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| Victoria D OjedaSummaryAffiliation: University of California Country: USA Publications
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The influence of perceived risk to health and immigration-related characteristics on substance use among Latino and other immigrantsVictoria D Ojeda
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
Am J Public Health 98:862-8. 2008....
Gender, race-ethnicity, and psychosocial barriers to mental health care: an examination of perceptions and attitudes among adults reporting unmet needVictoria D Ojeda
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
J Health Soc Behav 49:317-34. 2008..Future research should examine the relationships among social status, help-seeking behaviors, and attitudes toward mental health care...- Circular migration by Mexican female sex workers who are injection drug users: implications for HIV in Mexican sending communitiesVictoria D Ojeda
Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, UCSD School of Medicine, Institute of the Americas, University of California, La Jolla, CA 92093, USA
J Immigr Minor Health 14:107-15. 2012..Circular migrant FSW-IDUs exhibit multiple HIV risks and opportunities for bridging populations. Regular HIV testing and treatment and access to substance use services is critical for FSW-IDUs and their sexual/drug-using contacts... - A qualitative view of drug use behaviors of Mexican male injection drug users deported from the United StatesVictoria D Ojeda
Division of Global Public Health, UCSD School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 10111 N Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
J Urban Health 88:104-17. 2011..The health status and health behaviors of deportees are likely to impact receiving Mexican communities. Programs that address health, social, and economic issues may aid deportees in resettling in Mexico... 
Mental illness, nativity, gender and labor supplyVictoria D Ojeda
Division of Global Public Health, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, Institute of the Americas, 10111 N Torrey Pines Rd, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
Health Econ 19:396-421. 2010..Results did not change using IV models for MI. Most persons with MI work, yet symptom severity reduces labor supply among natives especially. Immigrants' labor supply is less affected by MI...- Correlates and contexts of US injection drug initiation among undocumented Mexican migrant men who were deported from the United StatesAngela M Robertson
Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, La Jolla, San Diego, 92093 0507, USA
AIDS Behav 16:1670-80. 2012..HIV prevention programs may prevent/delay US injection initiation by addressing socio-economic and migration-related stressors experienced by undocumented migrants... - Deportation experiences of women who inject drugs in Tijuana, MexicoAngela M Robertson
University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 0507, USA
Qual Health Res 22:499-510. 2012..Binational coordination is needed to help deported women resettle in Mexico... - Differential effects of migration and deportation on HIV infection among male and female injection drug users in Tijuana, MexicoSteffanie A Strathdee
School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
PLoS ONE 3:e2690. 2008..Future studies are needed to elucidate the context of mobility and HIV acquisition in this region, and whether US immigration policies adversely affect HIV risk... - Assessing needs for mental health and other services among transition-age youths, parents, and providersTodd P Gilmer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
Psychiatr Serv 63:338-42. 2012..This qualitative study assessed the needs for mental health and other services among transition-age youths who were receiving services in youth-specific programs... - Influences of cross-border mobility on tuberculosis diagnoses and treatment interruption among injection drug users in Tijuana, MexicoRobert Deiss
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, Division of International Health and Cross Cultural Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, San Diego, USA
Am J Public Health 99:1491-5. 2009..We sought to identify correlates of reported lifetime diagnoses of TB among injection drug users in the border city of Tijuana, Mexico... - Reducing harm from HIV/AIDS misconceptions among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico: A cross sectional analysisAngela M Robertson
Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego School of Medicine, 9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0680, La Jolla, CA, USA
Harm Reduct J 9:35. 2012..abstract:.. - Adherence to antipsychotics among Latinos and Asians with schizophrenia and limited English proficiencyTodd P Gilmer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
Psychiatr Serv 60:175-82. 2009.... - Access to public mental health services among older adults with severe mental illnessTodd P Gilmer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093 0622, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 24:313-8. 2009.... - Correlates of early versus later initiation into sex work in two Mexico-U.S. border citiesOralia Loza
Department of Medicine, University of California at San Diego, La Jolla, California 92093 0680, USA
J Adolesc Health 46:37-44. 2010..To examine correlates of early initiation into sex work in two Mexico-U.S. border cities... - Cross-border drug injection relationships among injection drug users in Tijuana, MexicoKarla D Wagner
Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive MC 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 113:236-41. 2011..Among drug users, mobility increases risk for human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) in part through its effects on the social environment. However, the social dynamics of drug users living in border regions are understudied... - Male injection drug users try new drugs following U.S. deportation to Tijuana, MexicoAngela M Robertson
Division of Global Public Health, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Institute of the Americas, 10111 N Torrey Pines Road, Mail Code 0507, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 120:142-8. 2012..Changing drug use behaviors following deportation, including the use of new drugs, may increase HIV risk but are understudied. We identify correlates of trying new drugs following male IDUs' most recent U.S. deportation to Mexico... - Change in mental health service use after offering youth-specific versus adult programs to transition-age youthsTodd P Gilmer
Division of Health Policy in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego UCSD, 9500 Gilman Dr, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
Psychiatr Serv 63:592-6. 2012..This study examined changes in service use associated with providing age-specific services for youths in their transitional years, ages 18–24... - Costs of community-based public mental health services for older adults: variations related to age and diagnosisTodd Gilmer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California, San Diego, CA 92093, USA
Int J Geriatr Psychiatry 21:1121-6. 2006..This study examined use and costs of mental health services among older adults in San Diego County in order to determine how expenditures and modes of service varied by age cohort and psychiatric diagnosis... - Initiation and use of public mental health services by persons with severe mental illness and limited english proficiencyTodd P Gilmer
Department of Family and Preventive Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
Psychiatr Serv 58:1555-62. 2007.... - Trends in use of antipsychotics and mood stabilizers among Medicaid beneficiaries with bipolar disorder, 2001-2004Colin Depp
Sam and Rose Stein Institute for Research on Aging, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA 92093 0622, USA
Psychiatr Serv 59:1169-74. 2008..This study examined longitudinal trends in the use of mood stabilizers and antipsychotics for treatment of bipolar disorder in a large public mental health system and whether trends differed by age, gender, and race-ethnicity... - Social support and recovery among Mexican female sex workers who inject drugsSarah P Hiller
Division of Global Public Health, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, Institute of the Americas, La Jolla, CA 92093 0507, USA
J Subst Abuse Treat 45:44-54. 2013.... - Health insurance coverage for vulnerable populations: contrasting Asian Americans and Latinos in the United StatesMargarita Alegria
Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, USA
Inquiry 43:231-54. 2006..Potential explanations include the type of occupations available to Latinos and Asians, reforms in immigration laws, length of time in the United States, and regional differences in safety-net coverage. Policy implications are discussed... - Gender and racial/ethnic differences in use of outpatient mental health and substance use services by depressed adultsVictoria D Ojeda
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, 180 Longwood Ave, Boston, MA, 02115, USA
Psychiatr Q 77:211-22. 2006..Other vulnerable populations include older adults especially, men, and men in poor health... - Mind the gap: parents' citizenship as predictor of Latino children's health insuranceVictoria D Ojeda
Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
J Health Care Poor Underserved 16:555-75. 2005..Latino children are more likely to have health insurance if they have at least one citizen parent. Continued and varied efforts are needed to promote coverage among U.S.-born Latino children...