Bio for Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D.
Linda Sprague Martinez, Ph.D., Assistant Director
Dr. Linda Sprague Martinez is a faculty with the Tufts University
School of Arts and Sciences Community Health Program. Having
formerly worked across municipal and state governmental
departments/divisions implementing disparities related policies and
initiatives, and as a mental health provider, her research is
focused on the intersection between socio-environmental
community-level factors and health. More specifically Dr. Sprague
Martinez is interested in examining how the built environment and
the social context by which is surrounded both directly and
indirectly influence the health and trajectories of children, youth
and families; and more importantly how assets can be both recognized
and leveraged to improve life chances. She has expertise in urban
minority health; community engaged research; health promotion;
community assessment and mobilization; and qualitative research
methods and analyses. Dr. Martinez received her doctoral degree in
Social Policy from the Heller School for Social Policy and
Management at Brandeis University.
Papers
Sprague Martinez,
L.S.,
Leung Rubin, C., Russell, B., Leslie, L. K. & Brugge, D. (in
press). Community Conceptualizations of Health: Implications for
Transdisciplinary Team Science. Clinical and Translational Science.
Martinez, L. S.,
Ndulue, U. & Peréa,
F. C.,(forthcoming). Chapter:
Community based participatory research; Cultural Competence; and The
Built Environment. In S. Loue and M. Sajatovic (Eds.)
Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health.
Peréa, F. C., &
Martinez, L. S. (forthcoming). Chapters: Hispanic health
paradox; Acculturation; and Latinos. In S. Loue and M. Sajatovic
(Eds.) Encyclopedia of Immigrant Health.
Sprague Martinez,
L. S.,
Ndulue, U. & Peréa, F. C. (2011). Nuestro Futuro Saludable: A
Partnership Approach for Connecting Public Health and Community
Development to Build a Healthy Environment. The Journal of the
Community Development Society, Special Issue on Community
Development Approaches to Improving Public Health, Vol.42 (2).
Dogra, N.,
Betancourt, J., Park, E., & Sprague Martinez, L. (2009). The
Relationship Between Drivers and Policy in the Implementation of
Cultural Competency Training in Health Care. Journal of the
National Medical Association, 101(2), 127-133.
Hyde, J., Kim,
B., Sprague Martinez, L., Clark, M. Hacker, K. (2006).
Better prepared but spread too thin: The impact of emergency
preparedness funding on local public health. Disaster
Management and Response 4(4): 106-113.
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Presentations
Sprague Martinez,
L. S.,
Ndulue, U. & Peréa, F. C. (2011). Nuestro Furturo Saludable: the
process of developing the JP Partnership for Healthy Caribbean
Latino Youth. Poster presentation for the CU EXPO,
Community-University Partnerships: Bringing global perspectives to
local action, Waterloo Region, Canada.
Ndulue, U. &
Peréa, F. C. & Sprague Martinez, L. S (2011). Moving Past
Icebreakers: Team building activities to foster communication,
collaboration, and understanding. Workshop-style presentation
for the CU EXPO, Community-University Partnerships: Bringing global
perspectives to local action, Waterloo Region, Canada.
Sprague
Martinez, L.S.
Aske Burke, D. &
Peréa, F. C. (2011). Physical activity level in an urban Latino
new immigrant community: Variations by age and gender. Oral
presentation for the 2011 Active Living Research (ALR) Annual
Conference, San Diego, CA.
Sprague Martinez
L.S.,
Brunette, M., Latowsky, G. and Azaroff, L.S. (2010).
Participation, Capacity Building and Empowerment: Lessons learned
from the Protección en Construcción (PenC) community research
partnership. Oral presentation for the American Public Health
Association Annual Meeting, Denver, CO.
Sprague Martinez,
L.S.,
Russell, B. & Brugge, D. (2010). The Tufts Community Research
Center (TCRC): Changing the climate, creating capacity, and
promoting partnerships. Poster presentation prepared for 11th
Community-Campus Partnership for Health Conference, Portland Oregon.
Martinez, L.S.
(2009). Socio-cultural relational coordination (SCRC):
Implications for organizational
cultural competence.
Oral presentation for the American Public Health Association Annual
Meeting, Philadelphia, PA.
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