Viviana Horigian

Biographic Data

ID353661
NAMEViviana Horigian
GIVEN NAMESViviana
FAMILY NAMEHorigian
SIGNATUREHORIGIAN V
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Miami
ORCID0000-0002-3578-0014
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS13
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT13
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Asynchronous Online Focus Groups

    Open AccessChloe A Dicamillo, Renae D Schmidt et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2026References: 18

    As society becomes increasingly digital, qualitative research methods must continue to adapt and evolve to remain relevant and effective. This study aimed to evaluate the feasibility and utility of asynchronous online focus groups (AOFGs) as a platform to engage young women in discussions about mental health. The Learning Insights from Girls for Health (LIGHT) study utilized an AOFG to assess mental health problems and potential solutions among 5…

  • HIV Treatment Disruption and Viral Suppression Among Venezuelan Immigrants Living with HIV in Miami

    Open AccessYue Pan, Viviana Horigian et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2025

    Venezuelan immigrants living with HIV (VILH) in Miami represent a growing and understudied population that may face substantial barriers to continuous HIV care due to prior treatment disruptions, migration-related stressors, and limited healthcare access. This study compares HIV treatment trajectories, medication histories, and viral suppression among VILH, U.S.-born people living with HIV (PLWH), and other foreign-born PLWH in Miami. We used med…

  • Psychosocial Factors Linked to Uncontrolled Infection and Mortality among People Living with HIV Who Use Substances

    Open AccessRenae D Schmidt, Viviana Horigian et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2024

    To determine whether endorsement patterns of psychosocial symptoms revealed distinct subgroups, or latent classes, of people living with HIV who use substances (PLWH-SU), and to assess whether these classes demonstrated differential health outcomes over time. This study uses data from 801 PLWH-SU initially enrolled across 11 US hospitals during 2012-2014 and followed up in 2017. Latent class analysis included 28 psychosocial items. Regression ana…

  • A commentary on forging a path for CHANGE

    Open AccessJahn Jaramillo, Derrick Forney et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2024

    Training programs focused on developing the next generation of scholars with expertise in HIV and mental health are crucial for advancing health equity and cultivating a diverse workforce by supporting individuals with lived experience and a strong commitment to serving underserved communities. However, disparities persist in the workforce, particularly in the inclusion of professionals typically underrepresented in research. The aim of this comm…

  • The Learning Collaboratory

    Open AccessViviana Horigian, Viviana E Horigian et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: Complex and continuous developments in health and healthcare require innovative changes in programs that educate public health scientists and professionals. Public health change agents need critical competencies to confront today and tomorrow's leading problems including leadership, communication, interprofessional practice, and systems thinking. The context challenges in public health education: Public Health training programs teac…

  • High suicidality predicts overdose events among people with substance use disorder

    Open AccessRenae D Schmidt, Viviana Horigian et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction Suicide is the tenth leading cause of death in the United States and continues to be a major public health concern. Suicide risk is highly prevalent among individuals with co-occurring substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health disorders, making them more prone to adverse substance use related outcomes including overdose. Identifying individuals with SUD who are suicidal, and therefore potentially most at risk of overdose, is an…

  • Untreated substance use disorder affects glycemic control

    Open AccessViviana Horigian, Viviana E Horigian et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: Patients with diabetes and comorbid substance use disorders (SUD) experience poor diabetes management, increased medical complications and mortality. However, research has documented that patients engaged in substance abuse treatment have better management of their comorbid conditions. The current study examines diabetes management among patients with type 2 diabetes, with and without comorbid SUD, receiving care at Florida-based Fe…

  • Aiming High

    Open AccessRenae D Schmidt, F Daniel Armstrong et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Health Journal2022

  • The process and challenges of language translation and cultural adaptation of study instruments

    Julia A Collins, Shoham Lewin et al.ARTICLEJournal of Ethnicity in Substance…2021

    In the absence of specific guidance, it is feasible for study team members to 1) determine which instruments should undergo certified translation and 2) incorporate dialect into translations

  • Loneliness, Mental Health, and Substance Use among US Young Adults during Covid-19

    Open AccessViviana Horigian, Renae D Schmidt et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychoactive Drugs2020

    As COVID-19 converges with loneliness and addiction epidemics in the US, both public health and mental health experts forecast dramatic increases in substance use and mental health conditions. This cross-sectional study evaluated relationships of loneliness with depression, anxiety, alcohol use, and drug use during COVID-19, and assessed perceived increases in these symptoms in young adults. Between April 22 and May 11, 2020, 1,008 participants a…

  • The Achilles' heel of prevention to mother-to-child transmission of HIV

    Open AccessVioleta J Rodríguez, Richard P Lacabe et al.ARTICLESAHARA-J Journal of Social…2017Cited by: 2References: 22

    The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV and AIDS proposed to reduce the vertical transmission of HIV from ∼72,200 to ∼8300 newly infected children by 2015 in South Africa (SA). However, cultural, infrastructural, and socio-economic barriers hinder the implementation of the prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) protocol, and research on potential solutions to address these barriers in rural areas is particularly limited. This study …

  • Prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) implementation in rural community health centres in Mpumalanga province, South Africa

    Karl Peltzer, Guillermo Prado et al.ARTICLEJournal of Psychology in Africa2016

    This study explores organisational and individual provider influences on prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT) implementation at 12 community health centres (CHCs) in a rural South African setting. Clinic staff members ( N = 103; females = 86%, nurse managers = 9.7%, nurses = 54.4%, lay health workers = 35.9%) were surveyed on PMTCT implementation acceptability and skills. The data were analysed using descriptive statistics comparing…

  • Uptake of HIV Testing in Substance Use Disorder Treatment Programs That Offer On-Site Testing

    Open AccessTiffany L Kyle, Tiffany Kyle et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2014