Luis R Alvarez-Hernandez
Biographic Data
| ID | 1246119 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Luis R Alvarez-Hernandez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Luis R |
| FAMILY NAME | Alvarez-Hernandez |
| SIGNATURE | ALVAREZ-HERNANDEZ L R |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8695-5817 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 18 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
“Si Te la Pones, Yo También Me la Pongo”
Given the disproportionate rates of COVID infections among Hispanics, this study explored factors influencing COVID vaccine uptake and inform public health messaging targeting this population. Hispanic participants (n = 80) were part of eight Spanish and English focus groups. Bilingual researchers transcribed interviews verbatim and conducted Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Five themes were constructed regarding factors influencing the community’s u…
It was basically don't say gay with a therapist face”
“I See That Strong Woman”
Trans, Latinx, and immigrants’ epistemological and ontological viewpoints are rarely discussed in social work courses, particularly from an intersectional strengths perspective. As a queer cisgender Latinx social work educator and scholar, I hope to inspire social work educators to see and follow the lead of trans Latina immigrants through a Chicana feminist framework. I introduce Chicana feminisms, Martha Cotera’s contributions, and my experienc…
Transforming through switch points
Decolonizing Approaches to Family Science as Intersectional Latinx and Caribbean Scholars
The field of human development and family science is broadening the scope for what is deemed legitimate science; however, the voices of Latinx and Caribbean scholars have been largely absent. We contend that it is not sufficient to merely disrupt hegemonic worldviews and practices in the production of knowledge, but it is also necessary to center our ways of knowing as Latinx and Caribbean scholars and practitioners. In this paper, we utilize our…
Me Llamo Luchadora Social
Many trans Latina immigrants have utilized their individual and collective strengths to resist oppression and generate change in their communities; however, their efforts remain largely invisible to those outside of their communities. The current study aimed to explore the meaning trans Latinas make of their experiences as agents of change in the southern United States. Informed by Chicana feminisms, authors used interpretive phenomenology to exp…
Three Social Work Professors Walk into an Improv Class
You Aren’t Alone”
Social media platforms, such as Instagram, provide space for marginalized groups to connect, learn about and express themselves, and cultivate community. Trans Latinas, a group target of violence and discrimination, resist by expressing themselves and building community through social media. As cisgender researchers, we explored how trans Latinas use #translatina on Instagram as a shared space to present themselves and their identities, to levera…
Trans and Gender-Diverse Latinx Individuals in the Southern United States
Using secondary data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, we explored transgender and gender-diverse Latinx individuals in the Southern U.S. experiences with transprejudice and antitrans violence at the individual, interpersonal, and structural levels. Findings include high rates of any form of antitrans violence in the past year and intimate partner violence in a lifetime. Most respondents accessed healthcare services in the past year. However…
Epistemological Weaving
How is writing a part of creatively understanding ourselves, research questions, data, and theory? Writing is a critical form of connecting concepts, exploring data, and weaving knowledge in qualitative research. In other words, writing is integral to theorizing. However, writing is not an individualistic process. Writing is a relational and creative epistemological weaving of thoughts and embodiments constructed by researchers and their interact…
Entre Madres y Comadres
When social workers discuss the lives of Latinx individuals, it is often in the context of cultural values such as marianismo. Marianismo is linked to Catholicism and patriarchal values that reinforce traditional gender scripts for women. Although Latina feminists have challenged these values for decades, it continues to be paramount that social workers deepen their understanding of the lives of Chicanas and Latinas through critical theories. Fro…
Trends in Suicide Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Hispanic Individuals
Due to multiple minority stressors, persons who are Hispanic and lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) can experience an increased risk of injury and death, including suicide. We examined trends and correlates of deaths by suicide among LGB Hispanic individuals using data from the National Violent Death Reporting System from 2012 to 2016 (N = 1,132). A multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression model examined time-series trends associated with suicide…
Teaching Note—Teaching Intersectionality Across the Social Work Curriculum Using the Intersectionality Analysis Cluster
It is imperative to consider the significance of intersectionality in social work practice and education because of its purpose of understanding and addressing multiple forms of oppression. This article proposes a tool, the Intersectionality Analysis Cluster, which could be used across the social work curriculum and various academic degree levels to engage students in activities and class dynamics that focus on intersectionality. This article pro…
No queremos quedar mal”
Community health workers (CHWs)—or promotoras de salud in Spanish—have successfully addressed the health needs of Latinx and immigrant populations. However, for promotoras, setting boundaries is particularly difficult given challenges like residing in the same communities as their participants. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and impact of a boundary setting training to support the emotional well-being of immigrant promo…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Intimate Partner Violence
Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents
A multistakeholder evaluation of Lazos Hispanos
The goal of Lazos Hispanos is to enhance the health and well‐being of the Latinx community through promotoras , who connect community members with service providers for multiple health and social needs. A community‐based participatory research conceptual model framed the multimethod evaluation of promotoras , service providers, and community participants at baseline and at the 1‐year follow up. The promotoras increased their self‐efficacy and kno…
A comparison of health disparities among transgender adults in Colorado (USA) by race and income
Transgender individuals face heightened risks for discrimination, harassment, and violence that impact their psychosocial well-being and physical health. However, few studies have thoroughly examined the general physical and mental health of transgender adults or within-group health differences by race/ethnicity and income. To that end, after controlling for health insurance status, age, and engagement in exercise, this study asks: (a) are transg…
A comparison of health disparities among transgender adults in Colorado (USA) by race and income
Transgender individuals face heightened risks for discrimination, harassment, and violence that impact their psychosocial well-being and physical health. However, few studies have thoroughly examined the general physical and mental health of transgender adults or within-group health differences by race/ethnicity and income. To that end, after controlling for health insurance status, age, and engagement in exercise, this study asks: (a) are transg…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Intimate Partner Violence
Entre Madres y Comadres
When social workers discuss the lives of Latinx individuals, it is often in the context of cultural values such as marianismo. Marianismo is linked to Catholicism and patriarchal values that reinforce traditional gender scripts for women. Although Latina feminists have challenged these values for decades, it continues to be paramount that social workers deepen their understanding of the lives of Chicanas and Latinas through critical theories. Fro…
Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents
Decolonizing Approaches to Family Science as Intersectional Latinx and Caribbean Scholars
The field of human development and family science is broadening the scope for what is deemed legitimate science; however, the voices of Latinx and Caribbean scholars have been largely absent. We contend that it is not sufficient to merely disrupt hegemonic worldviews and practices in the production of knowledge, but it is also necessary to center our ways of knowing as Latinx and Caribbean scholars and practitioners. In this paper, we utilize our…
Me Llamo Luchadora Social
Many trans Latina immigrants have utilized their individual and collective strengths to resist oppression and generate change in their communities; however, their efforts remain largely invisible to those outside of their communities. The current study aimed to explore the meaning trans Latinas make of their experiences as agents of change in the southern United States. Informed by Chicana feminisms, authors used interpretive phenomenology to exp…
Trans and Gender-Diverse Latinx Individuals in the Southern United States
Using secondary data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, we explored transgender and gender-diverse Latinx individuals in the Southern U.S. experiences with transprejudice and antitrans violence at the individual, interpersonal, and structural levels. Findings include high rates of any form of antitrans violence in the past year and intimate partner violence in a lifetime. Most respondents accessed healthcare services in the past year. However…
A comparison of health disparities among transgender adults in Colorado (USA) by race and income
Transgender individuals face heightened risks for discrimination, harassment, and violence that impact their psychosocial well-being and physical health. However, few studies have thoroughly examined the general physical and mental health of transgender adults or within-group health differences by race/ethnicity and income. To that end, after controlling for health insurance status, age, and engagement in exercise, this study asks: (a) are transg…
Ecological factors influencing suicidal ideation-to-action among Latinx adolescents
A multistakeholder evaluation of Lazos Hispanos
The goal of Lazos Hispanos is to enhance the health and well‐being of the Latinx community through promotoras , who connect community members with service providers for multiple health and social needs. A community‐based participatory research conceptual model framed the multimethod evaluation of promotoras , service providers, and community participants at baseline and at the 1‐year follow up. The promotoras increased their self‐efficacy and kno…
Teaching Note—Teaching Intersectionality Across the Social Work Curriculum Using the Intersectionality Analysis Cluster
It is imperative to consider the significance of intersectionality in social work practice and education because of its purpose of understanding and addressing multiple forms of oppression. This article proposes a tool, the Intersectionality Analysis Cluster, which could be used across the social work curriculum and various academic degree levels to engage students in activities and class dynamics that focus on intersectionality. This article pro…
No queremos quedar mal”
Community health workers (CHWs)—or promotoras de salud in Spanish—have successfully addressed the health needs of Latinx and immigrant populations. However, for promotoras, setting boundaries is particularly difficult given challenges like residing in the same communities as their participants. The purpose of this study was to describe the development and impact of a boundary setting training to support the emotional well-being of immigrant promo…
Covid-19 Pandemic and Intimate Partner Violence
Epistemological Weaving
How is writing a part of creatively understanding ourselves, research questions, data, and theory? Writing is a critical form of connecting concepts, exploring data, and weaving knowledge in qualitative research. In other words, writing is integral to theorizing. However, writing is not an individualistic process. Writing is a relational and creative epistemological weaving of thoughts and embodiments constructed by researchers and their interact…
Entre Madres y Comadres
When social workers discuss the lives of Latinx individuals, it is often in the context of cultural values such as marianismo. Marianismo is linked to Catholicism and patriarchal values that reinforce traditional gender scripts for women. Although Latina feminists have challenged these values for decades, it continues to be paramount that social workers deepen their understanding of the lives of Chicanas and Latinas through critical theories. Fro…
Trends in Suicide Among Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Hispanic Individuals
Due to multiple minority stressors, persons who are Hispanic and lesbian, gay or bisexual (LGB) can experience an increased risk of injury and death, including suicide. We examined trends and correlates of deaths by suicide among LGB Hispanic individuals using data from the National Violent Death Reporting System from 2012 to 2016 (N = 1,132). A multilevel mixed-effects logistic regression model examined time-series trends associated with suicide…
You Aren’t Alone”
Social media platforms, such as Instagram, provide space for marginalized groups to connect, learn about and express themselves, and cultivate community. Trans Latinas, a group target of violence and discrimination, resist by expressing themselves and building community through social media. As cisgender researchers, we explored how trans Latinas use #translatina on Instagram as a shared space to present themselves and their identities, to levera…
Trans and Gender-Diverse Latinx Individuals in the Southern United States
Using secondary data from the 2015 U.S. Transgender Survey, we explored transgender and gender-diverse Latinx individuals in the Southern U.S. experiences with transprejudice and antitrans violence at the individual, interpersonal, and structural levels. Findings include high rates of any form of antitrans violence in the past year and intimate partner violence in a lifetime. Most respondents accessed healthcare services in the past year. However…
“I See That Strong Woman”
Trans, Latinx, and immigrants’ epistemological and ontological viewpoints are rarely discussed in social work courses, particularly from an intersectional strengths perspective. As a queer cisgender Latinx social work educator and scholar, I hope to inspire social work educators to see and follow the lead of trans Latina immigrants through a Chicana feminist framework. I introduce Chicana feminisms, Martha Cotera’s contributions, and my experienc…
Transforming through switch points
Decolonizing Approaches to Family Science as Intersectional Latinx and Caribbean Scholars
The field of human development and family science is broadening the scope for what is deemed legitimate science; however, the voices of Latinx and Caribbean scholars have been largely absent. We contend that it is not sufficient to merely disrupt hegemonic worldviews and practices in the production of knowledge, but it is also necessary to center our ways of knowing as Latinx and Caribbean scholars and practitioners. In this paper, we utilize our…
Me Llamo Luchadora Social
Many trans Latina immigrants have utilized their individual and collective strengths to resist oppression and generate change in their communities; however, their efforts remain largely invisible to those outside of their communities. The current study aimed to explore the meaning trans Latinas make of their experiences as agents of change in the southern United States. Informed by Chicana feminisms, authors used interpretive phenomenology to exp…
Three Social Work Professors Walk into an Improv Class
“Si Te la Pones, Yo También Me la Pongo”
Given the disproportionate rates of COVID infections among Hispanics, this study explored factors influencing COVID vaccine uptake and inform public health messaging targeting this population. Hispanic participants (n = 80) were part of eight Spanish and English focus groups. Bilingual researchers transcribed interviews verbatim and conducted Reflexive Thematic Analysis. Five themes were constructed regarding factors influencing the community’s u…
It was basically don't say gay with a therapist face”
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