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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Hortensia Amaro is a Cuban-American educator, and formerly Distinguished Professor at Northeastern University and Associate Vice Provost of Community Research and Dean's Professor of Social Work and Preventative Medicine at the University of Southern California. Amaro was born in Cuba and moved to Los Angeles, California as a child. From a young age, she recognized that there was a demand for public health services in her area, particularly by immigrants and minorities. Amaro assisted in the development and implementation of numerous treatment and prevention models as well as the creation and establishment of several clinical interventions and programs dedicated to substance abuse, mental health and HIV/AIDS treatment and prevention that target women and minorities.
Hortensia Amaro's Published Works
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Published Works
- Love, sex, and power. Considering women's realities in HIV prevention. (1995) (999)
- Relationship power, condom use and HIV risk among women in the USA (2002) (610)
- Effects of maternal marijuana and cocaine use on fetal growth. (1989) (608)
- Depressive symptoms during pregnancy: Relationship to poor health behaviors (1989) (547)
- Violence during pregnancy and substance use. (1990) (532)
- On the Margin: Power and Women's HIV Risk Reduction Strategies (2000) (389)
- Latino outlook: good health, uncertain prognosis. (1994) (377)
- Cocaine use during pregnancy: prevalence and correlates. (1988) (372)
- Effects of maternal marijuana and cocaine use on fetal growth (1989) (263)
- Acculturation and marijuana and cocaine use: findings from HHANES 1982-84. (1990) (248)
- Personal and social difficulties faced by women and men entering alcoholism treatment. (1986) (226)
- Twelve-month outcomes of trauma-informed interventions for women with co-occurring disorders. (2005) (214)
- Perpetration of intimate partner violence associated with sexual risk behaviors among young adult men. (2006) (189)
- Avoiding heterosexist bias in psychological research. (1991) (175)
- Prevalence and correlates of HIV infection among female sex workers in 2 Mexico-US border cities. (2008) (173)
- Family and Work Predictors of Psychological Well-Being Among Hispanic Women Professionals (1987) (157)
- The Relationship Between Sexual Abuse and Sexual Risk Among High School Students: Findings from the 1997 Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey (2000) (155)
- Foreign-born and US-born black women: differences in health behaviors and birth outcomes. (1990) (153)
- Women's Sexual Health: The Need for Feminist Analyses in Public Health in the Decade of Behavior (2001) (145)
- Gender relations in addiction and recovery. (1995) (139)
- Efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. (2008) (132)
- Disparities in Latino substance use, service use, and treatment: implications for culturally and evidence-based interventions under health care reform. (2013) (129)
- Developing Theory-Based Substance Abuse Prevention Programs for Young Adolescent Girls (2001) (127)
- Drug use among adolescent mothers: profile of risk. (1989) (122)
- Abused women report greater male partner risk and gender-based risk for HIV: findings from a community-based study with Hispanic women (2004) (120)
- Spirituality, sense of coherence, and coping responses in women receiving treatment for alcohol and drug addiction. (2008) (117)
- Criollo, mestizo, mulato, LatiNegro, indígena, white, or black? The US Hispanic/Latino population and multiple responses in the 2000 census. (2000) (113)
- Outcomes for women with co-occurring disorders and trauma: program and person-level effects. (2005) (111)
- Public health needs and scientific opportunities in research on Latinas. (2002) (103)
- Women in the Mexican‐American community: Religion, culture, and reproductive attitudes and experiences (1988) (101)
- Improving drug treatment services for Hispanics: research gaps and scientific opportunities. (2006) (97)
- Adaptation of Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Program for Addiction Relapse Prevention (2009) (96)
- An exploration of contextual factors that influence HIV risk in female sex workers in Mexico: The Social Ecological Model applied to HIV risk behaviors (2009) (96)
- Alcohol and drug use and related consequences among gay, lesbian and bisexual college students: role of experiencing violence, feeling safe on campus, and perceived stress. (2010) (95)
- Health Issues In the Black Community (1994) (90)
- Characteristics of Female Sex Workers With US Clients in Two Mexico-US Border Cities (2008) (88)
- Considerations for Prevention of HIV Infection Among Hispanic Women (1988) (88)
- Effects of Integrated Trauma Treatment on Outcomes in a Racially/Ethnically Diverse Sample of Women in Urban Community-based Substance Abuse Treatment (2007) (87)
- Alcohol abuse and dependence in Latinos living in the United States: validation of the CAGE (4M) questions. (1999) (83)
- Needs and scientific opportunities for research on substance abuse treatment among Hispanic adults. (2006) (83)
- A Review of Substance Abuse Prevention Interventions for Young Adolescent Girls (2001) (83)
- Panel I: Epidemiology of minority health. (1995) (80)
- Intimate Partner Violence among Female Sex Workers in Two Mexico-U.S. Border Cities: Partner Characteristics and HIV Risk-behaviors as Correlates of Abuse. (2010) (75)
- Comparison of Sexual and Drug Use Behaviors Between Female Sex Workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico (2006) (74)
- Reporting of Treatment Fidelity in Mindfulness-Based Intervention Trials: A Review and New Tool Using NIH Behavior Change Consortium Guidelines (2018) (73)
- The relation between interpersonal violence and substance use among a sample of university students: examination of the role of victim and perpetrator substance use. (2009) (73)
- Patterns of women's use of alcohol treatment agencies. (1984) (72)
- Injection Drug Use as a Mediator Between Client-perpetrated Abuse and HIV Status Among Female Sex Workers in Two Mexico-US Border Cities (2009) (69)
- Racial/Ethnic Differences in Social Vulnerability among Women with Co-Occurring Mental Health and Substance Abuse Disorders: Implications for Treatment Services. (2005) (67)
- Does integrated trauma‐informed substance abuse treatment increase treatment retention? (2007) (67)
- Maternal marijuana use and neonatal outcome: uncertainty posed by self-reports. (1986) (66)
- Discrimination and substance use disorders among Latinos: the role of gender, nativity, and ethnicity. (2014) (66)
- Hispanic Women and Mental Health: An Overview of Contemporary Issues in Research and Practice (1987) (66)
- Substance Abuse Treatment: Critical Issues and Challenges in the Treatment of Latina Women (1999) (56)
- Brief Screening and Intervention for Alcohol and Drug Use in a College Student Health Clinic: Feasibility, Implementation, and Outcomes (2010) (55)
- Feasibility, Acceptability, and Preliminary Outcomes of a Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention Intervention for Culturally-Diverse, Low-Income Women in Substance Use Disorder Treatment (2014) (54)
- Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the HIV and Substance Abuse Epidemics: Communities Responding to the Need (2001) (53)
- Correlates of early versus later initiation into sex work in two Mexico-U.S. border cities. (2010) (53)
- Can't Buy My Love: A Typology of Female Sex Workers' Commercial Relationships in the Mexico–U.S. Border Region (2014) (50)
- The prevention of HIV transmission in Hispanic adolescents. (2006) (50)
- History of Abuse and Psychological Distress Symptoms Among Female Sex Workers in Two Mexico–U.S. Border Cities (2009) (48)
- Associations between migrant status and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico (2009) (45)
- A comparison of black and white women entering alcoholism treatment. (1987) (45)
- “Amar te Duele” (“Love Hurts”): Sexual Relationship Power, Intimate Partner Violence, Depression Symptoms and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers Who Use Drugs and Their Non-commercial, Steady Partners in Mexico (2014) (44)
- Mental Health of Adolescent Mothers: The Implications of Depression and Drug Use (1987) (43)
- Is a General Women's Health Promotion Program as Effective as an HIV-Intensive Prevention Program in Reducing HIV Risk among Hispanic Women? (2001) (43)
- Validity of self-reporting of marijuana and cocaine use among pregnant adolescents. (1989) (42)
- Effects of trauma intervention on HIV sexual risk behaviors among women with co‐occurring disorders in substance abuse treatment (2007) (41)
- Longitudinal Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization in Latino Emerging Adults (2018) (39)
- "Where It Falls Apart": Barriers to Retention in HIV Care in Latino Immigrants and Migrants. (2017) (38)
- A Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention for Female Sex Workers in Mexico (2006) (38)
- Culturally Tailoring HIV/AIDS Prevention Programs: Why, When, and How (2001) (36)
- Social vulnerabilities for substance use: Stressors, socially toxic environments, and discrimination and racism (2021) (36)
- Lifetime and during pregnancy experience of violence and the risk of low birth weight and preterm birth. (2008) (35)
- The action is upstream: place-based approaches for achieving population health and health equity. (2014) (33)
- Epidemiology of minority health. (1995) (33)
- Addiction treatment intervention: an uncontrolled prospective pilot study of Spiritual Self-Schema therapy with Latina women. (2010) (33)
- Predictors of Sexual Risk Reduction Among Mexican Female Sex Workers Enrolled in a Behavioral Intervention Study (2009) (32)
- Depressive Symptoms and Resilience among Hispanic Emerging Adults: Examining the Moderating Effects of Mindfulness, Distress Tolerance, Emotion Regulation, Family Cohesion, and Social Support (2020) (31)
- An expensive policy: the impact of inadequate funding for substance abuse treatment. (1999) (31)
- Trial of the university assistance program for alcohol use among mandated students. (2009) (31)
- Unhealthy Weight Gain During Treatment for Alcohol and Drug Use in Four Residential Programs for Latina and African American Women (2009) (29)
- Love, Trust, and HIV Risk Among Female Sex Workers and Their Intimate Male Partners. (2015) (29)
- Boston Consortium of Services for Families in Recovery (2005) (28)
- Moment-by-Moment in Women's Recovery: Randomized controlled trial protocol to test the efficacy of a mindfulness-based intervention on treatment retention and relapse prevention among women in residential treatment for substance use disorder. (2017) (27)
- Brief screening for co-occurring disorders among women entering substance abuse treatment (2006) (27)
- Moment-by-Moment in Women's Recovery (MMWR): Mindfulness-based intervention effects on residential substance use disorder treatment retention in a randomized controlled trial. (2019) (24)
- An ecological momentary assessment study examining posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms, prenatal bonding, and substance use among pregnant women. (2019) (23)
- Depression among Adolescent Mothers: A Pilot Study (1988) (23)
- Survey of AIDS knowledge and behavior changes among Massachusetts adults. (1989) (22)
- Clinical Needs of In-treatment Pregnant Women with Co-occurring Disorders: Implications for Primary Care (2014) (22)
- Cultural Influences on Women’s Sexual Health (2002) (22)
- The Use of Inpatient Mental Health Services by Hispanic Women (1987) (22)
- Heterosexual Behavioral Maintenance and Change Following HIV Counseling and Testing (2005) (21)
- Reproductive choice in the age of AIDs: Policy and counselling issues. (1993) (21)
- Maternal HIV/AIDS and adolescent depression: A covariance structure analysis of the ‘Parents and Children Coping Together’ (PACT) Model (2009) (19)
- Qualitative Inquiry An Underutilized Strategy in AIDS Research (1995) (19)
- Prevalence and Correlates of Client-Perpetrated Abuse Among Female Sex Workers in Two Mexico–U.S. Border Cities (2014) (19)
- HIV Prevention Community Planning: Challenges and Opportunities for Data-Informed Decision-Making (2005) (17)
- Improving the Use of Data for HIV Prevention Decision Making: Lessons Learned (2005) (17)
- Teratogenicity of cocaine. (1987) (16)
- Implementation and Long-Term Outcomes of Two HIV Intervention Programs for Latinas (2002) (16)
- Advancing the Science and Practice of Place-Based Intervention. (2016) (16)
- Implementing Mindfulness-Based Relapse Prevention in Diverse Populations: Challenges and Future Directions (2014) (16)
- Gender disparities in access and retention in outpatient methadone treatment for opioid use disorder in low-income urban communities. (2021) (16)
- Factors Associated with Drug Treatment Entry Patterns Among Hispanic Women Injection Drug Users Seeking Treatment (2005) (15)
- Ethnic Differences in Substance Use, Sexual Risk Behaviors, and Psychosocial Factors in a Sample of Heterosexual Methamphetamine Users (2009) (15)
- The development of a relevant and comprehensive research agenda to improve Hispanic health. (1993) (14)
- Alcohol Abuse and Dependence in Latinos Living in the United States Validation of the CAGE ( 4 M ) Questions (1999) (14)
- Effects of an alcohol intervention on drinking among female college students with and without a recent history of sexual violence. (2011) (14)
- A Comparison of Maternal Interview and Medical Record Ascertainment of Violence among Women who had Poor Pregnancy Outcomes (2006) (13)
- Acceptability of mindfulness-based interventions for substance use disorder: A systematic review. (2019) (13)
- Ethnic/race differences in the attrition of older American survey respondents: implications for health-related research. (2012) (11)
- Gender disparities in opioid treatment progress in methadone versus counseling (2021) (11)
- Bridging Data and Decision Making: Development of Techniques for Improving the HIV Prevention Community Planning Process (2005) (11)
- Social and Structural Challenges to Drug Cessation Among Couples in Northern Mexico: Implications for Drug Treatment in Underserved Communities. (2016) (11)
- Opportunities in Hispanic drug abuse research. (2006) (10)
- Maternal HIV/AIDS and adolescent depression: A covariance structure analysis of the "Parents and Adolescents Coping Together" (PACT) model. (2009) (9)
- Mindfulness-Based Intervention Effects on Substance Use and Relapse Among Women in Residential Treatment: A Randomized Controlled Trial With 8.5-Month Follow-Up Period From the Moment-by-Moment in Women’s Recovery Project (2021) (8)
- Contemporary Research on Hispanic Women: A Selected Bibliography of the Social Science Literature (1987) (8)
- A pilot study assessing maternal marijuana use by urine assay during pregnancy. (1985) (7)
- Perceptions of Healthcare, Health Status, and Discrimination Among African-American Veterans (2010) (7)
- Understanding Lesbian Relationships (2009) (7)
- Video-Based Grocery Shopping Intervention Effect on Purchasing Behaviors Among Latina Shoppers (2017) (7)
- Acting with Awareness and Distress Tolerance Relate to PTSD Symptoms Among Women with Substance Use Disorder (2020) (6)
- HIV Prevention Community Planning: Enhancing Data-Informed Decision-Making (2005) (6)
- Love, Sex, and Power Revisited (2012) (6)
- Using machine learning to advance disparities research: Subgroup analyses of access to opioid treatment (2021) (5)
- Sexual trauma history is associated with reduced orbitofrontal network strength in substance-dependent women (2019) (5)
- Saber Es Poder: The cultural adaptation of a trauma intervention for Latina women. (2012) (5)
- Acceptability and Cultural Fit of Spiritual Self-Schema Therapy for Puerto Rican Women with Addiction Disorders: Qualitative Findings (2012) (5)
- HIV/AIDS Prevention Program Evaluation Report. (1995) (4)
- Pretreatment social network characteristics relate to increased risk of dropout and unfavorable outcomes among women in a residential treatment setting for substance use. (2020) (4)
- Disparities in expected driving time to opioid treatment and treatment completion: findings from an exploratory study (2022) (4)
- Moment-by-Moment in Women’s Recovery: A Mindfulness-Based Approach to Relapse Prevention Satisfaction Questionnaire (2016) (3)
- Examination of referral source and retention among women in residential substance use disorder treatment: a prospective follow-up study (2020) (3)
- Special supplement on Hispanics/Latinos and HIV/AIDS. Introduction. (2009) (3)
- Participation of Latino Community-based Organizations in the RWCA Process: A Study of Two Metropolitan Areas (1999) (3)
- Cognitive Factors Associated with Frequency of Eating Out and Eating Takeout among Latinas. (2020) (3)
- Longitudinal Observation of an HIV Prevention Community Planning Group (CPG) (2009) (3)
- Then and Now: Historical Landscape of HIV Prevention and Treatment Inequities Among Latinas. (2021) (2)
- The silenced womb exposed. (1986) (2)
- AIDS/HIV among Hispanics in the Northeast and Puerto Rico: Report of Findings and Recommendations. (1991) (2)
- HPV vaccine delay and refusal among unvaccinated Mexican American young adult women: a qualitative investigation of Mexican-born and US-born HPV vaccine decision narratives (2022) (2)
- Acting with awareness moderates the association between lifetime exposure to interpersonal traumatic events and craving via trauma symptoms: a moderated indirect effects model (2022) (1)
- Boston Consortium of Services for Families in Recovery Screen (2014) (1)
- Impact of Ryan White CARE Act Title I on Capacity Building in Latino Community-Based Organizations: Findings from a Study of Two Cities. (1995) (1)
- Sociocultural Environments and Health Disparities Research (2021) (1)
- Getting Personal (2011) (1)
- Reporting of Treatment Fidelity in Mindfulness-Based Intervention Trials: A Review and New Tool Using NIH Behavior Change Consortium Guidelines (2018) (1)
- Personal and Social Difficulties Faced Men Entering Alcoholism Treatment (1986) (1)
- A bifurcated opioid treatment system and widening insidious disparities. (2022) (1)
- Recovery Habits: A Habit Perspective on Recovery from Substance Use Disorder (2018) (1)
- Disparities in opioid treatment access and retention among women based on pregnancy status from 2006 to 2017 (2022) (1)
- Recognition of Reviewers for the American Journal of Health Promotion (2004) (1)
- Four Priorities to Guide a Public Health of Consequence. (2017) (1)
- Achieving Latino Equity in Medicine, Nursing, and Dentistry Education: Accelerating the Path Forward. (2022) (0)
- Head Over Heart (2018) (0)
- Alcohol use among adult recent Latino/a immigrants: the role of stress, forced migration, and adherence to traditional gender roles (2023) (0)
- Dispositional mindfulness and trauma symptom severity associated with uptake of mindfulness practice among women in treatment for substance use disorder (2022) (0)
- 5. Sexual Health of Latina/o Populations in the United States (2020) (0)
- Predictors of injection cessation and relapse among female sex workers who inject drugs in two Mexican-U.S. border cities (2014) (0)
- A comparison of outcomes by sexual orientation among women in integrated substance use and mental health disorder treatment (2015) (0)
- Recognition of Reviewers for the American Journal of Health Promotion (2014) (0)
- Correction to: Disparities in expected driving time to opioid treatment and treatment completion: findings from an exploratory study (2022) (0)
- Hispanic Women in Psychology: A Resource Directory. Revised. (1984) (0)
- Unpredictable outcomes: A retrospective look at turning points and what made a difference in one immigrant's career path (2013) (0)
- Role of Community Context in Mental Health and Addiction Research: Implications for Psychology: (616572013-001) (2013) (0)
- Healthy Habits in Recovery (2011) (0)
- Longitudinal Predictors of Intimate Partner Violence Perpetration and Victimization in Latino Emerging Adults (2017) (0)
- Corrigendum to "Examination of referral source and discharge outcomes among women in residential substance use disorder treatment" [J. Subst. Abuse Treat. 125 (2021) 108319]. (2021) (0)
- Love,Trust,andHIVRiskAmongFemaleSex WorkersandTheirIntimateMalePartners (2015) (0)
- Posttraumatic Diagnostic Symptom Scale--Adapted (2016) (0)
- DiscriminationandSubstanceUseDisordersAmong Latinos:TheRoleofGender,Nativity,andEthnicity (2014) (0)
- Cumulative exposure to traumatic events and craving among women in residential treatment for substance use disorder: The role of emotion dysregulation and mindfulness disposition (2022) (0)
- Health Policy and the Hispanic (1994) (0)
- Program influences on recruitment and retention of minority participants in addictions treatment research (2004) (0)
- Recognition of Reviewers for the American Journal of Health Promotion (1996) (0)
- Health effects of violence across racial and ethnic groups. (2007) (0)
- Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy Research Brief screening for co-occurring disorders among women entering substance abuse treatment (2006) (0)
- Understanding the role of financial capacity in the delivery of opioid use disorder treatment (2023) (0)
- Identifying gender differences in risk profiles and in opioid treatment outcomes in Los Angeles County (2023) (0)
- Mindfulness-Based Intervention Effects on Psychological Well-Being Among Women in Recovery: (604632010-001) (2010) (0)
- Women Professionals Family and Work Predictors of Psychological Well-Being Among Hispanic (2011) (0)
- Racial, ethnic and gender disparities in substance use at discharge (2017) (0)
- Examination of referral source and discharge outcomes among women in residential substance use disorder treatment. (2021) (0)
- Chapter 8. Health of Incarcerated Latino Men (2020) (0)
- Examination of referral source and discharge outcomes among women in residential substance use disorder treatment. (2021) (0)
- Psychoactive Substance Use and Adolescent Pregnancy: Compounded Risk among Inner City Adolescent Mothers (2017) (0)
- The health of incarcerated Latino men. (2010) (0)
- Substance abuse treatment in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts: gaps, consequences and solutions. (2005) (0)
- Acting with Awareness and Distress Tolerance Relate to PTSD Symptoms Among Women with Substance Use Disorder (2020) (0)
- the Social Science Literature Contemporary Research on Hispanic Women: A Selected Bibliography of (2013) (0)
- Recognition of the Reviewers of the American Journal of Health Promotion (1988) (0)
- Title : Brief screening for co-occurring disorders among women entering substance abuse treatment (2006) (0)
- Association Between Dispositional Mindfulness, Clinical Characteristics, and Emotion Regulation in Women Entering Substance Use Disorder Treatment: an fMRI Study (2022) (0)
- Where It Falls Apart (2017) (0)
- Prisci Orozovich, MPH (2006) (0)
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