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| Tomas D MatosSummaryAffiliation: Universidad Central del Caribe Publications
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HIV risk behaviors and alcohol intoxication among injection drug users in Puerto RicoTomas D Matos
Center for Addiction Studies, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, P O Box 60327, Bayamon, PR 00960 6032, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 76:229-34. 2004..HIV prevention programs, to be effective, must address alcohol intoxication and its relation to injection and sexual risk behaviors as a central issue in HIV prevention among drug injectors...- Effects of combined counseling and case management to reduce HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic drug injectors in Puerto Rico: a randomized controlled studyRafaela R Robles
Center for Addiction Studies, School of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, Bayamon, Puerto Rico 00960 6032
J Subst Abuse Treat 27:145-52. 2004..Confirming the outcomes of this study in other Hispanic sites and populations could be a critical step towards reducing factors that contribute to the self-sustaining HIV/AIDS epidemic in Puerto Rico and communities in the U.S. mainland... - Factors associated with drug treatment dropout among injection drug users in Puerto RicoC Amalia Marrero
Center for Addiction Studies, Caribbean Basin and Hispanic Addiction Technology Transfer Center, School of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, P O Box 60327, Bayamón 00960 6032, Puerto Rico
Addict Behav 30:397-402. 2005..Improving adherence to drug treatment and reducing dropout rates are complex processes that need to be addressed at the individual behavioral and social support levels, as well as the program process and resource levels... - Severe anxiety symptomatology and HIV risk behavior among Hispanic injection drug users in Puerto RicoJuan C Reyes
Center for Addiction Studies, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, P O Box 60327, Bayamon, Puerto Rico, 00960 6032, Argentina
AIDS Behav 11:145-50. 2007..The findings from this study alert HIV prevention and treatment programs to the need to address anxiety disorders within their programs... 
Homelessness and HIV risk behaviors among drug injectors in Puerto RicoJuan C Reyes
Center for Addiction Studies, School of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, 60327, Bayamon, PR 00960 6032, USA
J Urban Health 82:446-55. 2005..Findings from this study present an added challenge to drug treatment and HIV prevention and treatment programs, to provide services that can address the additional needs of drug users suffering the stressors of homelessness...- Mortality among Hispanic drug users in Puerto RicoRafaela R Robles
Centro de Estudios en Adicción, Escuela de Medicina, Universidad Central del Caribe, PO Box 60327, Bayamon, PR 00960 6032
P R Health Sci J 22:369-76. 2003..Puerto Rico needs to continue developing programs to prevent HIV/AIDS among drug users. Special attention should be given to young women, who appear to be in greatest need of programs to prevent early mortality... - Correlates of early sexual activity among Hispanic children in middle adolescenceRafaela R Robles
Center for Addiction Studies, School of Medicine, Universidad Central del Caribe, PO Box 60 327, Bayamon, Puerto Rico 00960 6032
P R Health Sci J 26:119-26. 2007..We analyzed early sexual activity among Hispanic 14 to 15-year-old adolescents residing in a poor neighborhood in Puerto Rico... - Prevalence and correlates of hepatitis C virus infection among street-recruited injection drug users in San Juan, Puerto RicoJuan C Reyes
Center for Addiction Studies, Institute of Addiction, Universidad Central del Caribe, PO Box 60327, Bayamon, 00960, Puerto Rico
J Urban Health 83:1105-13. 2006..This study indicates that more aggressive educational programs are urgently needed to reduce the spread of HCV infection among IDUs in Puerto Rico... 
Polydrug use and attempted suicide among Hispanic adolescents in Puerto RicoJuan C Reyes
Institute of Research, Education and Services on Addiction, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Arch Suicide Res 15:151-9. 2011..Adolescents with mothers who met the criteria for depression were more likely to report suicide attempts (OR = 2.4, p = 0.069). Health professionals need to screen for polydrug use and depression to prevent future suicidal behaviors...- Determinants of health care use among Puerto Rican drug users in Puerto Rico and New York CityRafaela R Robles
Center for Addiction Studies, Universidad Central del Caribe School of Medicine, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
Clin Infect Dis 37:S392-403. 2003..Although Puerto Rican drug users in Puerto Rico are not an ethnic minority, they reported significant disparities in health services use compared with Puerto Rican drug users in New York... - Predictors of school dropout among adolescents in Puerto RicoJose M Calderon
Institute of Research, Education and Services in Addiction, Universidad Central del Caribe, School of Medicine, P O Box 60 327, Bayamon, Puerto Rico 00960 6032
P R Health Sci J 28:307-12. 2009..This research aims to understand the circumstances associated with school dropout in a cohort of Puerto Rican adolescents...