Alejandra Cabral
Biographic Data
| ID | 4007135 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alejandra Cabral |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alejandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Cabral |
| SIGNATURE | CABRAL A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Exploring Space‐Time Interactions in Fatal Opioid Overdoses
This study investigates fatal opioid overdoses in Riverside County, California, between January 2020 and March 2023, employing advanced spatial‐temporal analysis methods to uncover significant clusters and their underlying contexts. By integrating global and local Knox tests, the research identifies both broad trends and specific hotspots of fatal overdoses. The findings reveal substantial spatial disparities, with higher overdose rates in rural …
The emergence of fentanyl in a stimulant landscape
Our research calls for evidence-based education about fentanyl, expanded access to harm reduction services, including community drug checking and safer smoking supplies, and low-barrier drug treatment as part of broader efforts to promote community care
Rapid Assessment of Covid Evidence (Race)
Much has been written in the Rapid Assessment of COVID Evidence (RACE) series about the COVID-19 pandemic’s collateral consequences and disproportionate impact on Black and brown people, the working class, and the poor. With this final issue of the series, we review our efforts and the reasons for embarking on this work, lessons learned, and future directions. With over 10,500,000 children1 having lost primary caretakers during the pandemic and w…
They Don’t Care If We Live or Die”
Historically, the US immigration system (ie, institutions, agencies, and laws) has served the goals and principles of white supremacy through its treatment of globally displaced people and this appears to have continued through the COVID pandemic. Yet, the implications for immigrant health are not routinely addressed in mainstream public health discourse, and especially so in regard to public health disasters. This study conducted a series of foc…
An Equity-Based Scoring System for Evaluating Surveillance-Related Harm in Public Health Crises
The potential for surveillance systems to compromise the health and well-being of racialized and/or vulnerable populations has been understudied. This project developed and piloted a scoring system to accomplish this equity-based imperative. The nobler pursuits of public health to improve the health for all must be reconciled with these potential harms
A Qualitative Analysis on Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs and Issues During Covid-19 Using a Reproductive Justice Framework
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing health inequities, further exposing the challenges in meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs, particularly for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). We interviewed 11 key informants through three focus groups to explore barriers and pathways to SRH care for BIPOC during COVID-19 in the United States. Reimagining reproductive health practices requires holistic practices and multis…
Delivering PrEP to adults with “low” or “no” HIV risk and youth
Health care providers have an important role to play in expanding PrEP uptake to populations disproportionately burdened by HIV. In this study, in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 PrEP providers in Los Angeles, California to explore their experiences and perspectives prescribing PrEP. Overall, the findings indicate that providers generally adhered to US CDC clinical guidelines in determining PrEP eligibility. H…
Integrated Methods for Applying Critical Race Theory to Qualitative Covid-19 Equity Research
These novel approaches provide an effective model for community-engaged qualitative research during a pandemic
Barriers and motivators to pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among Black and Latina transgender women in Los Angeles
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify barriers and motivators to PrEP uptake from the perspective of Black and Latina transgender women (TW) who are currently using PrEP to suggest intervention and outreach activities to increase PrEP uptake in this population. The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model guided the development of the semi-structured interview guide. A thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the data.…
“We are becoming older women and then we have two stigmas”
In April 2019, nine older women (age 50+) living with HIV in Palm Springs, California, participated in a 90-minute focus group to identify their major health issues, strengths, and HIV and aging-related health priorities. Using the rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) technique, we identified four major themes: (1) mental health, (2) HIV comorbidities, (3) social determinants of health, and (4) resiliencies. These results reinforce the…
Experiences of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)–Related Stigma among Black MSM PrEP Users in Los Angeles
Travar el saber
Travar el saber recoge las experiencias de personas travestis y trans en espacios educativos a través de narrativas en primera persona. El libro se centra en el trabajo de tres organizaciones pioneras en estos esfuerzos: el Bachillerato Popular Trans Mocha Celis, OTRANS Argentina y la Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda. Travar el saber es una frase asociada a Lohana Berkins, una de las principales referentas de movimientos sociales y militancias …
Experiences of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)–Related Stigma among Black MSM PrEP Users in Los Angeles
Integrated Methods for Applying Critical Race Theory to Qualitative Covid-19 Equity Research
These novel approaches provide an effective model for community-engaged qualitative research during a pandemic
Travar el saber
Travar el saber recoge las experiencias de personas travestis y trans en espacios educativos a través de narrativas en primera persona. El libro se centra en el trabajo de tres organizaciones pioneras en estos esfuerzos: el Bachillerato Popular Trans Mocha Celis, OTRANS Argentina y la Universidad Nacional de Avellaneda. Travar el saber es una frase asociada a Lohana Berkins, una de las principales referentas de movimientos sociales y militancias …
Experiences of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PrEP)–Related Stigma among Black MSM PrEP Users in Los Angeles
“We are becoming older women and then we have two stigmas”
In April 2019, nine older women (age 50+) living with HIV in Palm Springs, California, participated in a 90-minute focus group to identify their major health issues, strengths, and HIV and aging-related health priorities. Using the rigorous and accelerated data reduction (RADaR) technique, we identified four major themes: (1) mental health, (2) HIV comorbidities, (3) social determinants of health, and (4) resiliencies. These results reinforce the…
Barriers and motivators to pre-exposure prophylaxis uptake among Black and Latina transgender women in Los Angeles
The purpose of this qualitative study was to identify barriers and motivators to PrEP uptake from the perspective of Black and Latina transgender women (TW) who are currently using PrEP to suggest intervention and outreach activities to increase PrEP uptake in this population. The Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Model guided the development of the semi-structured interview guide. A thematic analysis approach was used to analyze the data.…
A Qualitative Analysis on Sexual and Reproductive Health Needs and Issues During Covid-19 Using a Reproductive Justice Framework
The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated existing health inequities, further exposing the challenges in meeting the sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs, particularly for Black, Indigenous and People of Color (BIPOC). We interviewed 11 key informants through three focus groups to explore barriers and pathways to SRH care for BIPOC during COVID-19 in the United States. Reimagining reproductive health practices requires holistic practices and multis…
Delivering PrEP to adults with “low” or “no” HIV risk and youth
Health care providers have an important role to play in expanding PrEP uptake to populations disproportionately burdened by HIV. In this study, in-depth, semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with 20 PrEP providers in Los Angeles, California to explore their experiences and perspectives prescribing PrEP. Overall, the findings indicate that providers generally adhered to US CDC clinical guidelines in determining PrEP eligibility. H…
Integrated Methods for Applying Critical Race Theory to Qualitative Covid-19 Equity Research
These novel approaches provide an effective model for community-engaged qualitative research during a pandemic
An Equity-Based Scoring System for Evaluating Surveillance-Related Harm in Public Health Crises
The potential for surveillance systems to compromise the health and well-being of racialized and/or vulnerable populations has been understudied. This project developed and piloted a scoring system to accomplish this equity-based imperative. The nobler pursuits of public health to improve the health for all must be reconciled with these potential harms
Rapid Assessment of Covid Evidence (Race)
Much has been written in the Rapid Assessment of COVID Evidence (RACE) series about the COVID-19 pandemic’s collateral consequences and disproportionate impact on Black and brown people, the working class, and the poor. With this final issue of the series, we review our efforts and the reasons for embarking on this work, lessons learned, and future directions. With over 10,500,000 children1 having lost primary caretakers during the pandemic and w…
They Don’t Care If We Live or Die”
Historically, the US immigration system (ie, institutions, agencies, and laws) has served the goals and principles of white supremacy through its treatment of globally displaced people and this appears to have continued through the COVID pandemic. Yet, the implications for immigrant health are not routinely addressed in mainstream public health discourse, and especially so in regard to public health disasters. This study conducted a series of foc…
Exploring Space‐Time Interactions in Fatal Opioid Overdoses
This study investigates fatal opioid overdoses in Riverside County, California, between January 2020 and March 2023, employing advanced spatial‐temporal analysis methods to uncover significant clusters and their underlying contexts. By integrating global and local Knox tests, the research identifies both broad trends and specific hotspots of fatal overdoses. The findings reveal substantial spatial disparities, with higher overdose rates in rural …
The emergence of fentanyl in a stimulant landscape
Our research calls for evidence-based education about fentanyl, expanded access to harm reduction services, including community drug checking and safer smoking supplies, and low-barrier drug treatment as part of broader efforts to promote community care
Medicine (11 works) · Political science (9 works) · Population (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Nursing (6 works) · Psychiatry (5 works) · Criminology (4 works) · Family medicine (4 works)