The purpose of this five year research application is to develop the research infrastructure of Florida International University (FIU) to conduct epidemiological research on the extent and nature of drug among Latino persons of Cuban, Dominican, Puerto Rican, Colombian, Honduran, and Nicaraguan descent. FIU is ideally suited for the development of such a program of research because it has one of the largest concentrations of Latino faculty and students from the above Latino subgroups of any institution of higher learning in the mainland United States (Hispanic Association of College and Universities, 1999). More specifically, we expect to accomplish this aim through: 1) Involving a group of FIU faculty members, primarily from the College of Health and Urban Affairs, the Departments of Sociology and Anthropology, and Psychology, and the Centers for Latin American and Caribbean studies at FIU in a two year advanced drug abuse epidemiological research training program leading to a competitive research grant on the epidemiology of drug abuse in Latino populations in the Miami-Dade area. 2) Increasing the number of graduate students involved in the conduct of epidemiologic drug abuse research with Latino populations in the Miami-Dade area by providing basic epidemiological research training to graduate students at FIU. 3) Supporting research development activities for faculty involved in the conduct of drug abuse research with Latino populations in the Miami-Dade area through ongoing funded drug abuse studies or the two pilot studies (women and violence) proposed by the Latino MDARP. And 4) Increasing FIU infrastructure to conduct epidemiological research on the extent and nature of drug abuse among Latino populations in the Miami-Dade area by conducting two pilot studies directly linked to the training activities of the Latino MDARP. One of the pilot studies will be a community-based epidemiological study that will document the problem of drug-related violence in Latino populations in the Miami-Dade area. The second pilot study will focus on investigating the inter-generational transmission of drug use between Cuban mothers and daughters in the Miami-Dade area.
| Lopez-Quintero, Catalina; Rojas, Patria; Dillon, Frank R et al. (2016) HIV testing practices among Latina women at risk of getting infected: a five-year follow-up of a community sample in South Florida. AIDS Care 28:137-46 |
| De La Rosa, Mario; Huang, Hui; Rojas, Patria et al. (2015) Influence of mother-daughter attachment on substance use: a longitudinal study of a Latina community-based sample. J Stud Alcohol Drugs 76:307-16 |
| Rojas, Patria; Dillon, Frank R; Ravelo, Gira J et al. (2013) Non-medical prescription sedative use among adult Latina mothers and daughters. J Psychoactive Drugs 45:329-39 |
| Niyonsenga, Theophile; Blackson, Timothy C; De la Rosa, Mario et al. (2012) Social support, attachment, and chronic stress as correlates of Latina mother and daughter drug use behaviors. Am J Addict 21:157-67 |
| Aysa-Lastra, Maria; Rojas, Patria; Dillon, Frank R et al. (2012) Family Closeness and Domestic Abuse Among Caribbean and South American Women in South Florida. J Fam Violence 27:547-559 |
| Craig, Shelley L; Beaulaurier, Richard L; Newman, Frederick L et al. (2012) Health and cultural determinants of voluntary HIV testing and counseling among middle-aged and older Latina women. J Women Aging 24:97-112 |
| Rojas, Patria; Malow, Robert; Ruffin, Beverly et al. (2011) The HIV/AIDS Epidemic in the Dominican Republic: Key Contributing Factors. J Int Assoc Physicians AIDS Care (Chic) 10:306-15 |
| Dillon, Frank; De La Rosa, Mario; Rojas, Patria et al. (2011) Attributions about Addiction among Latina Women. J Soc Work Pract Addict 11:209-229 |
| Dillon, Frank R; De La Rosa, Mario; Schwartz, Seth J et al. (2010) US Latina age of sexual debut: long-term associations and implications for HIV and drug abuse prevention. AIDS Care 22:431-40 |
| Niyonsenga, Theophile; Rojas, Patria; Dillon, Frank et al. (2010) Correlates of heavy drinking behaviors of Latino mothers and their adult daughters. J Psychoactive Drugs 42:457-66 |
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