C Gelpí-Acosta
Biographic Data
| ID | 6094825 |
|---|---|
| NAME | C Gelpí-Acosta |
| GIVEN NAMES | C |
| FAMILY NAME | Gelpí-Acosta |
| SIGNATURE | GELPÍ-ACOSTA C |
| AFFILIATIONS | LaGuardia Community College |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6274-7730 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 3 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2010 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Narcanazo
The Latinx (Hispanic) social construct obscures differences in the overdose risk levels of groups within this category. When national data are disaggregated, stateside Puerto Rican mortality increases exponentially, so much that this community has the highest rates of overdose deaths across years. Developed by Bronx-based Puerto Ricans, Narcanazo is an empowered upstander campaign that uses local overdose data to mobilize community members as tra…
Variation in US drug overdose mortality within and between Hispanic/Latine subgroups
This study examined differences across Latine heritage groups (i.e., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, South American) in rates of US drug overdose mortality. The study utilized 2015–2019 mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics for 29,137 Hispanic individuals who died of drug overdose. We used population estimates from the American Community Survey to calculate age-standardized drug overdose mortalit…
Risk of Drug Overdose Mortality for Island-Born and US-Born Puerto Ricans, 2013–2019
Covid-19 risks among people who inject drugs in Puerto Rico
Drug overdose mortality among stateside Puerto Ricans
Toward Community Empowerment
People who inject drugs (PWID) who migrate from Puerto Rico (PR) to New York City (NYC) are at elevated risk for hepatitis C (HCV), HIV and drug overdose. There is an urgent need to identify a sustainable path toward improving the health outcomes of this population. Peer-driven HIV/HCV prevention interventions for PWID are effective in reducing risk behaviors. Additionally, the concept of intravention—naturally occurring disease prevention activi…
Dispatches from Rebellious Colonial Subjects
For many communities across the world, the Covid-19 emergency revealed longstanding economic and social insecurities and inequities. For Puerto Rican people who inject drugs (PWID) participating in
Migration to the US among rural Puerto Ricans who inject drugs
A multi-region approach to prevention is required to make a dent in curbing HIV/HCV transmission in this population. Understanding PWID migration patterns, risk behaviors, and health care needs in the US is now more important than ever as natural disasters prompted by human-made climate change will only increase in the future, raising demands not only for service providers but also harm reduction policies to cope with an increasing influx of "cli…
Injection risk norms and practices among migrant Puerto Rican people who inject drugs in New York City
It Ruined My Life”
Community Sexual Bridging Among Heterosexuals at High-Risk of HIV in New York City
Perceptions of genetic testing and genomic medicine among drug users
Deren et al. Respond
AffiliationsSherry Deren is with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Camila Gelpí-Acosta is with LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, New York. Carmen E. Albizu-García is with the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan. At the time of writing, Ángel González and Salvador Santiago-Negrón were with the Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Ad…
Syringe access, syringe sharing, and police encounters among people who inject drugs in New York City
Addressing the HIV/Aids Epidemic Among Puerto Rican People Who Inject Drugs
High levels of HIV risk behaviors and prevalence have been reported among Puerto Rican people who inject drugs (PRPWID) since early in the HIV epidemic. Advances in HIV prevention and treatment have reduced HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United States. We examined HIV-related data for PRPWID in Puerto Rico and the US Northeast to assess whether disparities continue. Injection drug use as a risk for HIV is still overrepresented am…
Dual HIV Risk
Spatial Recruitment Bias in Respondent-Driven Sampling
Estimating HIV Incidence and the Correlates of Recent Infection in Venue-Sampled Men Who Have Sex With Men in New York City
Reconsidering the Internet as an HIV/STD Risk for Men Who Have Sex with Men
Addressing the HIV/Aids Epidemic Among Puerto Rican People Who Inject Drugs
High levels of HIV risk behaviors and prevalence have been reported among Puerto Rican people who inject drugs (PRPWID) since early in the HIV epidemic. Advances in HIV prevention and treatment have reduced HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United States. We examined HIV-related data for PRPWID in Puerto Rico and the US Northeast to assess whether disparities continue. Injection drug use as a risk for HIV is still overrepresented am…
Reconsidering the Internet as an HIV/STD Risk for Men Who Have Sex with Men
Estimating HIV Incidence and the Correlates of Recent Infection in Venue-Sampled Men Who Have Sex With Men in New York City
Dual HIV Risk
Spatial Recruitment Bias in Respondent-Driven Sampling
Syringe access, syringe sharing, and police encounters among people who inject drugs in New York City
Addressing the HIV/Aids Epidemic Among Puerto Rican People Who Inject Drugs
High levels of HIV risk behaviors and prevalence have been reported among Puerto Rican people who inject drugs (PRPWID) since early in the HIV epidemic. Advances in HIV prevention and treatment have reduced HIV among people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United States. We examined HIV-related data for PRPWID in Puerto Rico and the US Northeast to assess whether disparities continue. Injection drug use as a risk for HIV is still overrepresented am…
Community Sexual Bridging Among Heterosexuals at High-Risk of HIV in New York City
Perceptions of genetic testing and genomic medicine among drug users
Deren et al. Respond
AffiliationsSherry Deren is with the Center for Drug Use and HIV Research, College of Nursing, New York University, New York, NY. Camila Gelpí-Acosta is with LaGuardia Community College, CUNY, New York. Carmen E. Albizu-García is with the Graduate School of Public Health, University of Puerto Rico, San Juan. At the time of writing, Ángel González and Salvador Santiago-Negrón were with the Administración de Servicios de Salud Mental y Contra la Ad…
It Ruined My Life”
Migration to the US among rural Puerto Ricans who inject drugs
A multi-region approach to prevention is required to make a dent in curbing HIV/HCV transmission in this population. Understanding PWID migration patterns, risk behaviors, and health care needs in the US is now more important than ever as natural disasters prompted by human-made climate change will only increase in the future, raising demands not only for service providers but also harm reduction policies to cope with an increasing influx of "cli…
Injection risk norms and practices among migrant Puerto Rican people who inject drugs in New York City
Dispatches from Rebellious Colonial Subjects
For many communities across the world, the Covid-19 emergency revealed longstanding economic and social insecurities and inequities. For Puerto Rican people who inject drugs (PWID) participating in
Covid-19 risks among people who inject drugs in Puerto Rico
Drug overdose mortality among stateside Puerto Ricans
Toward Community Empowerment
People who inject drugs (PWID) who migrate from Puerto Rico (PR) to New York City (NYC) are at elevated risk for hepatitis C (HCV), HIV and drug overdose. There is an urgent need to identify a sustainable path toward improving the health outcomes of this population. Peer-driven HIV/HCV prevention interventions for PWID are effective in reducing risk behaviors. Additionally, the concept of intravention—naturally occurring disease prevention activi…
Variation in US drug overdose mortality within and between Hispanic/Latine subgroups
This study examined differences across Latine heritage groups (i.e., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Dominican, Central American, South American) in rates of US drug overdose mortality. The study utilized 2015–2019 mortality data from the National Center for Health Statistics for 29,137 Hispanic individuals who died of drug overdose. We used population estimates from the American Community Survey to calculate age-standardized drug overdose mortalit…
Risk of Drug Overdose Mortality for Island-Born and US-Born Puerto Ricans, 2013–2019
Narcanazo
The Latinx (Hispanic) social construct obscures differences in the overdose risk levels of groups within this category. When national data are disaggregated, stateside Puerto Rican mortality increases exponentially, so much that this community has the highest rates of overdose deaths across years. Developed by Bronx-based Puerto Ricans, Narcanazo is an empowered upstander campaign that uses local overdose data to mobilize community members as tra…
Medicine (17 works) · HIV, Drug Use, Sexual Risk (16 works) · Environmental health (13 works) · Demography (12 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Gerontology (9 works) · Public health (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Opioid Use Disorder Treatment (8 works)