Idolina Castro
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886697 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Idolina Castro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Idolina |
| FAMILY NAME | Castro |
| SIGNATURE | CASTRO I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Campesinos Sin Fronteras, Somerton, AZ, USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Don’t leave it all to science”: How Mexicans living along the US-Mexico border view health and care seeking
The geographic and cultural distribution of the health beliefs that inform how people interpret disease etiologies, engage in the clinical arena, utilize traditional remedies, and respond to health promotion programming is an important and understudied topic. The impacts of place-based factors on health concepts may be especially critical among geographically displaced populations, who tend to face a similar and concerning host of barriers to med…
Fotonovelas for Farmworkers and Their Families: Evitando los Riesgos en Casa
At the request of the farmworker advocacy group, Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) in Yuma County, Arizona, we created fotonovelas (comic books) to provide information and education to farmworkers and their families on the prevention of exposures to pesticides in the home. Our process included an informal needs assessment, the creation of draft scripts in English and Spanish, the recruitment of student artists to draw candidate fotonovelas , the rev…
Knowledge of the Stress-Health Link as a Source of Resilience Among Mexicans in the Arizona Borderlands
Mexicans who migrate to the United States endure significant stressors related to the migration process and social and environmental conditions of life in the United States. Given that chronic stress exposure has been linked to the onset of health conditions, these ecological factors may expose them to increased risk for poor health. However, Mexicans have many positive health outcomes compared to those monitored nationally, making it crucial to …
Suffering in Silence: How Promotoras Reach Those Who Endure Behind Closed Doors
The Use of Qualitative Methods to Guide the Development of the Border Resilience Scale in a Participatory Research Study
U.S.-Mexico border residents experience pervasive social and ecological stressors that contribute to a high burden of chronic disease. However, the border region is primarily composed of high-density Mexican-origin neighborhoods, a characteristic that is most commonly health-promoting. Understanding factors that contribute to border stress and resilience is essential to informing the effective design of community-level health promotion strategies…
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The Use of Qualitative Methods to Guide the Development of the Border Resilience Scale in a Participatory Research Study
U.S.-Mexico border residents experience pervasive social and ecological stressors that contribute to a high burden of chronic disease. However, the border region is primarily composed of high-density Mexican-origin neighborhoods, a characteristic that is most commonly health-promoting. Understanding factors that contribute to border stress and resilience is essential to informing the effective design of community-level health promotion strategies…
Suffering in Silence: How Promotoras Reach Those Who Endure Behind Closed Doors
Don’t leave it all to science”: How Mexicans living along the US-Mexico border view health and care seeking
The geographic and cultural distribution of the health beliefs that inform how people interpret disease etiologies, engage in the clinical arena, utilize traditional remedies, and respond to health promotion programming is an important and understudied topic. The impacts of place-based factors on health concepts may be especially critical among geographically displaced populations, who tend to face a similar and concerning host of barriers to med…
Fotonovelas for Farmworkers and Their Families: Evitando los Riesgos en Casa
At the request of the farmworker advocacy group, Campesinos Sin Fronteras (CSF) in Yuma County, Arizona, we created fotonovelas (comic books) to provide information and education to farmworkers and their families on the prevention of exposures to pesticides in the home. Our process included an informal needs assessment, the creation of draft scripts in English and Spanish, the recruitment of student artists to draw candidate fotonovelas , the rev…
Knowledge of the Stress-Health Link as a Source of Resilience Among Mexicans in the Arizona Borderlands
Mexicans who migrate to the United States endure significant stressors related to the migration process and social and environmental conditions of life in the United States. Given that chronic stress exposure has been linked to the onset of health conditions, these ecological factors may expose them to increased risk for poor health. However, Mexicans have many positive health outcomes compared to those monitored nationally, making it crucial to …
Psychology (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Community Health and Development (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works) · Health care (2 works) · Psychological resilience (2 works)