Francisco Soto Mas is an Associate Professor of Health Education in the Department of Teacher Education, University of Texas at El Paso. He has a medical degree from the University of Granada, Spain, a PhD in Health Promotion from the University of New Mexico, and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of Arizona. Francisco Soto Mas has more than 15 years of professional experience in medicine and public health as a practitioner, researcher and academician. His areas of expertise include chronic disease prevention and control, program planning and evaluation, health behavior theory, Latino health issues, bioterrorism, and health communication and health literacy.

Articles

• Ed Hsu and Francisco Soto Mas (2007) A Spatial-Temporal Approach to Surveillance of Prostate Cancer Disparities in Population Subgroups, JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, vol. 99, iss 1, pp. 72-87
• Medina, Balcázar, Luna Hollen, Nkhoma and Francisco Soto Mas (2007) Promotores de salud: educating Hispanic communities on heart-healthy living, American Journal of Health Education, vol. 38, iss 4, pp. 194-202
• CE Hsu and Francisco Soto Mas (2006) Surveillance of the Colorectal Cancer Disparities Among Demographic Subgroups: A Spatial Analysis, Southern Medical Journal, Volume 99, Number 9, pp. 949-956
• Chiehwen Ed Hsu, Francisco Soto Mas, and Holly E. Jacobson (2006) Public Health Preparedness of Health Providers: Meeting the Needs of Diverse, Rural Communities, JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, VOL. 98, NO. 11, pp. 1784-1791
• Francisco Soto Mas (2006) Physician Assistants and Bioterrorism Preparedness, BIOSECURITY AND BIOTERRORISM: BIODEFENSE STRATEGY, PRACTICE, AND SCIENCE, Volume 4, Number 3, pp. 301-306
• CE Hsu and Francisco Soto Mas (2005) Assessing the readiness and training needs of non-urban physicians in public health emergency and response, Disaster Management and Response , 3(4) (Oct-Dec):106-111
• Khiya Marshall, Ximena Urrutia-Rojas, and Francisco Soto Mas (2005) Health status and access to health care of documented and undocumented immigrant Latino women, Health Care for Women International , 26(10 November-December):916-936.
• Francisco Soto Mas (2005) TOBACCO CONTROL: ARE WE APPROPRIATELY TRAINING FUTURE PROFESSIONALS?, American Journal of Health Studies, Vol 2 (2), pp. 115-123
• Francisco Soto Mas (2005) Hispanic physicians' tobacco intervention practices: a cross-sectional survey study, BMC Public Health, 5:120
• CE Hsu, Holly Jacobson, and Francisco Soto Mas (2004) Evaluating the disparity of female breast cancer mortality among racial groups: a spatiotemporal analysis, International Journal of Health Geographics , 3(4):1-11
• Francisco Soto Mas (2003) Tobacco industry internal documents and tobacco control in Spain (Los documentos internos de la industria tabaquera y la prevención del tabaquismo en España), Gaceta Sanitaria , Vol. 17 (suppl. 3), pp. 9-14
• Francisco Soto Mas (2003) Health education and multimedia learning: educational psychology and health behavior theory (I), Health Promotion Practice , Vol. 4(3), pp. 288-292
• Francisco Soto Mas (2003) Health education and multimedia learning: connecting theory and practice (II), Health Promotion Practice , Vol. 4(4), pp. 464-469
• Francisco Soto Mas (2002) Smoking initiation: epidemiology, research, and behavioral sciences (La iniciación al tabaquismo: aportaciones de la epidemiología, el laboratorio y las ciencias del comportamiento), Anales Españoles de Pediatría , Vol. 57(4), pp. 327-333
• Julia Valderrama and Francisco Soto Mas (2002) Smoking in developing countries (I) (La enfermedad del milenio: El tabaquismo en los países en vías de desarrollo), Médicos del Mundo , Vol. 8(77), pp. 12-13
• Julia Valderrana and Francisco Soto Mas (2002) Smoking in developing countries (II) (La enfermedad del milenio: El tabaquismo en los países en vías de desarrollo), ). Médicos del Mundo , Vol. 8(78), p. 12
• Francisco Soto Mas (2001) Smoking cessation: theory, research, and practice (El proceso de abandono del tabaquismo: teoría, investigación y práctica), Gaceta Sanitaria, Vol. 15(Supl. 4), pp. 49-54
• Julia Valderrama and Francisco Soto Mas (2001) Leprosy, it's still with us today (La lepra, todavía aquí con nosotros), Dematología Cosmética, Vol. 11(3), pp. 91-100
• R Renger, J Midyet, and Francisco Soto Mas (2000) The OLP, a health and wellness profile, American Journal of Health Behavior , Vol. 24(6), pp. 403-412
• Francisco Soto Mas (2000) Camine con nosotros: connecting theory and practice for promoting physical activity among Hispanic women, Health Promotion Practice , Vol. 1(2), pp. 178-187.
• Francisco Soto Mas (2000) Society and health: social capital (Sociedad y salud: la teoría del capital social), Cuadernos Andaluces de Bienestar Social , (6-7), pp. 71-79
• Francisco Soto Mas (1999) Health for everyone by the year 2000: a new century and a new public health agenda for Hispanics (Salud para todos en el año 2000: un nuevo siglo y una agenda de salud para los hispanos), Médico Interamericano, Vol. 18(1), pp. 6-10
• Francisco Soto Mas (1998) Diet and cancer: a public health perspective, Biomedicine, Vol. 1(5), pp. S13-16.
• Francisco Soto Mas (1997) Physical activity and health (Actividad física y salud), Médico Interamericano , Vol. 16(10), pp. 564-570
• Francisco Soto Mas (1997) Hispanics and worksite health promotion, Journal of Community Health , Vol. 22(5), pp. 361-371
• Francisco Soto Mas (1997) The health belief model, a theoretical framework for AIDS prevention (El Modelo de Creencias de Salud: Un enfoque teórico para la prevención del SIDA), Revista Española de Salud Pública , Vol. 71(4), pp. 335-341
• Francisco Soto Mas (1997) Medicine and public health: the role of the Hispanic physician in health promotion (Medicina y salud pública: el papel del médico hispano en la promoción de salud), Médico Interamericano , Vol. 16(4), pp. 206-210

Books

• Francisco Soto Mas and Juan Toledano Galera (2001) En forma después de los 50 (Fitness after 50), Madrid (Spain): Gymnos

Contributions to Books

• J Tan and Francisco Soto Mas (2005) E Public Health Systems: GIS Related Technologies in Public Health Preparedness and Surveillance, E Health Care Information Systems: An Introduction for Students and Professionals, San Francisco, CA: Jossey Bass Publishers, pp 127-154 (ISBN: 0 7879 6618 5)