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Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar

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University of Illinois Chicago

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College of Applied Health Sciences

Disability and Human Development

Occupational Therapy

Yolanda Suarez-balcazar is currently serving as a College Of Applied Health Sciences Professor at University of Illinois Chicago.

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University of Illinois Chicago

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social sciences public health disability community engagement community development occupational therapy rehabilitation psychology inclusive education cultural diversity community psychology community building health promotion community health social psychology mental health applied social psychology social science research higher education applied psychology migration studies social inclusion disability awareness race family issues counseling psychology child health capacity building youth services patient empowerment occupational medicine action research family psychology research-practice partnerships cultural competence child psychology community perceptions indigenous peoples public involvement latinx families psychological methods citizen participation employment outcomes disability rights evaluation capacity building women's empowerment race relations occupational health psychology public participation racial equity community environments participatory evaluation university-community partnerships food policy family relations work adjustment public scholarship independent living family diversity methodological issues black experience parental care african americans participatory action research latino immigrant families participatory community research behavioral research societal influence methodological orientation methodological perspectives child mental health differential treatment meaningful engagement empowerment interventions healthy lifestyles community rehabilitation providers health policy health equity health inequalities health inequities social determinants of health racial discrimination health planning disparities ethnic studies health disparities ethnicity

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A Conceptual Model for Co‐Developing a Culturally Tailored Intervention for Latina Immigrant Caregivers of Children With Disabilities. American Journal of Community Psychology (2025)

Yolanda Suarez‐BalcazarAmy Pei‐Lung YuStephany BrownJasmine Brown‐HollieAdriana CrostleyDeborah Parra‐MedinaMariela SaenzMansha MirzaAileen VelasquezSandra VanegasSandy Magaña

special educationcommunity psychologychild psychologydisabilitycounseling psychologypublic healthdisability awarenesscultureapplied psychologycultural diversitycultural integrationimplementation researchapplied social psychologypsychologydevelopmental disabilitiesconceptual modelmental healthinclusive educationcross-cultural perspectiveslatina immigrant caregivers

Advancing Immigrant and Refugee Rights: Introduction to the Special Issue. American Journal of Community Psychology (2025)

citizenship studiesrefugee rightsmigration policysociologyhuman migrationcitizenshipinternational migrationafrican american studiesnationalityculturerefugee studiesmigration studieshuman rightsforced migrationrefugee lawsocial justice

Latinx Families of Children With Disabilities: Challenges, Supports, and Empowerment Interventions. Contemporary perspectives on family research (2025)

Yolanda Suarez-BalcazarIsabella RosasMariela SaenzJanelly Macias-MartinezSandy Magaña

disabilityempowerment interventionslatinx families

Poder Familiar: A Culturally Tailored Health Intervention for Latino Families of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities (2025)

Amy Pei‐Lung YuYolanda Suarez‐BalcazarVanessa L. ErrisurizDeborah Parra‐MedinaMansha MirzaMinyu ZhangPei‐Chiang LeeWeiwen ZengJasmine P. Brown‐HollieEduardo Yespica MendozaStephany BrownSandra B. VanegasNazanin M. HeydarianSandy Magaña

public healthintellectual disabilitylatino familieshealth interventionchild healthdisability

Social Determinants of Health, Maternal Quality of Life, and Family Functioning Among Latinx Families of Children With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders (2025)

family lifematernal qualitychild developmentlatinx familiesintellectual disabilitysociologyfamily interactionssocial impairmentssocioeconomic statussocial determinants of healthfamily issuesfamily medicinesocial determinantsfamily psychologyquality of lifepediatricsdisability

Using Ecological Systems Theory to Enhance Community Health Literacy. HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice (2025)

Carolyn DickensYolanda Suarez-BalcazarPaula Allen-MearesEryn Brazil

public healthcommunity healthcommunity health literacyhealth educationhealth literacyecological systems theory

Enhancing the Education of Community Health Workers on Health Literacy and Cultural Humility in Times of Covid-19. American Journal of Health Education (2024)

Yolanda Suarez-BalcazarPaula Allen-MearesCarolyn DickensEryn BrazilOlga Garcia-BedoyaAlana Biggers

community healthcovid-19cultural humilityeducationhealth educationhealth literacycommunity health workers

Promoting Health Literacy and Cultural Humility: Cbos and Wraparound Services. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2024)

Paula Allen-MearesYolanda Suarez-BalcazarOlga Garcia-BedoyaManorama KhareEryn A. BrazilChloe Ford

public healthhealth communicationhealth services researchcultural humilityhealth caresocial determinants of healthhealth educationuniversal accessglobal healthhealth literacyunderserved populationswraparound serviceshealth care disparitieshealth policy

Associations Between Parenting Strategies and Bmi Percentile Among Latino Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Frontiers in Pediatrics (2023)

Sandy MagañaVanessa L. ErrisurizAmy Pei-Lung YuNazanin HeydariaWeiwen ZengMansha MirzaSandra VanegasStephany BrownDeborah Parra-MedinaYolanda Suarez-Balcazar

latino childrenchild developmentadolescent healthpediatricscorrectional practiceparental carebehavioral sciences

Disability Rights and Empowerment: Reflections on Ajcp Research and a Call to Action. American Journal of Community Psychology (2023)

Yolanda Suarez‐BalcazarFabricio BalcazarDelphine LabbeKatherine E. McDonaldChristopher KeysTina Taylor‐RitzlerSarah M. AndersonJoy Agner

ajcp researchsocial sciencescommunity psychologydisability rightssocial justicebehavioral sciences

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Yolanda Suarez-Balcazar

Professor

University of Illinois Chicago

Affiliations

College of Applied Health Sciences

Disability and Human Development

Occupational Therapy

Yolanda Suarez-balcazar is currently serving as a College Of Applied Health Sciences Professor at University of Illinois Chicago.

Honors

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University of Illinois Chicago

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Video Presentations

Notable Scholarly Works

Notable Federal Grants

Collaborators

A Conceptual Model for Co‐Developing a Culturally Tailored Intervention for Latina Immigrant Caregivers of Children With Disabilities. American Journal of Community Psychology (2025)

Yolanda Suarez‐BalcazarAmy Pei‐Lung YuStephany BrownJasmine Brown‐HollieAdriana CrostleyDeborah Parra‐MedinaMariela SaenzMansha MirzaAileen VelasquezSandra VanegasSandy Magaña

Advancing Immigrant and Refugee Rights: Introduction to the Special Issue. American Journal of Community Psychology (2025)

Latinx Families of Children With Disabilities: Challenges, Supports, and Empowerment Interventions. Contemporary perspectives on family research (2025)

Yolanda Suarez-BalcazarIsabella RosasMariela SaenzJanelly Macias-MartinezSandy Magaña

disabilityempowerment interventionslatinx families

public healthintellectual disabilitylatino familieshealth interventionchild healthdisability

Using Ecological Systems Theory to Enhance Community Health Literacy. HLRP Health Literacy Research and Practice (2025)

Carolyn DickensYolanda Suarez-BalcazarPaula Allen-MearesEryn Brazil

public healthcommunity healthcommunity health literacyhealth educationhealth literacyecological systems theory

Enhancing the Education of Community Health Workers on Health Literacy and Cultural Humility in Times of Covid-19. American Journal of Health Education (2024)

Yolanda Suarez-BalcazarPaula Allen-MearesCarolyn DickensEryn BrazilOlga Garcia-BedoyaAlana Biggers

community healthcovid-19cultural humilityeducationhealth educationhealth literacycommunity health workers

Promoting Health Literacy and Cultural Humility: Cbos and Wraparound Services. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (2024)

Paula Allen-MearesYolanda Suarez-BalcazarOlga Garcia-BedoyaManorama KhareEryn A. BrazilChloe Ford

Associations Between Parenting Strategies and Bmi Percentile Among Latino Children and Youth With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Frontiers in Pediatrics (2023)

Sandy MagañaVanessa L. ErrisurizAmy Pei-Lung YuNazanin HeydariaWeiwen ZengMansha MirzaSandra VanegasStephany BrownDeborah Parra-MedinaYolanda Suarez-Balcazar

latino childrenchild developmentadolescent healthpediatricscorrectional practiceparental carebehavioral sciences

Disability Rights and Empowerment: Reflections on Ajcp Research and a Call to Action. American Journal of Community Psychology (2023)

Yolanda Suarez‐BalcazarFabricio BalcazarDelphine LabbeKatherine E. McDonaldChristopher KeysTina Taylor‐RitzlerSarah M. AndersonJoy Agner

ajcp researchsocial sciencescommunity psychologydisability rightssocial justicebehavioral sciences

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