Three of the Center’s affiliated students, Cathea Carey, Francisco Rios-Casas, and Vanessa Torres, presented their research at the 2019 Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM) Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, which took place on March 6-9th.
Cathea Carey, MPH student in Health Services, presented her work titled “Vida PURA II: Treatment Seeking Behavior and Barriers to Care amongst Latino Day Laborers with Unhealthy Alcohol Use,” co-authored with her mentor and LCH Research Director Dr. India Ornelas.
Francisco Rios-Casas, MPH student in Epidemiology, presented his work titled “Adapting Measures of Mindfulness: Results from Cognitive Interviews with Latina Immigrant Women,” which is part of his mentor Dr. Ornelas’ ALMA study.
Vanessa Torres, PhD student in Health Services, presented her work titled “Assessing Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Brief Intervention to Reduce Unhealthy Alcohol Use Among Latino Immigrant Men,” which is also part of her mentor Dr. Ornelas’ Vida PURA study.
Congratulations to all who presented, and to Vanessa and Francisco, who won Meritorious Abstract Awards for their work!
If you want to learn more about the Vida PURA (Puede Usted Reducir su consumo de Alcohol) and ALMA (Amigas Latinas Motivando el Alma) studies, click here.