Latoya A Small
Biographic Data
| ID | 6088235 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Latoya A Small |
| GIVEN NAMES | Latoya A |
| FAMILY NAME | Small |
| SIGNATURE | SMALL L A |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of California, Los Angeles |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9744-362X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2014 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Mental Health and Treatment Engagement among Low-Income Women of Color Living with HIV
Low-income women of color are disproportionately more likely to contract HIV, struggle with treatment adherence, and have compromised health as a result of HIV infections in comparison to White and more affluent women. The current study is a secondary analysis aimed at examining the association between stress, symptoms of depression, trauma exposure, healthcare engagement, and adherence self-efficacy, among low-income women of color with human im…
The longitudinal impact of an evidence‐based multiple family group intervention ( Amaka Amasanyufu ) on family cohesion among children in Uganda
Family functioning plays a critical role in childhood disruptive behavior disorders ( The Family Journal , 2003, 11 (1), 33–41; Research in Nursing and Health , 2016, 39 (4), 229–243). Yet, there is limited research on the impact of evidence‐based family strengthening interventions on improving family cohesion as a protective factor among children experiencing behavioral challenges. To address this gap, we analyzed data ( N = 636) from the SMART …
What Should Students Learn About the Importance of Cultural Brokering in Immigrant Communities
Cultural brokers can help clinicians meet needs of immigrant patients. This article considers loneliness as an endemic experience of immigrants in the United States and discusses how cultural brokerage practices can reduce the ill health effects of loneliness by helping clinicians contextualize their interactions with immigrant patients and by helping immigrants navigate the health care system and build social connections
Perceptions of healthcare accessibility and medical mistrust among Black women living with HIV in the USA
Black women living with HIV in the USA frequently endure structural racism, racial biases and discrimination in healthcare that affect their access to care. To explore their experiences in healthcare settings as they relate to HIV-treatment accessibility and medical mistrust we used intersectionality and structural intersectionality as guiding frameworks. Four focus groups were conducted with 20 low-income Black women living with HIV in a large u…
The invisibility of Black and Latina women in sexual health care
Black and Latinx women have long endured racist healthcare practices and policies that influence their sexual health outcomes. Despite having increased health care access, Black and Latina women continue to have higher rates of sexually transmitted infections compared to their white counterparts. We utilised Critical Race Theory to examine the myriad ways in which Black and Latina women and their unmet needs may be invisible to healthcare provide…
Understanding treatment attitudes in the path towards trauma recovery in urban-dwelling trauma-exposed Latinx adults
Trauma-exposed Latinx adults experience mental-health treatment disparities. Study aims examine the multilayered recovery needs of this population through assessing domains of functioning on mental health treatment attitudes. Secondary data analysis of patient-level data (N = 336) examined direct effects of functioning and quality of life (QOL) on treatment attitudes using hierarchical linear regression. Findings revealed occupational-disability …
The association between self-Esteem, stigma, and mental health among South African youth living with HIV
Treatment among pYLHIV focuses on their physical health. However, they also experience depression and anxiety, compounded by developmental challenges and the stress of managing a chronic illness. However, limited services are available to help pYLHIV manage the emotional stressors of living with a stigmatized condition. Data are from 37 caregiver-child dyads in the VUKA EKHAYA study, in Durban, South Africa. Outcomes were self-esteem and stigma. …
They already hate us for being immigrants and now for being trans—we have double the fight”
Efforts to develop linguistically and culturally appropriate health and mental health services for the Latinx transgender immigrant community must take into account the multiple contexts and communities that they inhabit. Strategies to enhance the health of transgender Latinx immigrants should also harness the unique strengths and resilience of the community
South African child report of caregiver attunement as a mechanism to decrease engagement in risky sexual situations and depression
Research regarding South African caregivers' protective parenting behaviors that can improve youth well-being in early adolescence is limited. Therefore, this study explored the affective and protective aspects of adult caregiving that influence mental health and possible engagement in sexual situations among Black South African early adolescents. Structural Equation Modeling was employed using baseline data from 577 youth to examine caregiver co…
South African adult caregivers as “protective shields”
Low-income youths in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, face elevated risks to their well-being from exposure to neighborhood conditions correlated with engaging in risky behaviors. These risks can be mitigated through adult caregivers who serve as protective shields, buffering adverse conditions. However, this protective role is dependent on the caregivers' mental health and well-being. This secondary analysis uses baseline data from 475 child-caregiv…
I'm more driven now
Background : Little is known about the resilience strategies of transgender and gender expansive youth and young adults (YYA) experiencing homelessness. In addition to difficulties accessing trans-affirming supports and services, transgender and gender expansive YYA must contend with structural constraints and oppressive messages about who they are and who they can become. Despite these challenges, transgender and gender expansive YYA experiencin…
At times I kinda felt I was in an institution”
Resilience in perinatal HIV+ adolescents in South Africa
Increasing numbers of perinatally HIV (PHIV+)-infected youth are surviving into adulthood with better access to treatment. However, few studies examine positive outcomes in the face of adversity (resilience) for PHIV+ youth. Social Action Theory (SAT) provided the theoretical framework for this study of PHIV + youth in South Africa (SA), allowing examination of contextual, social, and self-regulatory factors that influence behavioral health. Data…
Relationships Between Caregiver Violence Exposure, Caregiver Depression, and Youth Behavioral Health Among Homeless Families
Homelessness affects a large and increasing number of families in the United States, and exposure to violence and other potentially traumatic events is common among homeless families. It is important to understand more about this population and, more specifically, about the relationship between youth mental health and caregiver mental health and trauma exposure among homeless families, in order to better serve the needs of this vulnerable populat…
Meeting the Complex Needs of Urban Youth and Their Families Through the 4Rs 2Ss Family Strengthening Program
Youth living in poverty face compounding familial and environmental challenges in utilizing effective community mental health services. They have ongoing stressors that increase their dropout rate in mental health service use. Difficulties also exist in staying engaged in services when they are involved with the child welfare system. This study examines the 4Rs 2Ss Family Strengthening Program, developed across four broad conceptual categories re…
I'm more driven now
Background : Little is known about the resilience strategies of transgender and gender expansive youth and young adults (YYA) experiencing homelessness. In addition to difficulties accessing trans-affirming supports and services, transgender and gender expansive YYA must contend with structural constraints and oppressive messages about who they are and who they can become. Despite these challenges, transgender and gender expansive YYA experiencin…
At times I kinda felt I was in an institution”
Meeting the Complex Needs of Urban Youth and Their Families Through the 4Rs 2Ss Family Strengthening Program
Youth living in poverty face compounding familial and environmental challenges in utilizing effective community mental health services. They have ongoing stressors that increase their dropout rate in mental health service use. Difficulties also exist in staying engaged in services when they are involved with the child welfare system. This study examines the 4Rs 2Ss Family Strengthening Program, developed across four broad conceptual categories re…
South African child report of caregiver attunement as a mechanism to decrease engagement in risky sexual situations and depression
Research regarding South African caregivers' protective parenting behaviors that can improve youth well-being in early adolescence is limited. Therefore, this study explored the affective and protective aspects of adult caregiving that influence mental health and possible engagement in sexual situations among Black South African early adolescents. Structural Equation Modeling was employed using baseline data from 577 youth to examine caregiver co…
Relationships Between Caregiver Violence Exposure, Caregiver Depression, and Youth Behavioral Health Among Homeless Families
Homelessness affects a large and increasing number of families in the United States, and exposure to violence and other potentially traumatic events is common among homeless families. It is important to understand more about this population and, more specifically, about the relationship between youth mental health and caregiver mental health and trauma exposure among homeless families, in order to better serve the needs of this vulnerable populat…
Meeting the Complex Needs of Urban Youth and Their Families Through the 4Rs 2Ss Family Strengthening Program
Youth living in poverty face compounding familial and environmental challenges in utilizing effective community mental health services. They have ongoing stressors that increase their dropout rate in mental health service use. Difficulties also exist in staying engaged in services when they are involved with the child welfare system. This study examines the 4Rs 2Ss Family Strengthening Program, developed across four broad conceptual categories re…
Resilience in perinatal HIV+ adolescents in South Africa
Increasing numbers of perinatally HIV (PHIV+)-infected youth are surviving into adulthood with better access to treatment. However, few studies examine positive outcomes in the face of adversity (resilience) for PHIV+ youth. Social Action Theory (SAT) provided the theoretical framework for this study of PHIV + youth in South Africa (SA), allowing examination of contextual, social, and self-regulatory factors that influence behavioral health. Data…
I'm more driven now
Background : Little is known about the resilience strategies of transgender and gender expansive youth and young adults (YYA) experiencing homelessness. In addition to difficulties accessing trans-affirming supports and services, transgender and gender expansive YYA must contend with structural constraints and oppressive messages about who they are and who they can become. Despite these challenges, transgender and gender expansive YYA experiencin…
At times I kinda felt I was in an institution”
South African adult caregivers as “protective shields”
Low-income youths in KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, face elevated risks to their well-being from exposure to neighborhood conditions correlated with engaging in risky behaviors. These risks can be mitigated through adult caregivers who serve as protective shields, buffering adverse conditions. However, this protective role is dependent on the caregivers' mental health and well-being. This secondary analysis uses baseline data from 475 child-caregiv…
The association between self-Esteem, stigma, and mental health among South African youth living with HIV
Treatment among pYLHIV focuses on their physical health. However, they also experience depression and anxiety, compounded by developmental challenges and the stress of managing a chronic illness. However, limited services are available to help pYLHIV manage the emotional stressors of living with a stigmatized condition. Data are from 37 caregiver-child dyads in the VUKA EKHAYA study, in Durban, South Africa. Outcomes were self-esteem and stigma. …
They already hate us for being immigrants and now for being trans—we have double the fight”
Efforts to develop linguistically and culturally appropriate health and mental health services for the Latinx transgender immigrant community must take into account the multiple contexts and communities that they inhabit. Strategies to enhance the health of transgender Latinx immigrants should also harness the unique strengths and resilience of the community
South African child report of caregiver attunement as a mechanism to decrease engagement in risky sexual situations and depression
Research regarding South African caregivers' protective parenting behaviors that can improve youth well-being in early adolescence is limited. Therefore, this study explored the affective and protective aspects of adult caregiving that influence mental health and possible engagement in sexual situations among Black South African early adolescents. Structural Equation Modeling was employed using baseline data from 577 youth to examine caregiver co…
What Should Students Learn About the Importance of Cultural Brokering in Immigrant Communities
Cultural brokers can help clinicians meet needs of immigrant patients. This article considers loneliness as an endemic experience of immigrants in the United States and discusses how cultural brokerage practices can reduce the ill health effects of loneliness by helping clinicians contextualize their interactions with immigrant patients and by helping immigrants navigate the health care system and build social connections
Perceptions of healthcare accessibility and medical mistrust among Black women living with HIV in the USA
Black women living with HIV in the USA frequently endure structural racism, racial biases and discrimination in healthcare that affect their access to care. To explore their experiences in healthcare settings as they relate to HIV-treatment accessibility and medical mistrust we used intersectionality and structural intersectionality as guiding frameworks. Four focus groups were conducted with 20 low-income Black women living with HIV in a large u…
The invisibility of Black and Latina women in sexual health care
Black and Latinx women have long endured racist healthcare practices and policies that influence their sexual health outcomes. Despite having increased health care access, Black and Latina women continue to have higher rates of sexually transmitted infections compared to their white counterparts. We utilised Critical Race Theory to examine the myriad ways in which Black and Latina women and their unmet needs may be invisible to healthcare provide…
Understanding treatment attitudes in the path towards trauma recovery in urban-dwelling trauma-exposed Latinx adults
Trauma-exposed Latinx adults experience mental-health treatment disparities. Study aims examine the multilayered recovery needs of this population through assessing domains of functioning on mental health treatment attitudes. Secondary data analysis of patient-level data (N = 336) examined direct effects of functioning and quality of life (QOL) on treatment attitudes using hierarchical linear regression. Findings revealed occupational-disability …
Mental Health and Treatment Engagement among Low-Income Women of Color Living with HIV
Low-income women of color are disproportionately more likely to contract HIV, struggle with treatment adherence, and have compromised health as a result of HIV infections in comparison to White and more affluent women. The current study is a secondary analysis aimed at examining the association between stress, symptoms of depression, trauma exposure, healthcare engagement, and adherence self-efficacy, among low-income women of color with human im…
The longitudinal impact of an evidence‐based multiple family group intervention ( Amaka Amasanyufu ) on family cohesion among children in Uganda
Family functioning plays a critical role in childhood disruptive behavior disorders ( The Family Journal , 2003, 11 (1), 33–41; Research in Nursing and Health , 2016, 39 (4), 229–243). Yet, there is limited research on the impact of evidence‐based family strengthening interventions on improving family cohesion as a protective factor among children experiencing behavioral challenges. To address this gap, we analyzed data ( N = 636) from the SMART …
Medicine (14 works) · Psychology (14 works) · Psychiatry (9 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (6 works) · Mental health (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Gerontology (5 works) · Qualitative research (5 works)