Myriam E Torres
Biographic Data
| ID | 186551 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Myriam E Torres |
| GIVEN NAMES | Myriam E |
| FAMILY NAME | Torres |
| SIGNATURE | TORRES M E |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Michigan |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0104-5281 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 293 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Is It Safe for Me to Get It? Factors Influencing Covid-19 Vaccination Decision-Making among Postpartum Women Who Are Black and Hispanic in Deep South
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 vaccination is vital for ending the pandemic, yet safety concerns persist among pregnant and postpartum women, especially those who are Black and Hispanic. This study aims to explore factors that influence postpartum women's vaccination decision-making during pregnancy and postpartum through women's lived experiences and maternal care providers' (MCPs) observations. METHODS: From January to August 2022, we conducted semi-stru…
Linking Activity, Nutrition, and Child Health (LAUNCH): Protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of children as they develop from infancy to preschool age
LAUNCH will employ a longitudinal study design and objective measures of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep in examining developmental trends for those characteristics in children between the ages of 6 and 36 months. Associations among physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, and weight status will be examined. Findings will inform public health guidance and intervention strategies for very young children
Socially Assigned Race and Diabetes: Findings from the Arizona Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013-2014
HIV Knowledge Among Pregnant Latinas in Rural South Carolina
Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescents
Findings suggest that future public health interventions that aim to increasing physical activity among Hispanic adolescents should be tailored based on generational status and English-language use
Epidemiological Characterization of Individuals With Newly Reported HIV Infection: South Carolina, 2004–2005
Objectives. We used statewide data to assess HIV disease stage at initial diagnosis and laboratory indications for initiating antiretroviral therapy among South Carolina residents with newly diagnosed HIV infection. Methods. Initial CD4+ counts and viral loads among individuals diagnosed with HIV between May 2004 and April 2005 were categorized according to current staging and treatment guidelines. Results. Of 759 individuals who had a CD4+ count…
Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders Among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life
Objectives. We sought to estimate the prevalence of substance disorders for African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States using data from the National Survey of American Life. Methods. A national household probability sample of noninstitutionalized African Americans (n=3570) and Caribbean Blacks (n=1621) was obtained between February 2001 and June 2003 using a slightly modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Inter…
Race, Ethnicity, and the Use of Services for Mental Disorders: Results From the National Survey of American Life
CONTEXT: Little is known about differences in the unmet need for mental health service use between African Americans and Caribbean blacks. OBJECTIVE: To extend the National Survey of Black Americans by examining 12-month mental health service use for African Americans and Caribbean blacks from the recently completed National Survey of American Life. DESIGN AND SETTING: National household probability samples of noninstitutionalized African America…
Use of Mental Health Services and Subjective Satisfaction With Treatment Among Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results From the National Survey of American Life
Objectives. We examined the use rates and correlates of formal psychiatric services among the US-born and immigrant Caribbean Black population. Methods. We compared overall mental health service use in samples of Caribbean Blacks and African Americans and examined the within-sample ethnic variation among Caribbean Blacks, including for ethnic origin (Spanish Caribbean, Haiti, and English Caribbean), nativity status (those born in or outside the U…
The Black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: Does Where You Go and How You Get There Make a Difference
The relatively poor health of Black American people in the US and Black Caribbean people in England is a consistent finding in the health inequalities literature. Indeed, there are many similarities between the health, social, economic and demographic profiles of these two groups. However, there is evidence that Caribbean people in the US are faring considerably better. This paper explores differences in the social and economic position of Black …
Sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES)
This paper provides an overview of the probability sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R), the National Study of American Life (NSAL) and the National Latino and Asian American Study of Mental Health (NLAAS). The multi‐stage sample design and respondent selection procedures used in these three studies are based on the University of Mich…
The development and implementation of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, the National Survey of American Life, and the National Latino and Asian American Survey
This paper provides an overview of the development and implementation of the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R), the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), and the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). It describes the instrument development and testing phases, the development of training and other project materials, interviewer recruitment and training activiti…
Methodological innovations in the National Survey of American Life
This paper provides an overview of the conceptualization and methods used in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). The objectives of the NSAL are to investigate the nature, severity, and impairment of mental disorders among national samples of the black and non‐Hispanic white (n = 1,006) populations in the US, including African American (N = 3,570), and Afro‐Caribbean (N = 1,623) immigrant and second and older generation, populations. Nati…
Being black and feeling blue: The Mental Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination
Traditional and Contemporary Prejudice and Urban Whites' Support for Affirmative Action and Government Help
Data from a probability sample of a major metropolitan area in the United States were used to examine the extent to which racial prejudice predicted variations in whites' support for both government efforts to help blacks through social and economic initiatives, in general, and through Affirmative Action programs in employment, in particular. We examined the relative contributions of traditional and contemporary racial prejudice, individual and g…
Being black and feeling blue: The Mental Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination
The Black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: Does Where You Go and How You Get There Make a Difference
The relatively poor health of Black American people in the US and Black Caribbean people in England is a consistent finding in the health inequalities literature. Indeed, there are many similarities between the health, social, economic and demographic profiles of these two groups. However, there is evidence that Caribbean people in the US are faring considerably better. This paper explores differences in the social and economic position of Black …
Use of Mental Health Services and Subjective Satisfaction With Treatment Among Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results From the National Survey of American Life
Objectives. We examined the use rates and correlates of formal psychiatric services among the US-born and immigrant Caribbean Black population. Methods. We compared overall mental health service use in samples of Caribbean Blacks and African Americans and examined the within-sample ethnic variation among Caribbean Blacks, including for ethnic origin (Spanish Caribbean, Haiti, and English Caribbean), nativity status (those born in or outside the U…
Traditional and Contemporary Prejudice and Urban Whites' Support for Affirmative Action and Government Help
Data from a probability sample of a major metropolitan area in the United States were used to examine the extent to which racial prejudice predicted variations in whites' support for both government efforts to help blacks through social and economic initiatives, in general, and through Affirmative Action programs in employment, in particular. We examined the relative contributions of traditional and contemporary racial prejudice, individual and g…
Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescents
Findings suggest that future public health interventions that aim to increasing physical activity among Hispanic adolescents should be tailored based on generational status and English-language use
Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders Among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life
Objectives. We sought to estimate the prevalence of substance disorders for African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States using data from the National Survey of American Life. Methods. A national household probability sample of noninstitutionalized African Americans (n=3570) and Caribbean Blacks (n=1621) was obtained between February 2001 and June 2003 using a slightly modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Inter…
Socially Assigned Race and Diabetes: Findings from the Arizona Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013-2014
Traditional and Contemporary Prejudice and Urban Whites' Support for Affirmative Action and Government Help
Data from a probability sample of a major metropolitan area in the United States were used to examine the extent to which racial prejudice predicted variations in whites' support for both government efforts to help blacks through social and economic initiatives, in general, and through Affirmative Action programs in employment, in particular. We examined the relative contributions of traditional and contemporary racial prejudice, individual and g…
Being black and feeling blue: The Mental Health Consequences of Racial Discrimination
Sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES)
This paper provides an overview of the probability sample designs and sampling methods for the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R), the National Study of American Life (NSAL) and the National Latino and Asian American Study of Mental Health (NLAAS). The multi‐stage sample design and respondent selection procedures used in these three studies are based on the University of Mich…
The development and implementation of the National Comorbidity Survey Replication, the National Survey of American Life, and the National Latino and Asian American Survey
This paper provides an overview of the development and implementation of the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES): the National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCS‐R), the National Survey of American Life (NSAL), and the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). It describes the instrument development and testing phases, the development of training and other project materials, interviewer recruitment and training activiti…
Methodological innovations in the National Survey of American Life
This paper provides an overview of the conceptualization and methods used in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). The objectives of the NSAL are to investigate the nature, severity, and impairment of mental disorders among national samples of the black and non‐Hispanic white (n = 1,006) populations in the US, including African American (N = 3,570), and Afro‐Caribbean (N = 1,623) immigrant and second and older generation, populations. Nati…
Race, Ethnicity, and the Use of Services for Mental Disorders: Results From the National Survey of American Life
CONTEXT: Little is known about differences in the unmet need for mental health service use between African Americans and Caribbean blacks. OBJECTIVE: To extend the National Survey of Black Americans by examining 12-month mental health service use for African Americans and Caribbean blacks from the recently completed National Survey of American Life. DESIGN AND SETTING: National household probability samples of noninstitutionalized African America…
Use of Mental Health Services and Subjective Satisfaction With Treatment Among Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results From the National Survey of American Life
Objectives. We examined the use rates and correlates of formal psychiatric services among the US-born and immigrant Caribbean Black population. Methods. We compared overall mental health service use in samples of Caribbean Blacks and African Americans and examined the within-sample ethnic variation among Caribbean Blacks, including for ethnic origin (Spanish Caribbean, Haiti, and English Caribbean), nativity status (those born in or outside the U…
The Black diaspora and health inequalities in the US and England: Does Where You Go and How You Get There Make a Difference
The relatively poor health of Black American people in the US and Black Caribbean people in England is a consistent finding in the health inequalities literature. Indeed, there are many similarities between the health, social, economic and demographic profiles of these two groups. However, there is evidence that Caribbean people in the US are faring considerably better. This paper explores differences in the social and economic position of Black …
Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders Among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life
Objectives. We sought to estimate the prevalence of substance disorders for African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the United States using data from the National Survey of American Life. Methods. A national household probability sample of noninstitutionalized African Americans (n=3570) and Caribbean Blacks (n=1621) was obtained between February 2001 and June 2003 using a slightly modified version of the Composite International Diagnostic Inter…
Acculturation, physical activity, and obesity among Hispanic adolescents
Findings suggest that future public health interventions that aim to increasing physical activity among Hispanic adolescents should be tailored based on generational status and English-language use
Epidemiological Characterization of Individuals With Newly Reported HIV Infection: South Carolina, 2004–2005
Objectives. We used statewide data to assess HIV disease stage at initial diagnosis and laboratory indications for initiating antiretroviral therapy among South Carolina residents with newly diagnosed HIV infection. Methods. Initial CD4+ counts and viral loads among individuals diagnosed with HIV between May 2004 and April 2005 were categorized according to current staging and treatment guidelines. Results. Of 759 individuals who had a CD4+ count…
HIV Knowledge Among Pregnant Latinas in Rural South Carolina
Socially Assigned Race and Diabetes: Findings from the Arizona Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System, 2013-2014
Linking Activity, Nutrition, and Child Health (LAUNCH): Protocol for a longitudinal cohort study of children as they develop from infancy to preschool age
LAUNCH will employ a longitudinal study design and objective measures of physical activity, sedentary behavior and sleep in examining developmental trends for those characteristics in children between the ages of 6 and 36 months. Associations among physical activity, sedentary behavior, sleep, and weight status will be examined. Findings will inform public health guidance and intervention strategies for very young children
Is It Safe for Me to Get It? Factors Influencing Covid-19 Vaccination Decision-Making among Postpartum Women Who Are Black and Hispanic in Deep South
BACKGROUND: COVID-19 vaccination is vital for ending the pandemic, yet safety concerns persist among pregnant and postpartum women, especially those who are Black and Hispanic. This study aims to explore factors that influence postpartum women's vaccination decision-making during pregnancy and postpartum through women's lived experiences and maternal care providers' (MCPs) observations. METHODS: From January to August 2022, we conducted semi-stru…
Medicine (13 works) · Population (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Racial and Ethnic Identity Research (6 works) · Demography (5 works) · Ethnic group (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Gerontology (5 works)