Research Interests:

• Health Status of Older Persons
• Health Promotion in the Minority Community
• Service Utilization by Older Persons

Previous Research:

• Survey of Breast CA early detection behaviors
• Effect of short-term counseling skills workshop on enterostomal nurses' therapeutic effectiveness
• Pilot study of patient status postdischarge from home health care services, resubmitted for additional funding
• Follow up study-post hospital status
• Cultural self-efficacy - Senior Nursing Students

Current Research:

• Status of clients post discharge from home health services
• Older Hispanics Utilization of Community Health Services
• Development of tool to measure physical activity of older persons