Andrew E Springer

Biographic Data

ID7556663
NAMEAndrew E Springer
GIVEN NAMESAndrew E
FAMILY NAMESpringer
SIGNATURESPRINGER A E
AFFILIATIONSAndrew E. Springer, Michael & Susan Dell Center for Healthy Living, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston School of Public Health (UTHealth School of Public Health) Austin Campus, Austin, TX, United States;, Email: [email protected]
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS9
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT9
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2023
H-INDEX0

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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

  • 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…

  • 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…