Luis A. Valdez

TL;DR: The findings indicated that youth participation in research and social action resulted in increased community awareness of substance use and related solutions, which supports the premise of youth participation as an agent of community change by producing community-specific substance use data and prevention materials.

TL;DR: Examining Hispanic male’s perspectives of health behaviors related to weight management to refine the methodologies to deliver a gender-sensitive and culturally sensitive weight loss intervention finds feasible and appropriate recruitment and intervention strategies identified by Hispanic males to improve weight management in this vulnerable group.

TL;DR: Findings suggest that Spanish-speaking, Mexican-origin men have interest in actively engaging in behavior changes that improve their dietary habits and engage in weight management, according to a hybrid deductive-inductive analysis strategy.

TL;DR: The most scientifically rigorous findings suggest culturally adapted interventions may outperform standard treatment, and culturally tailored work shows promise.

TL;DR: The aim of this assessment was to document the experiences of families granted humanitarian parole through the lens of structural vulnerability, finding six major themes emerged from the qualitative data: reasons for leaving, experience on the journey, dehumanization in detention, family separation, vulnerability, and resiliency.