Courtney A Fitzgerald
Biographic Data
| ID | 910097 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Courtney A Fitzgerald |
| GIVEN NAMES | Courtney A |
| FAMILY NAME | Fitzgerald |
| SIGNATURE | FITZGERALD C A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of New Mexico |
| ORCID | 0009-0005-8631-2498 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Mitigating Parental Vaccine Hesitancy
This study aims to identify a strategy to reduce parental vaccine hesitancy by examining the moderating role of the perceived prevalence of COVID-19 children’s vaccination in the relationship between perceived vaccine risk and parental vaccine hesitancy. We conducted a survey in August 2022 in a southwestern US city. Participants included parents of children under age 12 living in the city ( N = 113). We first visited two local childcare centres …
Improving Health and Reducing Chronic Disease Disparities with Latinx Communities
Relationships Between Social Media Use, Exposure to Vaccine Misinformation and Online Health Information Seeking Behaviour
This study examines the relationships between social media use for health information, exposure to HPV vaccine misinformation, and online health information-seeking behaviours from institutional sources (i.e., professional health websites and search engines) among college students. The results show that people who seek health information from social media tend to have more experiences of encountering HPV vaccine misinformation during their social…
Effects of School Policies and Programs on Violence Among All High School Students and Sexual and Gender Minority Students
BACKGROUND: Youth identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) and/or transgender/gender nonconforming (TGNC) are at increased risk of violence. School policies and practices may mitigate this risk. METHODS: Researchers merged data from the 2016 New Mexico School Health Profiles and the 2017 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey. Researchers employed multivariable logistic regression to test the associations between school-level measures and…
Positive Relationships with Adults and Resilience to Suicide Attempt among New Mexico Hispanic Adolescents
Suicide is a leading cause of adolescent death and has increased in recent years. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that relationships with adults at home and in the community had on the probability of suicide attempts of Hispanic teenagers in New Mexico. Data from the 2019 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey were analyzed to identify the ways in which relationships with adults influenced suicide attempts among Hispanic …
Suicide Attempt Resiliency in American Indian, Hispanic, and Anglo Youth in New Mexico
The purpose of this study was to identify whether positive relationships with adults at home, school, and in the community are protective for suicide among American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, and Anglo adolescents. Using data from the New Mexico version of the 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey, we found that positive relationships with adults affected past-year suicide attempts differently in youth fr…
The Association Between Positive Relationships with Adults and Suicide-Attempt Resilience in American Indian Youth in New Mexico
This study examined the 2013 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM-YRRS) to determine whether cultural connectedness and positive relationships with adults protected against suicide attempts among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth and whether these relationships differed by gender. The sample included 2,794 AI/AN students in grades 9 to 12 who answered the question about past-year suicide attempts. Protective factor variab…
Engagement, Recruitment, and Retention in a Trans-Community, Randomized Controlled Trial for the Prevention of Obesity in Rural American Indian and Hispanic Children
The Association Between Positive Relationships with Adults and Suicide-Attempt Resilience in American Indian Youth in New Mexico
This study examined the 2013 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM-YRRS) to determine whether cultural connectedness and positive relationships with adults protected against suicide attempts among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth and whether these relationships differed by gender. The sample included 2,794 AI/AN students in grades 9 to 12 who answered the question about past-year suicide attempts. Protective factor variab…
Engagement, Recruitment, and Retention in a Trans-Community, Randomized Controlled Trial for the Prevention of Obesity in Rural American Indian and Hispanic Children
The Association Between Positive Relationships with Adults and Suicide-Attempt Resilience in American Indian Youth in New Mexico
This study examined the 2013 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey (NM-YRRS) to determine whether cultural connectedness and positive relationships with adults protected against suicide attempts among American Indian and Alaska Native (AI/AN) youth and whether these relationships differed by gender. The sample included 2,794 AI/AN students in grades 9 to 12 who answered the question about past-year suicide attempts. Protective factor variab…
Suicide Attempt Resiliency in American Indian, Hispanic, and Anglo Youth in New Mexico
The purpose of this study was to identify whether positive relationships with adults at home, school, and in the community are protective for suicide among American Indian/Alaska Native, Hispanic, and Anglo adolescents. Using data from the New Mexico version of the 2015 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Youth Risk Behavior Survey, we found that positive relationships with adults affected past-year suicide attempts differently in youth fr…
Positive Relationships with Adults and Resilience to Suicide Attempt among New Mexico Hispanic Adolescents
Suicide is a leading cause of adolescent death and has increased in recent years. The purpose of this study was to examine the effect that relationships with adults at home and in the community had on the probability of suicide attempts of Hispanic teenagers in New Mexico. Data from the 2019 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey were analyzed to identify the ways in which relationships with adults influenced suicide attempts among Hispanic …
Relationships Between Social Media Use, Exposure to Vaccine Misinformation and Online Health Information Seeking Behaviour
This study examines the relationships between social media use for health information, exposure to HPV vaccine misinformation, and online health information-seeking behaviours from institutional sources (i.e., professional health websites and search engines) among college students. The results show that people who seek health information from social media tend to have more experiences of encountering HPV vaccine misinformation during their social…
Effects of School Policies and Programs on Violence Among All High School Students and Sexual and Gender Minority Students
BACKGROUND: Youth identifying as lesbian, gay, bisexual (LGB) and/or transgender/gender nonconforming (TGNC) are at increased risk of violence. School policies and practices may mitigate this risk. METHODS: Researchers merged data from the 2016 New Mexico School Health Profiles and the 2017 New Mexico Youth Risk and Resiliency Survey. Researchers employed multivariable logistic regression to test the associations between school-level measures and…
Improving Health and Reducing Chronic Disease Disparities with Latinx Communities
Mitigating Parental Vaccine Hesitancy
This study aims to identify a strategy to reduce parental vaccine hesitancy by examining the moderating role of the perceived prevalence of COVID-19 children’s vaccination in the relationship between perceived vaccine risk and parental vaccine hesitancy. We conducted a survey in August 2022 in a southwestern US city. Participants included parents of children under age 12 living in the city ( N = 113). We first visited two local childcare centres …
Medicine (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Injury prevention (3 works) · Occupational safety and health (3 works) · Poison control (3 works) · Social Psychology (3 works)