SELECT PUBLICATIONS/PROJECTS

Refereed Articles

  • Garcia, A. A. (2006). Is health promotion relevant across cultures and the socioeconomic spectrum? Family and Community Health, 29(1S), 20S-27S.
  • Mann, A. S. & García, A. A. (2005). Characteristics of community interventions for Latinas with depression. Hispanic Healthcare International, 3, 87-93.
  • García, A. A. (2005). Diabetes symptom prevalence and treatments among Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator, 4, 543-554.
  • Brown, S. A., Blozis, S. A., Kouzekanani, K., Garcia, A. A., Winchell, M., & Hanis, C. L. (2005). Dosage effects of diabetes self-management education for Mexican Americans: The Starr County Border Health Initiative. Diabetes Care, 3, 527-532.
  • Benavides-Vaello, S., García, A. A., Brown, S. A., & Winchell, M. (2004). Using focus groups to plan and evaluate diabetes self-management interventions for Mexican Americans. The Diabetes Educator, 30, 238, 242, 244, 247-250, 252, 254, 256.
  • Garcia, A. A., Brown, S. A., Winchell, M., & Hanis, C. L. (2003). Using a Behavioral Checklist to document diabetes self-management behaviors in the Starr County Diabetes Education Study. The Diabetes Educator, 29, 758, 760, 762, 764, 766.
  • Brown, S. A., Becker, H. A., Garcia, A. A., Barton, S. A., & Hanis, C. L. (2002). Measuring health beliefs in Spanish-speaking Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes: Adapting an existing instrument. Research in Nursing and Health, 25, 145-158.
  • Brown, S. A., Garcia, A. A., Kouzekanani, K., & Hanis, C. L. (2002). Culturally competent diabetes self-management education for Mexican Americans: The Starr County Border Health Initiative. Diabetes Care, 25, 259-268.
  • Garcia, A. A., Villagomez, E., Brown, S. A., Kouzekanani, K., & Hanis, C. L. (2001). The Starr County Diabetes Education Study: Development of the Spanish language diabetes knowledge questionnaire. Diabetes Care, 24, 16-21. Erratum in Diabetes Care, 24, 972.
  • Brown, S. A., Upchurch, S. L., Garcia, A. A., Barton, S. A., & Hanis, C. L. (1998). Symptom-related self-care of Mexican-Americans with NIDDM: Preliminary findings of the Starr County diabetes education study. Diabetes Educator, 24(3), 331-339.

Invited Articles

  • Garcia, A. A. & Benavides-Vaello, S. (2006). Vulnerable populations with diabetes mellitus. Nursing Clinics of North America, 41, 605-623.
  • Garcia, A. A. (2006). Commentary [Review of Humor and older adults: What makes them laugh?]. Journal of Holistic Nursing, 24, 194-195.
  • Brown, S. A., Garcia, A. A., & Winchell, M. (2002). Reaching underserved populations and cultural competence in diabetes education. Current Diabetes Reports, 2, 166-176.