Faculty & Research

Education:

• M.P.H. at Boston University School of Public Health, 2003
• Ph.D. at University of Florida, 1998
• M.A. at Colorado State University, 1994
• B.A. at University of Puerto Rico, 1991

Contact Information:

(812) 855-6976

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Poplars 617

Background:

• Senior Program Manager for the Latina Health Initiative of the Boston Women's Health Book Collective
• Evaluator, Division of Perinatal, Early Childhood and Special Health Needs, Bureau of Family and Community Health, Massachusetts Department of Public Health
• Senior Evaluation Specialist, West Virginia Prevention Resource Center
• Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Community Health, Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, Marshall University
• Member Steering Committee, Consumers United for Evidence-Based Health Care; member Planning Committee first Consumers Advocacy Summit "Understanding Evidence-based Healthcare: A Foundation for Action," US Cochrane Center
• Post-doctoral Research Associate, Latino Families of Children with Mental and Physical Disabilities Project, Department of Special Education, University of Florida

Research

Dr. Bonilla is interested in issues related to culture, health promotion, and disease prevention, particularly in connection to Latinas' health and maternal and child health. She is interested in culturally responsive and evidence-based public health interventions, community-based participatory research, the use of promotoras de salud (community health workers) in public health, and qualitative methods in program evaluation.

Publications:

2006 Bonilla, Z.E., & Rosero-Nordalm, E. "De Camino a la Maternidad," translation and cultural adaptation of Journey to Parenthood booklet produced by Childbirth Connection Full text available at http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/uploads/pdf/decamino.pdf.

2005 Bonilla, Z.E. "Including Every Woman: The All Embracing We of Our Bodies, Ourselves. National Women's Studies Association Journal, Vol. 17, No. 1, pp 175-183, spring.

2004 Edwards, P. D. & Bonilla, Z.E. "The Use of Spanish Language Educational Materials by American Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Association Teams." The Cleft Palate-Craniofacial Journal, Vol. 41, No. 6, pp 655-660, November.

2002 Bonilla, Z.E. "Women's Work and Health in the Dominican Republic." Practicing Anthropology, Vol. 24, No. 4, pp 36-39, fall.

2002 Bonilla, Z. E. Guia de Capacitación para Promotoras de Salud. The Boston Women's Health Book Collective, Boston, MA. Full text available at http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/lhi.htm. (Original in Spanish)

2000 Zsembik, B. A. & Bonilla, Z. E. "Eldercare and the Changing Family in Puerto Rico," Journal of Family Issues, Vol. 21, No. 5, July.

1999 Raynolds, L. T., & Bonilla, Z. E. "Reestructuración de Modos de Vida en la República Dominicana: Mujer, Trabajo y Bienestar," In: La República Dominicana en el Umbral del Siglo XXI: Cultura, Política y Cambio Social, Ramonina Brea, Rosario Espinal y Fernando Valerio-Holguín, Eds., Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana.

Courses Recently Taught:

HPER C-310: Health Care in Diverse Communities