Patricia Rodriguez Espinosa
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About Patricia
Dr. Rodriguez Espinosa has a background in psychology and public health with an emphasis on community and population health. Her research concentrates on health equity issues, particularly among Latinxs and immigrant communities. Overarching themes in her work include cardiovascular disease prevention, racial residential segregation, well-being, and multi-level interventions. She has a passion for community engagement and her research has an overarching theme of furthering the science of Community-Based Participatory Research, citizen science, and other participatory research approaches.
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Bases information on data from the California CEAL Communication Working Group. Demonstrates the wide range of strategies, communication methods, languages, and trusted messengers that have been effective in reaching diverse communities across the state.
Recommends (a) expanding the focus on topics important for health equity, (b) increasing the diversity of people serving as citizen scientists, (c) increasing the integration of citizen scientists in additional research phases, (d) continuing to leverage emerging technologies that enable citizen scientists to collect data relevant for health equity, and (e) strengthening the rigor of methods to evaluate impacts on health equity. Discusses the importance to partner with community members, patients, and community-based organizations to affect the greatest improvements in health equity.