COVID-19

Episode 018 – How stressed are healthcare providers during the COVID-19 pandemic?

In this episode, Karma Chávez interviews Professor Nelly Salgado de Snyder about her recent study of stress among healthcare providers.

Professor Salgado de Snyder shares her recent research that explores stress, anxiety, depressive symptomatology, and coping behaviors among healthcare workers and providers who serve underprivileged groups such as immigrants, refugees, people living in poverty, homeless, and other socially vulnerable populations amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Karma and Prof. Salgado de Snyder also discuss the gendered implications of the findings as well as what they mean for policymakers.

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How Stressed Are Health Providers During the COVID-19 Pandemic

This episode of LatinXperts was recorded by Karoline Pfeil and was mixed and mastered by Karoline Pfeil and Morgan Honaker.

Episode 016 – How Did COVID-19 Affect College Students’ Learning and Financial Stability?

In this episode, Drs. Vanessa Errisuriz, Marisol McDaniel, and Alice Villatoro discuss how COVID-19 drastically impacted Texas Latinx college students’ educational experiences, including ability and motivation to learn, academic outcomes, and financial stability.

Changes in the structure of higher education from in-person learning to virtual learning due to the COVID-19 pandemic may have created additional challenges to Latinx college students’ educational experiences and plans. School closures and the transition to remote learning due to the pandemic are likely to widen the achievement gap already experienced by students from low socioeconomic and minority backgrounds. With the discovery of new COVID-19 variants, the pandemic will continue to disproportionately and negatively impact Latinx students. Drs. Errisuriz, McDaniel, and Villatoro discuss strategies that can be used to best support Latinx students.

Dr. Vanessa Errisuriz received her Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on addressing the disproportionate burden of obesity and obesity-related chronic illness among youth and young adults from marginalized populations, including Latinx and rural communities. She is currently a Research Associate with the Latino Research Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Marisol McDaniel received her DrPH in Community Health Practice from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2018. She has experience with planning, implementing, and evaluating healthy lifestyle interventions and managing eHealth applications. Dr. McDaniel is interested in sustainable structural and digital interventions that promote food security and diet quality. She aims to prevent and decrease the burden of chronic disease for marginalized communities in Texas. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin.

Dr. Alice Villatoro received her PhD in Health Services from the UCLA and completed postdoctoral training in Psychiatric Epidemiology at Columbia University. She is a mental health services researcher whose work centers on understanding the causes of disparities in access to and utilization of mental health services among racial/ethnic minority populations, including immigrant Latinx communities. Currently, she is a Research Assistant Professor at the Latino Research Institute at UT Austin.

This episode of LatinXperts was recorded by Will Kurzner and mixed and mastered by Kaia Daniel, Karoline Pfeil, and Sofia Salter.

Episode 008 – How is COVID-19 affecting Texas college students, and what can we do about it?

The COVID-19 pandemic has greatly impacted daily life for Texas college students, increasing feelings of stress, anxiety, and depression and reducing opportunities to engage in healthy behaviors. College campuses provide students regular access to mental health, food, and recreational services, but the reach of these services is currently limited. Strategic public health plans are necessary to address the emerging needs of students during this deadly pandemic.

In this episode, Drs. Vanessa Errisuriz, Marisol McDaniel, and Alice Villatoro discuss the number of new cases of COVID-19 in Texas and the unintended consequences of COVID-19 on Texas college students’ health-related outcomes and behaviors (e.g., depression, food insecurity, physical activity).

They also identify resources and strategies to help students and their families stay safe and healthy during the pandemic and answer questions about COVID-19 posed by students they work with. They conclude with a discussion of policies that could be enacted to improve students’ well-being during this pandemic.

Vanessa L. Errisuriz
Dr. Vanessa Errisuriz received her Ph.D. in Health Behavior and Health Education from the University of Texas at Austin. Her research focuses on addressing the disproportionate burden of obesity and obesity-related chronic illness among youth and young adults from marginalized populations, including Latinx and rural communities. She is currently a Research Associate with the Latino Research Institute at The University of Texas at Austin.

Marisol McDaniel
Dr. Marisol McDaniel received her DrPH in Community Health Practice from the University of Texas School of Public Health in 2018. She has experience with planning, implementing, and evaluating healthy lifestyle interventions and managing eHealth applications. Dr. McDaniel is interested in sustainable structural and digital interventions that promote food security and diet quality. She aims to prevent and decrease the burden of chronic disease for marginalized communities in Texas. She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at The University of Texas at Austin.

Alice Villatoro
Dr. Alice Villatoro received her PhD in Health Services from the UCLA and completed postdoctoral training in Psychiatric Epidemiology at Columbia University. She is a mental health services researcher whose work centers on understanding the causes of disparities in access to and utilization of mental health services among racial/ethnic minority populations, including immigrant Latinx communities. Currently, she is a Research Assistant Professor at the Latino Research Institute at UT Austin.