http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/ OpenACS News OpenACS 5.0 Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:07:20 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//rss-support/images/openacs_logo_rss.gif http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/ 126 48 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=46927 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=46927 Ha T. Nguyen, PhD, MPH, is an Assistant Professor of Family and Community Medicine, Wake Forest University School of Medicine, with cross-appointments in the Maya Angelou Research Center on Minority Health, Center for Worker Health, the J. Paul Sticht Center on Aging and Rehabilitation, and the Women’s Health Center of Excellence for Research, Leadership and Education. She received her doctoral degree in Human Development and Family Studies from the Pennsylvania State University, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship in cognitive disparities research at the NIH/NIA, Cognition Section. During fellowship training at NIA, Dr. Nguyen received a MPH from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. A common thread across all of her training and research activities is the focus upon elucidating processes which lead to health disparities particularly in cognitive and functional impairment. As a Healthcare Quality Scholar, Dr. Nguyen will study the extent to which elements of the patient-healthcare provider encounter impact the Hispanic disparity in obesity. This will serve as a spring board to her research interest in how obesity-related disorders such as functional disability and dementia are interpreted by providers, influence the health care encounters between patients and providers, and affect health care quality and outcome. Project Title: Characteristics of the Patient-Healthcare Provider Encounter regarding Medical Advice about Exercise Project Databases: Medical Expenditure Panel Survey (MEPS) 2005 Full Year Consolidated Data Recent Publications Nguyen H, Grzywacz J, Lang W, Walkup M and Arcury T. “Effects of complementary therapy on health in a national US sample of older adults.” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Therapy, 16(7): 701-706, 2010. Nguyen HT, Markides K and Winkleby M. “Physician Advice on Exercise and Diet in a U.S. Sample of Obese Mexican American Adults.” American Journal of Health Promotion, 25(6): 402-409, 2011. hnguyen@wfubmc.edu Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:07:20 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=43925 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=43925 Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D. is Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. He holds degrees from the University of Miami (B.A. and M.D.), trained in primary care general internal medicine at UCSF. Dr. Pérez-Stable's research has focused on health and health care disparities by race and ethnicity in the areas of tobacco use and cessation, cancer prevention and aging. He has special expertise in development of risk factor reduction interventions for Latinos: 1) Program Latino Para Dejar de Fumar to decrease nicotine dependence in San Francisco Latinos; 2) En Accion Contra el Cancer to promote screening procedures for early detection of breast and cervical cancer, smoking cessation, decreased alcohol consumption, and changes in dietary habits to promote a healthier lifestyle. Dr. Pérez-Stable is Director of the UCSF Medical Effectiveness Research Center for Diverse Populations which is focusing on health care issues in African American and Latino populations in the areas of cancer, cardiovascular disease, and reproductive health with methodological working groups on ascertainment of ethnicity, quality of care and cost effectiveness analyses. Recent Publications: Moran A, Degennaro V, Ferrante D, Coxson PG, Palmas W, Mejia R, Perez-Stable EJ, Goldman L. Coronary heart disease and stroke attributable to major risk factors is similar in Argentina and the United States: The Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model. Int J Cardiol. 2011 May 6. [Epub] Pérez-Stable EJ, Benowitz NL. Do biological differences help explain tobacco-related disparities? Am J Health Promot. 2011 May-Jun;25(5 Suppl):S8-10. Fernander A, Resnicow K, Viswanath K, Pérez-Stable EJ. Cigarette smoking interventions among diverse populations. Am J Health Promot. 2011 May-Jun;25(5 Suppl):S1-4. Contact Information: eliseops@medicine.ucsf.edu Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:58:15 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=41932 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=41932 Professor Viruell-Fuentes' health disparities research seeks to unravel the complex relationships between immigration and health. Her work builds on the premise that studying immigrant health offers insights into the impact of social contexts on health status, which in turn can contribute to the elimination of health disparities. Based on her field research in immigrant communities, she has proposed several conceptual re-directions to immigrant health research. She is currently testing these ideas in her quantitative work and conducting a project to examine the (health) impacts of migration in immigrant-sending communities. Dr. Viruell-Fuentes is the co-author of several publications on community-based participatory research. In addition, she is the author of "‘My heart is always there’: The Transnational Practices of First-generation Mexican Immigrant and Second-generation Mexican American Women, Identities: Global Studies in Culture and Power, 13(July-September 2006), 335-362. Her article "Beyond acculturation: Immigration, Discrimination, and Health Research among Mexicans in the United States" will soon appear in Social Science and Medicine. Dr. Viruell-Fuentes holds an M.P.H. from the School of Public Health at the University of North Carolina in Chapel Hill and a Ph.D. from the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan. She recently completed a joint Yerby-Kellogg Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Harvard School of Public Health. Project Title: Health Care Access, Neighborhood Context, and Social Resources among Latinos in Chicago Recent Publications: Andrade, F. & Viruell-Fuentes, E.A. (In Press). Latinos and the Changing Demographic Landscape: Key Dimensions for Infrastructure Building. In L. P. Buki & L. M. Piedra (Eds.), Haciendo camino al andar: Creating infrastructures for Latino mental health. New York: Springer. Miranda, P.Y., Viruell-Fuentes, E.A., Wilkinson A.V., Strong L.L., Zhou, R., Etzel, & C.J., Bondy, M.L. (In Preparation). Construct vs. measurement: Mixed findings and the limitations of “acculturation” in health research. American Journal of Public Health. Taverno, S., Francis, L., BeLue, R. & Viruell-Fuentes, E.A. (In Preparation). Associations between Physical Activity and Overweight among U.S. Children of Immigrants: Results from the 2007 National Survey of Children’s Health. Viruell-Fuentes, E.A. (2011). “It’s a lot of work”: Racialization processes, ethnic identity formations, and their health implications. Du Bois Review: Social Science Research on Race. Special issue on Racial Inequality and Health, 8(1): 37-52. Viruell-Fuentes, E.A., Ponce, N., & Alegría, M. (Under Review). Hypertension outcomes and neighborhood contexts among Latinos in Chicago. Journal of General Internal Medicine. Contact Information: eviruell@illinois.edu Wed, 06 Jul 2011 07:13:24 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=41924 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=41924 Dr. Juan Emilio Carrillo is Associate Attending Physician at New York- Presbyterian Hospital and Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine and Clinical Public Health at the Weill Cornell Medical College. In addition to his academic duties, Dr. Carrillo serves as President and Chief Medical Officer of the New York-Presbyterian Hospital Community Health Plan. Dr. Carrillo received his undergraduate degree from Columbia College in 1972, his medical degree from Harvard Medical School in 1976, and his masters of public health degree from Harvard School of Public Health in 1981. His commitment to community health began early in his career at Harvard Medical School, when he studied the impact of cultural and social factors on patient care. Dr. Carrillo is a leading healthcare administrator and expert in community health and cultural competency. His research focuses on race, ethnicity and barriers to optimizing healthcare. New York-Presbyterian Hospital Community Health Plan Recent and Pending Publications Carrillo JE, Carrillo VA, Perez HR, Salas-Lopez D, Natale-Pereira A and Byron AT. “Defining and Targeting Health Care Access Barriers.” Journal of Health of the Poor and Undeserved, 22(2): 562-575, 2011. Reyes-Ortiz CA, Markides KS. Socioeconomic factors, immigration status, and cancer screening among Mexican American women aged 75 and older. Health Care for Women International. 2010; 31:1068-1081. Contact Information: Carlos.ReyesOrtiz@unthsc.edu Wed, 08 Jun 2011 07:34:55 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=39925 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=39925 Carlos A. Reyes-Ortiz, MD, PhD, is currently an Associate Professor in Social & Behavioral Sciences at the UNT Health Science Center in Fort Worth, Texas. He received a medical degree in 1982, and a clinical residency training in Family Medicine in 1987 from the University of Valle in Cali, Colombia. He completed two geriatrics fellowships, one at the Red Cross Hospital, in Madrid, Spain, and another one at the McGuire VAMC, Medical College of Virginia in 1996. Subsequently, he completed a PhD in Preventive Medicine and Community Health, at the UTMB in Galveston, Texas in 2005. He has developed a geriatric medicine program, and edited-authored a textbook in geriatric medicine at the university of Valle Medical School in his native Colombia. His previous research interest included religiosity in older people. More recently, his interest focuses on health disparities research related to aging and cancer. He has been working in some geriatric syndromes such as falls-fear of falling and cognitive impairment. For the past several years, he has been working on the effect of neighborhood characteristics (e.g., ethnic concentration and poverty) on cancer among Hispanics, including the relationship with stage at diagnosis, and survival. He is also interested in disparities related to cancer screening among the older population, and the relationship between acculturation, diet and cancer (especially prostate) among Hispanics. Project Title: Socioeconomic Factors, Acculturation and Cancer Screening among Older Mexican American Women. Project database: Hispanic Established Populations for the Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly (Hispanic EPESE). http://www.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/MDRC-STUDY/04102.xml Recent Publications: - Reyes-Ortiz CA, Goodwin JS, Freeman JL, Zhang D. Socioeconomic status and chemotherapy use for melanoma. Canadian Journal on Aging. Epub 2011 January; 30. (01). - Matallana D, de Santacruz C, Cano C, Reyes P, Samper-Ternent R, Markides KS, Ottenbacher KJ, Reyes-Ortiz CA. The relationship between education level and Mini Mental State Examination domains among older Mexican Americans. Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry & Neurology. 2010 November. In Press. - Reyes-Ortiz CA, Markides KS. Socioeconomic factors, immigration status, and cancer screening among Mexican American women aged 75 and older. Health Care for Women International. 2010; 31:1068-1081. Contact Information: Carlos.ReyesOrtiz@unthsc.edu Mon, 18 Apr 2011 07:56:10 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=38935 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=38935 José Escarce, MD, PhD, is a professor of medicine in the division of general internal medicine and health services research at the Geffen School of Medicine and a senior natural scientist at the RAND Corp. He graduated from Princeton University, received a master's degree from Harvard University, and earned a medical degree and a doctorate in health economics from the University of Pennsylvania. He completed his medical residency at Stanford University. Escarce has published extensively on a variety of topics, including physician behavior, medical technology adoption, racial and socioeconomic differences in health care, and the effects of market forces on access, costs and quality of care. He currently serves on the Institute of Medicine [IOM]'s Board on Population Health and Public Health Practice and its Roundtable on Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Health; is a member of AcademyHealth's Methods Council; and sits on the Congressional Budget Office's Panel of Health Advisors. He is co-editor-in-chief of the journal Health Services Research, one of the leading scholarly publications in its field, and serves on the board of directors of AcademyHealth. In 2008, Dr. Escarce was elected into the IOM as well. Project Title: "Community demographics and access to health care among US hispanics" Project Data: 1996–2002 Medical Expenditure Panel Survey data, linked to secondary data sources and including 14,504 observations from 8,371 Mexican American respondents living in metropolitan areas. Recent and Pending Publications Rogowski J, Freedman VA, Wickstrom SL, Adams J, Escarce JJ. (2008). Socioeconomic disparities in medical provider visits among medicare managed care enrollees. Inquiry. Spring;45(1):112-29. Dob, D.P., Fincha, BK, Basurto-Davilad, R., Birdc, C, Escarce, J., and Luriec, N. (2008). Does place explain racial health disparities? Quantifying the contribution of residential context to the Black/white health gap in the United States. Social Science & Medicine. 67(8): 1258-1268. Flores, Y. N., H. F. Yee,Leng M, Escarce, J, Bastani R, Salmerón, J and Morales, L. (2008). "Risk Factors for Chronic Liver Disease in Blacks, Mexican Americans, and Whites in the United States: Results From NHANES IV 1999-2004." The American Journal of Gastroenterology. 103(9): 2231-2238. Wu, S, Ridgely, S.M., Escarce, J, and Morales, L. (2007). Language Access Services for Latinos with Limited EnglishProficiency: Lessons Learned from Hablamos Juntos. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 22 (Suppl 2):350–5. Contact Information: jescarce@mednet.ucla.edu Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:55:14 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=38924 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=38924 Thomas D. Sequist, MD, MPH, is an associate professor of medicine and of health care policy at Harvard Medical School and Brigham and Women’s Hospital. He currently practices general internal medicine and is the Director of Research at Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, the largest multispecialty physician group practice in Massachusetts. Dr. Sequist’s research agenda focuses on three areas: ambulatory quality improvement, racial disparities, and Native American health care. He works closely with the leadership of Harvard Vanguard Medical Associates, a large multispecialty group practice in eastern Massachusetts, on a wide spectrum of quality improvement projects involving health information technology, disease registries, organizational change, and patient and provider education. This work has focused on improving patient safety, preventive care, and chronic disease care. His research in quality improvement has been funded by the National Cancer Institute, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Commonwealth Fund, and the Harvard Risk Management Foundation. Dr. Sequist is also actively involved in understanding how quality improvement strategies can be tailored to eliminate racial disparities in diabetes care. Dr. Sequist recently led a randomized trial of cultural competency training and provider performance feedback to reduce disparities, and continues to explore alternative primary care-based methods of addressing inappropriate differences in health outcomes. He is also a leader in studying Native American health care, working through funding from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality to analyze quality of care within the Indian Health Service. Beyond research, Dr. Sequist is committed to improving the health of Native Americans through mentorship and volunteerism. He has served for over 10 years as a director of the Four Directions Summer Research Program at Harvard Medical School. This program offers American Indian undergraduate students a summer research experience, career advice, and long-term mentoring. He is also the Medical Director of the Brigham and Women’s Hospital Physician Volunteer Program, which sends physician volunteers to the Indian Health Service on the Navajo Reservation in rural New Mexico, providing clinical care and teaching as part of a program to improve the health status of this underserved population. Project Title: “Understanding Barriers to Quality Improvement within the Indian Health Service” Project Databases: Survey of all 873 federally employed physicians in the HIS and HIS national electronic medical record system. Recent and Pending Publications Sequist TD, Cullen T, Bernard K, Shaykevich S, Orav J and Ayarian JZ. “Trends in Quality of Care and Barriers to Improvement in the Indian Health Service.” J Gen Intern Med, Epub 2010 Dec. tsequist@partners.org Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:54:20 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=38939 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=38939 Click to read more: http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla/study-identifies-disparities-in-158504.aspx Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:20:43 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=36965 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=36965 Manuscripts published in 2008 González HM, Croghan T, West B, Williams D, Nesse R, Tarraf W, Taylor R, Hinton L, Neighbords H and Jackson J. “Antidepressant Use in Black and White Populations in the United States.” Psychiatric Services, 59(10): 1131-1138, 2008. Reyes-Ortiz CA, Velez LF, Camacho ME, Ottenbacher KJ and Markides KS. “Health Insurance and Cervical Cancer Screening among Older Women In Latin American and Caribbean Cities.” International Journal of Epidemiology, 37(4): 870-878, 2008. Manuscripts published in 2009 Alegria M, Sribney WM, Perez D, Laderman M and Keefe K. “The Role of Patient Activation on Patient-Provider Communicaton and Quality of Care for US and Foreign Born Latino Patients.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 534-541, 2009. Beal A, Hernandez S, and Doty M. “Latino Access to the Patient-Centered Medical Home.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3):514-520, 2009. Beard HA, Ghatrif JA, Samper-Ternent F, Gerst K and Markides KS. “Trends in Diabetes Prevalence and Diabetes-Related Complications in Older Mexican-Americans From 1993/1994 to 2004/2005.” Diabetes Care, 32(12): 2212-2217, 2009. Bersamin A, Stafford RS and Winkleby MA. “Predictors of Hypertension Awareness, Treatment, and Control Among Mexican American Women and Men.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 521-527, 2009. Duran B, Oetzel J, Parker T, Malcoe LH, Lucero J and Jian Y. “Intimate Partner Violence and Alcohol, Drug, and Mental Disorders Among American Indian Women from Southwest Tribes in Primary Care.” American Indian and Alaska Native Mental Health Research, 16(2): 11-27, 2009. González HM, Ceballos M, Tarraf W, West BT, Bowen ME and Vega WA. “The Health of Older Mexican Americans in the Long Run.” American Journal of Public Health, 99(10): 1879-1885, 2009. González HM, Tarraf W, West BT, Croghan TW, Bowen ME, Cao Z and Alegria M. “Antidepressant Use in a National Representative Sample of Community-Dwelling US Latinos with and without Depressive and Anxiety Disorders.” Depression and Anxiety, 26: 674-681, 2009. González HM, Vega WA, Rodriguez MA, Tarraf W and Sribney W. “Diabetes Awareness and Knowledge Among Latinos: Does a Usual Source of Healthcare Matter?” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(Suppl 3): 528-533, 2009. Gresenz CR, Rogowski J and Escarce JJ. “Community Demographics and Access to Health Care Among U.S. Hispanics.” Health Services Research, 44(5): 1542-1562, 2009. Markides KS, Salinas J and Sheffield K. “The Health of Older Immigrants.” Generations. 32(4): 46-52, 2009. Moreno G, Tarn DM and Morales LS. “Impact of Interpreters on the Receipt of New Prescription Medication Information Among Spanish-Speaking Latinos.” Medical Care, 47(12): 1201-1208, 2009. Ottenbacher KJ, Graham JE, Al Snih S, Raji M, Samper-Ternent R, Ostir GV and Markides KS. “Mexican Americans and Frailty: Findings From the Hispanic Established Populations Epidemiologic Studies of the Elderly.” American Journal of Public Health, 99(4): 673-679, 2009. Perez D, Sribney WM and Rodriguez MA. “Perceived Discrimination and Self-Reported Quality of Care Among Latinos in the United States.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 548-554, 2009. Perez D, Ang A and Vega WA. “Effects of Health Insurance on Perceived Quality of Care Among Latinos in the United States.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 555-560, 2009. Reyes-Ortiz CA, Rodriguez MA and Markides KS. “The Role of Spirituality Healing with Perceptions of the Medical Encounter among Latinos.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 542-547, 2009. Rodríguez MA, Vargas-Bustamante A and Ang A. “Perceived Quality of Care, Receipt of Preventive Care, and Usual Source of Health Care Among Undocumented and Other Latinos.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 534-541, 2009. Rodríguez MA and Vega WA. “Confronting Inequities in Latino Health Care.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 505-507, 2009. Vargas-Bustamante A, Fang H, Rizzo JA and Ortega AN. “Heterogeneity in Health Insurance Coverage Among US Latino Adults.” Special issue: Journal of General Internal Medicine, 24(3): 561-566, 2009. Vega WA, Rodríguez MA and Gruskin E. “Health Disparities in the Latino Population.” Epidemiologic Reviews, 31(1): 99-112, 2009. Manuscripts published in 2010 Afable-Munsuz A, Ponce NA, Rodríguez MA and Perez-Stable EJ. “Immigrant generation and physical activity among Mexican, Chinese & Filipino adults in the U.S.” Social Science and Medicine, 70(12): 1997-2005, 2010. Alegria M, Vallas M and Pumariega AJ. “Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Mental Health.” Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 19(4): 759-774, 2010. Coker TR, Rodriguez MA and Flores G. “Family-Centered Care for US Children With Special Health Care Needs: Who Gets it and Why?” Pediatrics, 125(6): 1159-1167, 2010. Duran B, Harrison M, Shurley M, Foley K, Morris P, Davidson-Stroh L, Iralu J, Jiang Y and Andrasik MP. “Tribally-Driven HIV/AIDS Health Services Partnership: Evidence-Based Meets Culture-Centered Interventions.” Journal of HIV/AIDS & Social Services, 9: 110-129, 2010. Fish JS, Ettner S, Ang A and Brown AF. “Association of Perceived Neighborhood Safety on Body Mass Index.” American Journal of Public Health, 100(11): 2296-2303, 2010. González HM, Vega WA, Williams DR, Tarraf W, West BT and Neighbors HW. “Depression Care in the United States: Too Little for Too Few.” Arch Gen Psychiatry, 67(1): 37-46, 2010. González HM, Vega WA and Tarraf W. “Health Care Quality Perceptions among Foreign-Born Latinos and the Importance of Speaking the Same Language.” J Am Board of Family Medicine, 23(6): 745-752, 2010. Interian A, Ang A, Gara MA, Link BG, Rodriguez MA and Vega WA. “Stigma and depression treatment utilization among Latinos: utility of four stigma measures.” Psychiatr Serv, 61(4): 373-379, 2010. Iralu J, Duran B, Pearson C, Jiang Y, Foley K, Peake M and Harrison M. “Risk Factors for HIV Disease Progression in a Rural Southwest American Indian Population.” Public Health Reports, 125(Suppl 4): 1-14, 2010. Jernigan V, Duran B, Ahn D and Winkleby M. “Changing Patterns in Health Behaviors and Risk Factors Related to Cardiovascular Disease Among American Indians and Alaska Natives.” American Journal of Public Health, 100(4): 677-683, 2010. Morales LS, Varma R, Paz SH, Lai MY, Mazhar K, Andersen RM and Azen SP. “Self-Reported Use of Eye Care among Latinos: The Los Angeles Latino Eye Study.” Ophthalmology, 117: 207-215, 2010. Nguyen H, Grzywacz J, Lang W, Walkup M and Arcury T. “Longitudinal analysis of the effects of complementary therapy on health in a national US sample of older adults.” Journal of Alternative and Complementary Therapy, 16(7): 701-706, 2010. Reyes-Ortiz CA and Markides KS. “Socioeconomic Factors, Immigration Status, and Cancer Screening Among Mexican American Women Aged 75 and Older.” Health Care for Women International, 31: 1068-1081, 2010. Rodriguez H, Chen J and Rodriguez MA. “A National Study of Problematic Care Experiences among Latinos with Diabetes.” Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 21(4): 1152-1168, 2010. Vega WA, Rodriguez MA and Ang A. “Addressing stigma of depression in Latino primary care patients.” Gen Hosp Psychiatry, 32(2): 182-191, 2010. Wallerstein N and Duran B. “Community-Based Participatory Research Contributions to Intervention Research: The Intersection of Science and Practice to Improve Health Equity.” American Journal of Public Health, 100(Suppl 1): 40-46, 2010. Manuscripts to be published in 2011 (epublished) Al Ghatrif M, Kuo YF, Al Snih S, Raij MA, Ray LA and Markides KS. “Trends in Hypertension Prevalence, Awareness, Treatment and Control in Older Mexican Americans, 1993-2005.” Ann Epidemiol, 21(1): 15-25, 2011. Epub 2010 Aug. Sequist TD, Cullen T, Bernard K, Shaykevich S, Orav J and Ayarian JZ. “Trends in Quality of Care and Barriers to Improvement in the Indian Health Service.” J Gen Intern Med, Epub 2010 Dec. Manuscripts Accepted for Publication (In Press) Ang A & Morisky D. "A Multilevel Analysis of the Impact of Socio-Structural and Environmental Influences on Condom Use Among Female Sex Workers." Aids and Behavior. Provisionally accepted, 2010. Carrillo JE, et al. “Defining and Targeting Health Care Access Barriers.” Journal of Health of the Poor and Undeserved. In press, 2010. Duru K, Bilik D, McEwen LN, Brown A, Karter AJ, Curb JD, Marrero DG, Lu S, Rodriguez MA and Mangione CM. “Primary Language, Income and the Intensification of Anti-Glycemic Medications in Managed Care: the Translating Research into Action for Diabetes (TRIAD) Study.” Journal of General Internal Medicine. In press, 2010. Markides K, et al. “Hispanic Paradox in Adult Mortality in the United States.” International Handbook of Adult Mortality. In press, 2010. Nguyen HT, Markides K and Winkleby M. “Physician Advice on Exercise and Diet in a U.S. Sample of Obese Mexican American Adults.” American Journal of Health Promotion. In Press, 2010. Vega WA, Ang A, Rodriguez MA and Finch BK. “Neighborhood Protective Effects on Depression in Latinos.” Am J Community Psychol. In Press, 2010. Thu, 27 Jan 2011 07:13:26 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=36977 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=36977 Hortensia Amaro, Ph.D., is Distinguished Professor of Health Sciences at the Bouve College of Health Sciences at Northeastern University. She received her doctoral degree from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1982 and was awarded an Honorary Doctoral Degree in Humane Letters by Simmons College in 1994. Over the last 20 years, Dr. Amaro's work has focused on improving the connections between public health research and public health practice. Her research has resulted in over 65 scientific publications on epidemiological and community-based studies of alcohol and drug use among adolescents and adults; on the effectiveness of HIV/AIDS prevention programs; and on substance abuse and mental health treatment issues for women. She has been the principal investigator and manager of 28 public health research grants totaling over $25 million dollars. She currently is Principal Investigator and collaborator on numerous research projects including: 1) a national cross-site study of the effectiveness of gender specific substance abuse treatment programs, 2) a national cross-site study on the effectiveness of integrated and trauma informed service delivery model for substance abusing women with mental health disorders, 3) a study of the effectiveness of a gender specific HIV prevention program for Latinas, 4) a study of HIV prevention with African American and Latina women in substance abuse treatment, 5) a population based HIV behavioral indicators research study, 6) a national cross-site study of HIV prevention among racial and ethnic minority populations, and 7) a faculty training program on substance abuse prevention. RECENT AND PENDING PUBLICATIONS Ulibarri, M.D., Sumner, L.A., Cyriac, A., Amaro, H. (2010). Power, Violence, and HIV Risk in Women. In M. Paludi & F.L. Denmark (Eds.), Victims of Sexual Assault and Abuse: Resources and Responses for Individuals and Families: Vol. 1. Incidence and Psychological Dimensions. Santa Barbara, CA: Praeger, ABC-CLIO. Arévalo, S., & Amaro, H. (2010).Sexual health of Latino populations in the U.S. In M. Asencio (Ed.), Latina/o Sexualities: Probing Powers, Passions, Practices and Policies. (pp. 75-89) New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. Meléndez, M., Cortés, D., Amaro, H. (In press). Acceptability and cultural fit of spiritual self-schema therapy for Puerto Rican women with addiction disorders: qualitative findings. Women and Therapy. Rickles, N., Dominguez, S., and Amaro, H. (In press). Perceptions of healthcare, health status, and discrimination among African-American veterans. E. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice. Ulibarri, M.D., Strathdee, S.A., Lozada, R., Magis-Rodriguez, C., Amaro, H., O’Campo, P., & Patterson, T.L. (In press). Prevalence and correlates of client-perpetrated violence among female sex workers in two Mexico-U.S. border cities. Violence Against Women. h.amaro@neu.edu Wed, 26 Jan 2011 09:32:38 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=32004 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=32004 Dr. William Vega has been named executive director of the Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging based at the USC School of Social Work. http://uscnews.usc.edu/university/william_vega_directs_roybal_institute.html Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:48:00 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=31922 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=31922 Network researchers from UCLA and Wayne State University found that African Americans and Mexican Americans had significantly lower odds of receiving any depression therapy than non-Latino whites. The study was published online January 4 in the Archives of General Psychiatry. http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/cgi/reprint/67/1/37 Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:43:10 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=31911 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=31911 Dr. Hortensia Amaro, Network investigator and director of Northeastern University's Insitute on Urban Health Research will collaborate with the Boston Health Commission and the Massachusetts Department of Public Health to develop and evaluate novel approaches to substance abuse treatment programs for men and women, and evaluate new mental health services for children from birth to eight years old in Massachusetts. http://www.northeastern.edu/news/stories/2009/10/amaroiuhrgrants.html Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:08:32 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=31913 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=31913 Dr. Michael Rodriguez, professor of family medicine, commented Nov. 3 on the Univision news magazine, “Aqui y Ahora,” about dehydration in a segment about immigrants who cross the desert. http://www.univision.com/content/videoplayer.jhtml?cid=2153041 He was also quoted Nov. 4 in a New York Times article about healthcare coverage for legal immigrants. “Health Care Debate Focuses on Legal Immigrants” http://www.nytimes.com/2009/11/04/health/policy/04immig.html?_r=2 Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:40:15 GMT http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=24004 http://www.multiculturalhealthcare.net//news/item?item%5fid=24004 To view the talk, Click Here. [1] To visit the Alliance for Health Reform website, Click Here. [2] [1] http://www.kaisernetwork.org/health_cast/player.cfm?id=4338&play=4 [2] http://www.allhealth.org/ Thu, 29 Oct 2009 09:53:03 GMT