Research
Objectives
The objective of the lab is to promote adolescent health by leveraging the ecological system (i.e., interpersonal, organizational, community, and policy) in which the adolescent develops.
Publications
- Sexual orientation and adolescent health outcomes: A latent profile approach.
- A Family-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention: Crossover Effects on Substance Use and Sexual Risk Behaviors
- A Healthy Lifestyle Intervention for Hispanic Families: Moderating Effects of Education, Income, Nativity
- Child disclosure, parental solicitation, and adjustment problems: Parental support as a mediator
- Relational Victimization and Maladjustment Among Hispanic Early Adolescents: Moderating Effects of Social Support
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Alejandra Fernandez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dallas
Dr. Fernandez graduated from Texas A&M with her BS and MS in Health and Health Education, respectively. She then went on to University of Texas at Austin to receive her PhD in Health Behavior & Health Education. She completed a post-doctoral position at the University of Miami (Florida). She has been an Assistant Professor at UTHealth Houston School of Public Health since 2020.
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