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| Vincent Guilamo-RamosSummaryAffiliation: Columbia University Country: USA Publications
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Binge drinking among Latino youth: role of acculturation-related variablesVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work and Department of Population and Family Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10025, USA
Psychol Addict Behav 18:135-42. 2004..Youth with a previous history of alcohol consumption experience greater likelihood of binge drinking as a function of the acculturation-related variables, but the relationships are complex...- The Linking Lives health education program: a randomized clinical trial of a parent-based tobacco use prevention program for african american and latino youthsVincent Guilamo-Ramos
Columbia University School of Social Work, 1255 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA
Am J Public Health 100:1641-7. 2010..We evaluated the effectiveness of a parent-based add-on component to a school-based intervention to prevent cigarette smoking among African American and Latino middle school youths... - India-US collaboration to prevent adolescent HIV infection: the feasibility of a family-based HIV-prevention intervention for rural Indian youthAsha Banu Soletti
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY, USA
J Int AIDS Soc 12:35. 2009..abstract:.. 
Familial and cultural influences on sexual risk behaviors among Mexican, Puerto Rican, and Dominican youthVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
AIDS Educ Prev 21:61-79. 2009..The most important facet of familismo was subjugation to the family, which was negatively associated with girls' sexual behavior. The implications for HIV prevention programs for Latino youth are discussed...- Maternal influence on adolescent self-esteem, ethnic pride and intentions to engage in risk behavior in Latino youthVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Prev Sci 10:366-75. 2009..Both age and gender were related to ethnic pride, with ethnic pride diminishing as adolescents became older and females having higher levels of ethnic pride than males... - Family mediators of acculturation and adolescent sexual behavior among Latino youthVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, NY 10027, USA
J Prim Prev 30:395-419. 2009..Protective and risk-inducing associations were observed, with important gender differences operating for boys and girls. Implications for the development of applied prevention programs are discussed... - Parent-adolescent communication about sexual intercourse: an analysis of maternal reluctance to communicateVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Health Psychol 27:760-9. 2008..According to the theory, parental decisions or intentions to engage in such conversations are a function of expectancies, social norms, self-concept, emotions, and self-efficacy... 
Adolescent expectancies, parent-adolescent communication and intentions to have sexual intercourse among inner-city, middle school youthVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Ann Behav Med 34:56-66. 2007..The incidence and prevalence of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections among American adolescents remain unacceptably high...- Parenting practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican mothersVincent Guilamo-Ramos
Columbia University School of Social Work, New York, NY 10027, USA
Soc Work 52:17-30. 2007..The study has important applied implications for culturally competent social work practice with Latino adolescents and their families... - Progressing from light experimentation to heavy episodic drinking in early and middle adolescenceVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, 622 West 113th Street, New York 10025, USA
J Stud Alcohol 65:494-500. 2004..The present study examined parental and peer influences, gender and grade level as predictors of such changes in adolescent alcohol consumption... - Acculturation-related variables, sexual initiation, and subsequent sexual behavior among Puerto Rican, Mexican, and Cuban youthVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work and Heilbrunn Department of Population and Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY 10027, USA
Health Psychol 24:88-95. 2005..The opposite was observed for youth who were born in the United States or who had resided in the United States most of their lives... - Prevention programs for reducing adolescent problem behaviors: Implications of the co-occurrence of problem behaviors in adolescenceVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA
J Adolesc Health 36:82-6. 2005..To examine the correlations between multiple risk behaviors in adolescent populations to document the extent to which problem behaviors are intercorrelated and to identify factors associated with variations in these correlations... - Parental and school correlates of binge drinking among middle school studentsVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1225 Amsterdam Ave, New York, NY 10027, USA
Am J Public Health 95:894-9. 2005..We examined the prevalence and dynamics of binge drinking among middle school students... - Maternal perceptions of alcohol use by adolescents who drink alcoholVincent Guilamo-Ramos
School of Social Work, Columbia University, 1255 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York 10027, USA
J Stud Alcohol 67:730-7. 2006.... - A comparative study of interventions for delaying the initiation of sexual intercourse among Latino and black youthVincent Guilamo-Ramos
Center for Latino Adolescent and Family Health, Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, USA
Perspect Sex Reprod Health 43:247-54. 2011..Latino and black adolescents are disproportionately affected by STDs, including HIV, and unintended pregnancies. Few parent-based interventions have targeted these youth, focused on early adolescence and had high participation rates... - Parent-adolescent communication about sex in rural India: U.S.-India collaboration to prevent adolescent HIVVincent Guilamo-Ramos
New York University Silver School of SocialWork, New York, New York 10003, USA
Qual Health Res 22:788-800. 2012..Future research should seek to determine the viability of family-based HIV prevention interventions for Indian adolescents... - A parent-based intervention to reduce sexual risk behavior in early adolescence: building alliances between physicians, social workers, and parentsVincent Guilamo-Ramos
Silver School of Social Work, New York University, Washington Square North, New York, NY 10003, USA
J Adolesc Health 48:159-63. 2011..This was delivered to mothers while waiting for their adolescent child to complete an annual physical examination... - Emotions and cognitions as correlates of early adolescent sexual behavior among Dominican youth in the United States and Dominican RepublicVincent Guilamo-Ramos
Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, USA
AIDS Behav 17:961-75. 2013..The implications for HIV prevention programs for Dominican youth are discussed... - HIV Risk Behavior among Youth in the Dominican Republic: The Role of Alcohol and Other DrugsVincent Guilamo-Ramos
1Silver School of Social Work, New York University, New York, NY, USA
J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 10:388-95. 2011..We discuss implications for developing applied family-based programs to target Dominican adolescent alcohol use and sexual risk behavior in tourism areas of high alcohol exposure...
Research Grants
- Family and Cultural Influences on Sex Among Latino YouthVincent Guilamo Ramos; Fiscal Year: 2007..We will interview both adolescents and their mothers on five separate assessment occasions. The final sample size will be approximately 125 mother-adolescent dyands per cell representing a total of 750 dyads in total. ..
- Reducing Teen Risky Behavior: A Clinic-Based ApproachVincent Guilamo Ramos; Fiscal Year: 2007....