of healthy eating overall and by ethnicity. Design Family meal frequency was measured with one item asking how many times in the past 7 d all or most of the family ate a meal together, which was then categorized to represent three levels of family meals (≤2 times, 3–6 times and ≥7 times). Parental encouragement of healthy eat…

  • HIV/Aids treatment adherence in economically better off women in Colombia

    Marcela Arrivillaga, Andrew Springer et al.ARTICLEAIDS Care2012

    Studies on HIV/AIDS treatment adherence have been carried out in a limited number of geographic settings, but few studies have explored it in people of higher socioeconomic status in Latin America. This qualitative study explored and compared determinants of adherence behaviors among 52 HIV-positive Colombian women in medium and high socioeconomic positions (SPs). Findings indicated that the two SP groups reported high adherence behaviors related…

  • Experimenting with cigarettes and physical activity among Mexican origin youth

    Open AccessAnna V Wilkinson, Nnenna Okeke et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2012

    Our results suggest that interventions designed to prevent smoking among Mexican origin youth may need to address social aspects associated with acculturation, paying close attention to gendered manifestations of sensation seeking

  • Physical Activity During Recess in Low-Income Third-Grade Texas Students

    Andrew Springer, Andrew E Springer et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2012

    Findings underscore the importance of scheduled recess time for children's physical activity

  • Beliefs and Perceived Norms Concerning Smoking Cessation Program Recruitment Among African American Teen Smokers

    Ronald J Peters, Angela Meshack et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2011

    A qualitative approach was used to investigate the beliefs and perceived norms about participation in smoking cessation programs among a sample of African American alternative school students (N = 53), aged 14 to 18 years old, in the United States who were current smokers. The authors found that the majority of participants felt that smoking cessation programs were not effective, caused smoking, or lacked activities. Both boys and girls believed …

  • Applying an Expanded Social Determinant Approach to the Concept of Adherence to Treatment

    Open AccessMarcela Arrivillaga, Michael W Ro et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2010

  • Reliability and validity of the Student Perceptions of School Cohesion Scale in a sample of Salvadoran secondary school students

    Open AccessAndrew Springer, Andrew E Springer et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2009

    BACKGROUND: Despite a growing body of research from the United States and other industrialized countries on the inverse association between supportive social relationships in the school and youth risk behavior engagement, research on the measurement of supportive school social relationships in Central America is limited. We examined the psychometric properties of the Student Perceptions of School Cohesion (SPSC) scale, a 10-item scale that asks s…

  • Physical Activity Participation by Parental Language Use in 4th, 8th, and 11th Grade Students in Texas, USA

    Open AccessAndrew Springer, Kayan L Lewis et al.ARTICLEJournal of Immigrant and Minority…2009

  • A descriptive study of youth risk behavior in urban and rural secondary school students in El Salvador

    Open AccessAndrew Springer, Andrew E Springer et al.ARTICLEBMC International Health and…2006

    BACKGROUND: Adolescence is an important stage of life for establishing healthy behaviors, attitudes, and lifestyles that contribute to current and future health. Health risk behavior is one indicator of health of young people that may serve both as a measure of health over time as well as a target for health policies and programs. This study examined the prevalence and distribution of youth health risk behaviors from five risk behavior domains-ag…

  • A Cross-National Comparison of Youth Risk Behaviors in Latino Secondary School Students Living in El Salvador and the USA

    Andrew Springer, Steve Kelder et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2006Cited by: 3References: 4

    In the context of the transnationalization of the Salvadoran population, with potential for increased influence of the USA in Salvadoran culture, these differences in risk behavior are important for targeting effective interventions for Latino adolescents in El Salvador and in the USA