Hector Balcazar, M.S., Ph.D. Education Professional Experience

141. Balcazar, H. (2010). Border health and health disparities: Using CBPR and the promotora outreach
model to reduce major chronic diseases in the region. The Connecticut Center for Eliminating Health
Disparities among Latinos (CEHDL) Stakeholders Recognition Luncheon. May 21, University of
Connecticut, Storrs, CT. Keynote Address. Recipient of 2010 CEHDL Leadership Award.
140. Balcazar, H. (2010). Addressing Hispanic health disparities using a social justice framework in
conjunction with the promotora de salud model of cardiovascular disease risk reduction. MIHRT UTEP
Summer Program. College of Health Sciences. University of Texas at El Paso. May 18 th . Invited
Lecture.
139. Balcazar, H. (2010). Hispanics and heart disease prevention. “The community health worker
model as a promising evidence-based practice with Hispanics”. California State University Long
Beach. Research Infrastructure in Minority Institutions NIH – RIMI Funded Project. California State
University Long Beach, CA. May 5 th . Special Invitation.
138. Balcazar, H. (2010). Keynote Plenary Speaker. Estilos de Vida Como Preventivos de la
Enfermedad Cardiovascular. Simposio Internacional de Estilos de Vida. Universidad de Guanajuato
Campus Celaya Salvatierra, Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, April 30 th . Keynote Speaker.
137. Balcazar, H. (2010). Plenary Session Panelist. Community-Based Participatory Research in the
Latino Community: New Insights and Opportunities. 2010 Joint Conference of the Society for Public
Health Education & the Prevention Research Centers Program. Atlanta, GA. April, 8. Invited Plenary
Speaker.
136. Balcazar, H. (2010). What can promotores de salud do for controlling/preventing high blood
pressure? Epidemiology and Surveillance Branch. Division for Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention.
NCCDPHP/CDC. Atlanta, Georgia. April 8. Special Invitation.
135. Balcazar, H. (2010). Community Strategies on Latino Data Dissemination and Use. National
Press Club. Washington DC. High-Value Health Care Project. Charting a Course for Health Care
Quality Improvement: Data-Driven Strategies for Eliminating Health Disparities. Brookings Institute
National Conference on Health Care Equity. DC, National Press Club, March 25, 2010. Invited Speaker.
134. Balcazar, H. (2010). Community Research Agenda: UT School of Public Health El Paso
Regional Campus. Medical Center of the Americas Research Advancement Symposium- National
Institutes of Health. Paul L. Foster School of Medicine- TTUHSC- El Paso Campus. Thursday February
18 th 2010. Special Invitation.
133. Balcazar, H. (2009). What is Public Health and Its Implications to El Paso Region. ESL
Program- El Paso Community College. October 19, 2009. Invited Speaker.
132. Balcazar, H. (2009). Exploring social justice frameworks for addressing Hispanic border health
disparities. Hispanic Heritage Month. University of Texas at El Paso. October 14, 2009. Invited Speaker.
131. Balcazar, H. (2009). Embodying culture in prevention practice: working with Hispanics.
Interdisciplinary PhD. Program. College of Health Sciences and School of Nursing. University of Texas
at El Paso. July 14, 2009. Invited Lecture.
130. Balcazar, H. (2009). Social determinants for U.S.-Mexico border health. National Library of
Medicine. NIH- Environmental health information partnership. The University of Texas at El Paso.
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