Adelita G. Cantu, PhD, RN, FAAN

Peer-reviewed Articles (*indicates data-based) 

• Salt P, Sickora D, Page D, Martinez M, Cantu P, Schwab P, Lee P. “We Didn’t Forget”: Utilizing a Community-Nurse Partnership to Promote Health in Rockport Texas After Hurricane Harvey Public Health Nursing 2020 Jan 
• Rios, Janelle Ramsey, Steve Raun, Loren Montemayor, Lisa Miller, Aubrey Cantu, Adelita. Improving Hurricane Harvey Disaster Research Response Through Academic-Practice Partnerships American Journal of Public Health 2019 May 
• Bridges, BS, Karina. Camp PowerUp: An Evaluation of An American Diabetes Association Program To Target Children At Risk For Developing Type-2 Diabetes International Journal of Endocrinology and Metabolic Disorders 2018 May;4(1):1-5. 
• White CL, Cantu A, Motz D, Patterson Michele, Caron JL, Birnbaum LA. Opportunities and Challenges in Secondary Stroke Prevention: A Mixed Methods Study Disability and Rehabilitation 2018 May 
• Cantu, PhD, RN AG. Visualizing Environmental Injustice in Rockport, Texas 2018 Apr. Available from: http://climateforhealth.org/blog/visualizing-environmental-climate-injustice-rockport-texas 
• Cantu AG, Fleuriet, K. Jill. Making the Ordinary More Extraordinary:” Exploring Creativity as a Health Promotion Practice Among Older Adults in a Community-Based Professionally-Taught Arts Program Journal of Holistic Nursing 2017 Mar. 

Non-Peer-reviewed Articles (i. e. editorials, news articles, etc.) 

• Cantu AG. Sociocultural Context of Physical Activity in Older Mexican American Women: A Life History Approach 2006. 

Abstracts 

• Cantu, PhD, RN AG. Impacting Practice: Using a Poverty Simulation to Develop Leadership Skills in Baccalaureate Nursing Students. 2017 Jul. 
• Morris RM, White CL, Cantu AG, Trevino M. Interventions for Caregivers of Stroke Survivors: An Update of the Literature 2014. p. AWP299. (Stroke; vol. 45).

Invited Podium Presentations (i. e. keynotes presentations)  

• 2020, Health Related Impacts of Climate Change, 9th Annual Peace and Conflict Studies Symposium, Austin Community College, Austin, TX (Panel)  
• 2019, Public Health Implication of Zika Virus, Reception to Launch Zika Virus Exhibit, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX (Invited Speaker)  
• 2019, Youth Engagement in Environmental Health, Environmental Exposures Affinity Session, Healthy Places by Design, San Antonio, TX (Invited Speaker)  
• 2019, The Social, Economic and Health Care Costs of Poor Air Quality & EJ Strategies Moving Forward, Sierra Club Monthly Meeting, Sierra Club, San Antonio, TX (Invited Speaker)

Peer Reviewed Podium Presentations  

• 2020, Trifecta: When Social Determinants of Health, Interprofessional Education and School Based Prevention Program Meet, 2020 Innovations Conference, Ken Shine UT Austin, Austin, TX (Co-Presenter)  
• 2019, The Connection Between Health and the Environment, Leon Creek Town Hall, Southwest Workers Union, San Antonio, TX (Panel)  
• 2019, Holistic Admission in Nursing: An Initiative to Increase Nursing Workforce Diversity, Nuts and Bolts for Nurse Educators: NEXT GEN LEARNING: From Critical Thinking to Clinical Judgment to NLCEX® and Beyond, NurseTim, Minneapolis, MN (Co-Author)  
• 2019, Climate Change Champion and Youth Engagement, ANHE Nursing Summit, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Nashville, TN (Panel)  
• 2019, Cafe Conversations: Climate Action Steps at Home/Outside of Work, ANHE Nursing Summit, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, Nashville, TN (Panel)  
• 2019, Trifecta: When Social Determinants of Health, IPE, & School-Based Prevention Meet, 6th Annual Cultural Inclusion Institute Conference, Office of Faculty Excellence, UT Health San Antonio School of Nursing, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  
• 2019, Nursing in a Changing Climate: A Call to Action, Webinar, Alliance of Nurses for Healthy Environments, San Antonio, TX (Co-Presenter)  

Guest Editor

1. Special Issue: “Community-Nurse Partnership for Health Promotion” International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health https://www.mdpi.com/journal/ijerph/special_issues/Community_Nurse

Podcasts

1. Teaching Population Health through a Tour of the Holocaust Memorial, Nurse Educator Tips for Teaching, Nurse Educator, June, 2023 https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nurse-educator-tips-for-teaching/id1467432231
2. Public Health Genomics with Kathleen Calzone, PhD, RN, AGN-BC, FAAN, National Institutes of Health, Branch of Genetics, February, 2022.
3. Public Health Informatics with Azizeh K. Sowan, PhD, RN, MSN, MSDA, MBA, FAAN, November 2021.

Blogs

1. “I Thought It Was Just About Heat”: Using the Community as Partner Model to support climate change education among undergraduate nursing students, ANHE Blog, 7-2023.

Books

1. McDermott-Levy, R; Jackman-Murphy, K; Leffer, J, & Cantu, AG. (Eds.). 2nd Ed, Environmental Health in Nursing (online e-text), (May, 2022). https://envirn.org/e-textbook/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=183702a2-ce4a-4df7-b20d-6c0edefe4aa7
2. Leffer, J; Powell, DR, & Cantu, AG. (2022). Environmental justice. In R. McDermott-Levy, K. Jackman-Murphy, & AG Cantu. (Eds.). Environmental Health in Nursing (online e-text). https://envirn.org/e-textbook/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=183702a2-ce4a-4df7-b20d-6c0edefe4aa7
3. Cantu, AG. (2022). Ecology, ecosystems and watersheds. In R. McDermott-Levy, K. Jackman-Murphy, & AG Cantu. (Eds.). Environmental Health in Nursing (online e-text). https://envirn.org/e-textbook/?eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=183702a2-ce4a-4df7-b20d-6c0edefe4aa7

Media Appearances

• 5-2023: Community health groups celebrate education, vaccinations as COVID-19 emergency declaration ends. https://www.ksat.com/news/local/2023/05/10/community-health-groups-celebrate-education-vaccinations-as-covid-19-emergency-declaration-ends/

• 9-2022: Public Health Educator Pushes for Climate to be Part of Healthcare Conversations. Texas Public Radio  https://texasnewsroom2022.nextgenradio.org/public-health-educator-pushes-for-climate-conversations/

• 8-2022: Adelita Cantu, A Latina Role Model for COVID-19 Vaccine, Infection Control. Salud America! https://salud-america.org/adelita-cantu-a-latina-role-model-for-covid-19-vaccine-infection-control/

• 7-8-2022: Adelita Cantu won’t stop pushing for public health. San Antonio Express News https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Adelita-Cantu-pushing-public-health-17291227.php

• 6-29-2022: “I’d do anything to have him back”:Hiker’s death in Franklin Mountains reminder of risks from heat, dehydration. El Paso Times https://www.elpasotimes.com/story/news/2022/06/29/death-franklin-mountains-hiker-shows-danger-hot-weather/7584405001/

• 5-5-2022: Closing of Spruce Coal Plant. KLRN  https://video.klrn.org/video/may-5-2022-spurs-want-some-home-games-in-other-cities-kai26v/

• 4-2022: Councilwoman, Environmental Advocates Push for Stricter Federal Regulations on CPS’ Spruce Plant https://www.expressnews.com/search/?action=search&firstRequest=1&searchindex=solr&query=Adelita+Cantu&search=

• 12-2021: Decision Looms on Future of Spruce Power Plant, San Antonio’s Biggest Source of Power and Pollution. https://www.expressnews.com/sa-inc/article/Spruce-power-plant-16726545.php

• 12-2021: One year later: UT Health San Antonio professor reflects on historic vaccination. KENS News https://www.kens5.com/article/news/local/one-year-later-ut-health-sa-professor-reflects-on-historic-vaccination/273-906039bc-394d-40b5-a6a6-b5dfbd7b624f

• 12-2020: History in the Making”:COVID-19 Vaccinations Begin https://www.expressnews.com/news/politics/texas_legislature/article/History-in-the-making-COVID-19-15803601.php

• 12-2020: Nursing professor first to receive COVID-19 vaccine at UT Health SA. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/south-texas-el-paso/news/2020/12/16/nursing-professor-first-to-receive-covid-19-vaccine-at-ut-health-sa

• 10-2020: Tribute Video to Highlight More Than 350 Essential Workers During Annual Scholarship Fundraiser https://www.expressnews.com/entertainment/article/Tribute-video-to-highlight-more-than-350-15668018.php

• 8-2020: “Cause for Concern:” Remote Option Sought for COVID-19 Investigators https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/politics/article/Cause-for-concern-Remote-option-sought-for-15485388.php

• 2020: Climate and Health: A Conversation with Dr. Adelita Cantu https://www.sasustainability.com/blog/71-health-and-climate-with-dr.-adelita-cantu

• 9-2019: Here’s What You Need to Know About San Antonio’s Paid Sick Leave Commission https://www.expressnews.com/news/local/article/Here-s-what-you-need-to-know-about-San-14124324.php

• 8-2019: Letter to the Editor, San Antonio Express News: Trump, The Man Behind the Curtain, Commentary with Lisa Campbell. https://www.expressnews.com/opinion/commentary/article/Trump-the-man-behind-the-curtain-14282269.php

• 7-2018: Environmental Health Group Warns of Pollution Risks From Regulatory Rollbacks https://www.expressnews.com/business/eagle-ford-energy/article/Environmental-group-warns-of-risks-of-pollution-13103577.php