Secondary Analysis Spotlight: Culturally Responsive Disease Prevention with Dr. Stephanie De Anda and Dr. Elizabeth Budd | 09/04/2025
The Data Hub is a repository of de-identified data and cloud-based tools enabling researchers to discover, access, and analyze data for secondary use, improving research speed and ease.Secondary analysis is valuable, letting researchers make new discoveries while preserving valuable resources. Through secondary analysis, researchers can generate new knowledge, test hypotheses, and make significant contributions to their field.
Secondary analysis is critical to public health research, and Dr. Stephanie De Anda’s and Dr. Elizabeth Budd’s recent work exemplifies its impact. Dr. De Anda and Dr. Budd were awarded an NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) to study vaccine attitudes and access among Latinx communities. Drawing on RADx-UP data housed in the Data Hub, they directly compared social determinants of health (SDOH) and evaluated their relative importance on vaccine outcomes among Latinos to inform future public health efforts.
This secondary research was documented in a recent study and publication, Social determinants of health and COVID-19 vaccination: An individual participant data meta-analysis of adult Latino participants in Preventative Medicine. The authors innovatively directly compared education, economic insecurity, and healthcare access-related SDOH in a single model within a meta sample of only Latinos, created by pooling 12 study samples. Results showed that several factors contributed to vaccination outcomes, including pandemic wave, education, and home Spanish usage.
This research provides evidence that addressing concerns and promoting vaccination confidence early in a pandemic are beneficial. Their research also supports the importance of accessible language communication, especially in communities with lower education levels. These findings are meaningful, because they not only acknowledge social and cultural factors that influence health outcomes and disparities, but also help inform and support culturally responsive strategies for disease prevention and health engagement.
Dr. De Anda and Dr. Budd also presented their research at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting in May 2025 and are scheduled to present again at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Expo in November 2025.
Through the Data Hub, researchers like Dr. De Anda and Dr. Budd can collaborate and transform existing data into meaningful progress. Their work highlights the power of secondary research in driving forward equitable and impactful public health solutions.
● Read the article here
● Learn more about Dr. De Anda
● Learn more about Dr. Budd
Secondary analysis is critical to public health research, and Dr. Stephanie De Anda’s and Dr. Elizabeth Budd’s recent work exemplifies its impact. Dr. De Anda and Dr. Budd were awarded an NIH Exploratory/Developmental Grant (R21) to study vaccine attitudes and access among Latinx communities. Drawing on RADx-UP data housed in the Data Hub, they directly compared social determinants of health (SDOH) and evaluated their relative importance on vaccine outcomes among Latinos to inform future public health efforts.
This secondary research was documented in a recent study and publication, Social determinants of health and COVID-19 vaccination: An individual participant data meta-analysis of adult Latino participants in Preventative Medicine. The authors innovatively directly compared education, economic insecurity, and healthcare access-related SDOH in a single model within a meta sample of only Latinos, created by pooling 12 study samples. Results showed that several factors contributed to vaccination outcomes, including pandemic wave, education, and home Spanish usage.
This research provides evidence that addressing concerns and promoting vaccination confidence early in a pandemic are beneficial. Their research also supports the importance of accessible language communication, especially in communities with lower education levels. These findings are meaningful, because they not only acknowledge social and cultural factors that influence health outcomes and disparities, but also help inform and support culturally responsive strategies for disease prevention and health engagement.
Dr. De Anda and Dr. Budd also presented their research at the Society for Prevention Research Annual Meeting in May 2025 and are scheduled to present again at the American Public Health Association’s Annual Meeting and Expo in November 2025.
Through the Data Hub, researchers like Dr. De Anda and Dr. Budd can collaborate and transform existing data into meaningful progress. Their work highlights the power of secondary research in driving forward equitable and impactful public health solutions.
● Read the article here
● Learn more about Dr. De Anda
● Learn more about Dr. Budd