Deborah Parra‐Medina

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D M Parra-Medina, D PARRAMEDINA, D Parra-Medina, D. Parra-Medina, DEBORAH PARRA-MEDINA, Deborah A. Parra-Medina, Deborah M. Parra-Medina, Deborah Parra-Medina, Deborah Parra-Medina,, Deborah Parra‐Medina

181

Publications

3.6K

Citations

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141

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University of South Carolina The University of Texas at Austin The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio The University of Texas at San Antonio Cancer Research And Biostatistics

About

Deborah Parra‐Medina is an author at University of South Carolina specializing in public health, health promotion, and medicine.

Top Concepts

#	Concept	H-Index	Publications	Citations
1	Public Health	18	23	935
2	Medicine	13	13	553
3	Education	10	10	867
4	Health Sciences	6	6	129
5	Management	1	1	20

Deborah Parra‐Medina

Publications

2.8K

Citations

H-Index

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	Year	Citations
Toward a Critical Social Theory of Youth Empowerment Louise B. Jennings, Deborah Parra‐Medina, Deanne K. Hilfinger-Messias, Journal of Community Practice Community DevelopmentCommunity EngagementSociologyYouth EmpowermentCommunity Empowerment	2006	407
Pounds Off With Empowerment (POWER): A Clinical Trial of Weight Management Strategies for Black and White Adults With Diabetes Who Live in Medically Underserved Rural Communities Elizabeth J. Mayer‐Davis, Angela M. D'Antonio, Sharon Smith, American Journal of Public Health	2004	197
Perceived Barriers to Exercise and Healthy Eating Among Women from Disadvantaged Neighborhoods: Results from a Focus Groups Assessment Meghan Baruth, Patricia A. Sharpe, Deborah Parra‐Medina, Women & Health Physical ActivityPublic Health NutritionWeight ManagementHealth DisparitiesSocial Determinants Of Health	2014	115
Predictors of Cigarette and Alcohol Susceptibility and Use among Hispanic Migrant Adolescents John P. Elder, Nadia R. Campbell, Alan J. Litrownik, Preventive Medicine Substance UseAdolescent Behavioral HealthEducationSocial Determinants Of HealthAlcohol Misuse	2000	112
Factors Influencing Help-Seeking From Informal Networks Among African American Victims of Intimate Partner Violence Katherine E. Morrison, Kathryn J. Luchok, Donna L. Richter, Journal of Interpersonal Violence Informal NetworksAfrican American VictimsPartner ViolenceViolence Against WomenGender Studies	2006	106
Successful recruitment and retention strategies for a randomized weight management trial for people with diabetes living in rural, medically underserved counties of South Carolina: the POWER study Deborah Parra‐Medina, Angela M. D'Antonio, Sharon Smith, Journal of the American Dietetic Association ObesityRetention StrategiesSouth CarolinaDisease ManagementDiabetes Management	2004	89
Evaluation of a Tobacco and Alcohol Use Prevention Program for Hispanic Migrant Adolescents: Promoting the Protective Factor of Parent-Child Communication Alan J. Litrownik, John P. Elder, Nadia R. Campbell, Preventive Medicine Protective FactorHealth CommunicationHealth PromotionAdolescent Behavioral HealthPediatrics	2000	86
<i>Míranos!</i> Look at Us, We Are Healthy! An Environmental Approach to Early Childhood Obesity Prevention Zenong Yin, Deborah Parra‐Medina, Alberto Cordova, Childhood Obesity	2012	76
Correlates of Physical Activity in Black, Hispanic, and White Middle School Girls Evelyn B. Kelly, Deborah Parra‐Medina, Karin A. Pfeiffer, Journal of Physical Activity and Health	2010	73
Mediators Affecting Girls’ Levels of Physical Activity Outside of School: Findings from the Trial of Activity in Adolescent Girls Leslie A. Lytle, David M. Murray, Kelly R. Evenson, Annals of Behavioral Medicine	2009	69

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