CRISOL Formative: Building Community Resilience and Integrating Efforts to Understand and Address Syndemic Health Conditions Afflicting Young Latino Immigrants
Principal Investigator: Martinez-Donate
Years: 2019 - 2022
Funding Source: NIH/NIMHD (1R21MD012352-01A1; 3R21MD012352-02S1)
Total Direct Costs: $275,000
Supplement Direct Costs: $250,000
Summary: This mixed-methods study aims at increasing our understanding of the substance abuse, exposure to violence, HIV/AIDS, and poor mental health (SAVAME) syndemic afflicting Latino immigrant communities and will inform a communitywide intervention to reduce the prevalence and impact of these syndemic conditions in Philadelphia, PA.
This project was expanded through a supplement award to adapt and evaluate CRiSOL Contigo, a community-wide multilevel intervention, to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on Latino communities in Philadelphia.
Years: 2019 - 2022
Funding Source: NIH/NIMHD (1R21MD012352-01A1; 3R21MD012352-02S1)
Total Direct Costs: $275,000
Supplement Direct Costs: $250,000
Summary: This mixed-methods study aims at increasing our understanding of the substance abuse, exposure to violence, HIV/AIDS, and poor mental health (SAVAME) syndemic afflicting Latino immigrant communities and will inform a communitywide intervention to reduce the prevalence and impact of these syndemic conditions in Philadelphia, PA.
This project was expanded through a supplement award to adapt and evaluate CRiSOL Contigo, a community-wide multilevel intervention, to reduce the impact of COVID-19 on Latino communities in Philadelphia.
Entre Lineas / Between The Lines Project: A Binational Study of Health and Well-being of Children of Immigrant Parents
Principal Investigator: Martinez-Donate
Years: 2017 - 2019
Funding Source: NIH/NICHD (1R21HD085157-01A1)
Total Direct Costs: $275,000
Summary: This is a mixed-methods pilot study to develop and test a novel methodology to document the type and magnitude of the impacts parental deportation has on U.S. citizen children. We will be conducting a survey of Mexican immigrant families with and without a history of parental deportation and following families for a 6-month period. We will also conduct qualitative surveys with parents and children in immigrant families to examine the ways in which having a parent removed due to deportation impacts the physical health, emotional well-being, and academic performance of U.S. citizen children.
Years: 2017 - 2019
Funding Source: NIH/NICHD (1R21HD085157-01A1)
Total Direct Costs: $275,000
Summary: This is a mixed-methods pilot study to develop and test a novel methodology to document the type and magnitude of the impacts parental deportation has on U.S. citizen children. We will be conducting a survey of Mexican immigrant families with and without a history of parental deportation and following families for a 6-month period. We will also conduct qualitative surveys with parents and children in immigrant families to examine the ways in which having a parent removed due to deportation impacts the physical health, emotional well-being, and academic performance of U.S. citizen children.
CRISOL Pilot Intervention: Cultivating Resilient and Strong Opinion Leaders |
Principal Investigator: Martinez-Donate / Yamasaki
Years: 2017 - 2020 Funding Source: Drexel University Total Direct Costs: $20,000 Summary: This community-academic partnership seeks to identify and address factors associated with the Substance Abuse, Violence, AIDS/HIV, and Mental Health (SAVAME) syndemic, which disproportionatly impacts Latinos in the U.S. This project includes multiple, complementary efforts, such as: a) Mapping and understanding collaborations across organizations that provide SAVAME-related services to Latinos in Philadelphia (Project LINKS); b) Examining perspectives of providers and Latino community members regarding the sufficiency of resources available to Latinos at risk of or affected by the SAVAME syndemic (Project AHCLI); and c) Developing and evaluating a peer-driven intervention to address individual, interpersonal, and community-level factors contributing to the SAVAME syndemic. |
HIV Risk and Health Care Access among Mexican Migrants (MIGRANTE Project)
Principal Investigator: Martinez-Donate
Years: 2007 - 2011, 2011 - 2015, 2019 - 2024
Funding Source: NIH/NICHD (1 R01HD046886-10A1)
Total Direct Costs: $6,060,721
Summary: This NIH-funded binational study has been examining HIV risk and access to health care among Mexican migrants since 2007. In collaboration with investigators from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, San Diego State University, and the US-Mexico Border Health Comission, we have conducted a series of probability-based surveys in the border town of Tijuana, Mexico, with Mexican migrants from four different migrant flows: (1) Migrants traveling North from other regions in Mexico; (2) Migrants traveling along the US-Mexico border region; (3) Migrants returning to Mexico voluntarily; and (4) Migrants returning to Mexico via deportation. In the current phase of this study, we are expanding the focus to examine other health areas (i.e. sexual and reproductive health, non-communicable chronic disease, substance use and mental health), while continuing the study of health care access and utilization. We are also expanding our work to two additional Mexican border towns: Ciudad Juarez and Matamoros.
Data from this study have been the basis of multiple publications:
Years: 2007 - 2011, 2011 - 2015, 2019 - 2024
Funding Source: NIH/NICHD (1 R01HD046886-10A1)
Total Direct Costs: $6,060,721
Summary: This NIH-funded binational study has been examining HIV risk and access to health care among Mexican migrants since 2007. In collaboration with investigators from El Colegio de la Frontera Norte, San Diego State University, and the US-Mexico Border Health Comission, we have conducted a series of probability-based surveys in the border town of Tijuana, Mexico, with Mexican migrants from four different migrant flows: (1) Migrants traveling North from other regions in Mexico; (2) Migrants traveling along the US-Mexico border region; (3) Migrants returning to Mexico voluntarily; and (4) Migrants returning to Mexico via deportation. In the current phase of this study, we are expanding the focus to examine other health areas (i.e. sexual and reproductive health, non-communicable chronic disease, substance use and mental health), while continuing the study of health care access and utilization. We are also expanding our work to two additional Mexican border towns: Ciudad Juarez and Matamoros.
Data from this study have been the basis of multiple publications:
- Amuedo-Dorantes C, Puttitanun T, Martinez-Donate AP. How Do Tougher Immigration Measures Impact Unauthorized Immigrants? Demography 2013 Jun;50(3):1067-91, PMCID: PMC3653275.
- Rangel MG, Martinez-Donate AP, Hovell MF, Sipan CS, Zellner JA, Gonzalez-Fagoaga E, Kelley NJ, Asadi-Gonzalez A, Amuedo-Dorantes C, Magis-Rodriguez C. A two-way road: Rates of HIV infection and behavioral risk factors among deported Mexican labor migrants. AIDS & Behavior, 2012, 16(6), 1630-1640, DOI: 10.1007/s10461-012-0196-z, PMCID: PMC3402603
- Martinez-Donate AP, Zhang X, Rangel MG, Hovell MF, Simon NJ, Amuedo-Dorantes C, Sipan C, Guendelman S. Health Care Access Among Circular and Undocumented Mexican Migrants: Results From A Pilot Survey on the Mexico-U.S. Border. International Journal of Migration and Border Studies, 2014;1(1):57-108. PMCID: PMC4213859 .
- Ejebe I, Zhang X, Rangel MG, Martinez-Donate AP. Seasonal influenza vaccination among Mexican migrants traveling through the Mexico-U.S. border region. Preventive Medicine, 2014;13:57-60. PMCID: PMC4329086 [Available on 2016-02-01].
- Zhang X, Martinez-Donate AP, Nobles J, Hovell M, Rangel MG, Rhoads N. Substance Use Across Different Phases of The Migration Process: A Survey of Mexican Migrant Flows. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 2015 Jan 17. [Epub ahead of print]. PMID: 25595206.
- Martinez-Donate AP, Hovell MF, Rangel MG, Zhang X, Sipan CL, Magis-Rodriguez C, Gonzalez-Fagoaga JE. Migrants In Transit: The Importance of Monitoring HIV Risk Among Migrant Flows Converging On The Mexico-U.S. Border. American Journal of Public Health, published online ahead of print January 20, 2015:e1-e13. PMCID: PMC4330846 [Available on 2016-03-01].
- Martinez-Donate AP, Rangel MG, Rhoads N, Zhang X, Hovell M, Magis-Rodriguez C, Gonzalez-Fagoaga JE. Identifying opportunities to increase HIV testing among Mexican migrants: A call to step up efforts in health care and detention settings. PLoS ONE 10(4): e0123631. doi:10.1371/journal. pone.0123631
- Zhang X,* Martinez-Donate AP+, Simon NJ, Hovell MF, Rangel MG, Sipan C. Risk Behaviors for HIV Infection among travelling Mexican Migrants: The US-Mexico Border as a Contextual Risk Factor. Global Public Health, 2016;15:1-19. PMCID: PMC4985488.
- Martinez-Donate AP, Rangel MG, Zhang X, Simon NJ, Rhoads N, Gonzalez-Fagoaga JE, Asadi-Gonzalez A. HIV Prevention among Mexican Migrants at Different Migration Phases: Exposure to Prevention Messages and Association With Testing Behaviors. AIDS Education & Prevention, 2015;27(6):547-565. PMCID: PMC4751078.
- Diaz CJ,* Koning S, Martinez-Donate AP+. Moving Beyond Salmon Bias: Mexican Return Migration and Health Selection. Demography, 2016;53(6):2005-2030
- Zhang X,* Rhoads N, Rangel MG, Hovell MF, Magis-Rodriguez C, Sipan C, Gonzalez-Fagoaga E, Martinez-Donate AP+. Understanding the impact of migration on HIV risk: An analysis of Mexican migrants’ sexual practices, partners, and contexts by migration phase. AIDS and Behavior, 2017;21 (3), 935-948
- Martinez-Donate AP, Zhang X, Rangel MG, Hovell MF, Gonzalez-Fagoaga JE, Magis-Rodriguez C, Guendelman S. Does acculturative stress influence immigrant sexual HIV risk and HIV testing behavior? Evidence from a survey of male Mexican migrants. J Racial Ethn Health Disparities. 2017 Aug 24. doi: 10.1007/s40615-017-0425-2 [Epub ahead of print].
- Martinez-Donate AP, Ejebe I, Zhang X, Guendelman S, Le-Scherban F, Rangel G, Gonzalez-Fagoaga E, Hovell MF, Amuedo-Dorantes C. Access to health care among Mexican migrants and immigrants: A comparison across migration phases. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 2017;28(4):1314-1326
- Amuedo-Dorantes C, Puttanum T, Martinez-Donate AP. "Deporting “Bad Hombres”? The profile of deportees under widespread versus prioritized enforcement." International Migration Review, 2018 April 26, https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0197918318764901 [Epub ahead of print].
- Diaz CJ*, Zeng L, Martinez-Donate AP+. Investigating health selection within Mexico and across the U.S. border. Population Research and Policy Review, Popul Res Policy Rev (2018) 37:181. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11113-017-9456-y
- Langellier BA, Martínez-Donate AP+, Gonzalez-Fagoaga JP, Rangel MG. The Relationship Between Educational Attainment and Health Care Access and Use Among Mexicans, Mexican Americans, and U.S.-Mexico Migrants. J Immigr Minor Health. 2019 May 24. doi: 10.1007/s10903-019-00902-9. [Epub ahead of print].
- Martinez-Donate AP, Verdecias N, Zhang X, Gonzalez-Fagoaga E, Asadi-Gonzalez A, Guendelman S, Amuedo-Dorantes C, Rangel MG. Examining the Health Profile and Healthcare Access of Mexican Migrants Traversing the Northern Mexican Border. Medical Care, in press