SELECTed PUBLICATIONS

Refereed Articles

  • Carpenter, L. M., & García, A. A. (in press). Assessing the outcomes of a study abroad course for nursing students. Nursing Education Perspectives.
  • Sumlin, L. & Garcia, A. A. (in press). Effects of food-related interventions for African American women with type 2 diabetes. The Diabetes Educator.
  • Mackert, M., Stanforth, D., & Garcia, A. A. (in press). Undermining of nutrition and exercise decisions: Experiencing negative social influence. Public Health Nursing.
  • Brown, S. A., García, A. A., Winter, M. A., Silva, L., Brown, A., & Hanis, C. L. (2011). Integrating education, group support, and case management for diabetic Hispanics. Ethnicity and Disease, 20, 20-26.
  • García, A. A. (2011). Cognitive interviews to test and refine questionnaires. Public Health Nursing. Epub ahead of print version. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1446.2010.00938x.
  • García, A. A. (2011). The Diabetes Symptom Self-Care Inventory for Mexican Americans: Development and pilot testing. Journal of Pain and Symptom Management, 41, 715-727. doi:10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2010.06.018.
  • Sterling, B. S., Fowles, E. R., Garcia, A. A., Jenkins, S. K., Wilkinson, S., Kim, M., Kim, S., Latimer, L., & Walker, L. O. (2009). Altered perceptions of personal control about retained weight and depressive symptoms in low-income postpartum women. Journal of Community Health Nursing, 26, 143-157.
  • Garcia, A. A. (2008). Clinical and life quality differences between Mexican American diabetic patients at a free clinic and a hospital-affiliated clinic in Texas. Public Health Nursing, 25, 149-158.
  • Brown, S. A., Blozis, S. A., Kouzekanani, K., García, A. A., Winchell, M., & Hanis, C. L. (2007). Health beliefs of Mexican Americans with type 2 diabetes: The Starr County Border Health Initiative. The Diabetes Educator, 33, 300-308.
  • 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.