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| Guillermo J PradoSummaryAffiliation: University of Miami Country: USA Publications
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The efficacy of Familias Unidas on drug and alcohol outcomes for Hispanic delinquent youth: main effects and interaction effects by parental stress and social supportGuillermo Prado
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 125:S18-25. 2012..Additionally, this study explored whether Familias Unidas' effects varied by environmental context, namely parental stress and social support for parents...
Effects of a family intervention in reducing HIV risk behaviors among high-risk Hispanic adolescents: a randomized controlled trialGuillermo Prado
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, FL 33163, USA
Arch Pediatr Adolesc Med 166:127-33. 2012..To determine the efficacy of a family intervention in reducing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors among Hispanic delinquent adolescents...
A randomized controlled trial of a parent-centered intervention in preventing substance use and HIV risk behaviors in Hispanic adolescentsGuillermo Prado
Center for Family Studies, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 75:914-26. 2007....- Ecodevelopmental x intrapersonal risk: substance use and sexual behavior in Hispanic adolescentsGuillermo J Prado
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
Health Educ Behav 36:45-61. 2009..Implications for intervention development are discussed in terms of these Hispanic adolescent subgroups... - What accounts for differences in substance use among U.S.-born and immigrant Hispanic adolescents?: results from a longitudinal prospective cohort studyGuillermo Prado
Department of Epidemiology and Public Health, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
J Adolesc Health 45:118-25. 2009..e., U.S. born vs. immigrant) on Hispanic adolescent substance use is mediated by ecological processes such as family functioning, school connectedness, and perceived peer substance use... - An empirical test of ecodevelopmental theory in predicting HIV risk behaviors among Hispanic youthGuillermo Prado
University of Miami, FL 33155, USA
Health Educ Behav 37:97-114. 2010..These findings suggest that HIV risk behaviors may best be understood as associated with multiple and interrelated ecological determinants... - Religious involvement, coping, social support, and psychological distress in HIV-seropositive African American mothersGuillermo Prado
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
AIDS Behav 8:221-35. 2004.... - Predictors of eating attitudes and behaviors among gay Hispanic menJoseph P De Santis
University of Miami, School of Nursing and Health Studies, 5030 Brunson Drive, Room 432A, Coral Gables, FL 33146, USA
Arch Psychiatr Nurs 26:111-26. 2012..Addressing and treating these health conditions as a group of related mental health conditions are necessary. More research is needed to further explore this cluster of health issues among gay Hispanic men... - Adolescent neurological development and its implications for adolescent substance use preventionBarbara Lopez
Department of Cardiology, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, 1425 N W 10th Avenue, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Prim Prev 29:5-35. 2008.... - Cruising in cyber space: comparing Internet chat room versus community venues for recruiting Hispanic men who have sex with men to participate in prevention studiesM Isabel Fernandez
Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, 3200 South University Drive, 4th Fl Terry Bldg, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314, USA
J Ethn Subst Abuse 6:143-62. 2007..Implications of our findings for using Internet chatrooms as recruitment venues are discussed... - Prospective association between dieting and smoking initiation among adolescentsMildred M Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research and Institute for Child Health Policy, Gainesville, Florida 32610 0177, USA
Am J Health Promot 22:25-32. 2007..To examine the relation between dieting and smoking initiation among adolescents... - Negative effects on family functioning from psychosocial treatments: a recommendation for expanded safety monitoringJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Fam Psychol 21:468-78. 2007..Therefore, it is important to conduct further research to determine whether safety studies should be required for psychosocial treatments... - Spirituality, sense of coherence, and coping responses in women receiving treatment for alcohol and drug addictionSandra Arevalo
Institute on Urban Health Research, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Avenue, Stearns Suite 503, Boston, MA 02115, USA
Eval Program Plann 31:113-23. 2008..To examine the role of spirituality, sense of coherence, and coping responses in relation to stress and trauma symptoms among women in substance abuse treatment... - Drug abuse in African American and Hispanic adolescents: culture, development, and behaviorJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Annu Rev Clin Psychol 3:77-105. 2007..However, each of these groups encompasses considerable genetic, historical, social, and cultural heterogeneity. Investigation across such diversity will yield a more complete picture of the human condition... - Familias Unidas: the efficacy of an intervention to promote parental investment in Hispanic immigrant familiesHilda Pantin
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, Florida 33136, USA
Prev Sci 4:189-201. 2003..The findings suggest that Familias Unidas is efficacious in promoting protection and reducing risk for adolescent problem behaviors in poor immigrant Hispanic families... - Structural ecosystems therapy for HIV-seropositive African American women: effects on psychological distress, family hassles, and family supportJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Consult Clin Psychol 72:288-303. 2004..Implications for further intervention development are discussed... - Ecodevelopmental HIV prevention programs for Hispanic adolescentsHilda Pantin
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Am J Orthopsychiatry 74:545-58. 2004..Principles for designing prevention programs to offset these risks are offered on the basis of an ecodevelopmental HIV prevention program that has been developed and is currently being tested... - Methodological challenges in designing efficacious drug abuse and HIV preventive interventions for Hispanic adolescent subgroupsHilda Pantin
Department of Psychiatry, Center for Family Studies, University of Miami, FL 33136, USA
J Urban Health 82:iii92-102. 2005..Finally, the article presents methods for designing, adapting, and evaluating "flexible" interventions for use with Hispanic adolescent subgroups... - Predictors of engagement and retention into a parent-centered, ecodevelopmental HIV preventive intervention for Hispanic adolescents and their familiesGuillermo Prado
Stempel School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th St HLS 597 Miami, FL 33199, USA
J Pediatr Psychol 31:874-90. 2006..The influence of retention on changes in adolescent HIV-risk attitudes was also examined... - The prevention of HIV transmission in Hispanic adolescentsGuillermo Prado
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Stempel School of Public Health, Florida International University, 11200 SW 8th Street HLS II 597, Miami, FL 33199, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 84:S43-53. 2006..Seven specific recommendations are advanced in areas that have the potential to further the field of HIV prevention for Hispanic adolescents... - Outpatient drug abuse treatment for Hispanic adolescentsJose Szapocznik
Center for Family Studies, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Leonard M Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Miami, FL 33136, USA
Drug Alcohol Depend 84:S54-63. 2006..Family-based approaches, which typically appear to be most efficacious with adolescents in general, may also have the greatest potential to treat drug abuse in Hispanic adolescents... - Crystal methamphetamine: a source of added sexual risk for Hispanic men who have sex with men?M Isabel Fernandez
Nova Southeastern University, College of Osteopathic Medicine, 4th Floor Terry Building, 3200 S University Drive, Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328 2018, United States
Drug Alcohol Depend 86:245-52. 2007..To determine whether use of crystal methamphetamine increases HIV risk behaviors beyond the risk associated with use of other recreational drugs among Hispanic men who have sex with men (HMSM)... - Effects of integrated trauma treatment on outcomes in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of women in urban community-based substance abuse treatmentHortensia Amaro
Institute on Urban Health Research, Bouve College of Health Sciences, Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA
J Urban Health 84:508-22. 2007.... - Patterns of substance use onset among Hispanics in Puerto Rico and the United StatesMildred M Maldonado-Molina
University of Florida, College of Medicine, Department of Epidemiology and Health Policy Research, 1329 SW 16th St, Room 5130, Box 100177, Gainesville, FL 32610 0177, USA
Addict Behav 32:2432-7. 2007..Examine patterns of progression in substance use among Hispanic youth 13 to 17 years of age from two longitudinally representative studies... - Relational factors and family treatment engagement among low-income, HIV-positive African American mothersVictoria B Mitrani
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of Miami School of Medicine, USA
Fam Process 42:31-45. 2003..003) and mother's desire for involvement with family (p < .018) were differentially related to family treatment engagement in low- versus high-support families. Implications for clinical practice and future research are discussed...
Research Grants
- Ecodevelopmental Classes of Youth Drug Use/Risky SexGuillermo Prado; Fiscal Year: 2005..This study has the potential to help reduce health disparities in Hispanic populations. ..
- Preventing Drug Abuse and HIV in Hispanic First OffendersGuillermo Prado; Fiscal Year: 2009..abstract_text> ..
- Familias Unidas Stage III Study: Preventing Substance Abuse in Hispanic YouthGuillermo Prado; Fiscal Year: 2009..The knowledge expected to be gained from this study will aid in the development of effective interventions to reduce drug use, cigarette use, unprotected sexual behavior, and HIV in Hispanic adolescents. ..
- Familias Unidas Stage III Study: Preventing Substance Abuse in Hispanic YouthGuillermo Prado; Fiscal Year: 2010..The knowledge expected to be gained from this study will aid in the development of effective interventions to reduce drug use, cigarette use, unprotected sexual behavior, and HIV in Hispanic adolescents. ..
- Familias Unidas Stage III Study: Preventing Substance Abuse in Hispanic YouthGuillermo Prado; Fiscal Year: 2009..The knowledge expected to be gained from this study will aid in the development of effective interventions to reduce drug use, cigarette use, unprotected sexual behavior, and HIV in Hispanic adolescents. ..
- Preventing Drug Abuse and HIV in Hispanic First OffendersGuillermo Prado; Fiscal Year: 2010..abstract_text> ..
- Familias Unidas Stage III Study: Preventing Substance Abuse in Hispanic YouthGuillermo Prado; Fiscal Year: 2010..The knowledge expected to be gained from this study will aid in the development of effective interventions to reduce drug use, cigarette use, unprotected sexual behavior, and HIV in Hispanic adolescents. ..