Overview
overview
- Dr. Mario De La Rosa is a professor of social work at the Robert Stempel College of Public Health and Social Work and director of the Center for Research on US Latino HIV/AIDS and Drug Abuse (CRUSADA) at Florida International University (FIU). He is a pioneering scientist with more than three decades of experience and expertise in substance abuse, HIV/AIDS, and cross-cultural issues affecting Latino populations. Dr. De La Rosa serves as principal investigator (PI) of the P20 Center of Excellence at FIU, which is funded by the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), and serves as PI with Dr. Andres Gil of the S21 NIMHD endowment award that funds the Florida International University-Health Disparities Initiative. He has published extensively on Latino cultural and social determinants of substance abuse, HIV/AIDS and violence. He has served on numerous NIH scientific review committees and peer-review scientific editorial boards and is a past member of the NIMHD National Advisory Council. He has won two awards for “Outstanding Research Contributions” at FIU and is the recipient of the National Award of Excellence in Research by a Senior Investigator from the National Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse for his lifelong research efforts. Currently, Dr. De La Rosa’s research focuses on the sociocultural factors influencing substance abuse and HIV risk behaviors among adult Latina immigrants and the impact of pre-immigration factors on alcohol use behaviors of recent young adult Latino immigrants. To learn more about Dr. De La Rosa’s career, read this 2018 article published in the Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions [Interview Conducted by MARILYN W. LEWIS (2018) Pioneers in Social Work Practice With the Addictions: An Interview With Mario De La Rosa, MSSA, PhD, Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions, 18:2, 217-221, DOI: 10.1080/1533256X.2018.1448196].
Publications
selected publications
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Article
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2018Alcohol use Exacerbates Acculturative Stress Among Recently Immigrated, Young Adult Latinas. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 20.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10903-017-0586-4 Web of Science: 000431398800010
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2018Alcohol Use Severity Among Adult Hispanic Immigrants: Examining the Roles of Family Cohesion, Social Support, and Gender. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 53:668-676.
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2018E-cigarette marketing exposure and combustible tobacco use among adolescents in the United States. ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS. 78:74-79.
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2018Latina young adults' use of health care during initial months in the United States. HEALTH CARE FOR WOMEN INTERNATIONAL. 39:343-359.
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2018Sexual risk during initial months in US among Latina young adults. AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV. 30:353-360.
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2017A Brief Report: Lessons Learned and Preliminary Findings of Progreso en Salud, an HIV Risk Reduction Intervention for Latina Seasonal Farmworkers. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 14.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph14010032 Web of Science: 000392578200032
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2017Acculturative Stress, Psychological Distress, and Religious Coping Among Latina Young Adult Immigrants. COUNSELING PSYCHOLOGIST. 45:213-236.
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2017Compulsive buying and quality of life: An estimate of the monetary cost of compulsive buying among adults in early midlife. PSYCHIATRY RESEARCH. 252:208-214.
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2017Cultural Correlates of DUI Risk Perceptions Among Documented and Undocumented Recent Latino Immigrants in South Florida. HISPANIC JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. 39:211-237.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/0739986317698777 Web of Science: 000400084800006
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2017Immigration Stress and Alcohol Use Severity Among Recently Immigrated Hispanic Adults: Examining Moderating Effects of Gender, Immigration Status, and Social Support. JOURNAL OF CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY. 73:294-307.
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2017Joint trajectories of cigarette smoking and depressive symptoms from the mid-20s to the mid-30s predicting generalized anxiety disorder. JOURNAL OF ADDICTIVE DISEASES. 36:158-166.
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2017Lack of Preventive Health Behaviors in the Early Forties: The Role of Earlier Trajectories of Cigarette Smoking From Adolescence to Adulthood. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 52:1527-1537.
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2017Psychosocial Factors Related to the Intergenerational Transmission of Externalizing Behaviors in Early Midlife. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 52:1328-1337.
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2017Riding with Impaired Drivers Among Recent Latino Immigrants in Southern Florida. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 19:1256-1259.Full Text via DOI: 10.1007/s10903-016-0511-2 Web of Science: 000408689700028
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2017The association between alcohol use trajectories from adolescence to adulthood and cannabis use disorder in adulthood: a 22-year longitudinal study. AMERICAN JOURNAL OF DRUG AND ALCOHOL ABUSE. 43:727-733.
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2016Evaluating a Culturally Tailored HIV Risk Reduction Intervention Among Latina Immigrants in the Farmworker CommunityFull Text via DOI: 10.1002/wmh3.193 Web of Science: 000384644500003
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2016Developing a Culturally Appropriate HIV and Hepatitis C Prevention Intervention for Latino Criminal Justice Clients. JOURNAL OF CORRECTIONAL HEALTH CARE. 22:206-217.
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2016Differences in Acculturation and Trajectories of Anxiety and Alcohol Consumption Among Latina Mothers and Daughters in South Florida. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 18:886-895.
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2016Drinking and Driving Among Undocumented Latino Immigrants in Miami-Dade County, Florida. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 18:935-939.
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2016Drinking and Driving among Recent Latino Immigrants: The Impact of Neighborhoods and Social Support. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13111055 Web of Science: 000389571300014
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2016HIV testing practices among Latina women at risk of getting infected: a five-year follow-up of a community sample in South Florida. AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV. 28:137-146.
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2016Latino Mother/Daughter Dyadic Attachment as a Mediator for Substance Use Disorder and Emotional Abuse. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 18:896-903.
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2016Pre- to post-immigration sexual risk behaviour and alcohol use among recent Latino immigrants in Miami. CULTURE HEALTH & SEXUALITY. 18:1107-1121.
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2016Recruiting and Assessing Recent Young Adult Latina Immigrants in Health Disparities Research. JOURNAL OF MULTICULTURAL COUNSELING AND DEVELOPMENT. 44:245-262.
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2016Sociocultural Determinants of Risky Sexual Behaviors among Adult Latinas: A Longitudinal Study of a Community-Based Sample. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH. 13.Full Text via DOI: 10.3390/ijerph13111164 Web of Science: 000389571300123
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2015CHANGES IN PRE- TO POST-IMMIGRATION HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG RECENT LATINO IMMIGRANTS. AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 27:44-57.
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2015Condom use preferences among Latinos in Miami-Dade: emerging themes concerning men's and women's culturally-ascribed attitudes and behaviours. CULTURE HEALTH & SEXUALITY. 17:667-681.
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2015Influence of Mother-Daughter Attachment on Substance Use: A Longitudinal Study of a Latina Community-Based Sample. JOURNAL OF STUDIES ON ALCOHOL AND DRUGS. 76:307-316.
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2015Post-immigration Changes in Social Capital and Substance Use Among Recent Latino Immigrants in South Florida: Differences by Documentation Status. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 17:1697-1704.
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2015The Impact of Religious Coping on the Acculturative Stress and Alcohol Use of Recent Latino Immigrants. JOURNAL OF RELIGION & HEALTH. 54:1986-2004.
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2014Alcohol Use as a Determinant of HIV Risk Behaviors Among Recent Latino Immigrants in South Florida. JANAC-JOURNAL OF THE ASSOCIATION OF NURSES IN AIDS CARE. 25:135-144.
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2014Improving the health status of Caribbean people: recommendations from the Triangulating on Health Equity summit. GLOBAL HEALTH PROMOTION. 21:19-28.
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2014Pre- to Postimmigration Alcohol Use Trajectories Among Recent Latino Immigrants. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS. 28:990-999.
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2014The relative risk of involvement in fatal crashes as a function of race/ethnicity and blood alcohol concentration. JOURNAL OF SAFETY RESEARCH. 48:95-101.
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2013A Longitudinal Study of Social Capital and Acculturation-Related Stress Among Recent Latino Immigrants in South Florida. HISPANIC JOURNAL OF BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES. 35:469-485.
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2013Acculturative Stress and Diminishing Family Cohesion Among Recent Latino Immigrants. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 15:484-491.
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2013Alcohol Misuse Among Recent Latino Immigrants: The Protective Role of Preimmigration Familismo. PSYCHOLOGY OF ADDICTIVE BEHAVIORS. 27:956-965.
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2013Alcohol Use among Recent Latino Immigrants Before and After Immigration to the United States. AMERICAN JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS. 22:162-168.
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2013American parents' willingness to prescribe psychoactive drugs to children: a test of cultural mediators. SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY. 48:1873-1887.
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2013Non-Medical Prescription Sedative Use Among Adult Latina Mothers and Daughters. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS. 45:329-339.
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2013PROJECT SALUD: EFFICACY OF A COMMUNITY-BASED HIV PREVENTION INTERVENTION FOR HISPANIC MIGRANT WORKERS IN SOUTH FLORIDA. AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 25:363-375.PMID: 24059875 Web of Science: 000325663600001
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2012Alcohol Use Among Latinos: A Comparison of Pre-Immigration, Post-Immigration, and US Born Latinos. JOURNAL OF IMMIGRANT AND MINORITY HEALTH. 14:371-378.
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2012Challenges and Strategies in Recruiting, Interviewing, and Retaining Recent Latino Immigrants in Substance Abuse and HIV Epidemiologic Studies. AMERICAN JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS. 21:11-22.
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2012Family Closeness and Domestic Abuse Among Caribbean and South American Women in South Florida. JOURNAL OF FAMILY VIOLENCE. 27:547-559.
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2012Health and Cultural Determinants of Voluntary HIV Testing and Counseling Among Middle-Aged and Older Latina Women. JOURNAL OF WOMEN & AGING. 24:97-112.
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2012Social Support, Attachment, and Chronic Stress as Correlates of Latina Mother and Daughter Drug Use Behaviors. AMERICAN JOURNAL ON ADDICTIONS. 21:157-167.
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2012The Latino Migrant Worker HIV Prevention Program Building a Community Partnership Through a Community Health Worker Training Program. FAMILY & COMMUNITY HEALTH. 35:139-146.
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2011Haitian Picuristes/Injectionists as Alternatives to Conventional Health Care Providers in South Florida. SOCIAL WORK IN PUBLIC HEALTH. 26:577-593.
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2010Correlates of Heavy Drinking Behaviors of Latino Mothers and their Adult Daughters. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS. 42:457-466.PMID: 21305910 Web of Science: 000286705600005
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2010Latina Mother-Daughter Dyads: Relations Between Attachment and Sexual Behavior Under the Influence of Alcohol or Drugs. ARCHIVES OF SEXUAL BEHAVIOR. 39:1305-1319.
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2010MOTHER-DAUGHTER ATTACHMENT AND DRUG ABUSE AMONG LATINAS IN THE UNITED STATES. JOURNAL OF DRUG ISSUES. 40:379-404.Full Text via DOI: 10.1177/002204261004000206 Web of Science: 000280929300006
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2010Recent Trends in Hospital Utilization and Mortality for HIV Infection: 2000-2005. JOURNAL OF THE NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION. 102:1131-1138.
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2010US Latina age of sexual debut: long-term associations and implications for HIV and drug abuse prevention. AIDS CARE-PSYCHOLOGICAL AND SOCIO-MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS/HIV. 22:431-440.
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2009Validating the Multidimensional Measure of Cultural Identity Scales for Latinos Among Latina Mothers and Daughters. CULTURAL DIVERSITY & ETHNIC MINORITY PSYCHOLOGY. 15:191-201.
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2009What Accounts for Differences in Substance Use Among US-Born and Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents?: Results from a Longitudinal Prospective Cohort Study. JOURNAL OF ADOLESCENT HEALTH. 45:118-125.
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2008Different strokes for different gangs? An analysis of capital among Latino and Asian gang members. SOCIOLOGICAL PERSPECTIVES. 51:473-494.
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2007Benefits and adverse effects of hepatitis C screening: Early results of a screening program. JOURNAL OF PUBLIC HEALTH MANAGEMENT AND PRACTICE. 13:263-269.PMID: 17435493 Web of Science: 000246248300006
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2007Condom use among unmarried students in a Hispanic-serving university. AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 19:448-461.
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2007Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and substance use risk behaviors among tri-ethnic adolescents of Florida. AIDS AND BEHAVIOR. 11:239-251.
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2007Prevalence of smoking and drinking among older adults in seven urban cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 42:1455-1475.
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2006An analysis of risk domains associated with drug transitions of active Latino gang members. JOURNAL OF ADDICTIVE DISEASES. 25:81-90.
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2006Hispanic drug abuse in an evolving cultural context: An agenda for research. DRUG AND ALCOHOL DEPENDENCE. 84:S8-S16.
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2006New Mexico community voices: Policy reform to reduce oral health disparities. JOURNAL OF HEALTH CARE FOR THE POOR AND UNDERSERVED. 17:95-110.
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2002Acculturation and Latino adolescents' substance use: A research agenda for the future. SUBSTANCE USE & MISUSE. 37.Full Text via DOI: 10.1081/JA-120002804 Web of Science: 000176016600002
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2000The role of acculturation in the substance abuse behavior of African-American and Latino adolescents: Advances, issues, and recommendations. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS. 32.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2000.10400210 Web of Science: 000086655300005
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Letter
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2016ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES Electronic cigarettes: the renormalisation of nicotine use. BMJ-BRITISH MEDICAL JOURNAL.
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Meeting Abstract
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2018SOCIO-CULTURAL DETERMINANTS OF ALCOHOL USE TRAJECTORIES AMONG AUTHORIZED AND UNAUTHORIZED LATINO IMMIGRANTS DURING FIRST DECADE IN THE US. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH.Web of Science: 000443221502406
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2017PRE TO POST IMMIGRATION ALCOHOL USE TRAJECTORIES AMONG RECENT LATINO IMMIGRANTS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 269A-269A.Web of Science: 000402419602019
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2017PROGRESO EN SALUD, AN HIV RISK REDUCTION INTERVENTION FOR LATINA SEASONAL FARMWORKERS: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. ANNALS OF BEHAVIORAL MEDICINE. S2604-S2605.Web of Science: 000398947203324
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2015RECENT LATINO IMMIGRANTS (DOCUMENTED & NON-DOCUMENTED) AND IMPAIRED DRIVING - PRELIMINARY FINDINGS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 15A-15A.Web of Science: 000361637100017
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2014PREVALENCE OF POST-OPERATIVE ALCOHOL USE, DEPRESSION AND ANXIETY AMONG YOUNG ADULT BARIATRIC SURGERY PATIENTS. ALCOHOLISM-CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RESEARCH. 217A-217A.Web of Science: 000337523701067
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2010Cultural Adaptations in the Collection and Entry of Dietary Intake Data: Field Experiences with Latino Women. FASEB JOURNAL.Web of Science: 000208675503374
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Review
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2017HIV RISK REDUCTION INTERVENTIONS AMONG SUBSTANCE-ABUSING REPRODUCTIVE-AGE WOMEN: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW. AIDS EDUCATION AND PREVENTION. 121-140.
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2001A review of the role of social support systems in the drug use behavior of Hispanics. JOURNAL OF PSYCHOACTIVE DRUGS.Full Text via DOI: 10.1080/02791072.2001.10400570 Web of Science: 000171697700004
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chaired theses and dissertations
- Ravelo, Gira J, Associations of HIV Risk Behaviors among Older Latinas and their Adult Daughters 2017
- Rosario, Adelaida M, Santeria as an Informal Psychosocial Support Among Latinas Living with Cancer 2014
- Sanchez, Mariana, Influence of Religious Coping on the Substance Use and HIV Risk Behaviors of Recent Latino Immigrants 2012
- Lundblad, Conchita Smith, Hispanic Adolescents With Severe Substance Abuse Issues: Parental Involvement, Acculturation-Related Factors and Attachment 2008
Research
research interests
- Substance Abuse and HIV/AIDS
principal investigator on
- Yr2 - Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2022
- Alcohol Use Trajectories of Latino Immigrants during their First Decade in the US awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Center for Substance Use and AIDS Research in Latinos in the United States awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2019
- Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities - CLaRO awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2018
- Influence of Adult Latina Daughters on Older Latina Mothers HIV Risk and Protective Behaviors awarded by National Institutes of Health 2015 - 2017
- Drinking and Driving Among Recent Latino Immigrants awarded by National Institutes of Health 2014 - 2017
- Center for Substance Use and AIDS Research on Latinos in the United States awarded by National Institutes of Health 2012 - 2016
- A Longitudinal Study of substance Abuse and HIV Risk Among Adult Latina Mother-Da awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2010 - 2016
- Center for Substance Use and AIDS Research on Latinos in the United States awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2010 - 2012
- Religious Coping and Drug Use/HIV Risk Behaviors in Latino Immigrants awarded by National Institutes of Health 2010 - 2012
- Center for Substance Use and AIDS Research on Latinos in the United States awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2009 - 2011
- Living Positive: Life in Community among Puerto Rican Men Living with HIV/AIDS. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2009 - 2010
- Latino Minority Drug Abuse Research Program. awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2006 - 2009
- Latino HIV/AIDS Behavioral Science Research Center awarded by National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities 2003 - 2007
co-principal investigator on
- Florida International University-Health Disparities Initiative (FIU-HDI) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2017 - 2021
- Florida International University-Health Disparities Initiative (FIU-HDI) awarded by National Institutes of Health 2016 - 2021
- Optimizing PrEP Utilization among Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Using Women of Color awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2018 - 2019
- Death in the PICU/NICU: Parent and Family Functioning. awarded by National Institute of Nursing Research 2006 - 2012
- Prescribing Psychotropic Drugs to Youth: Cultural Factors in Parental Attitudes. awarded by National Institutes of Health 2008 - 2010
investigator on
- Cohort Studies of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Miami awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2015 - 2021
- Optimizing PrEP Utilization among Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Using Women of Color awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2017 - 2020
- Optimizing PrEP Utilization among Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Using Women of Color awarded by National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism 2018 - 2019
- Cohort Studies of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Miami awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2018 - 2019
- Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD): FIU awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2018 - 2019
- Pre- to Post-Immigrant Drinking and Driving Trajectories Among Recent Latino Immigrants: Examining Opportunities for Interventions awarded by National Institutes of Health 2018 - 2019
- Cohort Studies of HIV/AIDS and Substance Abuse in Miami awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2017 - 2018
- Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD): FIU awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2017 - 2018
- Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD): FIU awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2016 - 2017
- Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD): FIU awarded by National Institute on Drug Abuse 2015 - 2016
- SBIRT Collaboration awarded by Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services 2013 - 2014
Teaching
teaching activities
- SOW7916-U03: Supervised Research Fall Term 2019
- SOW7916-U06: Supervised Research Spring Term 2019
Contact
full name
- Mario De La Rosa
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Recent publications and grants in Scholars@FIU
publication subject areas
- Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
- Biomedical Social Sciences
- Cell Biology
- Education & Educational Research
- Engineering
- Environmental Sciences & Ecology
- Ethnic Studies
- Family Studies
- General & Internal Medicine
- Geriatrics & Gerontology
- Health Care Sciences & Services
- Life Sciences & Biomedicine - Other Topics
- Nursing
- Pediatrics
- Psychiatry
- Psychology
- Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
- Religion
- Social Sciences - Other Topics
- Social Work
- Sociology
- Substance Abuse
- Transportation
- Women's Studies