Alicia L. Salvatore
Academic Appointments
- Instructor, Surgery - General Surgery
Key Documents
Contact Information
- Academic Offices
Personal Information Email Tel (650) 723-0494
Professional Overview
Administrative Appointments
- Research Director, Stanford Cancer Institute Community Partnership Program (2012 - present)
Professional Education
| Postdoctoral Fellow: | Stanford Prevention Reserach Center, Stanford School of Medicine, CVD disease prevention (2012) |
| Doctor of Public Health (DrPH): | School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley (2008) |
| Master of Public Health (MPH): | UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health, University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, Health Education and Health Behavior (2002) |
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Scientific Focus
Current Research Interests
Dr. Salvatores primary research interests include community-based participatory research (CBPR); immigrant and refugee health; occupational and environmental health promotion; the development and evaluation of ecologic interventions to reduce health disparities. Her work involves communities in the U.S., India, and Africa. Currently, Dr. Salvatore is using mixed-methods to examine the contextual effects of place on well-being among urban minority populations.
Publications
- Popular Education, Participatory Research, and Community Organizing with Immigrant Workers in Chinatown Restaurants: A Case Study In Minker, M. ed. Community Organizing and Community Building for Health. Rutgers University Press..
- Promoting Health Equity and Safety in San Franciscos Chinatown Restaurants: Findings and Lessons Learned from a Pilot Observational Survey. Public Health Reports. In Press..
- Participatory Approaches for Study Design and Analysis In Bronson, R., Coldditz, G., and Proctor, E. eds. Dissemination and Implementation Research in Health: Translating Science to Practice. Oxford University Press. In press.. 2012: 192-212
- Addressing food insecurity in a native reservation using community-based participatory research Health Education Research. 2011: doi: 10.1093/her/cyr
- Scaling Up Rural Sanitation: Findings from the Impact Evaluation Baseline Survey in Madhya Pradesh, India Water and Sanitation Program Technical Paper. The World Bank.. 2011
- Using community-based participatory research to design and initiate a study on immigrant worker health and safety in San Francisco's Chinatown restaurants. Am J Ind Med. 2010; (4): 361-71

