Journal of Community Medicine & Health Education
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Nápoles AM

Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA

Biography

Anna María Nápoles, PhD, MPH, is a Professor and behavioral epidemiologist in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is affiliated with the UCSF Center for Aging in Diverse Communities where she leads the Community Liaison Core and Co-leads the Analysis Core, and Redes en Acción: The National Latino Cancer Research Network. Her research focuses on psycho-oncology, patient-clinician communication, cancer health disparities, and community-based models of research in ethnically and socioeconomically diverse groups.

Publications

9Knowledge, Awareness, and Interest in Cancer Clinical Trials among Rural Latinos Following Brief Education by Promotores de Salud

Background: Promotores have been widely used for health promotion in underserved Latino communities and are increasingly being partnered with throughout the country to enhance health care access when there are cultural and economic barriers to care. A community network approach using Promotores de Salud may be a useful strategy for increasing overa... Read More»

Cupertino AP, Molina CSP, de los Rios JB, Ramirez M, Ponce A, Engelman K, Greiner A and Nápoles AM

Research Article: J Community Med Health Educ 5:358

DOI: 10.4172/2161-0711.1000358

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