Marielena Lara

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Santa Monica Office

Education

M.P.H., University of California, Los Angeles; M.D., Harvard Medical School; B.S., Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Overview

Research Focus

Recent Projects

  • Implementation of childhood asthma programs
  • Neighborhood and health care effects in childhood asthma
  • Evaluation of community-based interventions to fight obesity
  • Latino media

Selected Publications

Marielena Lara et al., "Heterogeneity of Childhood Asthma Among Hispanic Children: Puerto Rican Children Bear a Disproportionate Burden," Pediatrics, 117(1), 2006

Marielena Lara et al., "Improving Quality of Care and Promoting Health Care System Change: The Role of Community-Based Coalitions," Health Promotion Practice, 7(2), 2006

Marielena Lara et al., "Acculturation and Latino Health in the United States: A Review of the Literature and Its Sociopolitical Context," Annual Review of Public Health, 26, 2005

Marielena Lara et al., "Children's Use of Emergency Departments for Asthma: Persistent Barriers or Acute Need?" Journal of Asthma, 40(3), 2003

Marielena Lara et al., "Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action," Pediatrics, 109(5), 2002

Languages

Spanish

Recent Media Appearances

Interviews: Hispanic Communications Network; La Raza Magazine; Washington Hispanic

Publications

Multicultural Web-Based Motivational Interviewing for Clients with a First-Time DUI Offense - 2012

Balancing "fidelity" and Community Context in the Adaptation of Asthma Evidence-Based Interventions in the "real World" - 2011

Community-based Care Coordination: Practical Applications for Childhood Asthma - 2011

Preventing Obesity and Its Consequences: Highlights of RAND Health Research - 2011

Discretionary Calorie Intake a Priority for Obesity Prevention: Results of Rapid Participatory Approaches in Low-Income US Communities - 2010

Reducing Inequities Among Children with Asthma in the Island of Puerto Rico: Experiences of a Community-Based, Trans-Sectoral Effort - 2009

Out of the Ivory Tower, Into the Real World: Examples of Street-Smart Community Health Research - 2008

A Review of Potential State and Local Policies to Reduce Asthma Disparities - 2007

Estimating the Impact of Improving Asthma Treatment: A Review and Synthesis of the Literature - 2007

Quantifying Asthma Symptoms in Adults: The Lara Asthma Symptom Scale - 2007

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in the Quality of Asthma Care - 2007

Allies Against Asthma Coalitions: A Brief Overview: The Alianza Contra El Asma Pediatrica En Puerto Rico (ALIANZA) - 2006

Childhood Asthma Surveillance By Community Coalitions - 2006

Engaging the Community in Coalition Efforts to Address Childhood Asthma - 2006

From Formation to Action: How Allies Against Asthma Coalitions Are Getting the Job Done - 2006

Heterogeneity of Childhood Asthma Among Hispanic Children: Puerto Rican Children Bear a Disproportionate Burden - 2006

Improving Quality of Care and Promoting Health Care System Change: The Role of Community-Based Coalitions - 2006

Integrating Asthma Prevention and Control: the Roles of the Coalition - 2006

Acculturation and Latino Health in the United States: A Review of the Literature and its Sociopolitical Context - 2005

Racial and Ethnic Differences in Asthma Diagnosis Among Children Who Wheeze - 2005

Measuring Health Status and Quality of Life for US Children: Relationship to Race, Ethnicity, and Income Status - 2004

Children's Use of Emergency Departments for Asthma: Persistent Barriers or Acute Need - 2003

Health Information on the Internet: Accessibility, Quality, and Readability in English and Spanish - 2002

Health Risks of Latino Children - 2002

How to Improve Childhood Asthma Outcomes: A Blueprint for Policy Action - 2002

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action - 2002

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action: A Description of Group Process Methods Used to Generate Committee Recommendations - 2002

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action - 2002

Socioeconomic, Cultural, and Behavioral Factors Affecting Hispanic Health Outcomes - 2002

The Health of Latino Children: Urgent Priorities, Unanswered Questions, and a Research Agenda - 2002

Improving Childhood Asthma Outcomes in the United States: A Blueprint for Policy Action - 2001

Using the Internet to Access Health Information: Can It Deliver? - 2001

An English and Spanish Pediatric Asthma Symptom Scale - 2000

Asthma Mortality in U.S. Hispanics of Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Cuban Heritage, 1990-1995 - 2000

Elevated Asthma Morbidity in Puerto Rican Children: A Review of Possible Risk and Prognostic Factors - 1999

Physician Perceptions of Barriers to Care for Inner-City Latino Children with Asthma - 1999

The Urgent Need for a California Asthma Program - 1999

Differences Between Child and Parent Reports of Symptoms Among Latino Children with Asthma - 1998

Forgotten Ages, Forgotten Problems: Adolescents’ Health - 1993