Alexandra K Adams
Biographic Data
| ID | 5484181 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alexandra K Adams |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alexandra K |
| FAMILY NAME | Adams |
| SIGNATURE | ADAMS A K |
| AFFILIATIONS | Department of Sociology & Anthropology, Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity Montana State University Bozeman Montana USA |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 10 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
“It's not about me. It's about what's best for my community”
PURPOSE: While SARS-CoV-2 significantly impacts rural Native American and Latino communities, COVID-19 vaccines offer an effective and safe mitigation strategy. Vaccine uptake is disproportionately lower in rural communities than in urban communities across the nation. This study examined barriers and motivators of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in two Native American and Latino rural agricultural communities in eastern Washington and Montana. METHODS: …
Factors influencing Covid-19 testing among Native Americans and Latinos in two rural agricultural communities
Objective: To examine factors influencing decisions to test for COVID-19 among Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation in Montana and the Latino community in the Yakima Valley of Washington state. Methods: We conducted 30 key informant interviews with community leaders and six focus groups with community members to examine factors impacting decisions to test for COVID-19 during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic from May 2021 to June 2…
A Call to Improve Usability, Accuracy, and Equity of Self-Testing for Covid-19 and Other Rapid Diagnostic Tests
The increasing availability of rapid diagnostic self-tests (RDSTs) for COVID-19 has played an important and increasing role during the pandemic. However, for many underserved communities, RDSTs potential benefits are offset by problems with usability, accuracy, and equity. Given the increased need for and interest in home testing for acute and chronic diseases, including COVID-19, this piece offers ways that regulatory agencies, federal public he…
Household food insecurity and dietary patterns in rural and urban American Indian families with young children
( NCT01776255 ). Registered: January 16, 2013. Date of enrollment: February 6, 2013
The Healthy Children, Strong Families intervention promotes improvements in nutrition, activity and body weight in American Indian families with young children
Objective American Indian children of pre-school age have disproportionally high obesity rates and consequent risk for related diseases. Healthy Children, Strong Families was a family-based randomized trial assessing the efficacy of an obesity prevention toolkit delivered by a mentor v . mailed delivery that was designed and administered using community-based participatory research approaches. Design During Year 1, twelve healthy behaviour toolki…
Development of a Culturally Informed Child Safety Curriculum for American Indian Families
Structural equation modeling of the associations between the home environment and obesity-related cardiovascular fitness and insulin resistance among Hispanic children
Early Predictors of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among American Indian Children
The Healthy Children, Strong Families Intervention
Accuracy of Body Mass Index Categories Based on Self-Reported Height and Weight Among Women in the United States
Accuracy of Body Mass Index Categories Based on Self-Reported Height and Weight Among Women in the United States
Early Predictors of Obesity and Cardiovascular Risk Among American Indian Children
The Healthy Children, Strong Families Intervention
The Healthy Children, Strong Families intervention promotes improvements in nutrition, activity and body weight in American Indian families with young children
Objective American Indian children of pre-school age have disproportionally high obesity rates and consequent risk for related diseases. Healthy Children, Strong Families was a family-based randomized trial assessing the efficacy of an obesity prevention toolkit delivered by a mentor v . mailed delivery that was designed and administered using community-based participatory research approaches. Design During Year 1, twelve healthy behaviour toolki…
Development of a Culturally Informed Child Safety Curriculum for American Indian Families
Structural equation modeling of the associations between the home environment and obesity-related cardiovascular fitness and insulin resistance among Hispanic children
Household food insecurity and dietary patterns in rural and urban American Indian families with young children
( NCT01776255 ). Registered: January 16, 2013. Date of enrollment: February 6, 2013
Factors influencing Covid-19 testing among Native Americans and Latinos in two rural agricultural communities
Objective: To examine factors influencing decisions to test for COVID-19 among Native Americans on the Flathead Reservation in Montana and the Latino community in the Yakima Valley of Washington state. Methods: We conducted 30 key informant interviews with community leaders and six focus groups with community members to examine factors impacting decisions to test for COVID-19 during the second year of the COVID-19 pandemic from May 2021 to June 2…
A Call to Improve Usability, Accuracy, and Equity of Self-Testing for Covid-19 and Other Rapid Diagnostic Tests
The increasing availability of rapid diagnostic self-tests (RDSTs) for COVID-19 has played an important and increasing role during the pandemic. However, for many underserved communities, RDSTs potential benefits are offset by problems with usability, accuracy, and equity. Given the increased need for and interest in home testing for acute and chronic diseases, including COVID-19, this piece offers ways that regulatory agencies, federal public he…
“It's not about me. It's about what's best for my community”
PURPOSE: While SARS-CoV-2 significantly impacts rural Native American and Latino communities, COVID-19 vaccines offer an effective and safe mitigation strategy. Vaccine uptake is disproportionately lower in rural communities than in urban communities across the nation. This study examined barriers and motivators of COVID-19 vaccine uptake in two Native American and Latino rural agricultural communities in eastern Washington and Montana. METHODS: …
Medicine (9 works) · Public health (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)