Raul I Garcia

Dados Biográficos

ID5208030
NOMERaul I Garcia
PRENOMESRaul I
SOBRENOMEGarcia
ASSINATURAGARCIA R I
AFILIAÇÕESBoston University
ORCID0000-0003-2153-4629
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS30
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES4
TOTAL COMO AUTOR30
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO1977
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2026
ÍNDICE H2

  • Staying in Place, Staying Connected

    Open AccessMabeline Velez, Robert McDonough et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2026

    The COVID‐19 pandemic disrupted human relationships through public health distancing mandates and migration shifts. These changes had the potential to be especially disruptive in public housing, which are government‐funded developments for housing low‐income, frequently mobile, populations. In light of these social upheavals, our goal is to leverage this natural experiment to understand the persistence of relationships, measured as ties in social…

  • Predicting social network homophily on common chronic disease risk behaviors among public housing residents

    Open AccessSharon M Casey, Mabeline Velez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Attributes and behaviors tend to cluster (homophily) among connected individuals (social networks). Accordingly, the design of effective interventions to address chronic disease risk behaviors at the individual level has proven challenging. To effectively move behavior-change interventions upstream, beyond the individual, an understanding of behavior clustering within a social context is required. This ego-centric/participant reported social netw…

  • Perceptions of dietary sugar consumption among public housing residents using a modified qualitative photovoice methodology

    Open AccessMabeline Velez, Brenda Heaton et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    The multiple social contextual influences on dietary sugar consumption identified in this study, particularly centrality of the home, cultural influences, individual-level sabotaging factors, may be useful for development of culturally tailored health promotion messaging and intervention through multiple channels

  • Recruitment and Enrollment of Low-income, Minority Residents of Urban Public Housing into Research

    Open AccessBrenda Heaton, Alicia Muzzi et al.ARTICLEJournal of Community Health2023

  • Geographic variations in dental sealant utilization by Medicaid enrollees

    Open AccessChristopher Okunseri, Elaye Okunseri et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2020

    Substantial geographic variability in the utilization of sealants for first molars was identified. Lower population density was the main geographical predictor of high sealant utilization

  • Trends of children being given advice for dental checkups and having a dental visit in the United States

    Open AccessHuabin Luo, Raul I Garcia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2020

    Although there was an increase in the proportion of children being given advice to have dental checkups by PCPs from 2001 to 2016, there was no significant increase in having a dental visit among children being given the advice. More research is needed to better understand how dental care advice from a PCP can effectively motivate and facilitate dental care for children

  • Dental service utilization and immigrant family structure

    Open AccessChristopher Okunseri, Klea Rota et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2020

    Stratification into the different subgroups allowed for improved understanding of dental procedure utilization and dental services utilization in all subgroups increased over time. Immigrant children had lower utilization of preventive procedures and higher utilization of surgical and restorative procedures

  • Predictors of self‐reported oral health in the Black Women's Health Study

    Open AccessYvette C Cozier, Brenda Heaton et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2019

    The oral health of US Black women is poorly understood. Correlates of oral health in the BWHS are largely consistent with what has been observed in other populations

  • A storytelling intervention reduces childhood caries risk behaviors among American Indian and Alaska Native mothers in Northern California

    Open AccessBrenda Heaton, Andrew J Crawford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2019

    The results of this intervention study suggest promise for traditional storytelling to increase oral health-related knowledge, beliefs, and behaviors among self-identified AIAN pregnant women and mothers

  • Determinants of emergency department utilization for non‐traumatic dental conditions in Massachusetts

    Open AccessAshwini Ranade, Gary J Young et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2018

    Increased access to preventive dental services may lower likelihood of ED use for NTDCs. Interventions that target younger adults, Medicaid enrollees, and the uninsured, may be the most efficient way to lower NTDC ED use

  • Oral health beliefs, knowledge, and behaviors in Northern California American Indian and Alaska Native mothers regarding early childhood caries

    Open AccessBrenda Heaton, Andrew Crawford et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2017

    Despite generally high-level oral health knowledge, perceptions of self and child oral health remains low in this sample of AIAN mothers. Factors identified as being associated with oral health behaviors in this sample were similar to those found in other health disparities populations

  • Healthy Futures

    Open AccessRaul I Garcia, Dushanka V Kleinman et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2017

    Childhood obesity is a major public health problem. An association between obesity and dental caries, the most prevalent disease of childhood, has been identified. One explanation for the association is that consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and frequent snacking on carbohydrate-rich foods are common risk factors for development of both obesity and caries. The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation (RWJF) has been at the forefront of national effo…

  • Development of the Teen Oral Health‐Related Quality of Life Instrument

    Open AccessWanda Wright, Wanda G Wright et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2016

    The TOQOL is a valid and reliable oral health-related quality of life measurement that can be recommended for self-report in adolescents aged 13-18 years

  • Retention strategies for health disparities preventive trials

    Open AccessRaul I Garcia, Tamanna Tiwari et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2016

    Findings from this case series study may help to guide the design of future RCTs to maximize retention of study participants and yield needed data on effective interventions to reduce oral health disparities

  • Dental service utilization and neighborhood characteristics in young adults in the U nited S tates

    Open AccessChristopher Okunseri, Raul I Garcia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2015

    This study demonstrates that the education level of residents within a neighborhood was associated with dental service utilization in young adults in the United States

  • Examination criteria and calibration procedures for prevention trials of the E arly C hildhood C aries C ollaborating C enters

    Open AccessJohn J Warren, Karin Weber‐Gasparoni et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2015

    An experienced multidisciplinary and multi-institutional team was able to develop criteria and training materials to anticipate situations and field conditions the main trials would encounter. Examiners were successfully trained and (re)calibrated

  • Hispanic parents' reading language preference and pediatric oral health‐related quality of life

    Open Accessİ̇ffet Yazıcıoğlu, Iffet Yazicioglu et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2013

    Hispanic parents (N = 387) of 8-14 year old children (mean age 10.2) completed the survey; 237 in Spanish and 150 in English. Internal consistency scores were higher (Cronbach α range = .86-.93) among Hispanic parents who completed the questionnaire in Spanish than in English (.66-.86). POQL scores from parents who completed questionnaires in Spanish were higher (worse) overall (6.03 vs. 3.82, P = 0.022), as were physical (11.61 vs. 6.54, P = 0.0…

  • Factors affecting children's oral health

    Open AccessDharma E Cortés, Ludmila Réategui‐Sharpe et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2011

    Findings revealed fundamental multilevel (i.e., individual/child, family, and community) factors that are important to consider for future interventions to reduce oral health disparities: behaviors leading to caries, parental knowledge about optimal oral health, access to sugary foods within the living environment and to fluoridated water as well as barriers to oral health care such as lack of health insurance or limited health insurance coverage…

  • Development and validation of a measure of pediatric oral health-related quality of life

    Open AccessNoelle Huntington, Noelle L Huntington et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2011

    The POQL is a valid and reliable measure of OHQL for use in preschool and school-aged children, with high utility for both clinical assessments and large-scale population studies

  • Provision of fluoride varnish treatment by medical and dental care providers

    Open AccessChristopher Okunseri, Anikó Szabó et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2010

    Overall access and utilization of FVT increased, but substantial racial/ ethnic and geographic variation in the provision of FVT for children enrolled in Wisconsin Medicaid was observed. Future policies should incorporate measures that will specifically address the racial and geographic variations identified in this study

  • El diálogo en descomposición. Reflexiones acerca del surgimiento y las transformaciones de la noción de diálogo

    Open AccessRaul Garcia, Raul I GarciaARTICLEPersona y Sociedad2007

    La reflexión básica del presente artículo se desarrolla en torno a la apreciación de los modos en que se transforma la noción de diálogo desde sus planteamientos filosóficos hasta su presentación en los panoramas discursivos. En ese sentido, la noción de diálogo encarna lo que he calificado como un proceso de descomposición, que desde luego no consigue su eliminación conceptual definitiva, pero permite y promueve en su devenir complejo, el surgim…

  • Improving the Oral Health of Alaska Natives

    Dyan Campbell, Howard F Pollick et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2005Referências: 3

  • Comparison of Patient-Based Oral Health Outcome Measures

    Open AccessJudith A Jones, Nancy R Kressin et al.ARTICLEQuality of Life Research2004

  • Predictors of Tooth Loss in Two US Adult Populations

    Open AccessLynn B Copeland, Elizabeth A Krall et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2004

    Over a 10-year period, the incidence of tooth loss, the rates of tooth loss, and the predictors of tooth loss were found to vary by population and by sex. These results illustrate the limits of generalizing tooth loss findings across different study cohorts and indicate that there may exist important differences in risk factors for tooth loss among US adult populations

  • The Relationship Between Amalgam Restorations and Mercury Levels in Male Dentists and Nondental Health Professionals

    Open AccessAnil Joshi, Chester W Douglass et al.ARTICLEJournal of Public Health Dentistry2003

    Objectives : The objectives of this study were: (1) to compare the mercury levels in general dentists with the mercury levels in other health professionals using toenail clippings as a biomarker, (2) to identify risk factors associated with high mercury levels, and (3) to compare practice characteristics of dentists with high and low mercury levels. Methods : A sample of 579 men was randomly selected from the 33,737 men participating in the Healt…