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Home » Research Projects » National Institutes of Health (NIH) » Page 3

Projects Sponsored by:National Institutes of Health (NIH)

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Psychosocial wellbeing and service needs of post-deportation U.S. citizen-children in Mexico

Researcher(s):
  • Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D.
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Topics:Families, children and youth Immigrants/Refugees Latinx populations Mental health
Sponsors:National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2021

Strengthening Hispanic families via NIDA Prevention Science

Researcher(s):
  • Ruben Parra-Cardona, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Latinx populations Parenting
Sponsors:National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2020

Why adolescent Latinas attempt suicide more than other females

Researcher(s):
  • Lauren E. Gulbas, Ph.D.
  • Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D.
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Topics:Disparities Latinx populations Mental health Racial/ethnic/sexual diversity
Sponsors:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2020

Tablet-based intervention to prevent substance-exposed pregnancy in primary care

Researcher(s):
  • Kirk von Sternberg, Ph.D.
  • Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Health/Health care
Sponsors:National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2020

Tablet-based intervention to prevent substance-exposed pregnancy in primary care: Diversity supplement

Researcher(s):
  • Mercedes Hernandez, Ph.D., LCSW
  • Mary Velasquez, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Latinx populations
Sponsors:National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2020

Limited English proficiency and health care among older immigrants

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Topics:Asian Americans Gerontology Immigrants/Refugees
Sponsors:National Institute on Aging National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2019

Access, appraisals, and endorsement of mental health care on college campuses

Researcher(s):
  • Susan M. De Luca, Ph.D.
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Topics:Mental health Racial/ethnic/sexual diversity
Sponsors:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2019

Assessing smoking dependence among Spanish-speaking Latino smokers

Researcher(s):
  • Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Latinx populations
Sponsors:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2019

Suicidal trajectories from early adolescence into young adulthood in a national sample

Researcher(s):
  • Susan M. De Luca, Ph.D.
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Topics:Mental health
Sponsors:National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2019

Culturally relevant model of smoking cessation among Latinos

Researcher(s):
  • Yessenia Castro, Ph.D.
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Topics:Addictions Health/Health care Latinx populations
Sponsors:National Cancer Institute National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2017

Bringing what works to youth in corrections

Researcher(s):
  • Molly Lopez, Ph.D.
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Topics:Juvenile/Criminal justice Mental health
Sponsors:National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2016

Undocumented, unaccompanied, and citizen: Charting research directions for children of immigration

Researcher(s):
  • Luis H. Zayas, Ph.D.
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Topics:Immigrants/Refugees Latinx populations Mental health
Sponsors:National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities National Institutes of Health (NIH)
End Date2016
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