Francisco Soto Mas is an Associate Professor of Health Education in the Department of Teacher Education, University of Texas at El Paso. He has a medical degree from the University of Granada, Spain, a PhD in Health Promotion from the University of New Mexico, and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Arizona. Francisco Soto Mas has more than 20 years of professional experience in medicine and public health as a practitioner, researcher and academician. His areas of expertise include chronic disease prevention and control, program planning and evaluation, health behavior theory, Latino health issues, bioterrorism, and health communication and health literacy.
Cancer
A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Population Subgroups (with Ed Hsu), JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2007)
Background: Prostate cancer mortality disparities exist among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, yet few...
Surveillance of the Colorectal Cancer Disparities Among Demographic Subgroups: A Spatial Analysis (with CE Hsu), Southern Medical Journal (2006)
Objective: The literature suggests that colorectal cancer mortality in Texas is distributed inhomogeneously among specific...
Evaluating the disparity of female breast cancer mortality among racial groups: a spatiotemporal analysis (with CE Hsu and Holly Jacobson), International Journal of Health Geographics (2004)
The literature suggests that the distribution of female breast cancer mortality demonstrates spatial concentration. There...
GIS/Spatiotemporal studies
Capacity building of biodefense informatics for public health preparedness and response in rural regions: EpiInfo, GIS, and data management training (with Chiehwen Ed Hsu), Journal of Emergency Management (2008)
Emergency informatics such as data management and geographic information systems applications have become an important...
A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Population Subgroups (with Ed Hsu), JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2007)
Background: Prostate cancer mortality disparities exist among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, yet few...
Surveillance of the Colorectal Cancer Disparities Among Demographic Subgroups: A Spatial Analysis (with CE Hsu), Southern Medical Journal (2006)
Objective: The literature suggests that colorectal cancer mortality in Texas is distributed inhomogeneously among specific...
Assessing the readiness and training needs of non-urban physicians in public health emergency and response (with CE Hsu), Disaster Management and Response (2005)
Emergency readiness has become a public health priority for United States communities after the 9/11...
E-Technologies for Public Health Preparedness and Surveillance (with Joseph Tan), E-Health Care Information Systems (2005)
Public health education
Risk communication and college students: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza, Preventive Medicine (2011)
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess university students’ self-reported knowledge, behavior, and...
Self-Assessed Emergency Readiness and Training Needs of Nurses in Rural Texas (with Holly E. Jacobson), Public Health Nursing (2010)
Objective: Nurses, particularly public health nurses, play a key role in emergency preparedness and response...
Promotores de salud: educating Hispanic communities on heart-healthy living (with Medina, Balcázar, Luna Hollen, Nkhoma), American Journal of Health Education (2007)
Background: Age-adjusted cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates for Hispanics are lower than for non-Hispanics. However,...
TOBACCO CONTROL: ARE WE APPROPRIATELY TRAINING FUTURE PROFESSIONALS?, American Journal of Health Studies (2005)
Abstract: Information on how health professionals perceive tobacco use as well as their attitudes toward...
Cardiovascular disease
Promotores de salud: educating Hispanic communities on heart-healthy living (with Medina, Balcázar, Luna Hollen, Nkhoma), American Journal of Health Education (2007)
Background: Age-adjusted cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates for Hispanics are lower than for non-Hispanics. However,...
Documentos de las tabaqueras
La industria tabaquera y la promoción del tabaquismo entre los menores y jóvenes: una revisión internacional, Gaceta Sanitaria (2009)
Objetivos: Recopilar documentación científica que evidencia el interés histórico de las compañías tabaqueras por los...
Tobacco industry internal documents and tobacco control in Spain (Los documentos internos de la industria tabaquera y la prevención del tabaquismo en España), Gaceta Sanitaria (2003)
A 1998 agreement between several states in the USA and the tobacco industry made millions...
Latino/Minority health
Correlates of tobacco cessation counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health (2008)
BACKGROUND: Physician advice is an important motivator for attempting to stop smoking. However, physiciansa lack...
Promotores de salud: educating Hispanic communities on heart-healthy living (with Medina, Balcázar, Luna Hollen, Nkhoma), American Journal of Health Education (2007)
Background: Age-adjusted cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates for Hispanics are lower than for non-Hispanics. However,...
A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Population Subgroups (with Ed Hsu), JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2007)
Background: Prostate cancer mortality disparities exist among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, yet few...
Surveillance of the Colorectal Cancer Disparities Among Demographic Subgroups: A Spatial Analysis (with CE Hsu), Southern Medical Journal (2006)
Objective: The literature suggests that colorectal cancer mortality in Texas is distributed inhomogeneously among specific...
Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health (2005)
Background: U.S. Hispanic physicians constitute a considerable professional collective, and they may be most suited...
Smoking Cessation
Correlates of tobacco cessation counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health (2008)
BACKGROUND: Physician advice is an important motivator for attempting to stop smoking. However, physiciansa lack...
Tobacco control: are we appropriately training future health professionals (with Chiehwen Ed Hsu), American Journal of Health Studies (2005)
Information on how health professionals perceive tobacco use as well as their attitudes toward tobacco...
Infectious disease
Risk communication and college students: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza, Preventive Medicine (2011)
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess university students’ self-reported knowledge, behavior, and...
Leprosy, it's still with us today (La lepra, todavía aquí con nosotros) (with Julia Valderrama), Dematología Cosmética (2001)
The health belief model, a theoretical framework for AIDS prevention (El Modelo de Creencias de Salud: Un enfoque teórico para la prevención del SIDA), Revista Española de Salud Pública (1997)
A pesar de los últimos avances farmacológicos, la mejor arma de que disponemos hoy día...
Public Health Preparedness and Response
Risk communication and college students: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza, Preventive Medicine (2011)
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess university students’ self-reported knowledge, behavior, and...
Self-Assessed Emergency Readiness and Training Needs of Nurses in Rural Texas (with Holly E. Jacobson), Public Health Nursing (2010)
Objective: Nurses, particularly public health nurses, play a key role in emergency preparedness and response...
Assessing Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response of Rural Veterinarians: Experiences and Training Needs, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2008)
Veterinarians play a unique role in emergency preparedness and response, and federal agencies and academic...
Capacity building of biodefense informatics for public health preparedness and response in rural regions: EpiInfo, GIS, and data management training (with Chiehwen Ed Hsu), Journal of Emergency Management (2008)
Emergency informatics such as data management and geographic information systems applications have become an important...
Public Health Preparedness of Health Providers: Meeting the Needs of Diverse, Rural Communities (with Chiehwen Ed Hsu and Holly Jacobson), Journal of the National Medical Association. (2006)
Medicine and public health
Risk communication and college students: The 2009 H1N1 pandemic influenza, Preventive Medicine (2011)
Objective The purpose of this study was to assess university students’ self-reported knowledge, behavior, and...
Self-Assessed Emergency Readiness and Training Needs of Nurses in Rural Texas (with Holly E. Jacobson), Public Health Nursing (2010)
Objective: Nurses, particularly public health nurses, play a key role in emergency preparedness and response...
Assessing Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response of Rural Veterinarians: Experiences and Training Needs, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2008)
Veterinarians play a unique role in emergency preparedness and response, and federal agencies and academic...
Correlates of tobacco cessation counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health (2008)
BACKGROUND: Physician advice is an important motivator for attempting to stop smoking. However, physiciansa lack...
Physician Assistants and Bioterrorism Preparedness, BIOSECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM: BIODEFENSE STRATEGY, PRACTICE, AND SCIENCE (2006)
Despite the resources dedicated since 2001 to training health providers in emergency and bioterrorism preparedness...
Physical activity and health
En forma después de los 50 (Fitness after 50) (with Juan Toledano Galera), The Selected Works of Francisco Soto Mas (2001)
De forma habitual uno se olvida de la salud, y sólo nos acordamos de ella...
Camine con nosotros: connecting theory and practice for promoting physical activity among Hispanic women, Health Promotion Practice (2000)
Despite the popularity and widespread use of theory in health education, practitioners still find it...
Chronic disease prevention and control
Correlates of tobacco cessation counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health (2008)
BACKGROUND: Physician advice is an important motivator for attempting to stop smoking. However, physiciansa lack...
Promotores de salud: educating Hispanic communities on heart-healthy living (with Medina, Balcázar, Luna Hollen, Nkhoma), American Journal of Health Education (2007)
Background: Age-adjusted cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality rates for Hispanics are lower than for non-Hispanics. However,...
Tobacco industry internal documents and tobacco control in Spain (Los documentos internos de la industria tabaquera y la prevención del tabaquismo en España), Gaceta Sanitaria (2003)
A 1998 agreement between several states in the USA and the tobacco industry made millions...
Smoking initiation: epidemiology, research, and behavioral sciences (La iniciación al tabaquismo: aportaciones de la epidemiología, el laboratorio y las ciencias del comportamiento), Anales Españoles de Pediatría (2002)
El tabaquismo es la consecuencia de un proceso que comienza incluso antes de probar el...
En forma después de los 50 (Fitness after 50) (with Juan Toledano Galera), The Selected Works of Francisco Soto Mas (2001)
De forma habitual uno se olvida de la salud, y sólo nos acordamos de ella...
Health behavior theory
Health education and multimedia learning: connecting theory and practice (II), Health Promotion Practice (2003)
Part 1 of this article reviewed the contributions of educational psychology to the early development...
Health education and multimedia learning: educational psychology and health behavior theory (I), Health Promotion Practice (2003)
When health education researchers began to investigate how individuals make decisions related to health and...
Smoking initiation: epidemiology, research, and behavioral sciences (La iniciación al tabaquismo: aportaciones de la epidemiología, el laboratorio y las ciencias del comportamiento), Anales Españoles de Pediatría (2002)
El tabaquismo es la consecuencia de un proceso que comienza incluso antes de probar el...
Smoking cessation: theory, research, and practice (El proceso de abandono del tabaquismo: teoría, investigación y práctica), Gaceta Sanitaria (2001)
Entender que el consumo de tabaco sigue un patrón similar al de las enfermedades crónicas...
Society and health: social capital (Sociedad y salud: la teoría del capital social), Cuadernos Andaluces de Bienestar Social (2000)
En 1948 la Organización Mundial de la Salud definía la salud como algo más que...
Bioterrorism/Emergency preparedness and response
Self-Assessed Emergency Readiness and Training Needs of Nurses in Rural Texas (with Holly E. Jacobson), Public Health Nursing (2010)
Objective: Nurses, particularly public health nurses, play a key role in emergency preparedness and response...
Assessing Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response of Rural Veterinarians: Experiences and Training Needs, Journal of Veterinary Medical Education (2008)
Veterinarians play a unique role in emergency preparedness and response, and federal agencies and academic...
Capacity building of biodefense informatics for public health preparedness and response in rural regions: EpiInfo, GIS, and data management training (with Chiehwen Ed Hsu), Journal of Emergency Management (2008)
Emergency informatics such as data management and geographic information systems applications have become an important...
A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Population Subgroups (with Ed Hsu), JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION (2007)
Background: Prostate cancer mortality disparities exist among racial/ethnic groups in the United States, yet few...
Physician Assistants and Bioterrorism Preparedness, BIOSECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM: BIODEFENSE STRATEGY, PRACTICE, AND SCIENCE (2006)
Despite the resources dedicated since 2001 to training health providers in emergency and bioterrorism preparedness...
Educational technology/Health informatics
E Public Health Systems: GIS Related Technologies in Public Health Preparedness and Surveillance (with J Tan), E Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals (2005)
E-Health Care Information Systems is a comprehensive collection written by leading experts from a range...
Health education and multimedia learning: connecting theory and practice (II), Health Promotion Practice (2003)
Part 1 of this article reviewed the contributions of educational psychology to the early development...
Health education and multimedia learning: educational psychology and health behavior theory (I), Health Promotion Practice (2003)
When health education researchers began to investigate how individuals make decisions related to health and...
Tobacco use prevention and control
La industria tabaquera y la promoción del tabaquismo entre los menores y jóvenes: una revisión internacional, Gaceta Sanitaria (2009)
Objetivos: Recopilar documentación científica que evidencia el interés histórico de las compañías tabaqueras por los...
Correlates of tobacco cessation counseling among Hispanic physicians in the US: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health (2008)
BACKGROUND: Physician advice is an important motivator for attempting to stop smoking. However, physiciansa lack...
Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health (2005)
Background: U.S. Hispanic physicians constitute a considerable professional collective, and they may be most suited...
TOBACCO CONTROL: ARE WE APPROPRIATELY TRAINING FUTURE PROFESSIONALS?, American Journal of Health Studies (2005)
Abstract: Information on how health professionals perceive tobacco use as well as their attitudes toward...
Tobacco industry internal documents and tobacco control in Spain (Los documentos internos de la industria tabaquera y la prevención del tabaquismo en España), Gaceta Sanitaria (2003)
A 1998 agreement between several states in the USA and the tobacco industry made millions...
Ejercicio y salud
En forma después de los 50 (Fitness after 50) (with Juan Toledano Galera), The Selected Works of Francisco Soto Mas (2001)
De forma habitual uno se olvida de la salud, y sólo nos acordamos de ella...