Juliana Mejía‐trujillo
Biographic Data
| ID | 4437052 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Juliana Mejía‐trujillo |
| GIVEN NAMES | Juliana |
| FAMILY NAME | Mejía‐trujillo |
| SIGNATURE | TRUJILLO J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Corporación Universitaria Minuto de Dios |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9327-4689 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 26 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 25 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 26 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
The role of sociocultural context in the mental health of Venezuelan crisis migrants: A cross-national, multisite comparison.
Hunger Exposure and Post‐Traumatic Stress Among Venezuelan Youth: A Mixed‐Methods Study in the U.S. and Colombia
INTRODUCTION: The Venezuelan pre-migration context has exposed millions of people to extreme hardship, with youth particularly vulnerable to the psychological toll of forced displacement. The present mixed-methods study investigates the relationship between pre-migration hunger and post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms among Venezuelan migrant youth resettled in Colombia and the United States (U.S.). METHODS: Using an explanatory sequential design…
Familial Experiences of Crisis Exposure and Cultural Stress With Depressive Symptoms Among Venezuelan Parent‐Adolescent Dyads in the United States
Studies suggest that Venezuelan migrant families in the United States face both pre‐migration crisis exposures and post‐migration cultural stressors, both of which may influence their depressive symptoms. However, few studies have examined how familial pre‐ and post‐migration stressors additively and interactively predict depressive symptoms among Venezuelan parents and adolescents. We examined whether (a) pre‐ and post‐migration stressors can be…
How do pre-migration crisis exposures and post-migration cultural stressors shape mental health symptoms among Venezuelan youth in the United States and Colombia
Determinants of Heavy Episodic Drinking Among University Students, an Application of the I – Change Model
Introduction Heavy episodic drinking (HED) is a major problem among Colombian university students. This study aims to identify the sociodemographic characteristics and motivational constructs, as defined by the I-Change model (ICM), associated with HED among university students in Colombia. Method A cross-sectional study was conducted with 846 university students from three universities in Colombia. Participants completed an online questionnaire …
Navigating Crisis: Venezuelan Parents’ Experiences of Hardship and Decision to Migrate
Hunger and Repression: Pre‐Departure Experiences and PTSD Risk Among Venezuelans in the United States and Colombia
Venezuela's national collapse has been one of the most remarkable in recent history. Marked by widespread scarcity, deep poverty, and persistent concerns about authoritarian governance, the crisis has prompted the emigration of ~8 million people since 2015—more than 25% of the once‐prosperous nation's population. We examine the roles of pre‐migration hunger, government repression, and their interaction in predicting post‐migration post‐traumatic …
A new approach to exploring agency in migration research: The case of south-to-south migration among Venezuelan youth
Moderated mediation of motivation and self-efficacy in a brief motivational interviewing intervention to reduce youth alcohol use
Background Adolescent alcohol use is a significant public health concern, particularly in Latin America where rates are high. Despite the increasing use of evidence-based interventions in this region, there is a need for further research to understand how and for whom the programs work best.Objectives This study examines at how motivation and self-efficacy affected an alcohol prevention intervention among students in Zacatecas, Mexico. We tested …
The Crisis Migration Experience Scale: Developing and validating a tool for Venezuelan youth and adults residing in Colombia
Crisis migration is an increasingly important construct frequently referenced in the literature on migrant health and by international humanitarian organizations. The number of crisis migrant groups worldwide is increasing, with Ukrainians and Afghans recently added to the list of such groups, along with Venezuelans, Syrians, South Sudanese, Iraqis, and Central Americans. Developing and validating the CMES-16 with Venezuelan crisis migrants opens…
Interplay of premigration crisis exposure and postmigration cultural stress on depressive symptoms among Venezuelan crisis migrants in Colombia
Our research provides new insights into the experiences of Venezuelan migrant youth and adults in Colombia. It provides further support for the importance of drawing from a crisis-informed cultural-stress framework when working with crisis migrant populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Online xenophobia and mental health among Venezuelan migrant youth in Colombia: The interplay with “in-person” discrimination
026). Interaction effects (Online × In-Person) revealed a pattern in which greater exposure to online xenophobia was associated with greater distress, but only at relatively low levels of in-person discrimination. Findings provide new insights regarding (a) the properties of an increasingly relevant measure of cultural stress, (b) how online xenophobia relates to mental health, and (c) the interplay of online and in-person cultural stressors vis-…
Development of community strategies supporting brief alcohol advice in three Latin American countries: A protocol
Brief alcohol advice offered to patients was shown to be a clinically- and cost-effective intervention to prevent and manage alcohol-related health harm. However, this intervention is not yet optimally implemented in practice. A suggested strategy to improve the implementation of brief alcohol advice is through community actions which would enhance the environment in which primary healthcare providers must deliver the intervention. However, there…
Protocol for a process evaluation of SCALA study – Intervention targeting scaling up of primary health care-based prevention and management of heavy drinking and comorbid depression in Latin America
This paper describes the plan for a process evaluation of a quasi-experimental study testing the municipal level scale-up of primary health care-based measurement and brief advice programmes to reduce heavy drinking and comorbid depression in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The main aims of the evaluation are to assess the implementation of intervention components; mechanisms of impact that influenced the outcomes; and characteristics of the context …
Country and policy factors influencing the implementation of primary care-based alcohol screening: A comparison of Colombia, Mexico and Peru
Researchers and practitioners recognise the importance of context when implementing healthcare interventions, but the influence of wider environment is rarely mapped. This paper identifies the country and policy-related factors potentially explaining the country differences in outcomes of an intervention focused on improving detection and management of heavy alcohol use in primary care in Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Qualitative data obtained throu…
Reduced alcohol consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of heavy alcohol use has been reported in several high-income countries. We examined changes in alcohol use during the pandemic among primary health care (PHC) patients in two middle income countries, Colombia and Mexico. Methods: Data were collected during routine consultations in 34 PHC centres as part of a large-scale implementation study. Providers measured patients' alcohol consumption wi…
Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: The development of …
BACKGROUND: Effective interventions exist for heavy drinking and depression but to date there has been limited translation into routine practice in global health systems. This evidence-to-practice gap is particularly evident in low- and middle-income countries. The international SCALA project (Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders and Comorbid Depression in Latin America) sought to test the impact of multilevel implementa…
A Comparison of Cut Points for Measuring Risk Factors for Adolescent Substance Use and Antisocial Behaviors in the U.S. and Colombia
As the identification and targeting of salient risk factors for adolescent substance use become more widely used globally, an essential question arises as to whether U.S.-based cut points in the distributions of these risk factors that identify "high" risk can be used validly in other countries as well. This study examined proportions of youth at "high" risk using different empirically derived cut points in the distributions of 18 measured risk f…
Contextual Fit of a Family Evidence-Based Intervention for Preventing Youth Alcohol Use in Mexico
A validation of the Perceived Negative Context of Reception Scale with recently-arrived Venezuelan immigrants in Colombia and the United States
We provide new evidence that the Perceived Negative Context of Reception scale is reliable and valid for use with Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. and Colombia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved
Research in the Field of Prevention in Latin America
Assessing Community Readiness for Preventing Youth Substance Use in Colombia: A Latent Profile Analysis
Evaluation of the Prevention Program “Brief Intervention Based on Motivational Interviewing” in Colombian Adolescents
Cultural stress and psychological symptoms in recent Venezuelan immigrants to the United States and Colombia
How useful are randomized controlled trials in a rapidly changing world
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Cultural stress and psychological symptoms in recent Venezuelan immigrants to the United States and Colombia
A validation of the Perceived Negative Context of Reception Scale with recently-arrived Venezuelan immigrants in Colombia and the United States
We provide new evidence that the Perceived Negative Context of Reception scale is reliable and valid for use with Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. and Colombia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved
Navigating Crisis: Venezuelan Parents’ Experiences of Hardship and Decision to Migrate
A new approach to exploring agency in migration research: The case of south-to-south migration among Venezuelan youth
Interplay of premigration crisis exposure and postmigration cultural stress on depressive symptoms among Venezuelan crisis migrants in Colombia
Our research provides new insights into the experiences of Venezuelan migrant youth and adults in Colombia. It provides further support for the importance of drawing from a crisis-informed cultural-stress framework when working with crisis migrant populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
How useful are randomized controlled trials in a rapidly changing world
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Adaptation and Implementation of a Science‐based Prevention System in Colombia: Challenges and Achievements
During the last 2 years, the Colombian government and the Nuevos Rumbos Corporation have been implementing an adapted version of the Communities That Care (CTC) prevention system, called Comunidades Que se Cuidan (CQC) in Spanish, for use in Colombia. This brief report presents the process of implementing CQC and identifies some of the main challenges and achievements of implementing the system in 8 communities in Colombia. Preliminary results of…
Cultural stress and psychological symptoms in recent Venezuelan immigrants to the United States and Colombia
Evaluation of the Prevention Program “Brief Intervention Based on Motivational Interviewing” in Colombian Adolescents
Research in the Field of Prevention in Latin America
Assessing Community Readiness for Preventing Youth Substance Use in Colombia: A Latent Profile Analysis
A Comparison of Cut Points for Measuring Risk Factors for Adolescent Substance Use and Antisocial Behaviors in the U.S. and Colombia
As the identification and targeting of salient risk factors for adolescent substance use become more widely used globally, an essential question arises as to whether U.S.-based cut points in the distributions of these risk factors that identify "high" risk can be used validly in other countries as well. This study examined proportions of youth at "high" risk using different empirically derived cut points in the distributions of 18 measured risk f…
Contextual Fit of a Family Evidence-Based Intervention for Preventing Youth Alcohol Use in Mexico
A validation of the Perceived Negative Context of Reception Scale with recently-arrived Venezuelan immigrants in Colombia and the United States
We provide new evidence that the Perceived Negative Context of Reception scale is reliable and valid for use with Venezuelan immigrants in the U.S. and Colombia. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved
Reduced alcohol consumption during the Covid-19 pandemic: Analyses of 17 000 patients seeking primary health care in Colombia and Mexico
Background: During the COVID-19 pandemic, an increase of heavy alcohol use has been reported in several high-income countries. We examined changes in alcohol use during the pandemic among primary health care (PHC) patients in two middle income countries, Colombia and Mexico. Methods: Data were collected during routine consultations in 34 PHC centres as part of a large-scale implementation study. Providers measured patients' alcohol consumption wi…
Tailoring an evidence-based clinical intervention and training package for the treatment and prevention of comorbid heavy drinking and depression in middle-income country settings: The development of …
BACKGROUND: Effective interventions exist for heavy drinking and depression but to date there has been limited translation into routine practice in global health systems. This evidence-to-practice gap is particularly evident in low- and middle-income countries. The international SCALA project (Scale-up of Prevention and Management of Alcohol Use Disorders and Comorbid Depression in Latin America) sought to test the impact of multilevel implementa…
Development of community strategies supporting brief alcohol advice in three Latin American countries: A protocol
Brief alcohol advice offered to patients was shown to be a clinically- and cost-effective intervention to prevent and manage alcohol-related health harm. However, this intervention is not yet optimally implemented in practice. A suggested strategy to improve the implementation of brief alcohol advice is through community actions which would enhance the environment in which primary healthcare providers must deliver the intervention. However, there…
Protocol for a process evaluation of SCALA study – Intervention targeting scaling up of primary health care-based prevention and management of heavy drinking and comorbid depression in Latin America
This paper describes the plan for a process evaluation of a quasi-experimental study testing the municipal level scale-up of primary health care-based measurement and brief advice programmes to reduce heavy drinking and comorbid depression in Colombia, Mexico, and Peru. The main aims of the evaluation are to assess the implementation of intervention components; mechanisms of impact that influenced the outcomes; and characteristics of the context …
Country and policy factors influencing the implementation of primary care-based alcohol screening: A comparison of Colombia, Mexico and Peru
Researchers and practitioners recognise the importance of context when implementing healthcare interventions, but the influence of wider environment is rarely mapped. This paper identifies the country and policy-related factors potentially explaining the country differences in outcomes of an intervention focused on improving detection and management of heavy alcohol use in primary care in Colombia, Mexico and Peru. Qualitative data obtained throu…
Moderated mediation of motivation and self-efficacy in a brief motivational interviewing intervention to reduce youth alcohol use
Background Adolescent alcohol use is a significant public health concern, particularly in Latin America where rates are high. Despite the increasing use of evidence-based interventions in this region, there is a need for further research to understand how and for whom the programs work best.Objectives This study examines at how motivation and self-efficacy affected an alcohol prevention intervention among students in Zacatecas, Mexico. We tested …
The Crisis Migration Experience Scale: Developing and validating a tool for Venezuelan youth and adults residing in Colombia
Crisis migration is an increasingly important construct frequently referenced in the literature on migrant health and by international humanitarian organizations. The number of crisis migrant groups worldwide is increasing, with Ukrainians and Afghans recently added to the list of such groups, along with Venezuelans, Syrians, South Sudanese, Iraqis, and Central Americans. Developing and validating the CMES-16 with Venezuelan crisis migrants opens…
Interplay of premigration crisis exposure and postmigration cultural stress on depressive symptoms among Venezuelan crisis migrants in Colombia
Our research provides new insights into the experiences of Venezuelan migrant youth and adults in Colombia. It provides further support for the importance of drawing from a crisis-informed cultural-stress framework when working with crisis migrant populations. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2024 APA, all rights reserved)
Online xenophobia and mental health among Venezuelan migrant youth in Colombia: The interplay with “in-person” discrimination
026). Interaction effects (Online × In-Person) revealed a pattern in which greater exposure to online xenophobia was associated with greater distress, but only at relatively low levels of in-person discrimination. Findings provide new insights regarding (a) the properties of an increasingly relevant measure of cultural stress, (b) how online xenophobia relates to mental health, and (c) the interplay of online and in-person cultural stressors vis-…
Determinants of Heavy Episodic Drinking Among University Students, an Application of the I – Change Model
Introduction Heavy episodic drinking (HED) is a major problem among Colombian university students. This study aims to identify the sociodemographic characteristics and motivational constructs, as defined by the I-Change model (ICM), associated with HED among university students in Colombia. Method A cross-sectional study was conducted with 846 university students from three universities in Colombia. Participants completed an online questionnaire …
Navigating Crisis: Venezuelan Parents’ Experiences of Hardship and Decision to Migrate
Hunger and Repression: Pre‐Departure Experiences and PTSD Risk Among Venezuelans in the United States and Colombia
Venezuela's national collapse has been one of the most remarkable in recent history. Marked by widespread scarcity, deep poverty, and persistent concerns about authoritarian governance, the crisis has prompted the emigration of ~8 million people since 2015—more than 25% of the once‐prosperous nation's population. We examine the roles of pre‐migration hunger, government repression, and their interaction in predicting post‐migration post‐traumatic …
A new approach to exploring agency in migration research: The case of south-to-south migration among Venezuelan youth
The role of sociocultural context in the mental health of Venezuelan crisis migrants: A cross-national, multisite comparison.
Hunger Exposure and Post‐Traumatic Stress Among Venezuelan Youth: A Mixed‐Methods Study in the U.S. and Colombia
INTRODUCTION: The Venezuelan pre-migration context has exposed millions of people to extreme hardship, with youth particularly vulnerable to the psychological toll of forced displacement. The present mixed-methods study investigates the relationship between pre-migration hunger and post-traumatic stress (PTS) symptoms among Venezuelan migrant youth resettled in Colombia and the United States (U.S.). METHODS: Using an explanatory sequential design…
Familial Experiences of Crisis Exposure and Cultural Stress With Depressive Symptoms Among Venezuelan Parent‐Adolescent Dyads in the United States
Studies suggest that Venezuelan migrant families in the United States face both pre‐migration crisis exposures and post‐migration cultural stressors, both of which may influence their depressive symptoms. However, few studies have examined how familial pre‐ and post‐migration stressors additively and interactively predict depressive symptoms among Venezuelan parents and adolescents. We examined whether (a) pre‐ and post‐migration stressors can be…
Psychology (16 works) · Medicine (11 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (10 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (10 works) · Community Health and Development (9 works) · Nursing (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Environmental health (8 works) · Health Policy Implementation Science (8 works) · Political science (8 works)