The Public Health Science (PHS) major at Santa Clara University provides students with a rigorous intellectual framework to explore human health. The PHS curriculum includes biomedical sciences, social sciences, mathematics and statistics. Interdisciplinary public health courses integrate the curriculum, which is woven throughout with themes of global engagement, community service, and social justice.
The Public Health Program strives to positively impact the health of our university community, and the health of communities beyond the university. Our faculty, staff, and students are committed to working with campus, regional, and global partners to identify and characterize challenges to human health, develop innovative research and intervention strategies, and advocate for social changes that will lead to a more human, just, and sustainable world.
Submissions from 2023
Inequities gone or enduring? Evaluating the effects of a school-based antistigma intervention on race/ethnic and gender intersectional disparities in mental illness stigma, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Alice P. Villatoro, Jared Datzman, and Jo C. Phelan
Measuring media-related health and mental health information acquisition among Latino adults in the United States, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Alice P. Villatoro, Giovanni Gama, and Lu Tang
Mental Health Needs and Services Utilization among Undergraduate and Graduate Students in Texas during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Alice P. Villatoro, Vanessa L. Errisuriz, and Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes
Emotional wellbeing and coping among Latinx young adults in the time of COVID-19, Kevin M. Wagner, Ana A. Chatham, Kimberly Prado, and Ashley A. Walsdorf
It was really painful to watch:” Latinx young adults’ experiences of proximal and collective witnessing, Ashley A. Walsdorf, Kevin M. Wagner, Alice P. Villatoro, and V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder
Submissions from 2022
Contextualizing the Impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Educational Experiences and Outcomes of Latinx College Students in Texas, Vanessa L. Errisuriz, Alice P. Villatoro, and Marisol D. McDaniel
The intersection of immigration policy impacts and COVID-19 for Latinx young adults, Carmen R. Valdez, Ashley A. Walsdorf, Kevin M. Wagner, and V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder
“Me” versus “them”: How mental illness stigma influences adolescent help-seeking behaviors for oneself and recommendations for peers, Alice P. Villatoro, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Jo C. Phelan, and Bruce G. Link
Economic and social consequences of COVID-19 and mental health burden among Latinx young adults during the 2020 pandemic, Alice P. Villatoro, Kevin M. Wagner, V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder, and Deliana Garcia
Submissions from 2021
Estimating School Race/Ethnic Enrollment Effects on Student Mental Health: Density and Diversity as a Risk or Protective Factor, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Alice P. Villatoro, Jo C. Phelan, and Kris Painter
Patterns of Aggressive Behaviors Across Mental Health in Sixth Graders, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Alice P. Villatoro, Jo C. Phelan, and Kris Painter
School Mental Health Curriculum Effects on Peer Violence Victimization and Perpetration: A Cluster-Randomized Trial, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Alice P. Villatoro, Jo C. Phelan, and Kris Painter
Occupational Stress and Mental Health Among Healthcare Workers Serving Socially Vulnerable Populations During the COVID-19 Pandemic, V. Nelly Salgado de Snyder, Alice P. Villatoro, Marisol D. McDaniel, and Ana Sofia Ocegueda
Submissions from 2020
Adolescent views of mental illness stigma: An intersectional lens, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Alice P. Villatoro, Jo C. Phelan, and Kris Painter
Media language preferences and mental illness stigma among Latinx adolescents, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Alice P. Villatoro, Jo C. Phelan, and Kris Painter
A School-Based Intervention for Mental Illness Stigma: A Cluster Randomized Trial, Bruce G. Link, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Kay Barkin, and Alice P. Villatoro
The role of perceived treatment need in explaining racial/ethnic disparities in the use of substance abuse treatment services, Miguel Pinedo and Alice P. Villatoro
Submissions from 2019
Newcomers and Old Timers: An Erroneous Assumption in Mental Health Services Research, Carol S. Aneshensel, Jenna van Draanen, Helene Riess, and Alice P. Villatoro
The role of school race/ethnic composition in mental health outcomes: A systematic literature review, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes and Alice P. Villatoro
Depression and Physical Activity Affect Diet Quality of Foreign-born Latina Women Living on the U.S.-Mexico Border, Vanessa L. Errisuriz, Laura Delfausse, Alice P. Villatoro, and Marisol D. McDaniel
“I Don’t Feel Like I Have a Problem Because I Can Still Go To Work and Function”: Problem Recognition Among Persons With Substance Use Disorders, Shannon Rogers, Miguel Pinedo, Alice P. Villatoro, and S. E. Zemore
Submissions from 2018
Parental recognition of preadolescent mental health problems: Does stigma matter?, Alice P. Villatoro, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, Jo C. Phelan, and Kirstin Painter
Perceived Need for Mental Health Care: The Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status, Alice P. Villatoro, Vickie M. Mays, Ninez A. Ponce, and Carol S. Aneshensel
Submissions from 2017
Evaluation of Antistigma Interventions With Sixth-Grade Students: A School-Based Field Experiment, Kirstin Painter, Jo C. Phelan, Melissa J. DuPont-Reyes, and Kay F. Barkin
Submissions from 2016
Faith-based organizations and the Affordable Care Act: Reducing Latino mental health care disparities, Alice P. Villatoro, Elizabeth Dixon, and Vickie M. Mays
Submissions from 2014
Family Influences on the Use of Mental Health Services among African Americans, Alice P. Villatoro and Carol S. Aneshensel
Family culture in mental health help-seeking and utilization in a nationally representative sample of Latinos in the United States: The NLAAS, Alice P. Villatoro, E. S. Morales, and Vickie M. Mays
