Research in Latin America
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Anti-immigrant Sentiment and Adolescent Wellbeing in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region
Location: Latin America, United States and Mexico, Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora The study seeks to advance knowledge about experiences with violence, anti-immigrant sentiments, and coping strategies among youth along both sides of the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona, and Nogales, Sonora. A binational and transdisciplinary...Read more |
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Guanajuato Youth Public Health Profile
Location: Latin America, Mexico, Guanajuato GCAHR and the Sistema Avanzado de Bachillerato y Educacion Superior del Gobierno del Estado de Guanajuato developed a collaborative research project to assess the health of youth enrolled in the Videobachillerato program (VIBA) of the Mexican state of...Read more |
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Mantente REAL Guatemala Pilot Test
Location: Latin America, Guatemala, Guatemala City This project is a collaboration between GCAHR and U Yum Cap, ONG, a Guatemala City non-profit aimed at implementing prevention programs that promote the health of Guatemalan youth. Read more |
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keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL Jalisco Pilot Test
Location: Latin America, Mexico, Guadalajara, Jalisco In collaboration with the University of Guadalajara and the Instituto Mexicano de Seguro Social in Jalisco (IMSS), Mexico, GCAHR conducted a pilot study to test the feasibility of implementing keepin’ it REAL in Mexico.Read more |
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keepin' it REAL in Mexico: An Adaptation and Multisite RCT
Location: Latin America, Mexico, México City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey This study aimed to address the rising rate of substance use among Mexican youth, and their connection to widespread community violence, by culturally adapting, implementing, and testing the keepin' it REAL (kiR) prevention intervention in Mexico's...Read more |
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keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL in Monterrey, Mexico
Location: Latin America, Mexico, Monterrey The study had two objectives: 1) to evaluate the feasibility and effectiveness of keepin' it REAL among a Mexican youth sample, and 2) to assess differences between the US and Mexico in the social contexts within which youth drug use occurs. It was...Read more |
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keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL Pilot Test in Nogales, Mexico
Location: Latin America, Mexico, Nogales Sharp increases in substance use rates among youth in Mexico are a major concern in both Mexico and the US, and the US-Mexico border region has one of the highest drug use rates among youth. This collaboration between researchers at El Colegio de la...Read more |
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Human Rights and Migration: Families Preparing the New Generation
Location: Latin America, Mexico, Nuevo León GCAHR joined a bi-national research network in collaboration with the Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León (UANL) and the Universidad Autónoma de Tamaulipas (UAT) in Nuevo León, Mexico, in a two-year partnership to examine migrants’ experiences of human...Read more |
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keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL: Adaptation and Pilot Test in Uruguay
Location: Latin America, Uruguay, Montevideo In collaboration with the Pablo de Tarso Foundation, the Uruguayan National Board on Drug Use, Uruguayan educational authorities, and the American embassy in Montevideo, GCAHR conducted a pilot study to test the feasibility of implementing keepin' it...Read more |
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keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL: A Feasibility Trial in Mexico's Three Largest Cities
Location: Latin America, Mexico, México City, Guadalajara, and Monterrey The project was a collaboration between GCAHR investigators and substance use researchers at the National Autonomous University of Mexico (Mexico City), University of Guadalajara, and Autonomous University of Nuevo León (Monterrey). The objective was...Read more |