Publications
Lee, Shoou-Yih Daniel; Stucky, Brian D.; Lee, Jessica Y.; Rozier, R. Gary; & Bender, Deborah E. (2010). Short Assessment of Health Literacy-Spanish and English: A Comparable Test of Health Literacy for Spanish and English Speakers. Health Services Research, 45(4), 1105-1120. PMCID: PMC2910571
Sleath, Betsy L.; Blalock, Susan J.; Bender, Deborah E.; Murray, Michael; Cerna, Ana; & Cohen, Mauricio G. (2009). Latino Patients' Preferences for Medication Information and Pharmacy Services. Journal of the American Pharmacists Association, 49(5), 632-636.
Bender, Deborah E.; Santander, Ana; Patino, Wilson; & Wasserman, Melanie R. (2008). Perceptions of Quality of Reproductive Care Services in Bolivia: Use of Photo Prompts and Surveys as an Impetus for Change. Health Care for Women International, 29(5), 484-506.
Nahouraii, Helen; Wasserman, Melanie R.; Bender, Deborah E.; & Rozier, R. Gary (2008). Social Support and Dental Utilization among Children of Latina Immigrants. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 19(2), 428-441.
Lee, Jessica Y.; Rozier, R. Gary; Lee, Shoou-Yih Daniel; Bender, Deborah E.; & Ruiz, Rafael E. (2007). Development of a Word Recognition Instrument to Test Health Literacy in Dentistry: The REALD-30--A Brief Communication. Journal of Public Health Dentistry, 67(2), 94-98.
Wasserman, Melanie R.; Bender, Deborah E.; & Lee, Shoou-Yih Daniel (2007). Use of Preventive Reproductive Health Services by Latina Women: A Review of Published Intervention Studies. Medical Care Research and Review, 64(1), 4-45.
Bender, Deborah E.; Harlan, Christina; Ko, Linda K.; & Stern, Irwin (2006). Spanish for Mental Health Professionals: A Step by Step Handbook. Albuquerque, N.M.: University of New Mexico Press.
Lee, Shoou-Yih Daniel; Bender, Deborah E.; Ruiz, Rafael E.; & Cho, Young Ik (2006). Development of an Easy-to-Use Spanish Health Literacy Test. Health Services Research, 41(4 (Pt. 1)), 1392-1412. PMCID: PMC1797080
McCann, Margaret F. & Bender, Deborah E. (2006). Perceived Insufficient Milk as a Barrier to Optimal Infant Feeding: Examples from Bolivia. Journal of Biosocial Science, 38(3), 341-364.
Wasserman, Melanie R.; Bender, Deborah E; .; Lee, Shoou-Yih Daniel; Morrissey, Joseph P.; Mouw, Ted; & Norton, Edward C. (2006). Social Support among Latina Immigrant Women: Bridge Persons as Mediators of Cervical Cancer Screening. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 8(1), 67-84.