School of Social Work Faculty Publications and Presentations
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Submissions from 2022
Social Work Advocacy in Federal Immigration Courts: A Consultant’s Reflection on Successful Cases, Luis H. Zayas
Submissions from 2021
Do nursing and pharmacy students practice what they preach on safe drug storage and disposal? A cross-sectional study, Tamara Al Rawwad, Patrici K. Schrader, Andrea Brooks, Lillian Duong, and Douglas Thornton
Teaching Note—Teaching Intersectionality Across the Social Work Curriculum Using the Intersectionality Analysis Cluster, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez
“No queremos quedar mal”: A qualitative analysis of a boundary setting training among Latina community health workers., Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez, J. Maria Bermudez, Pamela Orpinas, Rebecca Matthew, Alejandra Calva, and Carolina Darbis
When a Crisis Becomes the New Normal: Supporting Children, Families, and Schools during and after COVID-19, Eileen A. Dombo, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, and Christine Sabatino
Challenges Faced by Mexican Americans when Accessing Mental Health Care Service Utilization along the South Texas – Mexico border, Romeo Escobar, John M. Gonzalez, Denise A. Longoria, and Nelda Rodriguez
Employing Mexican American Folklore as an Educational Tool to Teach Cultural Competence, Leyla Feize, Denise A. Longoria, and Alfredo Fernandez
Immigration Policy Changes and the Mental Health of Mexican-American Immigrants, Robin E. Gearing, Micki Washburn, Luis R. Torres-Hostos, L. Christian Carr, Alberto Cabrera, and Reyna Olivares
Motivational factors in continuing and completing outpatient mental health treatment: perspectives of older Mexican-American women, John M. Gonzalez, Steven Applewhite, Marissa C. Hansen, Denise Longoria, and Elizabeth I. Silva
Visual Impairment and Self-Efficacy in Diabetes Management, Nazanin M. Heydarian, Brittany Brown-Podgorski, and Jahanett Ramirez
Perspectives of Interactions with Healthcare Providers Among Patients Who Are Blind, Nazanin M. Heydarian, Allyson S. Hughes, Osvaldo F. Morera, Ashley S. Bangert, and Angela H. Frederick
Seeking Health Information and Social Support in the Diabetes Online Community, Allyson S. Hughes, Nazanin M. Heydarian, Diana Gerardo, Isabela Solis, and Osvaldo Morera
Human Rights, Collaborative Advocacy, and a Global Approach to Practice: Lessons from a Field Experience in Indonesia, Raylinn Nuckolls and Leticia Villarreal Sosa
Promotoras Voice Their Challenges in Fulfilling Their Role as Community Health Workers, Pamela Orpinas, Rebecca A. Matthew, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez, Alejandra Calva, and J. Maria Bermúdez
Examining the Influence of Mental Health on Self-Stigma in a Mexican Prison, Berenice Perez Ramirez, Juan J. Barthelemy, Robin E. Gearing, Lindamarie Olson, Natalia Giraldo-Santiago, and Luis R. Torres-Hostos
Predictors of healthcare mistreatment among transgender and gender diverse individuals: Are there different patterns by patient race and ethnicity?, Kristie L. Seelman, Andre Vasi, Shanna K. Kattari, and Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez
Suicide among South Asians in the United States: Perspectives, Causes, and Implications for Prevention and Treatment, Susheelabai R. Srinivasa, Sudershan Pasupuleti, Rani Dronamraju, and Denise Longoria
De-colonizing study abroad: social workers confronting racism, sexism and poverty in Guatemala, Leticia Villarreal Sosa and Jacob Lesniewski
Crossing Borders: Exploring the Role of School Social Workers in Immigrant-Serving Schools, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, Benjamin Roth, and Sophia Rodriguez
Submissions from 2020
HIV Knowledge of Middle Eastern and North Africans 18-35 Residing in the U.S.: A Cross Sectional Study, Tamara Al Rawwad, Micki Washburn, Luis R. Torres-Hostos, and McClain Sampson
“Borikén Libre”: Spaces of Resistance in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez
Community Eldercare Ecology in China, Lin Chen and Minzhi Ye
Geographic Proximity in the Community Eldercare, Lin Chen and Minzhi Ye
A Self-Reliant Umbrella: Defining Successful Aging Among the Old-Old (80+) in Shanghai, Lin Chen, Minzhi Ye, and Eva Kahana
Shaping Identity: Older Adults’ Perceived Community Volunteering Experiences in Shanghai, Lin Chen, Minzhi Ye, and Yilin Wu
My Dissertation: A Journey Towards Self-Awareness and Beyond, Leyla Feize
Developing a measure of blind patients' interactions with their healthcare providers, Nazanin M. Heydarian, Osvaldo F. Morera, and Scott D. Frankowski
Latina Daughters and Their Caregiving Roles, Denise A. Longoria, Nelda M. Rodriguez, John M. Gonzalez, and Romeo Escobar
A multistakeholder evaluation of Lazos Hispanos: An application of a community-based participatory research conceptual model, Pamela Orpinas, Rebecca A. Matthew, J. Maria Bermúdez, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez, and Alejandra Calva
School Social Workers as Nepantleras in Equity Work for Immigrant Students: A Conceptual Exploration, Sophia Rodriguez, Benjamin Roth, and Leticia Villarreal Sosa
Depressive symptoms in three Chinese older workforce groups: the interplay of work stress with family and community factors, Fei Sun, Wanlian Li, Lin Jiang, and Jaewon Lee
Differences between pharmacists’ perception of counseling and practice in the era of prescription drug misuse, J. D. Thornton, Precious Anyanwu, Vaishnavi Tata, Tamara Al Rawwad, and Marc L. Fleming
The Intersection of the “Opioid Crisis” with Changes in US Immigration Policy: Contextual Barriers to Substance Abuse Research with Latinx Communities, Micki Washburn, Luis R. Torres-Hostos, Nicole Echeveria Moore, and Alberto Mancillas
Understanding the Effectiveness of Psychosocial Services for Anxiety and Depression in Chinese Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Controlled Trials, Anao Zhang, Dexia Kong, Lin Jiang, Fei Sun, Ruth E. Dunkle, and Chun Liu
Submissions from 2019
Suicide ideation, planning, and attempts: the case of the Latinx LGB youth, Javier F. Boyas, Tatiana Villarreal-Otálora, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez, and Mariam Fatehi
Factors Affecting Perceptions of Disability and Self-Rated Health Among Older Adult, Long-Term Cancer Survivors, Gary Deimling, Holly Pappada, Minzhi Ye, Elizabeth Nalepa, Spencier Ciaralli, Erin Phelps, and Christopher J. Burant
Health Service Use Among Chinese American Older Adults: Is There a Somatization Effect?, Lin Jiang, Fei Sun, Wei Zhang, Bei Wu, and XinQi Dong
The stress and coping experiences among Chinese rural older adults in welfare housing: through the lens of life review, Yan Luo, Fei Sun, Lin Jiang, and Anao Zhang
Pathogens without borders: Ecological determinants of sexual risk-taking behaviors among international travelers across the life course, Yok-Fong Paat and Luis R. Torres-Hostos
Accompaniment in a Mexican immigrant community: Conceptualization and identification of biopsychosocial outcomes, Leticia Villarreal Sosa, Silvia Diaz, and Rosalba Hernandez
Submissions from 2018
“Their Today Is Our Future”: Direct Carers’ Work Experience and Formal Caring Relationships in a Community-Based Eldercare Program in Shanghai, Lin Chen, Minzhi Ye, and Eva Kahana
The influence of acculturation level and family relationships on quality of life among U.S. Chinese older adults, Yiwei Chen, Yisheng Peng, Minzhi Ye, Ling Xu, and Xinqi Dong
Role of Marital Quality in Explaining Depressive Symptoms After Marital Termination Among Older Adults, Minzhi Ye, Alfred DeMaris, and Monica A. Longmore
Submissions from 2017
Reconceptualizing Culture in Social Work Practice and Education: A Dialectic and Uniqueness Awareness Approach, Luis R. Alvarez-Hernandez and Y. Joon Choi
Altruism and Life Satisfaction Among LGBT Older Adults, Boaz Kahana, Eva Kahana, Tirth Bhatta, Minzhi Ye, and Jiao Yu
A Systematic Review of Mexican American Elders with Type-2 Diabetes under Family Care of Medication Administration in Borderland, Hsueh-Fen S. Kao, Diana L. Woods, Minzhi Ye, Lin Chen, Maria A. Amaya, and Show-Mei Lin
Mealtime interactions and life satisfaction among older adults in Shanghai, Minzhi Ye, Lin Chen, and Eva Kahana
A New Era in Living Arrangements: Determinants of Quality of Life Among Chinese Older Adults, Minzhi Ye, Yiwei Chen, and Yisheng Peng
Submissions from 2016
Older Mexican Americans: Role of the Family and Mental Health Service Utilization, John M. Gonzalez, Denise A. Longoria, Romeo Escobar, and Leyla Feize
Submissions from 2015
Cell Phones, Eva Kahana and Minzhi Ye
Submissions from 2014
The influence of domestic living arrangement and neighborhood identity on mental health among urban Chinese elders, Minzhi Ye and Yiwei Chen
Submissions from 2013
The Role of Children’s Support in Elders’ Decisions to Live in a Yanglaoyuan (Residential Long-Term Care), Lin Chen and Minzhi Ye
Increasing MSW Students’ Information Competencies through Online Tutorials, Application Exercises, and Course Assignments, John A. Kayser, Jennifer Bowers, Lin Jiang, and Marian Bussey
Submissions from 2008
Contemplative Theory and Practice for Social Work, Edmund Sherman and Max Siporin
Submissions from 1993
The social worker's style, Max Siporin
Submissions from 1985
Current social work perspectives on clinical practice, Max Siporin
Submissions from 1980
Ecological Systems Theory in Social Work, Max Siporin
Submissions from 1979
Practice theory for clinical social work, Max Siporin
