Martha O. Rojo

Assistant Professor

UAMS

Also affiliated: University of Kentucky (2013); University of Arkansas Medical Center (2021–2025); Central Arkansas Veterans Healthcare System (2013); National Institute of Nursing Research (2013)

Nursing Research, College of Nursing

8 h-index 37 pubs 354 cited

Research Areas

Biomedical Subjects

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Martha O. Rojo's research focuses on understanding and addressing health disparities, particularly within Hispanic communities and concerning COVID-19. Her work has investigated the sociodemographic factors influencing COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy, fear of infection, and protection self-efficacy. She has also examined trends in mental health treatment availability in Spanish and explored strategies to overcome barriers to COVID-19 vaccination in Hispanic populations. Additionally, her research includes assessing beliefs and expectations regarding neuraxial analgesia among pregnant Hispanic women and evaluating methods for screening Spanish-speaking patients for low health literacy.

Rojo has published on predicting coronary heart disease events in women and the reliability of symptom surveys for myocardial infarction in women. She has also contributed to research evaluating educational strategies for implementing clinical algorithms in primary care. Her scholarship metrics include an h-index of 8, with 35 total publications and 352 total citations. Key collaborators at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences include Cheryl Wells, George Pro, Whitney K. Norris, and Don E. Willis.

Metrics

h-index: 8
Publications: 37
Citations: 354

Positions

Associate Professor 2018–present

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Nursing ORCID
Assistant Professor publications 2012–2026

University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences Nursing Research, College of Nursing Institutional directory

Selected Publications

A Descriptive Survey of Student RN Anesthetists' Use of Cognitive Enhancers (2026)

Journal of Nursing Education DOI OpenAlex
Engaging Faith Communities in Hispanic Child Obesity Prevention: Church Leaders’ Insights on Barriers and Cultural Strategies (2026)

Global Qualitative Nursing Research DOI OpenAlex
Resident Registered Nurse Anesthetists’ Use of Cognitive Enhancers in the U.S. (2026)

AANA journal DOI OpenAlex
‘Amazing and Daunting’: Providers’ Perspectives on the Implementation of Neurofeedback (2026)

Global Implementation Research and Applications DOI OpenAlex
‘Amazing and Daunting’: Providers’ Perspectives on the Implementation of Neurofeedback (2026)

Research Square DOI OpenAlex
Barriers and facilitators to, and knowledge of, cord blood banking among pregnant Hispanic women at a university obstetric clinic (2026)

Transfusion DOI OpenAlex
Cost, Research, and Education: Providers’ Perspectives on Making Neurofeedback More Accessible (2025)

Applied Psychophysiology and Biofeedback 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Care interrupted: a mixed-methods study of lapse in primary care and cardiology services for women with CHD (2025)

Cardiology in the Young DOI OpenAlex
jabbrv-ltwa-all.ldf jabbrv-ltwa-en.ldf Her Heart, Her Health: Lived Experiences of Healthcare Transitions and Unmet Women’s Health Needs in Adult Females with Congenital Heart Disease (2025)

DOI OpenAlex
Cost, research, and education: Providers’ perspectives on making neurofeedback more accessible (2025)

Research Square DOI OpenAlex
Community health fairs as experiential learning: a qualitative exploration of benefits and challenges (2025)

BMC Medical Education 3 citations DOI OpenAlex
Services Provided in Spanish in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities: Limited Access in Communities with Fast-Growing Spanish-Speaking Populations (2024)

The Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research 1 citation DOI OpenAlex
Setting factors associated with licensed psychotherapists’ interest in the implementation of electroencephalogram neurofeedback into practice. (2024)

Practice Innovations 2 citations DOI OpenAlex
To precept or not to precept: Perspectives from nurse practitioners (2024)

Journal of the American Association of Nurse Practitioners 8 citations DOI OpenAlex
Active and Secondhand Smoke Exposure and Cervical Cancer: Analysis of the NHANES 2007–2016 (2024)

Cancer Care Research Online DOI OpenAlex

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Grants & Funding

As listed on this researcher's institutional profile.

Predicting CHD Events in Black and White Women NIH Co-Investigator
Obesity in the Hispanic population, focus on Young Children NIH/Nat. Inst. of General Medical Sciences via Arkansas Children's Research Institute Principal Investigator
The Vaccine REACH (Reaching Everyone to Achieve Community Health) project Health Resources & Services Administration Principal Investigator
Community Health Workers Reaching Everyone to Achieve Community Health Benton County Government Co-Investigator
Center for Childhood Obesity Prevention NIH Principal Investigator
Connecting our Neighborhoods Need for Enhanced and Coordinated Testing to Achieve Equity: CoNNECT to Achieve Equality COVID NIH/National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities Principal Investigator
Benton County REACH Covid Health Literacy DHHS - Office of Minority Health via Benton County Government Principal Investigator