Arelis Moore, Ph.D, M.D, M.PH, M.Ed
Associate Professor of Spanish and International Health
Contact
Department of Languages
Office: 504 Strode Tower
Email: ared@clemson.edu
Education
Ph.D. International Family and Community Studies, Clemson University (2011); M.Ed. Higher Education, Ibero-American University (UNIBE), D.R. (2006); M.P.H. Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology, Santo Domingo Autonomous University, D.R. (1996); M.D. Medicine, Santo Domingo Autonomous University, D.R. (1990)
Research Interests
Community Health and Development; Social Determinants of Health; Community-Based Participatory Research; Health Disparities; Building Healthier Communities; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Underrepresented communities; Latinx/Latino(a)/Hispanics.
Dr. Arelis Moore is a medical epidemiologist and social scientist with experience in health disparities research in the United States (US) and Latin America and the Caribbean. She is an Associate professor of Spanish and International Health, with an inter-disciplinary appointment at the Department of Languages, Clemson University (CU). Her primary interest is understanding the role of the social determinants of health in the disparities and inequities experienced by underrepresented populations in the US and Latin America; as well as developing innovative and culturally relevant community development initiatives to promote health and well-being. Her current research includes Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) to address health disparities and to promote partnerships to build healthier communities. Through her public health work, which span for about 35 years, Dr. Moore has focused on developing systems and policies that promote health equity, as well as in finding mechanisms to empower low-resource communities in developing partnerships, systems changes, and advocacy to improve their own health and wellbeing. She has assisted, as a community leader and advocate, local and national advocacy groups and grassroots multicultural coalitions in developing and implementing initiatives and projects to reduce health disparities and to promote health equity. Dr. Moore formerly was a faculty member in the School of Medicine at the Ibero-American University (UNIBE) in Santo Domingo. She also coordinated disease preventative and control programs in the Ministry of Public Health in the Dominican Republic, and subsequently became a national and international epidemiology consultant for international cooperation agencies including the Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO), UNICEF, USAID, and the CDC.
Professional/Research Links:
https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8Uo1IxcAAAAJ;
https://www.webofscience.com/wos/author/record/265768;
https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7279-2308
Awards
2025 Outstanding Service Award for dedicated service to the Clemson University commissions. Conferred by the CU’s Commission on Women. Clemson University, April 14, 2025.
2024 Pearce Center for Professional Communications’ Professional Writing and Communication Award (Service-Learning Experience for Students), Clemson University. April 15, 2024.
2023 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Clemson University/College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities (CAAH). May 23, 2023
Selected Professional Works
Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Published)
Patino, M., Outley, C., Moore, A., Harper, A. S., & Pinckney, H. (2025). Nuestras Historias: Latino youth stories from upstate South Carolina. World Leisure Journal, 1–23. https://doi.org/10.1080/16078055.2025.2475048
Cepeda-Marte, J. L., Moore, A., Ruiz-Matuk, C. B., Salado-Díaz, D. D., Socias-Pappaterra, P., Ho-Sang, V. W. Y. et.al. (2024, Sep). Culturally adapted mobile application for optimizing metabolic control in type 1 diabetes: a pilot study. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 48: 1 - 8. https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/61439/v48e862024.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Moore, A., Davis, N., Dolins, M., Barkley, E., Reese, A. Meggett, K, & Bailey, M. (2024). Understanding the Perspectives and Needs of Latinx Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease in the Appalachians: An Interpretive Phenomenological Approach. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, 8 (1): 189-202. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3233/ADR-230108. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10894613/pdf/adr-8-adr230108.pdf
Soman, D. A., Joseph, A. & Moore, A. (2024). Influence of the Physical Environment on Maternal Care for Culturally Diverse Women: A Narrative Review. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal, 17 (3), 306-328.
Bahamon-Pinzon, D., Vélez-Torres, I., Estes, S. L., Lee, C., Moore, A., Bridges, W., Carraway, E., Blazer, H., Gutierrez Zapata, H.M. & Vanegas, D. (2024). Confined within a sugarcane monoculture: A participatory assessment of water pollution and potential health risks in the community of El Tiple, Colombia. Science of The Total Environment, 946, ISSN 0048-9697. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2024.174072
Moore, A., Cepeda, J., Franklin, B., Abreu, G., Dorth, S., & Barkley, E. (2023). Dominican adolescents' preferences for contents, design, and functionality of a mobile application for type 1 diabetes mellitus self-management. Canadian Journal of Diabetes; 47(8), 665-671. ISSN 1499-2671. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37481124/
Moore de Peralta, A., Cepeda, J., & Abreu, G. (2022). Knowledge, perceptions, needs and challenges of Dominican adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Ciencia y Salud. cysa [Internet]. [citado 17 de mayo de 2022]; 6(2): 23-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22206/cysa.2022.v6i2.pp23-33. https://revistas.intec.edu.do/index.php/cisa/article/view/2504.
Moore de Peralta, A., Criss, S., Fair, M. L., Rivera, R., Alvarado, D, Rodríguez, V. & Claypool, N. (2022). Latinx Community members’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and active living: A CBPR approach to combat childhood obesity. Journal of Community Medicine & Public Health; 6(3): 248. DOI: 10.29011/2577-2228.100248. ISSN: 2577-2228. https://www.gavinpublishers.com/journals/article_in_press/journal-of-community-medicine-public-health.
Moore de Peralta, A., Prieto Rosas, V., Smithwick, J., Timmons, S. M., & Torres, M. E. (2021, Apr.). A contribution to measure partnership trust in community-based participatory research and interventions with Latinx communities in the United States. Health Promotion Practice. 1-14. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15248399211004622. DOI: 10.1177/15248399211004622; PMID: 33890505.
Moore de Peralta, A. (2021). Social determinants of health approach to facilitate fulfillment of the U.S. Latinx children’s right to personal security: The Strong Communities Initiative as a case study. Epidemiology International Journal, 5(1), DOI: 10.23880/eij-16000181. https://medwinpublishers.com/EIJ/social-determinants-of-health-approach-to-facilitate-fulfillment-of-the-us-latinx-childrens-right-to-personal-security-the-strong-communities-initiative-as-a-case-study.pdf.
Claypool, N. & Moore de Peralta, A. (2021). The Influence of Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs), Including the COVID-19 Pandemic, and Toxic Stress on Development and Health Outcomes of Latinx Children in the USA: A Review of the Literature. International Journal on Child Maltreatment: Research, Policy and Practice, 4(3), 257-278. DOI: 10.1007/s42448-021-00080-y. https://link.springer.com/content/pdf/10.1007/s42448-021-00080-y.pdf.
Moore de Peralta, A., Eichinger, M., & Hossfeld, L. (2020). Urban health and urbanization: Socio-ecological approaches to address social determinants of nutritional health in urban settings. In Barth, M. & Bell, R. Eds. Public Health Nutrition: Rural, Urban and Global Community-based Practice; New York: Springer Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-0-8261-4684-7; DOI: 10.1891/9780826146854.
Sims, C., Carter, A., Moore de Peralta, A., Hofrova, A., & Brown, S. (2020). Advancing gender equity through mentoring and leadership development: A human performance technology intervention case study. In Van Tiem, D. M., & Burns, N. C. (Eds.). Cases on Performance Improvement Innovation. Hershey, PA: IGI Global. http://doi:10.4018/978-1-7998-3673-5.
Moore de Peralta, A., Davis, L., Brown, K., Fuentes, M., Falconer, N.S., Charles, J. & Eichinger, M. (2020). Using community-engaged research to explore social determinants of health in a low-resource community in the Dominican Republic: A community health assessment. Hispanic Health Care International, 18, 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1540415319874812; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1540415319874812; https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/languages_pubs/103/
Moore de Peralta, A., Smithwick, J., & Torres, M. E. (2020). Perceptions and determinants of partnership trust in the context of Community-Based Participatory Research. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 13, 1, 67 – 95. https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol13/iss1/4
Tang Yan, C., Moore de Peralta, A., Sprague-Martinez, L., & Bowers, E. (2019). Realmente tenemos la capacidad: Engaging youth to explore health in the Dominican Republic through photovoice. Journal of Community Engagement and Scholarship, 12 (1), 54-67. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/languages_pubs/102/
Moore de Peralta, A., Gillispie, M., Mobley, C., & Gibson, L. (2019). It’s all about trust and respect: cultural competence and cultural humility in mobile health clinic services for underserved minority populations. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30, 1103-1118. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/731370/pdf; https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/languages_pubs/104
Moore de Peralta, A., Holaday, B., & Hadoto, I. M. (2017). Cues to Cervical Cancer Screening among U.S.-Hispanic Women. Hispanic Health Care International, 15, 5 - 12. https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/languages_pubs/106; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/1540415316682494
Moore de Peralta, A., Holaday, B., & McDonell, J. (2015). Factors affecting Hispanic women's participation in screening for cervical cancer. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 17, 684-695. doi:10.1007/s10903-014-9997-7
