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Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado (DrPH/MPH, Loma Linda University) is faculty in the Loma Linda University School of Public Health in the Global Health Program. She has taught in the areas of program planning and evaluation and health disparities. Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) has been at the center of Dr. Gamboa-Maldonado’s research experiences. As a Co-Investigator with the University of California, Los Angeles Preparedness and Emergency Response Research Center (PERRC), Dr. Gamboa-Maldonado studied the effectiveness of CBPR to connect local public health departments and low income Latino communities of the Inland Empire, with the intent of developing capacity for disaster resilience. Presently, Dr. Gamboa-Maldonado is a translational researcher with the Loma Linda University Center for Health Disparities and Molecular Medicine Community Engagement and Outreach Core. In response to the diabetes crisis disparately affecting minorities, the elderly, and lower income groups in locally and nationwide, Dr. Gamboa-Maldonado, in partnership with El Sol Neighborhood Education Center, led Vida Vibrante, a Community Health Worker-led Diabetes prevention and self-management program for bilingual, bi-cultural adult Latinos. In this study, she aims to better understand how the participants’ initial readiness for health behavior change and social support are predictive of transformational effects in respect to behavioral health indicators (stress, anxiety, and depression). Dr. Gamboa-Maldonado is the former Director of the Promotores/Community Health Worker Academy of the Institute for Community Partnerships. She has been involved with the Promotores Academy since 2012 and has served in the capacity of instructor, evaluation consultant, and member of the Curriculum Committee. Presently, Dr.Gamboa-Maldonado serves as Co-Chair and Member of several Dissertation Guidance Committees for health education doctoral students in the School of Public Health.
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Education/Academic qualification
DrPH, Loma Linda University
… → 2011
MPH, Loma Linda University
… → 2006
BS, University of California, Irvine
… → 2000
Disciplines
- Public Health
Projects
- 2 Finished
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Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) for Environmental Health Emergency Resilience
1/1/10 → 1/1/13
Project: Research project
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Social-Ecological Correlates of Loneliness Among Young Adult U.S. Males
Rovito, K. E., Herring, R. P., Beeson, W. L., Gamboa-Maldonado, T. & Lee, J. W., Sep 2023, In: Health Promotion Practice. 24, 5, p. 852-862 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Social-Ecological Correlates of Social Isolation as a Structural Indicator of Social Connectedness Among Young Adult U.S. Males
Rovito, K. E., Herring, R. P., Beeson, W. L., Gamboa-Maldonado, T. & Lee, J. W., Nov 2022, In: American Journal of Health Promotion. 36, 8, p. 1284-1295 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Delivering the Same Intervention to Hispanic/Latinos With Pre-diabetes and Diabetes. Early Evidence of Success in a Longitudinal Mixed Method Study
Joachim-Célestin, M., Gamboa-Maldonado, T., Dos Santos, H. & Montgomery, S. B., Nov 1 2021, In: Inquiry (United States). 58Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A Qualitative Study on the Perspectives of Latinas Enrolled in a Diabetes Prevention Program: Is the Cost of Prevention Too High?
Joachim-Célestin, M., Gamboa-Maldonado, T., Dos Santos, H. & Montgomery, S. B., 2020, In: Journal of Primary Care and Community Health. 11Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Patient and Community Health Worker Perceptions of Community Health Worker Clinical Integration
Lewis, C. M., Gamboa-Maldonado, T., Carlos Belliard, J., Nelson, A. & Montgomery, S., Feb 15 2019, In: Journal of Community Health. 44, 1, p. 159-168 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access
Activities
- 4 Membership of network
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Loma Linda Univeristy Institute for Community Partnerships (External organization)
Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado (Member)
Jan 1 2014 → Jan 1 2015Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Loma Linda University-El Sol Community Health Worker Academy (External organization)
Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado (Member)
Jan 1 2014 → Jan 1 2015Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Loma Linda University School of Public Health (External organization)
Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado (Member)
Jan 1 2013 → Jan 1 2015Activity: Membership › Membership of network
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Loma Linda University School of Public Health (External organization)
Thelma Gamboa-Maldonado (Member)
Jan 1 2012 → Jan 1 2013Activity: Membership › Membership of network