Research in Latin America

Research Projects

	Anti-immigrant Sentiment and Adolescent Wellbeing in the Arizona-Sonora Border Region Location: Latin America The study team seeks to advance knowledge about the experiences with violence, anti-immigrant sentiments, and coping strategies of youth along both sides of the US-Mexico border in Nogales, Arizona and Nogales, Sonora. The overall goal of this… more
	Guanajuato Youth Public Health Profile Location: Latin America 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… more
	Mantente REAL Guatemala Pilot Test Location: Latin America 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.
	keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL Jalisco Pilot Test Location: Latin America 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.
	keepin' it REAL in Mexico: An Adaptation and Multisite RCT Location: Latin America Sharp increases in substance use rates among youth in Mexico are a major concern, both in México and in the US. Although substance abuse prevention is a national priority, Mexico has few school-based universal prevention programs that are culturally… more
	keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL in Monterrey, Mexico Location: Latin America 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… more
	keepin' it REAL / Mantente REAL Pilot Test in Nogales, Mexico Location: Latin America 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… more
	Human Rights and Migration: Families Preparing the New Generation Location: Latin America 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… more
	keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL: Adaptation and Pilot Test in Uruguay Location: Latin America This research implemented a culturally adapted Spanish language version of the keepin’ it REAL youth substance use prevention program, called Mantente REAL (MREAL), in Uruguay and conducted feasibility, efficacy and effectiveness studies of MREAL with… more
	keepin' it REAL /Mantente REAL: A Feasibility Trial in Mexico's Three Largest Cities Location: Latin America 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… more
	Substance Use Prevention Program (Cigarettes, Alcohol, and Marijuana) in Adolescents Attending Public Institutions in the city of Cartagena, Colombia Location: Latin America To evaluate the effectiveness of a program for the prevention of the consumption of psychoactive substances (cigarettes, alcohol and marijuana) Mantente REAL, in adolescents between 10-14 years old in official educational institutions in the city of… more
	Mantente REAL Sonora Addiction Prevention program for Middle school students Location: Latin America Train teachers for the implementation of the "Mantente REAL" program where the strategies Refuse – Explain – Avoid and Leave (REAL) are used to teach students how to say NO to offers of substances such as alcohol, tobacco and other drugs in a practical… more