Maia Ingram
Biographic Data
| ID | 3886698 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Maia Ingram |
| GIVEN NAMES | Maia |
| FAMILY NAME | Ingram |
| SIGNATURE | INGRAM M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Arizona |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6517-7697 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 87 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 49 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Between the scales and the scars: The interpersonal moderators of the association between Body Mass Index and parent-reported depression/anxiety diagnoses in U.S. children: Evidence from the 2021–22 N…
Adverse childhood mental health outcomes have emerged as a significant public health concern, with an increasing body of evidence linking children’s obesity with increased risk of mental health outcomes. This is a cross-sectional study of 40,820 U.S. children aged 6–17 used survey-weighted logistic regression on the 2021–22 National Survey of Children’s Health (NSCH) data. The study examined whether interpersonal factors such as bullying, poor mo…
Standardized disease-related measures in diabetes research: Results from a global consensus process
Background: A lack of disease-related consensus measures for type 2 diabetes interventions is a barrier to comparing interventions across various contexts, as well as to implementation and scale-up. This study aimed to use an expert consensus approach to select disease-related measures for type 2 diabetes to facilitate cross-contextual research, as well as the implementation and scaling-up of initiatives. Methods: The study was conducted using a …
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 …
Risk factors associated with loneliness among mexican-origin adults in southern Arizona
This study examines factors associated with symptoms of loneliness among a sample (n = 213) of mostly Mexican-origin adults at risk of chronic diseases in Southern Arizona's Pima, Yuma, and Santa Cruz counties. It uses baseline data from a community-based participatory research partnership and multinominal logistic regression models. Controlling for chronic diseases and sociodemographic characteristics, perceived social support and hope exhibit n…
How Promotoras Put Community at the Heart of Research: Reflections from a Community-Based Participatory Research Study Along the US-Mexico Border
A Community-Based Participatory Approach in Applying the Sociocultural Resilience Model in U.S–Mexico Border Communities
Collaborative approaches within community-based participatory research partnerships can facilitate the adaptation and measurement of conceptual health behavior models in community practice
What a mix! Volatile organic compounds and worker exposure in small business beauty salons in Tucson, Arizona
Introduction: Small business beauty salons have volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in their workplace air. VOCs are present as ingredients in beauty or hair products. They may also form because of chemical reactions, where thermal-styling elements accelerate the volatilization of these compounds. Uncertainties remain about the relationship between air pollutant concentrations and the variety of beauty salon activities in a work shift. Investigatin…
Vaccine hesitancy and the willingness to recommend the Covid-19 vaccine to children in a rural country on the United States-Mexico border
Introduction: As of October 26, 2022, only 9% of children in the United States aged 6 months to 4 years have received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine despite FDA approval since June 17, 2022. Rates are better yet still low for children aged 5 to 11 years as nearly 30% were fully vaccinated as of August 23, 2022. Vaccine hesitancy among adults is one of the major factors affecting low vaccine uptake rates in children against COVID-19, yet mo…
Studying full-shift inhalation exposures to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) among Latino workers in very small-sized beauty salons and auto repair shops
Background: One in every 200 US jobs is in a beauty salon or auto repair shop, where workers are regularly exposed to volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that may cause a range of short- and long-term health issues. In these shops, Latino workers are overrepresented and lack culturally and linguistically appropriate industrial hygiene resources. This leaves a gap in knowledge on inhalation exposures to VOCs in this hard-to-reach and ubiquitous work…
Factors Associated with Depressive Symptoms among Mexican-Origin Adults in a Community Sample at the US Mexico Border Region
Using baseline data from three partnering federally qualified health centers, we examined factors associated with depressive symptoms among Mexican-origin adults at risk of chronic disease living in three counties in Southern Arizona (i.e., Pima, Yuma, and Santa Cruz). Multivariable linear regression models identified correlates of depressive symptoms for this population controlling for sociodemographic characteristics. Among 206 participants, 85…
Risk Factors Associated with Diabetes among Mexican-Origin Adults in Southern Arizona
Diabetes is the seventh leading cause of death in the United States, and it is particularly problematic among the Latine population. This study employed multivariable logistic regression models to examine how hypertension, depression, and sociodemographics were associated with diabetes in a cross-sectional sample of Mexican-origin adults living in three counties of Southern Arizona. The overall prevalence of diabetes from this primary care sample…
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…
Conducting Photovoice With Binational Cancer Survivors to Identify Health Behavior Change Intervention Preferences
Background: Culturally adapted behavior interventions are needed to support lifestyle behavior change for survivors of cancer. Objectives: To identify programming preferences of Mexicanorigin female survivors of breast cancer living on the U.S./Mexico border. Methods: We conducted a nine-week photovoice project with survivors of breast cancer in Nogales, Sonora/Arizona exploring viewpoints on food and dietary habits, wellness activities, and pref…
Conducting Photovoice With Binational Cancer Survivors to Identify Health Behavior Change Intervention Preferences
Our findings highlight the importance of collaborative research such as photovoice to gain insights for adaptation of evidence-based lifestyle interventions for Mexican-origin survivors of cancer. Key adaptation considerations include culturally relevant dietary preferences and patterns, physical activities with a strong mind-body component, and opportunities for social engagement and experience sharing
Thinking on your feet: Beauty and auto small businesses maneuver the risks of the Covid-19 pandemic
On March 11, 2020, the World Health Organization officially declared SARS-CoV-2 a pandemic, and governments and health institutions enacted various public health measures to decrease its transmission rate. The COVID-19 pandemic made occupational health disparities for small businesses more visible and created an unprecedented financial burden, particularly for those located in communities of color. In part, communities of color experienced dispro…
Adaptation of a Community Clinical Linkages Intervention to the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Community Case Study
In this community case study, we describe the process within an academic-community partnership of adapting UNIDOS, a community health worker (CHW)-led community-clinical linkages (CCL) intervention targeting Latinx adults in Arizona, to the evolving landscape of the COVID-19 pandemic. Consistent with community-based participatory research principles, academic and community-based partners made decisions regarding changes to the intervention study …
The Arizona Prevention Research Center partnerships in Arizona to promote Covid-19 vaccine health equity
Background: Vaccine hesitancy in the face of the COVID-19 pandemic is a complex issue that undermines our national ability to reduce the burden of the disease and control the pandemic. The COVID-19 pandemic revealed widening health disparities and disproportionate adverse health outcomes in terms of transmission, hospitalizations, morbidity and mortality among Arizona's Latinx rural, underserved, farmworker, disabled and elderly populations. In M…
Guided evaluation activities to understand children’s experience of an obesity prevention programme
Objective: In this paper, we describe an approach to engage young children in evaluating the impact of La Vida Buena, a community health worker–led childhood obesity intervention for Latino children aged 5–8 years. Design: This paper describes the collaborative process used to pilot, refine, implement and evaluate evaluation activities, including a drawing and sorting activity, with child participants. Setting: La Vida Buena was implemented with …
Es Muy Tranquilo Aquí”: Perceptions of Safety and Calm among Binationally Mobile Mexican Immigrants in a Rural Border Community
Perceptions of community can play an important role in determining health and well-being. We know little, however, about residents' perceptions of community safety in the Southwestern borderlands, an area frequently portrayed as plagued by disorder. The qualitative aim of this community-based participatory research study was to explore the perceptions of Mexican-origin border residents about their communities in southern Yuma County, Arizona. Our…
La vida en la frontera: Protocol for a prospective study exploring stress and health resiliencies among Mexican-origin individuals living in a US-Mexico border community
This study examines objective and subjective mechanisms of the relationship between stress and health in an ecologically diverse rural community over an extended timeframe and illuminates health disparities affecting residents of this medically underserved community. Findings from this investigation directly impact the participants and community through deepening our understanding of the linkages between individual and community level stress and …
Community Health Worker-Led Community Clinical on the U.S. / Mexico Border: Lessons Learned
Future CHW-led CCL practitioners should consider how to best institutionally support CHWs to maximize benefits for patients
Making of home: Transportation mobility and well-being among Tucson refugees
Testing Scalability of a Diabetes Self-Management Intervention in Northern Mexico: An Ecological Approach
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become a major issue in Mexico, reporting almost 100,000 attributable deaths in 2016. Low-income Mexican citizens who face various issues associated with T2DM, including the lack of access to self-management services, are particularly affected by the condition. Health centers have been designated to serve T2DM patients by providing resources on chronic disease prevention. Meta Salud Diabetes (MSD) i…
Organizational Readiness for Community Health Worker Workforce Integration Among Medicaid Contracted Health Plans and Provider Networks: An Arizona Case Study
Understanding and building organizational capacity for system change and the integration of the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce within the health scare sector requires a supportive organizational culture among sector leaders and providers. The aim of this mixed-methods study was to assess organizational readiness for CHW workforce integration into Arizona Medicaid health systems and care teams. This collaborative effort was in direct resp…
Responsibility for chemical exposures: Perspectives from small beauty salons and auto shops in southern metropolitan Tucson
Through our analysis of the interviews, we examine how neoliberal occupational and environmental policies funnel responsibility for controlling chemical exposures down to individuals in small businesses with limited resources, obscuring the power structures that maintain environmental health injustices. We conclude with a call for upstream policy changes that more effectively regulate and hold accountable the manufacturers of chemical products us…
Everyday violence, structural racism and mistreatment at the US-Mexico border
Experiences of Immigrant Women Who Self-Petition Under the Violence Against Women Act
Undocumented immigrant women who are abused and living in the United States are isolated in a foreign country, in constant fear of deportation, and feel at the mercy of their spouse to gain legal status. To ensure that immigration law does not trap women in abusive relationships, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA, 1994) enabled immigrant women to self-petition for legal status. Qualitative research methods were used in this participatory actio…
Predictors and a Framework for Fostering Community Advocacy as a Community Health Worker Core Function to Eliminate Health Disparities
Objectives. Using a mixed-method, participatory research approach, we investigated factors related to community health worker (CHW) community advocacy that affect social determinants of health. Methods. We used cross-sectional survey data for 371 CHWs to assess demographics, training, work environment, and leadership qualities on civic, political, and organizational advocacy. We present advocacy stories to further articulate CHW activities. The d…
Health Disparities, Transportation Equity and Complete Streets: A Case Study of a Policy Development Process through the Lens of Critical Race Theory
Making of home: Transportation mobility and well-being among Tucson refugees
Taking a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach in the Development of Methods to Measure a Community Health Worker Community Advocacy Intervention
Encounter forms provided a longitudinal perspective of how CHWs engaged in advocacy activities in the three streams. Strategy maps defined desired advocacy outcomes and health benefits. Technical assistance notes identified and documented intermediate outcomes. Focus group and interview data reflected CHW efforts to engage community members in advocacy and the development of community leaders. APPLICATION OF LESSONS LEARNED: We provide a model fo…
Community health workers as focus group facilitators: A participatory action research method to improve behavioral health services for farmworkers in a primary care setting
Farmworkers living in US-Border communities experience numerous stressors in their daily lives that place them at risk for behavioral health problems, particularly anxiety and depression. Given challenges to accessing care, farmworkers are most likely to receive services in the primary care setting. In this paper, we describe a participatory action research (PAR) approach in which community health workers (CHWs) use focus groups to engage the pat…
Immigrants and Access to Care: Public Health Must Lead the Way in Changing the Nation’s Narrative
State Medicaid Expansion, Community Interventions, and Health Care Disparities in a United States–Mexico Border Community
Objectives. We investigated whether access to and use of health care services increased among residents of a low-income, predominantly Mexican American border community affected by the expansion of Arizona’s Medicaid program in 2001 and multiple community-level programs and policies. Methods. We used data from a probability sample of 1623 adult residents of Douglas, Arizona, who participated in cross-sectional health surveys in 1998 and 2010. Res…
Experiences of Immigrant Women Who Self-Petition Under the Violence Against Women Act
Undocumented immigrant women who are abused and living in the United States are isolated in a foreign country, in constant fear of deportation, and feel at the mercy of their spouse to gain legal status. To ensure that immigration law does not trap women in abusive relationships, the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA, 1994) enabled immigrant women to self-petition for legal status. Qualitative research methods were used in this participatory actio…
The US/Mexico Border: A Binational Approach to Framing Challenges and Constructing Solutions for Improving Farmworkers’ Lives
Mexican migrant and seasonal farmworkers in the US-Mexico border region face health hazards and occupational risks and are becoming commonly known in the public health literature. According to several studies, farmworkers have high levels of chronic diseases such as diabetes and respiratory problems, are at risk for infectious diseases, and experience among the highest incidences of work-related injuries of any profession. The findings from two s…
The Border Community and Immigration Stress Scale: A Preliminary Examination of a Community Responsive Measure in Two Southwest Samples
Salud Sí: A Case Study for the Use of Participatory Evaluation in Creating Effective and Sustainable Community-Based Health Promotion
Participatory evaluation can be an essential tool for community-based organizations in tailoring programs to the needs of the populations they serve. This article provides a case study of Salud Sí, a promotora-driven health promotion program designed to encourage physical activity, fruit and vegetable consumption, and stress reduction among Mexican American women. Through a partnership between a community health center and an academic institution…
Stress and Sociocultural Factors Related to Health Status Among US–Mexico Border Farmworkers
A Community Health Worker Intervention to Address the Social Determinants of Health Through Policy Change
Predictors and a Framework for Fostering Community Advocacy as a Community Health Worker Core Function to Eliminate Health Disparities
Objectives. Using a mixed-method, participatory research approach, we investigated factors related to community health worker (CHW) community advocacy that affect social determinants of health. Methods. We used cross-sectional survey data for 371 CHWs to assess demographics, training, work environment, and leadership qualities on civic, political, and organizational advocacy. We present advocacy stories to further articulate CHW activities. The d…
State Medicaid Expansion, Community Interventions, and Health Care Disparities in a United States–Mexico Border Community
Objectives. We investigated whether access to and use of health care services increased among residents of a low-income, predominantly Mexican American border community affected by the expansion of Arizona’s Medicaid program in 2001 and multiple community-level programs and policies. Methods. We used data from a probability sample of 1623 adult residents of Douglas, Arizona, who participated in cross-sectional health surveys in 1998 and 2010. Res…
Everyday violence, structural racism and mistreatment at the US-Mexico border
Using participatory methods to enhance patient‐centred mental health care in a federally qualified community health center serving a M exican A merican farmworker community
BACKGROUND: Mexican American farmworkers experience high rates of mental health conditions; however, it is difficult for them to access care. Patient-centred care is a systems-wide approach to improving the delivery of services for diverse populations in the primary care setting. AIM: We describe the application of community-based participatory research methods to assess and address gaps in perceptions of mental health care between providers and …
Taking a Community-Based Participatory Research Approach in the Development of Methods to Measure a Community Health Worker Community Advocacy Intervention
Encounter forms provided a longitudinal perspective of how CHWs engaged in advocacy activities in the three streams. Strategy maps defined desired advocacy outcomes and health benefits. Technical assistance notes identified and documented intermediate outcomes. Focus group and interview data reflected CHW efforts to engage community members in advocacy and the development of community leaders. APPLICATION OF LESSONS LEARNED: We provide a model fo…
Community health workers as focus group facilitators: A participatory action research method to improve behavioral health services for farmworkers in a primary care setting
Farmworkers living in US-Border communities experience numerous stressors in their daily lives that place them at risk for behavioral health problems, particularly anxiety and depression. Given challenges to accessing care, farmworkers are most likely to receive services in the primary care setting. In this paper, we describe a participatory action research (PAR) approach in which community health workers (CHWs) use focus groups to engage the pat…
Contextualizing Walkability: Do Relationships Between Built Environments and Walking Vary by Socioeconomic Context?
PROBLEM RESEARCH STRATEGY AND FINDINGS: Supportive built environments for walking are linked to higher rates of walking and physical activity, but little is known about this relationship for socioeconomically disadvantaged (e.g., low-income and racial/ethnic minority) populations. We review 17 articles and find that most show that the built environment has weaker effects on walking and physical activity for disadvantaged than advantaged groups. T…
Community Health Worker Impact on Chronic Disease Outcomes Within Primary Care Examined Using Electronic Health Records
Objectives. To investigate community health worker (CHW) effects on chronic disease outcomes using electronic health records (EHRs). Methods. We examined EHRs of 32 147 patients at risk for chronic disease during 2012 to 2015. Variables included contact with clinic-based CHWs, vitals, and laboratory tests. We estimated a mixed model for all outcomes. Results. Within-group findings showed statistically significant improvements in chronic disease i…
La Vida Buena (The Good Life) evaluation: A quasi experimental intervention of a community health worker-led family-based childhood obesity program for Latino children 5–8 years of age on the US-Mexic…
The trial was retrospectively registered on December 18, 2018. The ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier is NCT03781856
Self-reported hearing difficulty and its association with general, cognitive, and psychosocial health in the state of Arizona, 2015
Self-reported hearing difficulty was associated with report of increased confusion and memory loss and poorer general and psychosocial health among Arizona adults. These findings support the feasibility and utility of assessing self-reported hearing ability on the BRFSS. Results highlight the need for greater inclusion of the full range of hearing disability in the planning process for public health surveillance, programs, and services at state a…
Protocol for LINKS (linking individual needs to community and clinical services): A prospective matched observational study of a community health worker community clinical linkage intervention on the …
This study protocol was retrospectively registered, approved, and made available on Clinicaltrials.gov by NCT03787485 as of December 20, 2018
Positionality of Community Health Workers on Health Intervention Research Teams: A Scoping Review
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly involved as members of health intervention research teams. Given that CHWs are engaged in a variety of research roles, there is a need for better understanding of the ways in which CHWs are incorporated in research and the potential benefits. This scoping review synthesizes evidence regarding the kinds of health research studies involving CHWs, CHWs' roles in implementing health intervention resear…
Evaluation of the Impact of School Garden Exposure on Youth Outlook and Behaviors toward Vegetables in Southern Arizona
BACKGROUND: Our objective was to evaluate the effect of garden-based learning on outlook and behaviors toward vegetables among primarily Latinx students. An educational strategy, garden-based learning is a teaching tool that complements other disciplines. METHODS: Third- and fourth-grade students at 4 elementary schools with different garden programs completed a bingo survey and participated in class discussions to measure outlook and behaviors t…
Examining Associations between Community Health Worker-Rated Health and Mental Health among Latino Adults with Chronic Disease
Latinos with chronic disease often experience comorbid depression, but confront barriers to mental health treatment. Community health workers (CHWs) develop trusting relationships with the communities they serve, and may be uniquely positioned to identify Latinos with mental health care needs. Research has not examined whether their rating of clients' health is indicative of their mental health. This mixed-methods study examines CHWs' appraisals …
Health Disparities, Transportation Equity and Complete Streets: A Case Study of a Policy Development Process through the Lens of Critical Race Theory
Immigrants and Access to Care: Public Health Must Lead the Way in Changing the Nation’s Narrative
Testing Scalability of a Diabetes Self-Management Intervention in Northern Mexico: An Ecological Approach
Background: Type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) has become a major issue in Mexico, reporting almost 100,000 attributable deaths in 2016. Low-income Mexican citizens who face various issues associated with T2DM, including the lack of access to self-management services, are particularly affected by the condition. Health centers have been designated to serve T2DM patients by providing resources on chronic disease prevention. Meta Salud Diabetes (MSD) i…
Organizational Readiness for Community Health Worker Workforce Integration Among Medicaid Contracted Health Plans and Provider Networks: An Arizona Case Study
Understanding and building organizational capacity for system change and the integration of the Community Health Worker (CHW) workforce within the health scare sector requires a supportive organizational culture among sector leaders and providers. The aim of this mixed-methods study was to assess organizational readiness for CHW workforce integration into Arizona Medicaid health systems and care teams. This collaborative effort was in direct resp…
Responsibility for chemical exposures: Perspectives from small beauty salons and auto shops in southern metropolitan Tucson
Through our analysis of the interviews, we examine how neoliberal occupational and environmental policies funnel responsibility for controlling chemical exposures down to individuals in small businesses with limited resources, obscuring the power structures that maintain environmental health injustices. We conclude with a call for upstream policy changes that more effectively regulate and hold accountable the manufacturers of chemical products us…
Medicine (42 works) · Environmental health (27 works) · Nursing (25 works) · Public health (25 works) · Gerontology (23 works) · Political science (23 works) · Sociology (23 works) · Psychology (22 works) · Participatory action research (16 works) · Community Health and Development (15 works)