Alicia Fernandez

Biographic Data

ID78553
NAMEAlicia Fernandez
GIVEN NAMESAlicia
FAMILY NAMEFernandez
SIGNATUREFERNANDEZ A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, San Francisco
ORCID0000-0002-7975-6614
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS37
TOTAL CITATIONS98
AUTHOR COUNT37
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1998
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX5

  • Clinician Perspectives on Obstetric Anesthesia Informed Consent for Patients With Limited English Proficiency

    Open AccessWon Lee, Sherry Liou et al.ARTICLEWomen s Health Issues2026

  • Changes in BMI prior to and during the Covid-19 pandemic among children

    Open AccessSarah Maxwell, Sarah L Maxwell et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2024

    Among children in San Francisco, increases in BMI-z score and overweight/obesity were greater during the pandemic compared to prior changes, with the most pronounced increases among younger and publicly insured children. These findings support the need for more targeted and effective policies for addressing childhood overweight/obesity, especially among these high-risk populations

  • The Impact of Patient-Physician Racial and Gender Concordance on Patient Satisfaction with Outpatient Clinic Visits

    Open AccessNathan M Shaw, Nancy Hills et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024References: 36

  • Barriers and facilitators to mental health promotion for Mexican immigrants in the U.S. through the Ventanillas de Salud program

    Open AccessInes Gonzalez-Casanova, Inés González Casanova et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction Mental health promotion and screenings are recommended as part of standard preventive care. Mexican immigrants in the U.S. are at high risk for mental health illness especially after the COVID-19 pandemic, however access to mental health prevention for this population has been limited, which results in important implementation and equity gaps. The Ventanilla de Salud (VDS) program provides preventive services through Mexican consulat…

  • Aspiring physicians program

    Open AccessArianne Teherani, Kelechi Uwaezuoke et al.ARTICLEMedical Education Online2023

    Latinx physician rates are lower than non-Latinx white physicians. Many pathway programs to careers in medicine have been established for underrepresented students, yet few focus on premedical college education or undergraduate pathway programs, which marks a critical junction in the commitment to and preparation for application to medical school. Moreover, little is known about the program components which prepare and support learners. Framed by…

  • Racial and sociodemographic predictors of Covid-19 compared with influenza, appendicitis, and all-cause hospitalization

    Eva Raphael, Kristen M J Azar et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2023

    Racial/ethnic and sociodemographic inequities in diagnosed COVID-19 and hospitalization differed from those for diagnosed influenza and other medical conditions, with consistently higher odds among Latine and Spanish-speaking patients. This work highlights the need for disease-specific public health efforts in at-risk communities in addition to structural upstream interventions

  • A Window Into Mental Health

    Open AccessDelia Lilian Martínez Rodriguez, Tonatiuh González-Vázquez et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Background Mexican immigrants in the United States face mental health challenges, disparities, and limited access to healthcare; however, mental health promotion efforts specifically targeting this population have been insufficient. The objective of this study was to develop and test a mental health promotion intervention based on protective mental health factors and coping strategies for Mexican immigrants recruited through a free, consulate-bas…

  • Covid-19 Vaccination Perceptions Among Young Adults of Color in the San Francisco Bay Area

    Open AccessFrancine Rios-Fetchko, Mariam Carson et al.ARTICLEHealth Equity2022

    Background: COVID-19 vaccination rates among U.S. young adults, particularly in communities of color, remain lower than other age groups. We conducted a qualitative, community-based participatory study to explore beliefs and attitudes about COVID-19 vaccines among young adults in Black/African American, Latinx, and Asian American or Pacific Islander (AAPI) communities in the San Francisco Bay Area. Methods: =12) participants between 18 and 30 yea…

  • Racial Disparities in 7-Day Readmissions from an Adult Hospital Medicine Service

    Open AccessAksharananda Rambachan, Yumiko Abe-Jones et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2022

  • Physician–Public Health Practitioners—The Missing Academic Medicine Career Track

    Open AccessKirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Alicia FernandezARTICLEJAMA Health Forum2022

  • Worker Perspectives on Covid-19 Risks

    Open AccessErika Meza, Leslie Giglio et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Latino construction workers in the U.S. have faced a disproportionate risk for COVID-19 infection in the workplace. Prior studies have focused on quantifying workplace risk for COVID-19 infection; few have captured workers’ experiences and perspectives. This study describes COVID-19-related workplace risks from the perspectives of Latino construction workers. We conducted a qualitative study using semi-structured phone interviews with Latino cons…

  • No One Size Fits All

    Justin L Bullock, Meghan T O’Brien et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2021

    PURPOSE: This study explores medical students' perspectives on the key features of ideal supervisor responses to microaggressions targeting clerkship medical students. METHOD: This single-institution, qualitative focus group study, based in an interpretivist paradigm, explored clerkship medical students' perceptions in the United States, 2020. During semistructured focus groups, participants discussed 4 microaggression scenarios. The authors empl…

  • Excess mortality among Latino people in California during the Covid-19 pandemic

    Open AccessAlicia R Riley, Yea‐Hung Chen et al.ARTICLESSM - Population Health2021

    Latino people in the US are experiencing higher excess deaths during the COVID-19 pandemic than any other racial/ethnic group, but it is unclear which sociodemographic subgroups within this diverse population are most affected. Such information is necessary to target policies that prevent further excess mortality and reduce inequities. Using death certificate data for January 1, 2016 through February 29, 2020 and time-series models, we estimated …

  • A New Methodology for Defining Radon Priority Areas in Spain

    Open AccessAlicia Fernandez, Carlos Sàinz et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    One of the requirements of EU-BSS (European Basic Safety Standards) is the design and implementation of a National Radon Action Plan in the member states. This should define, as accurately as possible, areas of risk for the presence of radon gas ( 222 Rn) in homes and workplaces. The concept used by the Spanish Nuclear Safety Council (CSN), the body responsible for nuclear safety and radiation protection in Spain, to identify "radon priority area…

  • Medical Education’s Wicked Problem

    Catherine R Lucey, Karen E Hauer et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2020

    Despite a lack of intent to discriminate, physicians educated in U.S. medical schools and residency programs often take actions that systematically disadvantage minority patients. The approach to assessment of learner performance in medical education can similarly disadvantage minority learners. The adoption of holistic admissions strategies to increase the diversity of medical training programs has not been accompanied by increases in diversity …

  • Intercomparison of Indoor Radon Measurements Under Field Conditions In the Framework of MetroRadon European Project

    Open AccessDaniel Rábago, Ismael Fuente Merino et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2020

    Interlaboratory comparisons are a basic part of the regular quality controls of laboratories to warranty the adequate performance of test and measurements. The exercise presented in this article is the comparison of indoor radon gas measurements under field conditions performed with passive detectors and active monitors carried out in the Laboratory of Natural Radiation (LNR). The aim is to provide a direct comparison between different methodolog…

  • Trends in sugar-sweetened beverage consumption among California children

    Open AccessAmy L Beck, Suzanna M Martinez et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2020

    Objective: To assess trends in consumption of soda, sweetened fruit drinks/sports drinks and any sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) from 2013 to 2016 among all children in California aged 2–5 and 6–11 years and by racial-ethnic group. Design: Serial cross-sectional study using the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) . Setting: CHIS is a telephone survey of households in California designed to assess population-level estimates of key health beha…

  • How Does Acculturation Influence Smoking Behavior Among Latinos? The Role of Education and National Background

    Erik J Rodriquez, Alicia Fernandez et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2019

    The relationship between acculturation and health behaviors among Latinos is influenced by education and should be considered by public health and clinician stakeholders when developing or adapting tobacco control strategies

  • Barriers and facilitators to healthy eating among low-income Latino adolescents

    Open AccessAmy L Beck, Esti Iturralde et al.ARTICLEAppetite2019Cited by: 7References: 32

  • How Small Differences in Assessed Clinical Performance Amplify to Large Differences in Grades and Awards

    Arianne Teherani, Karen E Hauer et al.ARTICLEAcademic Medicine2018

    While students entering medical schools are becoming more diverse, trainees in residency programs in competitive specialties and academic medicine faculty have not increased in diversity. As part of an educational continuous quality improvement process at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine, the authors examined data for the classes of 2013–2016 to determine whether differences existed between underrepresented in medic…

  • How Should Physicians Respond When Patients Distrust Them Because of Their Gender

    Open AccessMonica E Peek, Bernard Lo et al.ARTICLEThe AMA Journal of Ethic2017

    There are many reasons why gender-concordant care benefits patients and is requested by them. For training hospitals, however, such requests present challenges as well as opportunities in providing patient-centered care. Responding to a case in which a female patient who is having a routine exam refuses care from a male medical student, we discuss ethical principles involved in gender-concordant care requests, when it is appropriate to question s…

  • Identifying Spanish Language Competent Physicians

    Claudia Chaufan, Andrew J Karter et al.ARTICLEEthnicity & Disease2016

    The single-question self-reported medical proficiency tool is a low-cost tool useful for quickly identifying Spanish competent physicians and is potentially suitable for use in clinical settings. A reasonable approach for health systems is to designate only those physicians who self-assess their Spanish medical proficiency as "high" as competent to provide care without an interpreter

  • Self-care and Subjectivity among Mexican Diabetes Patients in the United States

    Open AccessRebecca Seligman, E Mendenhall et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology Quarterly2015Cited by: 19References: 65

    Type 2 diabetes is considered a public health crisis, particularly among people of Mexican descent in the United States. Clinical approaches to diabetes management increasingly emphasize self-care, which places responsibility for illness on individuals and mandates self-regulation. Using narrative and free-list data from a two-phase study of low-income first- and second-generation Mexican immigrants living with diabetes, we present evidence that …

  • Food Insecurity and Glycemic Control Among Low-Income Patients With Type 2 Diabetes

    Open AccessHilary K Seligman, Elizabeth A Jacobs et al.ARTICLEDiabetes Care2012

    OBJECTIVE: To determine whether food insecurity--the inability to reliably afford safe and nutritious food--is associated with poor glycemic control and whether this association is mediated by difficulty following a healthy diet, diabetes self-efficacy, or emotional distress related to diabetes. RESEARCH DESIGN AND METHODS: We used multivariable regression models to examine the association between food insecurity and poor glycemic control using a…

  • Susto, Coraje, and Abuse

    Open AccessE Mendenhall, Alicia Fernandez et al.ARTICLECulture Medicine and Psychiatry2012