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Salome Kapella-Mshigeni

Salome Kapella-Mshigeni

Associate Professor
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Associate Professor
Health Science and Human Ecology
Email salome.mshigeni@csusb.edu
Office Phone(909) 537-4337
Office LocationPS-217

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Dr. Mshigeni is an Associate Professor in the College of Natural Sciences - Department of Health Science and Human Ecology at California State University San Bernardino. By profession, she is a trained Epidemiologist who works behinds the scene to collect and analyze data. Her research interests include examining domestic and international dataset that pertains to population health. She has and continues to publish in several peer review journals and presents her findings in local and national conferences. She brings with her 10+ years of professional work experience outside academia in both local government and hospital setting as a public health professional. In addition, she has over 5+ years of university-level teaching experience stemming from working at private and public academic institutions.

Her areas of interest include, but not limited to: 

  • Health Disparities & Social Determinants of Health
  • Substance Use Treatment & Prevention
  • Health Service Research & Program Evaluation
  • Chronic & Infectious Disease Epidemiology
  • Public Policy & Public Administration

Research and Teaching Interests

Selected Publications:

  1. Becerra MB, Mshigeni SK, Ahmad M, Avina RM. (2025). A Quasi-Experimental Assessment of Student Self-Efficacy in Professional Skills Following a Competency-Based Graduate Program Redesign. Pedagogy in Health Promotion. doi:10.1177/23733799251395184
  2. Chavez, L., Malik, N., Mshigeni, Kapella Salome (2023). The National School Lunch Program and Obesity: A Look at Economic Stability’s Influence on Relationship, Journal of School Health, In press.
  3. Mshigeni, S., Samuel, G., & Scott, W. (2022). A Survey of College Students’ Knowledge and Attitudes regarding Vaccination Practices. Journal of American College Health, Pages 1-10. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2022.2047700
  4. Mshigeni, S., Arroyo-Romano, J., & Becerra, M. (2022). “We don’t all have the privilege of having our own quiet place”: College students in a Hispanic Serving Institution during the COVID-19 Pandemic, Journal of Latinos and Education, Pages 1-15. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/15348431.2022.2056463
  5. Becerra, M. & Mshigeni, S. (2022). A Quasi-experimental evaluation of a flipped class in a public health course, Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, Volume 5 (1): 1-5
  6. Mshigeni, S., Nguyen, A., & Sacdalan, J. (2022). Assessing Cigarette Smoking Levels of Intensity among Californian’s Adults, International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, Volume 8(3/4): 157-174. DOI: https://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJBHR.2022.10050305
  7. Kimunai, E., Mshigeni, S., & Sarwar, E. (2022). Ethical and Practical Implication of COVID-19 Vaccine among Pregnant Women, Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Administration, Volume 8 (1), Pages 1-12. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22461/jhea.1.71633
  8. Mshigeni, S., Sarwar, E., Kimunai, E. (2021). College students’ educational experiences amid COVID-19 pandemic, Journal of Applied Learning & Teaching, Volume 4, 1:1-11
  9. Sarwar, E., Kimunai, E., Mshigeni, S., (2021). Ethical and practical implications of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitancy among College Students: A pilot study, Journal of Healthcare Ethics & Administration, Volume 7, (3): 38-50. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22461/jhea.2.7166
  10. Mshigeni, S. (2021). E-Cigarettes Epidemic and the Need for Education, International Journal of Behavioural and Healthcare Research, Volume 7(3): 163-174
  11. Mshigeni, S., Moore, C., & Arkadie, N. (2021). The Prevalence Rate of Smoking among Veterans, a Forgotten Epidemic, Journal of Military, Veteran and Family Health, Volume 7(2): 26-35
  12. Mshigeni, S., Rittenhouse, A., Gwanzura, T., Arroyo, R., Vaughn, C. (2021). Understanding Demographics Characteristics of E-cigarette Users in California and the Need for Tailored Interventions, American Journal of Health Education, Volume 52 (3): 2-9. 1.9 (2021)
  13. Mshigeni, S., Okolo, S., Mshigeni, D., & Becerra, M. (2020). What Diversity Means to Undergraduate Health Science Students, Journal of Higher Education Theory and Practice, Volume 20, 6: 55-62
  14. Avina, R., Mullen, M., Mshigeni, S., & Becerra, M. (2020). “I Actually Don’t Know What HIV Is”: A Mixed Methods Analysis of College Students’ HIV Literacy, Diseases, Volume 8, 1: 1-10
  15. Becerra M.B., Avina R.M., Mshigeni S., & Becerra B.J. (2020). Low human papillomavirus literacy among Asian-American women in California: An analysis of the California Health Interview Survey. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, Volume 7, 678-686
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