Dr. Gregory A Talavera M.D.
Preventative Medicine Specialist | Public Health & General Preventive Medicine
4004 Beyer Blvd San Ysidro CA, 92173About
Gregory Talavera is a preventative medicine specialist practicing in San Ysidro, CA. Talavera specializes in the health of individuals, communities, and particular populations, focusing on how to protect and maintain health as well as prevent disease and dangers. As a preventative health specialist, Talavera participates in the planning and evaluation of health services, researches diseases in specific populations and helps manage health care organizations. Preventative medicine specialists can specialize further in aerospace medicine, occupational medicine, or public health and general preventive medicine.
Education and Training
University of Utah School of Medicine 1982
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Initial results of 'Language for Health': cardiovascular disease nutrition education for English-as-a-second-language students.
- Results of language for health: cardiovascular disease nutrition education for Latino English-as-a-second-language students.
- Breast cancer screening in regional Hispanic populations.
- Cigarette smoking behavior among US Latino men and women from different countries of origin.
- Predictors of digital rectal examination in U.S. Latinos.
- Depression and cardiovascular sequelae in postmenopausal women. The Women's Health Initiative (WHI).
- Cancer risk factors among men of diverse Hispanic or Latino origins.
- Cultural competence among physicians treating Mexican Americans who have diabetes: a structural model.
- A national agenda for Latino cancer prevention and control.
- Structured behavioral intervention to increase children's adherence to treatment for latent tuberculosis infection.
- Colorectal cancer screening among Mexican Americans at a community clinic.
- Redes En Acción. Increasing Hispanic participation in cancer research, training, and awareness.
- Individual and area-based indicators of acculturation and the metabolic syndrome among low-income Mexican American women living in a border region.
- Healthy Steps: a systematic review of a preventive practice-based model of pediatric care.
- Health communication in the Latino community: issues and approaches.
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