Center for Latino Health Research Opportunities (CLaRO)CLaRO focuses on substance abuse, violence/trauma, and HIV/AIDS (SAVA) syndemic conditions affecting vulnerable Latino populations, including seasonal farmworkers, sexual/gender minorities, and youth. |
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Familias UnidasFamilias Unidas ® is a multilevel family-based intervention designed to prevent substance use and sexual risk behaviors in Hispanic adolescents. The program is influenced by culturally specific models developed for Latin Hispanic populations in the United States and abroad. The in person version of Familias Unidas is delivered primarily through multi-parent groups, which aim to develop effective parenting skills. The multi-parent groups, led by a trained facilitator, meet in eight weekly two-hour sessions. Each group has approximately 15 parents, with at least one parent from each participating family. Sessions include problem posing and participatory exercises. Group discussions aim to increase parents’ understanding of their role in protecting their adolescent from harmful and risky behaviors and to facilitate parental investment. The program also includes four one-hour family visits in which parents are encouraged to apply the newly learned parenting skills while interacting with their adolescent. Familias Unidas is the only behavioral intervention program designed specifically for Hispanic adolescents and their families that has been shown to be efficacious and effective in preventing and reducing substance use and sexual risk behaviors. Familias Unidas is recognized as an evidence-based program by a number of different registries and national agencies, including the CDC and Blueprints. |
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The REACH (Research Engagement and Community Health) Equity team is focused on developing, adapting, and evaluating interventions and implementation strategies to achieve health equity among key populations affected by HIV and mental health disparities. The REACH Equity Team’s projects are funded by the National Institutes of Health and seek to develop and evaluate culturally grounded interventions and implementation strategies to scale up and disseminate evidence-based HIV-prevention (e.g., PrEP) and behavioral health interventions to Latino gay, bisexual, and other men who have sex with men. We also have a variety of other projects aligned with our team’s overall goals. |
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