Victor García
Biographic Data
| ID | 103578 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Victor García |
| GIVEN NAMES | Victor |
| FAMILY NAME | García |
| SIGNATURE | GARCÍA V |
| AFFILIATIONS | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0054-883X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Opioid Overdoses and Take-Home Naloxone Interventions: Ethnographic Evidence for Individual-Level Barriers to Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders in Rural Appalachia
Introduction: Research indicates that take-home naloxone (THN) is saving lives across rural Appalachia, but whether it also results in treatment for opioid use disorders (OUDs) remains unclear. This study involves a detailed qualitative analysis of interviews with 16 individuals who had overdosed on opioids 61 times to understand why a THN intervention does not routinely lead to OUD treatment. Methods: This study builds upon a one-year (2018) qua…
Social Distancing and Ethnography: Strategies for Social Contact and Interviews with Latinx Diasporic Populations During Covid-19
Traditionally, ethnography is an enterprise based on face-to-face contact with research populations. Preventive measures designed to stop the spread of COVID-19, such as sheltering in place and maintaining social distance, have disrupted this important interaction and how anthropologists gather field data. New strategies are needed to overcome this restriction, especially when our research involves Latinx diasporic populations. Drawing on our cur…
Only Going to Get Worse: Narrative Magnifications and Emotion Work among Rural Frontline Responders in the Opioid Epidemic
The study of narrative sociology can be used to understand how rural first responders magnify aspects of their collective stories about the opioid crisis to deflect emotional frustrations they experience. Based on 31 interviews with frontline responders in four rural counties in Appalachia, we find that responders portray themselves as capable protagonists up against hamstringing policies, opioid using clients as 'their worst,' and their manageme…
Drug Trafficking
Drug trafficking is a complex global problem, and all countries play a role in the illicit drug trade. This trade includes the production, sale, distribution, and consumption of prohibited prescription drugs and other illegal drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. For decades, western hemisphere countries in the south, such as Colombia, either produced or distributed drugs, and the countries in the north, especially the United States, served as major…
El empleo de fotogrametría mediante vehículos aéreos no tripulados (Vant/dron) como herramienta de evaluación del patrimonio en riesgo: Chinampas arqueológicas de Xochimilco
The development of the technology of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV, drone) in the last decade has been vertiginous. Its use in the study of cultural heritage is growing and in this study we expose a workflow using an automated system of remote sensing by aerial photography through the use of a device that integrates a hexacopter to which two cameras have been adapted, one of them to obtain visible light (VIS) images, the other modified to capture…
Ethnographic research in immigrant-specific drug abuse recovery houses
Access to study populations is a major concern for drug use and treatment researchers. Spaces related to drug use and treatment have varying levels of researcher accessibility based on several issues, including legality, public versus private settings, and insider/outsider status. Ethnographic research methods are indispensable for gaining and maintaining access to hidden or "hard-to-reach" populations. Here, we discuss our long-term ethnographic…
Sociopolitical contexts for addiction recovery: Anexos in U.S. Latino communities
Expandiendo la tradición de Ángel Palerm: Estaciones De Campo, Etnografía, Reclutamiento Y Retención De Estudiantes Latinos
El artículo habla de la Casa "Ángel Palerm", un modelo de estación de campo etnográfica que establecimos en Dallas, Texas, para reclutar y retener a estudiantes latinos en la Universidad de Texas en Dallas. Abrió sus puertas en Oak Cliff, uno de los barrios latinos más grandes de Dallas y operó del año 2000 hasta el 2004. Se describe el enfoque, la pedagogía utilizada y su aplicación para llevar a cabo esta misión. La discusión incluye la tradici…
Participatory Research Challenges in Drug Abuse Studies Among Transnational Mexican Migrants
Participatory research is essential in public health studies, but using this methodology to examine sensitive public health problems among vulnerable populations is a challenge. We share some of our trials and tribulations in attempting to use participatory research in our substance abuse studies among transnational Mexican migrants in southeastern Pennsylvania. Major challenges did not permit partnerships across the community in all phases of re…
Binational Substance Abuse Research and Internal Review Boards: Human Subject Risks and Suggestions for Protections
Drug use research that involves transnational populations in their worksite nations and in their countries of origin requires special consideration for human subjects. These populations are exposed to similar, if not greater, research related risks than other vulnerable research subjects. If they are to be protected adequately, Internal Review Boards (IRBs) need to become familiar with transnational populations and the possible risks that their m…
Juramentos and Mandas: Traditional Catholic Practices and Substance Abuse in Mexican Communities of Southeastern Pennsylvania
This article describes the use of traditional Catholic beliefs and practices by Mexican sojourners in southeastern Pennsylvania to deal with and overcome substance abuse. Two practices in particular are the focus: juramentos and mandas. Juramentos are ritual promises to a saint, made by a drinker or drug user, to abstain from drinking or using drugs; whereas mandas are requests or pleas for divine intervention in protecting a loved one from dange…
Silvia Tlaseca and the Kaolin Mushroom Workers Union: Women’s Leadership in the Mexican Diaspora
Problem Drinking among Transnational Mexican Migrants: Exploring Migrant Status and Situational Factors
We present research finding son problem drinking among transnational Mexican migrants employed in the mushroom industry of southeastern Pennsylvania. Our research explored the relationship between situational factors-living arrangements, social isolation, and peer pressure to drink-and problem drinking. Individual characteristics of the migrants, such as age, education level, migration history, and work experience in the mushroom industry are als…
Meeting a Binational Research Challenge: Substance Abuse Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers in the United States
To help in understanding the manner in which community, individual, and other factors in the United States and Mexico contribute to drug use among transnational migrants, this paper introduces a binational social ecology model of substance abuse in this population. We draw on our 2 NIH‐funded ethnographic studies—1 on problem drinking and the other on drug abuse—among transnational Mexican workers in the mushroom industry of southeastern Pennsylv…
Barriers in the Transfer Process for Hispanic and Hispanic Immigrant Students
This article reports barriers to transfer from the community college to bachelor's degree—granting institutions encountered by Hispanic students in the Dallas County Community College District. These Hispanic students were enrolled in a cultural studies course preparing them to transfer. Ethnographic methods—principally participant observation of the students and their families, interviews, and case studies—were used to analyze the barriers, thre…
Transnational Mexican Farmworkers and Problem Drinking: A Review of the Literature
Transnational Mexican migrants are the largest farm labor force in the United States. Problem drinking among their ranks is drawing increased public attention and concern in their new U.S. communities, but there is scant research that specifically addresses alcohol use among this population of migrants. The research on Mexican American migrants, other migrants, Mexicans, and farmworkers in general is reviewed to identify etiological factors and d…
Juramentos and Mandas: Traditional Catholic Practices and Substance Abuse in Mexican Communities of Southeastern Pennsylvania
This article describes the use of traditional Catholic beliefs and practices by Mexican sojourners in southeastern Pennsylvania to deal with and overcome substance abuse. Two practices in particular are the focus: juramentos and mandas. Juramentos are ritual promises to a saint, made by a drinker or drug user, to abstain from drinking or using drugs; whereas mandas are requests or pleas for divine intervention in protecting a loved one from dange…
Transnational Mexican Farmworkers and Problem Drinking: A Review of the Literature
Transnational Mexican migrants are the largest farm labor force in the United States. Problem drinking among their ranks is drawing increased public attention and concern in their new U.S. communities, but there is scant research that specifically addresses alcohol use among this population of migrants. The research on Mexican American migrants, other migrants, Mexicans, and farmworkers in general is reviewed to identify etiological factors and d…
Meeting a Binational Research Challenge: Substance Abuse Among Transnational Mexican Farmworkers in the United States
To help in understanding the manner in which community, individual, and other factors in the United States and Mexico contribute to drug use among transnational migrants, this paper introduces a binational social ecology model of substance abuse in this population. We draw on our 2 NIH‐funded ethnographic studies—1 on problem drinking and the other on drug abuse—among transnational Mexican workers in the mushroom industry of southeastern Pennsylv…
Barriers in the Transfer Process for Hispanic and Hispanic Immigrant Students
This article reports barriers to transfer from the community college to bachelor's degree—granting institutions encountered by Hispanic students in the Dallas County Community College District. These Hispanic students were enrolled in a cultural studies course preparing them to transfer. Ethnographic methods—principally participant observation of the students and their families, interviews, and case studies—were used to analyze the barriers, thre…
Silvia Tlaseca and the Kaolin Mushroom Workers Union: Women’s Leadership in the Mexican Diaspora
Problem Drinking among Transnational Mexican Migrants: Exploring Migrant Status and Situational Factors
We present research finding son problem drinking among transnational Mexican migrants employed in the mushroom industry of southeastern Pennsylvania. Our research explored the relationship between situational factors-living arrangements, social isolation, and peer pressure to drink-and problem drinking. Individual characteristics of the migrants, such as age, education level, migration history, and work experience in the mushroom industry are als…
Binational Substance Abuse Research and Internal Review Boards: Human Subject Risks and Suggestions for Protections
Drug use research that involves transnational populations in their worksite nations and in their countries of origin requires special consideration for human subjects. These populations are exposed to similar, if not greater, research related risks than other vulnerable research subjects. If they are to be protected adequately, Internal Review Boards (IRBs) need to become familiar with transnational populations and the possible risks that their m…
Juramentos and Mandas: Traditional Catholic Practices and Substance Abuse in Mexican Communities of Southeastern Pennsylvania
This article describes the use of traditional Catholic beliefs and practices by Mexican sojourners in southeastern Pennsylvania to deal with and overcome substance abuse. Two practices in particular are the focus: juramentos and mandas. Juramentos are ritual promises to a saint, made by a drinker or drug user, to abstain from drinking or using drugs; whereas mandas are requests or pleas for divine intervention in protecting a loved one from dange…
Participatory Research Challenges in Drug Abuse Studies Among Transnational Mexican Migrants
Participatory research is essential in public health studies, but using this methodology to examine sensitive public health problems among vulnerable populations is a challenge. We share some of our trials and tribulations in attempting to use participatory research in our substance abuse studies among transnational Mexican migrants in southeastern Pennsylvania. Major challenges did not permit partnerships across the community in all phases of re…
Expandiendo la tradición de Ángel Palerm: Estaciones De Campo, Etnografía, Reclutamiento Y Retención De Estudiantes Latinos
El artículo habla de la Casa "Ángel Palerm", un modelo de estación de campo etnográfica que establecimos en Dallas, Texas, para reclutar y retener a estudiantes latinos en la Universidad de Texas en Dallas. Abrió sus puertas en Oak Cliff, uno de los barrios latinos más grandes de Dallas y operó del año 2000 hasta el 2004. Se describe el enfoque, la pedagogía utilizada y su aplicación para llevar a cabo esta misión. La discusión incluye la tradici…
Sociopolitical contexts for addiction recovery: Anexos in U.S. Latino communities
Ethnographic research in immigrant-specific drug abuse recovery houses
Access to study populations is a major concern for drug use and treatment researchers. Spaces related to drug use and treatment have varying levels of researcher accessibility based on several issues, including legality, public versus private settings, and insider/outsider status. Ethnographic research methods are indispensable for gaining and maintaining access to hidden or "hard-to-reach" populations. Here, we discuss our long-term ethnographic…
El empleo de fotogrametría mediante vehículos aéreos no tripulados (Vant/dron) como herramienta de evaluación del patrimonio en riesgo: Chinampas arqueológicas de Xochimilco
The development of the technology of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV, drone) in the last decade has been vertiginous. Its use in the study of cultural heritage is growing and in this study we expose a workflow using an automated system of remote sensing by aerial photography through the use of a device that integrates a hexacopter to which two cameras have been adapted, one of them to obtain visible light (VIS) images, the other modified to capture…
Drug Trafficking
Drug trafficking is a complex global problem, and all countries play a role in the illicit drug trade. This trade includes the production, sale, distribution, and consumption of prohibited prescription drugs and other illegal drugs, such as cocaine and heroin. For decades, western hemisphere countries in the south, such as Colombia, either produced or distributed drugs, and the countries in the north, especially the United States, served as major…
Social Distancing and Ethnography: Strategies for Social Contact and Interviews with Latinx Diasporic Populations During Covid-19
Traditionally, ethnography is an enterprise based on face-to-face contact with research populations. Preventive measures designed to stop the spread of COVID-19, such as sheltering in place and maintaining social distance, have disrupted this important interaction and how anthropologists gather field data. New strategies are needed to overcome this restriction, especially when our research involves Latinx diasporic populations. Drawing on our cur…
Only Going to Get Worse: Narrative Magnifications and Emotion Work among Rural Frontline Responders in the Opioid Epidemic
The study of narrative sociology can be used to understand how rural first responders magnify aspects of their collective stories about the opioid crisis to deflect emotional frustrations they experience. Based on 31 interviews with frontline responders in four rural counties in Appalachia, we find that responders portray themselves as capable protagonists up against hamstringing policies, opioid using clients as 'their worst,' and their manageme…
Opioid Overdoses and Take-Home Naloxone Interventions: Ethnographic Evidence for Individual-Level Barriers to Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders in Rural Appalachia
Introduction: Research indicates that take-home naloxone (THN) is saving lives across rural Appalachia, but whether it also results in treatment for opioid use disorders (OUDs) remains unclear. This study involves a detailed qualitative analysis of interviews with 16 individuals who had overdosed on opioids 61 times to understand why a THN intervention does not routinely lead to OUD treatment. Methods: This study builds upon a one-year (2018) qua…
Sociology (13 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Political science (8 works) · Ethnography (7 works) · Criminology (5 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Art (4 works)