Felipe G Castro
Biographic Data
| ID | 4088235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Felipe G Castro |
| GIVEN NAMES | Felipe G |
| FAMILY NAME | Castro |
| SIGNATURE | CASTRO F G |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1985-7720 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 84 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1984 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Examining 24-Hour Activity and Sleep Behaviors and Related Determinants in Latino Adolescents and Young Adults With Obesity
Background. Few studies have examined 24-hour activity and sleep behaviors and their contribution to type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Latino adolescents and young adults with obesity. Aim. This study included quantitative data on T2D risk and 24-hour activity and sleep behaviors and qualitative data on individual, social, and environmental behavioral determinants. Method. A 7 day, 24-hour, wrist-worn accelerometer protocol assessed moderate-to-vigorous p…
Perceptions of Family-Level Social Factors That Influence Health Behaviors in Latinx Adolescents and Young Adults at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Given that health behaviors occur within the context of familial social relationships, a deeper understanding of social factors that influence health behaviors in Latinx families is needed to develop more effective diabetes prevention programming. This qualitative study identified perceived family-level social factors that influence health behaviors in Latinx adolescents (12-16 years; N = 16) and young adults (18-24 years; N = 15) with obesity an…
Preventing diabetes in obese Latino youth with prediabetes
NCT02615353, registered on June 8, 2016
Cultural adaptations of behavioral health interventions
Objective-To reduce health disparities, behavioral health interventions must reach subcultural groups and demonstrate effectiveness in improving their health behaviors and outcomes.One approach to developing such health interventions is to culturally adapt original evidence-based interventions.The goals of the paper are to (a) describe consensus on the stages involved in developing cultural adaptations, (b) identify common elements in cultural ad…
Risk factors for distress in the adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers
In contrast to previous research on parental drug abuse, the present study examined comorbid drug addiction and HIV infection in the father as related to his adolescent child's psychological distress. Individual structured interviews were administered to 505 HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers and one of their children, aged 12-20. Structural equation modelling tested an hypothesized model linking paternal latent variables, ecologi…
Designing Health Promotion Programs for Latinos
Panel IV
Are clinical psychologists prepared for service and research with ethnic minorities? Report of a decade of progress
Longitudinal data on the status of training of clinical psychologists for service and research with ethnic minority populations were presented in order to assess progress. Data from an earlier survey by Bernal and Padilla (1982), which were collected in 1979-1980, were compared with similar survey data collected in 1990-1991. Results revealed a mixed picture of progress: Key aspects of minority training have improved, and there is a substantial b…
Drug Abuse and Identity in Mexican Americans
This review proposes the construct of drug use identity and presents a 4-stage model that features this construct. This 4-stage modelproposes that drug use identity, a latentfactor, undergoes a progressive transformation from identity as a casual user during the initiation stage (Stage 1), to identity as a drug addict at the treatment entiy stage (Stage 2), to identity as a recovering addict at the late treatment stage (Stage 3). At the posttreat…
Latinas Without Work
This study examines stressors in family, occupational, and economic domains among 114 Latinas following job loss. These women had been displaced from their jobs for at least 18 months at the time of the initial survey. Stressors from the occupational stress domain were the greatest source of stress for these women. Despite the passage of over 18 months since job loss, 75% of these women remained unemployed. Women who valued the job they lost and …
A Multivariate Model of the Determinants of Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents
Felipe G. Castro, Ebrahim Maddahian, Michael D. Newcomb, P. M. Bentler, A Multivariate Model of the Determinants of Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Sep., 1987), pp. 273-289
Stress, Coping, and Mexican American Mental Health
While there has been a rapid growth in mental health research which focuses on the Mexican American population, differences in theoretical formulations and consequent research methodologies have led to a host of conflicting findings. These conflicting findings are then often difficult to translate into useful clinical applications which would make clinical services more relevant and acceptable to this growing population. One suggested solution to…
Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Hispanic Populations
Epidemiological studies of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors among Hispanics were examined. Hispanics as compared with Anglo Americans and blacks appear to have somewhat lower mortality rates of CHD. This suggests that Hispanics may have lifestyle patterns which reduce CHD risk in the areas of stress, diet, exercise, hypertension, and smoking. However, independent studies report that their samples of Mexican American subjects, but not Pue…
The Health Beliefs of Mexican, Mexican American and Anglo American Women
The health-illness beliefs in five health domains as related to level of acculturation were examined in 102 Mexican, Mexican American, and Anglo American women. The five health domains examined were Mexican folk beliefs, hot-cold theory of illness beliefs, beliefs of responsibility and control over own health, cardiovascular disease beliefs, and stress-illness beliefs. The question of interest was whether less acculturated Mexican women as compar…
Cultural adaptations of behavioral health interventions
Objective-To reduce health disparities, behavioral health interventions must reach subcultural groups and demonstrate effectiveness in improving their health behaviors and outcomes.One approach to developing such health interventions is to culturally adapt original evidence-based interventions.The goals of the paper are to (a) describe consensus on the stages involved in developing cultural adaptations, (b) identify common elements in cultural ad…
A Multivariate Model of the Determinants of Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents
Felipe G. Castro, Ebrahim Maddahian, Michael D. Newcomb, P. M. Bentler, A Multivariate Model of the Determinants of Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Sep., 1987), pp. 273-289
The Health Beliefs of Mexican, Mexican American and Anglo American Women
The health-illness beliefs in five health domains as related to level of acculturation were examined in 102 Mexican, Mexican American, and Anglo American women. The five health domains examined were Mexican folk beliefs, hot-cold theory of illness beliefs, beliefs of responsibility and control over own health, cardiovascular disease beliefs, and stress-illness beliefs. The question of interest was whether less acculturated Mexican women as compar…
Panel IV
Latinas Without Work
This study examines stressors in family, occupational, and economic domains among 114 Latinas following job loss. These women had been displaced from their jobs for at least 18 months at the time of the initial survey. Stressors from the occupational stress domain were the greatest source of stress for these women. Despite the passage of over 18 months since job loss, 75% of these women remained unemployed. Women who valued the job they lost and …
The Health Beliefs of Mexican, Mexican American and Anglo American Women
The health-illness beliefs in five health domains as related to level of acculturation were examined in 102 Mexican, Mexican American, and Anglo American women. The five health domains examined were Mexican folk beliefs, hot-cold theory of illness beliefs, beliefs of responsibility and control over own health, cardiovascular disease beliefs, and stress-illness beliefs. The question of interest was whether less acculturated Mexican women as compar…
Stress, Coping, and Mexican American Mental Health
While there has been a rapid growth in mental health research which focuses on the Mexican American population, differences in theoretical formulations and consequent research methodologies have led to a host of conflicting findings. These conflicting findings are then often difficult to translate into useful clinical applications which would make clinical services more relevant and acceptable to this growing population. One suggested solution to…
Risk Factors for Coronary Heart Disease in Hispanic Populations
Epidemiological studies of coronary heart disease (CHD) risk factors among Hispanics were examined. Hispanics as compared with Anglo Americans and blacks appear to have somewhat lower mortality rates of CHD. This suggests that Hispanics may have lifestyle patterns which reduce CHD risk in the areas of stress, diet, exercise, hypertension, and smoking. However, independent studies report that their samples of Mexican American subjects, but not Pue…
A Multivariate Model of the Determinants of Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents
Felipe G. Castro, Ebrahim Maddahian, Michael D. Newcomb, P. M. Bentler, A Multivariate Model of the Determinants of Cigarette Smoking Among Adolescents, Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Vol. 28, No. 3 (Sep., 1987), pp. 273-289
Latinas Without Work
This study examines stressors in family, occupational, and economic domains among 114 Latinas following job loss. These women had been displaced from their jobs for at least 18 months at the time of the initial survey. Stressors from the occupational stress domain were the greatest source of stress for these women. Despite the passage of over 18 months since job loss, 75% of these women remained unemployed. Women who valued the job they lost and …
Drug Abuse and Identity in Mexican Americans
This review proposes the construct of drug use identity and presents a 4-stage model that features this construct. This 4-stage modelproposes that drug use identity, a latentfactor, undergoes a progressive transformation from identity as a casual user during the initiation stage (Stage 1), to identity as a drug addict at the treatment entiy stage (Stage 2), to identity as a recovering addict at the late treatment stage (Stage 3). At the posttreat…
Are clinical psychologists prepared for service and research with ethnic minorities? Report of a decade of progress
Longitudinal data on the status of training of clinical psychologists for service and research with ethnic minority populations were presented in order to assess progress. Data from an earlier survey by Bernal and Padilla (1982), which were collected in 1979-1980, were compared with similar survey data collected in 1990-1991. Results revealed a mixed picture of progress: Key aspects of minority training have improved, and there is a substantial b…
Panel IV
Designing Health Promotion Programs for Latinos
Risk factors for distress in the adolescent children of HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers
In contrast to previous research on parental drug abuse, the present study examined comorbid drug addiction and HIV infection in the father as related to his adolescent child's psychological distress. Individual structured interviews were administered to 505 HIV-positive and HIV-negative drug-abusing fathers and one of their children, aged 12-20. Structural equation modelling tested an hypothesized model linking paternal latent variables, ecologi…
Cultural adaptations of behavioral health interventions
Objective-To reduce health disparities, behavioral health interventions must reach subcultural groups and demonstrate effectiveness in improving their health behaviors and outcomes.One approach to developing such health interventions is to culturally adapt original evidence-based interventions.The goals of the paper are to (a) describe consensus on the stages involved in developing cultural adaptations, (b) identify common elements in cultural ad…
Preventing diabetes in obese Latino youth with prediabetes
NCT02615353, registered on June 8, 2016
Perceptions of Family-Level Social Factors That Influence Health Behaviors in Latinx Adolescents and Young Adults at High Risk for Type 2 Diabetes
Given that health behaviors occur within the context of familial social relationships, a deeper understanding of social factors that influence health behaviors in Latinx families is needed to develop more effective diabetes prevention programming. This qualitative study identified perceived family-level social factors that influence health behaviors in Latinx adolescents (12-16 years; N = 16) and young adults (18-24 years; N = 15) with obesity an…
Examining 24-Hour Activity and Sleep Behaviors and Related Determinants in Latino Adolescents and Young Adults With Obesity
Background. Few studies have examined 24-hour activity and sleep behaviors and their contribution to type 2 diabetes (T2D) in Latino adolescents and young adults with obesity. Aim. This study included quantitative data on T2D risk and 24-hour activity and sleep behaviors and qualitative data on individual, social, and environmental behavioral determinants. Method. A 7 day, 24-hour, wrist-worn accelerometer protocol assessed moderate-to-vigorous p…
Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (9 works) · Gerontology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works)