Belinda Hernandez

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About

Dr. Belinda Hernandez is an Associate Professor of Health Promotion and Behavioral Sciences at the San Antonio Campus. Her research interests include prevention of risky behaviors among adolescents; military populations; and intervention development, evaluation, and dissemination. Throughout her career, she has worked to identify and address the needs of adolescents at risk for negative health outcomes and to build the capacity of schools and other organizations to implement effective programs. She has worked on studies funded by NIH, DoD, and CDC to develop and rigorously evaluate health programs and implementation strategies, including Code of Respect (X-CoRe), a sexual harassment and sexual assault prevention intervention, Me and You, a teen dating violence prevention program, and iCHAMPSS, a decision support system that facilitates adoption, implementation, and maintenance of evidence-based sexual health programs in schools. She currently teaches Advanced Methods for Program Planning (Intervention Mapping) and Dissemination and Implementation Research and Practice. Dr. Hernandez received her Master’s and doctoral degrees in health promotion and behavioral sciences from the UTHealth School of Public Health.

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Center Affiliation

Center for Health Promotion and Prevention Research

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