AVELARDO contact VALDEZ

Summary

Affiliation: University of Houston
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Aggressive crime, alcohol and drug use, and concentrated poverty in 24 U.S. urban areas
    Avelardo Valdez
    Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 4013, USA
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:595-603. 2007
  2. ncbi Heroin transition risk among daily and non-daily cannabis users who are non-injectors of heroin
    Avelardo Valdez
    Office for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, 237 Social Work Building, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    Int J Drug Policy 19:442-9. 2008
  3. ncbi Fumando la piedra: emerging patterns of crack use among Latino immigrant day laborers in New Orleans
    Avelardo Valdez
    Center for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, 110HA Social Work Building, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 12:737-42. 2010
  4. ncbi High rates of transitions to injecting drug use among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users in San Antonio, Texas (never and former injectors)
    Avelardo Valdez
    Graduate College of Social Work, Center for Drug and Social Policy Research, University of Houston, 110HA Social Work, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 114:233-6. 2011
  5. ncbi Measuring violence risk and outcomes among Mexican American adolescent females
    Richard C Cervantes
    Behavioral Assessment, Inc, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
    J Interpers Violence 21:24-41. 2006
  6. ncbi The drugs-violence nexus among Mexican-American gang members
    Avelardo Valdez
    Office for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, 237 Social Work Building, Houston, TX 77204-4013, USA
    J Psychoactive Drugs 38:109-21. 2006
  7. ncbi Potential risk factors for injecting among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users
    Avelardo Valdez
    University of Houston Office for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate School of Social Work, 237 Social Work Bldg, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    J Ethn Subst Abuse 6:49-73. 2007
  8. ncbi Hispanic drug abuse in an evolving cultural context: an agenda for research
    Lynn A Warner
    School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 84:S8-16. 2006

Research Grants

  1. Substance Use and Other Health Consequences Among Katrina Evacuees in Houston
    Avelardo Valdez; Fiscal Year: 2007
  2. Hispanic Heroin Users, Transitions to Injecting and HIV
    Avelardo Valdez; Fiscal Year: 2005
  3. University of Houston Drug Abuse Research Development Program
    Avelardo Valdez; Fiscal Year: 2007
  4. At Risk Hispanic Gangs: Long-Term Consequences for Hiv, Hepatitis and STI
    AVELARDO contact VALDEZ; Fiscal Year: 2010

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Aggressive crime, alcohol and drug use, and concentrated poverty in 24 U.S. urban areas
    Avelardo Valdez
    Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204 4013, USA
    Am J Drug Alcohol Abuse 33:595-603. 2007
    ..Our findings tend to counter the cultural theorists who argue for an indigenous culture of violence in inner-city ghettos and barrios...
  2. ncbi Heroin transition risk among daily and non-daily cannabis users who are non-injectors of heroin
    Avelardo Valdez
    Office for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, 237 Social Work Building, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    Int J Drug Policy 19:442-9. 2008
    ..This paper examines and compares heroin transition risks between two groups of Mexican American cannabis users (daily (DU) vs. non-daily (NDU)) who are NIUs...
  3. ncbi Fumando la piedra: emerging patterns of crack use among Latino immigrant day laborers in New Orleans
    Avelardo Valdez
    Center for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate College of Social Work, University of Houston, 110HA Social Work Building, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 12:737-42. 2010
    ..This study has important public health implications in the spread of HIV and other blood borne pathogens...
  4. ncbi High rates of transitions to injecting drug use among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users in San Antonio, Texas (never and former injectors)
    Avelardo Valdez
    Graduate College of Social Work, Center for Drug and Social Policy Research, University of Houston, 110HA Social Work, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 114:233-6. 2011
    ..To assess the incidence and rate of transition to injecting among Mexican American noninjecting heroin users...
  5. ncbi Measuring violence risk and outcomes among Mexican American adolescent females
    Richard C Cervantes
    Behavioral Assessment, Inc, Beverly Hills, CA, USA
    J Interpers Violence 21:24-41. 2006
    ..Analysis indicates that the CTS2 scales and the PFAV demonstrate adequate reliability, whereas strong criterion validity was evidenced by eight of the CTS2 scales and the PFAV...
  6. ncbi The drugs-violence nexus among Mexican-American gang members
    Avelardo Valdez
    Office for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate School of Social Work, University of Houston, 237 Social Work Building, Houston, TX 77204-4013, USA
    J Psychoactive Drugs 38:109-21. 2006
    ..The study concludes that drugs have a modulating and mediating influence on violence that is conditioned by situational and individual level variables among members of these adolescent street gangs...
  7. ncbi Potential risk factors for injecting among Mexican American non-injecting heroin users
    Avelardo Valdez
    University of Houston Office for Drug and Social Policy Research, Graduate School of Social Work, 237 Social Work Bldg, Houston, TX 77204 4013, USA
    J Ethn Subst Abuse 6:49-73. 2007
    ..The present analysis supports previous research, and more importantly further identifies potential risk factors for injecting that are unique to the cultural and social context of the Mexican American community...
  8. ncbi Hispanic drug abuse in an evolving cultural context: an agenda for research
    Lynn A Warner
    School of Social Welfare, University at Albany, State University of New York, 135 Western Avenue, Albany, NY 12222, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 84:S8-16. 2006
    ..e., family and peer group), and community level influences on drug use, and offers a systematic agenda for future research...

Research Grants15

  1. Substance Use and Other Health Consequences Among Katrina Evacuees in Houston
    Avelardo Valdez; Fiscal Year: 2007
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  2. Hispanic Heroin Users, Transitions to Injecting and HIV
    Avelardo Valdez; Fiscal Year: 2005
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  3. University of Houston Drug Abuse Research Development Program
    Avelardo Valdez; Fiscal Year: 2007
    ..The second pilot will use a "network facilitation" model and focus on the extent to which social networks facilitate (or impede) injecting drug use and related risk behaviors (N=60). ..
  4. At Risk Hispanic Gangs: Long-Term Consequences for Hiv, Hepatitis and STI
    AVELARDO contact VALDEZ; Fiscal Year: 2010
    ..Findings from this study can be used to develop HIV intervention strategies culturally appropriate for high risk Mexican American young adult populations ..