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Barbara Baquero

Professor, Health Systems and Population Health
Program Director – Public Health-Global Health, School of Public Health

206-685-5052 | bbaquero@uw.edu

Office HRC 409
Box 351621
3980 15th Ave NE, WA 98195

Research Interests

Health equity; racial and ethnic health; urban and rural disparities; community-based participatory research; social and structural determinants of health; Latino and immigrant populations; chronic disease; cancer prevention and control

Bio

Barbara Baquero’s research focus on the design and implementation of effective community-based interventions to reduce health disparities and advance health equity among underserved populations, particularly Latinxs living in urban and rural communities in the US, with an emphasis on promoting active lifestyles and healthy diets. Her research intersects community-based participatory research (CBPR), behavior change intervention research and implementation science.

Education

PhD Health Behavior, San Diego State University, 2010
MPH Health Promotion, San Diego State University, 2005
BA Clinical Psychology, Universidad Rafael Urdaneta, 1997

Academic Programs and Affiliations

Recent Publications (PubMed)

Strategies for addressing COVID-19 vaccine equity with intermediaries, prevention research centers, and the vaccine confidence network.
Hara-Hubbard KK, Beaulieu A, Mendiola A, Gandhi P, Kuiper N, Quartarone R, Tang J, Dominguez O, Bond M, Cohen D, Goetz M, Mohamed N, Cuccaro P, Hannon PA, Fernandez ME, Higginbottom J, Perez-Escamilla R, Baquero B. Strategies for addressing COVID-19 vacci
Healthy Food Benefit Programs, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Food Security.
Knox MA, Wallace J, Baquero B, Hara-Hubbard K, Jones-Smith J. Healthy Food Benefit Programs, Fruit and Vegetable Consumption, and Food Security. JAMA Netw Open. 2025 Aug 1;8(8):e2527601. doi: 10.1001/jamanetworkopen.2025.27601.
The partnership for vaccine confidence: community-academic partnerships to promote COVID-19 vaccines to underserved urban and rural communities using the listen, plan, act, evaluate process.
Hara-Hubbard KK, Flores Moreno MG, Sanchez M, Abdi N, Harris JR, Hannon PA, Meischke H, Turner AM, Farrar B, Castillo J, Baquero B. The partnership for vaccine confidence: community-academic partnerships to promote COVID-19 vaccines to underserved urban a
Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Patient-Centered, Nonphysician Led Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program in a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center.
Sanchez M, Hara-Hubbard KK, Baquero B. Evaluating the Effectiveness of a Patient-Centered, Nonphysician Led Self-Monitoring Blood Pressure Program in a Rural Federally Qualified Health Center. J Public Health Manag Pract. 2024 Sep-Oct 01;30:S167-S174. doi
Effectiveness of implementing evidence-based approaches to promote physical activity in a Midwestern micropolitan area using a quasi-experimental hybrid type I study design.
Baquero B, Novak N, Sewell DK, Kava CM, Daniel-Ulloa J, Pham H, Askleson N, Ashida S, Laroche H, Maldonado Gonzalez A, Bucklin R, Haines H, Parker EA; Active Ottumwa Community Advisory Board. Effectiveness of implementing evidence-based approaches to prom
The Association Between State Characteristics and Latinx People’s Treated Hypertension in Established and New Latinx Destination States: A Multilevel Analysis.
Maldonado A, Laroche HH, Sewell DK, Afifi R, Hoffman RM, Baquero B, Gilbert PA. The Association Between State Characteristics and Latinx People’s Treated Hypertension in Established and New Latinx Destination States: A Multilevel Analysis. Fam Community H
Bridging Culture and Language: Encouraging Bilingual/Multicultural Individuals to Act as Information Navigators for Their Loved-Ones and Communities during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
Abdi N, Flores M, Hara-Hubbard KK, Turner AM, Gudino J, Jafry S, Harris JR, Hannon PA, Baquero B, Meischke H. Bridging Culture and Language: Encouraging Bilingual/Multicultural Individuals to Act as Information Navigators for Their Loved-Ones and Communit
Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research.
Walker SC, Baquero B, Bekemeier B, Parnes M, Arora K. Strategies for enacting health policy codesign: a scoping review and direction for research. Implement Sci. 2023 Sep 21;18(1):44. doi: 10.1186/s13012-023-01295-y.
Can a Home-Based Collaborative Care Model Reduce Health Services Utilization for Older Medicaid Beneficiaries Living with Depression and Co-occurring Chronic Conditions? A Quasi-experimental Study.
Steinman L, Xing J, Court B, Coe NB, Yip A, Hill C, Rector B, Baquero B, Weiner BJ, Snowden M. Can a Home-Based Collaborative Care Model Reduce Health Services Utilization for Older Medicaid Beneficiaries Living with Depression and Co-occurring Chronic Co
Rural Public Health Data Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case for Building Better Systems Ahead of a Public Health Crisis.
Bekemeier B, Heitkemper E, Backonja U, Whitman G, Schultz M, Jiang Y, Baquero B, Turner AM. Rural Public Health Data Challenges During the COVID-19 Pandemic: The Case for Building Better Systems Ahead of a Public Health Crisis. J Public Health Manag Pract

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