Biography
Victoria Sánchez is an Associate Professor in the College of Population Health (COPH), University of New Mexico. She earned her M.P.H. at the University of California at Berkeley and her Doctorate in Public Health (DrPH) in Health Behavior and Health Education at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She teaches social and behavioral sciences courses for the COPH. She is currently working with multi-disciplinary research in exploring how public health organizations integrate health equity into their plans and interventions and, testing and refining Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) partnering and outcome measures.
Areas of Specialty
- Coalition and organizational capacity development for community health improvement and health equity
- Participatory research/evaluation methodologies
Key Publications
- Sanchez, V., Sanchez-Youngman, S., Dickson, E., Burgess, E., Haozous, E., Trickett, E., Baker, E., Wallerstein, N., (in press). CBPR Implementation Framework for Community-Academic Partnerships. American Journal of Community Psychology.
- Cacari-Stone, L., *Sáchez, V., Bruna, S., Muhammed, M., Zamora, C. (in press). Social Ecology of Hypertension Management among Latinos Living in the US-Mexico Border Region. Health Promotion Practice *corresponding author
- Crowe, T., *Sáchez, V., Durden, C., Ortega y Gomez, M., Felice, J., Winkle, M. (2020). Effects of a court ordered service dog training program with U.S. Veterans: a qualitative study. Society & Animals. *corresponding author
- Crowe, T., Nguyen, M., Tryon, B., Barger, S., *Sáchez, V., (2018). How Service Dogs Enhance Veterans’ Occupational Performance in the Home: A Qualitative Perspective, Open Journal of Occupational Therapy. 6(3), Article 12 doi.org/10.15453/2168-6408.1468 *corresponding author
- Venner, K., *Sáchez, V., Garcia, J., Williams, R., Sussman, A. (2018). Moving Away from the Tip of the Pyramid: Screening and brief intervention for risky alcohol and opioid use in practices in diverse underserved southwestern communities. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine 31(2): 243-251 doi: 10.3122/jabfm.2018.02.170134 *corresponding author
Research
Over the last thirty years, she has integrated her expertise in public health practice and participatory and multidisciplinary research methodologies to plan and implement joint solutions for reducing health and social disparities in Latino and other vulnerable communities. As a member of multidisciplinary teams, she has applied social and cultural theories and models in the development, tailoring, testing, and evaluation of interventions to improve the health of Latinos/Hispanics New Mexico, Texas, and California.
Courses Taught
- Introduction to Individual, Community and Organizational Theories for Population Health
- Interventions for Health Equity