Alfonso Rojas-Álvarez
Biographic Data
| ID | 4088974 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Alfonso Rojas-Álvarez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Alfonso |
| FAMILY NAME | Rojas-Álvarez |
| SIGNATURE | ROJAS-ÁLVAREZ A |
| AFFILIATIONS | The University of Texas at El Paso |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7602-9596 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Barriers beyond behavior: Structural determinants of behavioral health treatment disparities among Hispanics in the U.S
Background: Persistent disparities in substance use treatment access undermine efforts to achieve equitable public health outcomes in the United States. Hispanic populations, who report lower prevalence of substance use, nevertheless face systemic barriers to care. This study examines how socioeconomic status, insurance coverage, and ethnicity influence treatment utilization and perceived barriers, with attention to structural and sociocultural f…
Immigration, priming and policy collaboration: Evidence from a Mexico-United States Policy Survey, 2024
We argue that given the polarization patterns, forthcoming policy elites in the United States do moderate their perspectives on immigration when they are acquainted with anti-stereotype representations of concrete human beings positively influenced by binational cooperation. We use data from a survey conducted by the authors applied to graduate students of policy-related fields in Mexico and the United States. In it, we conducted a randomized exp…
Political Polarization and the Binational Agenda in Mexico and the United States
We argue that affective polarization and foreign policy preferences are deeply connected in Mexico and the United States. Based on data from an online survey conducted by the authors involving graduate students preparing to influence public policymaking, this article reveals that polarized partisans in the two nations have contrasting viewpoints about the problems of the neighboring country and about the role that their own country should play in…
Do Older Mexican Americans With Dementia Benefit From Living Closer to the Border? Evidence From the Hepese
This paper explores disparities in health outcomes among Hispanic older adults living near the United States (U.S.)-Mexico border. Hispanic older adults face significant barriers to healthcare access, stemming from multiple factors: limited income, high medical costs, elevated rates of chronic disease and dementia, and greater reliance on public insurance programs, relative to other racial, ethnic, and age groups. Likewise, Hispanic older adults …
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Immigration, priming and policy collaboration: Evidence from a Mexico-United States Policy Survey, 2024
We argue that given the polarization patterns, forthcoming policy elites in the United States do moderate their perspectives on immigration when they are acquainted with anti-stereotype representations of concrete human beings positively influenced by binational cooperation. We use data from a survey conducted by the authors applied to graduate students of policy-related fields in Mexico and the United States. In it, we conducted a randomized exp…
Political Polarization and the Binational Agenda in Mexico and the United States
We argue that affective polarization and foreign policy preferences are deeply connected in Mexico and the United States. Based on data from an online survey conducted by the authors involving graduate students preparing to influence public policymaking, this article reveals that polarized partisans in the two nations have contrasting viewpoints about the problems of the neighboring country and about the role that their own country should play in…
Do Older Mexican Americans With Dementia Benefit From Living Closer to the Border? Evidence From the Hepese
This paper explores disparities in health outcomes among Hispanic older adults living near the United States (U.S.)-Mexico border. Hispanic older adults face significant barriers to healthcare access, stemming from multiple factors: limited income, high medical costs, elevated rates of chronic disease and dementia, and greater reliance on public insurance programs, relative to other racial, ethnic, and age groups. Likewise, Hispanic older adults …
Barriers beyond behavior: Structural determinants of behavioral health treatment disparities among Hispanics in the U.S
Background: Persistent disparities in substance use treatment access undermine efforts to achieve equitable public health outcomes in the United States. Hispanic populations, who report lower prevalence of substance use, nevertheless face systemic barriers to care. This study examines how socioeconomic status, insurance coverage, and ethnicity influence treatment utilization and perceived barriers, with attention to structural and sociocultural f…
Political science (3 works) · Ethnic group (2 works) · Health equity (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Public health (2 works) · Activities of daily living (1 works) · Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (1 works) · Dementia (1 works) · Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research (1 works) · Demographic economics (1 works)