Marina Tolou‐Shams

Biographic Data

ID	6359009
NAME	Marina Tolou‐Shams
GIVEN NAMES	Marina
FAMILY NAME	Tolou‐Shams
SIGNATURE	SHAMS M T
AFFILIATIONS	University of California, San Francisco
ORCID	0000-0003-2551-609X
VERIFIED	Yes
TOTAL WORKS	31
TOTAL CITATIONS	11
AUTHOR COUNT	31
EDITOR COUNT	0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR	2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR	2026
H-INDEX	2

Design Justice in Action
Open AccessSheridan Sweet, Nicole McCaffery et al.ARTICLESocial Sciences2026
To redress systemically biased approaches to health interventions and service design, it is critical that public health researchers employ frameworks that are intentional in their approach to recognizing and working against existing power structures to advance equity in public health. Design Justice represents an approach to design which centers marginalized people and uses collaborative design processes to address community needs and challenges.…
The behavioral health needs of legally involved sexual minority female adolescents
Open AccessElizabeth M Olsen, Laura Whiteley et al.ARTICLEHealth & Justice2025
BACKGROUND: Sexual minority (SM) female adolescents involved in the legal system experience marginalization and health inequities. This study examined the differences in psychosocial functioning and risk behaviors among legally involved SM and heterosexual female adolescents to better understand their behavioral health needs. We hypothesized that SM females, as individuals at the intersection of two marginalized groups, would demonstrate greater …
A Scoping Review of Trauma Treatments among Legally Involved Adolescents with Learning, Cognitive, or Intellectual Disabilities
Open AccessJeanne McPhee, Cynthia Valencia-Ayala et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2025
Youth involved in the legal system (YILS) experience higher rates of posttraumatic stress and learning, cognitive, or intellectual disabilities (LCID) than their peers without legal involvement. Trauma-focused treatments often require significant cognitive skills that may present difficulties for youth with LCID; this mismatch could impact the effectiveness of treatment with this subgroup of youth. Although evidence-based trauma treatments exist …
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Culturally Adapted Family-Based Telehealth Intervention for Latine Families Impacted by the Child Welfare System
Open AccessJocelyn I Meza, Johanna B Folk et al.ARTICLEHispanic Journal of Behavioral…2025References: 56
Despite the well-documented overrepresentation of Latine adolescents in the child welfare system and inequities in their behavioral health outcomes, Latine families experience significant barriers to accessing evidence-based behavioral health care. Limited culturally- and linguistically responsive family-based telehealth services contribute to lower service access rates for Latine systems-impacted adolescents. The present pilot study addresses th…
Feasibility and Acceptability of a Trauma-informed Intervention to Leverage Caregivers in Preventing Opioid Use Among Youth Involved in the Legal System
Open AccessYang Yang, Yunxiang Tang et al.ARTICLEJournal of Child & Adolescent…2024
The Role of Family Factors in the Outcomes of Court-Involved Youth
Open AccessElizabeth M Olsen, Laura Whiteley et al.ARTICLEYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice2023
Court-involved youth (CIY) comprise a significant portion of the U.S. population and have a high prevalence of psychiatric illness and substance use. Youth delinquency has also been associated with family variables and parenting practices. However, it is not known which family factors are most relevant to behavioral outcomes in CIY mandated to outpatient mental health treatment. Self-report measures from 163 CIY ( M = 15.19 years; 58.3% male) sta…
Risk and Protective Factors Associated with Self-Cutting Behavior Among Adolescents at First Contact with the Juvenile Court
Open AccessJocelyn I Meza, Johanna B Folk et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2023References: 50
Adolescents involved in juvenile legal system are at increased risk for self-cutting behavior, however, correlates associated with elevated risk remain underresearched, particularly among youth with first involvement with the court. This study utilized an epidemiological two-year longitudinal study involving 401 adolescents at first contact with the court ( M age = 14.47; SD age = 1.94 years; 43% female; 42% Latinx/Hispanic) and an involved careg…
Peer, substance use, and race-related factors associated with recidivism among first-time justice-involved youth
Open AccessEvan D Holloway, Johanna B Folk et al.ARTICLELaw and Human Behavior2022
OBJECTIVES: Peer deviancy and substance-related consequences are dynamic criminogenic needs associated with increased risk of recidivism for justice-involved youth. Most prior research in this area, however, is based on samples of primarily male youth charged with delinquent offenses. Because identification of dynamic criminogenic needs is essential to delinquency risk reduction efforts, the purpose of this study was to examine the role of peer d…
Early Identification of Suicide Risk Factors Among Justice-Involved Youth
Open AccessKathleen Kemp, Brittney Poindexter et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2022
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among juvenile justice populations are elevated. However, the characteristics of justice-involved youth who consider and attempt suicide are not well understood. This study examined suicidal ideation and attempt with first-time, preadjudicated diverted youth, and the relationship with commonly associated risk factors. The sample included 135 youth (50% male, M age = 14.48) that provided complete responses to self-r…
Researchers’ Perspectives on Digital Mental Health Intervention Co-Design With Marginalized Community Stakeholder Youth and Families
Open AccessMichelle V Porche, Johanna B Folk et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022
Co-design of digital mental health technology with youth and families is a relatively new but growing approach to intervention development. In this perspective article, researchers used collaborative reflexivity through duoethnography methodology to reflect and report on experiences and lessons learned conducting co-designed projects with marginalized youth and families. Researchers engaged in written reflective dialogue regarding projects design…
Association of pregnancy attitudes and intentions with sexual activity and psychiatric symptoms in justice-involved youth
Open AccessBrooke Rosen, Brooke H Rosen et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022Cited by: 1References: 68
Sexting and behavioral health in first-time justice-involved adolescents
Open AccessMei-Yee Ng, Mei Yi Ng et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022References: 44
Bringing juvenile justice and public health systems together to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of justice-involved youth
Marina Tolou-Shams, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2022
18) with juvenile justice (JJ) and public health (PH) system stakeholders between December 2015 and January 2017. Results suggest both PH and JJ stakeholders perceive CINI youth as having substantial, largely unmet SRH care needs due to a lack of services, policies, or procedures to address these needs. Barriers to implementing programs and policies to improve SRH services for this population include limited resources (e.g., staffing, time); perc…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Referral Source and Attrition From Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Among Adolescents in the United States
Open AccessPhillip L Marotta, Marina Tolou-Shams et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society2022References: 42
The following study examined the association between race, ethnicity, referral source, and reasons for attrition from substance use treatment in a sample of 72,643 discharges of adolescent youth in the United States from 2014 to 2016. Black and Hispanic adolescents were more likely to be discharged due to incarceration and termination by the facility compared to White adolescents. Adolescents referred by probation, diversion, other juvenile justi…
Multilevel Factors Shaping Awareness of and Attitudes Toward Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention among Criminal Justice-Involved Women
Open AccessEmily F Dauria, Andrew Levine et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2021
The Ethical Implications of Using Social Media to Engage and Retain Justice-Involved Youth in Behavioral Health Research
Open AccessChristopher Rodriguez, Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2021Cited by: 1
Given its popularity among youth ages 13-17, social media is a promising avenue for engaging and retaining historically hard-to-reach youth in longitudinal research. Social media use in longitudinal research involving youth, however, has preceded development of best practices for ethical use. This article describes the ethical challenges and considerations of using social media to engage and retain youth within the context of a randomized control…
Inequity and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on communities of color in the United States
Lisa R Fortuna, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020
COVID-19 has had disproportionate contagion and fatality in Black, Latino, and Native American communities and among the poor in the United States. Toxic stress resulting from racial and social inequities have been magnified during the pandemic, with implications for poor physical and mental health and socioeconomic outcomes. It is imperative that our country focus and invest in addressing health inequities and work across sectors to build self-e…
Brief Report
Open AccessEmily Haney Caron, Larry K Brown et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
The Prospective Impact of Family Functioning and Parenting Practices on Court-Involved Youth’s Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior
Open AccessJohanna B Folk, Larry K Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2020Cited by: 2References: 50
Parent Psychological Distress
Open AccessMei-Yee Ng, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2019
We examined whether pre-existing parent psychological distress moderated juvenile offenders' substance use, sexual risk, and mental health outcomes in a randomized trial. Forty-seven parent-adolescent dyads received either Family-based Affect Management Intervention (FAMI) for adolescent substance use and HIV prevention or adolescent-only Health Promotion Intervention (HPI). Parents' self-reported distress at baseline significantly moderated adol…
Ecological systems in relation to Latinx youth in the juvenile justice system
Open AccessDavid Hoskins, Peggy Tahir et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Cited by: 1
Mental health symptoms and delinquency among court-involved youth referred for treatment
Open AccessEmily Haney-Caron, Emily Haney Caron et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019References: 24
Justice involvement and girls' sexual health
Open AccessChristina C Tam, Emily F Dauria et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Cited by: 5References: 30
Latinx Youth in First Contact with the Justice System
Open AccessDavid Hoskins, Brandon D L Marshall et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2018
Challenges to conducting adolescent HIV prevention services research with court-involved youth
Open AccessMarina Tolou-Shams, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 1References: 29

Is the Web the culprit? Cognitive escape and Internet sexual risk among gay and bisexual men
Open AccessDavid J Mckirnan, David Mckirnan et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2006
Adolescent Sexual Risk
Open AccessCynthia Grossman, Wendy Hadley et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2008
Depressive Symptoms, Illicit Drug Use and HIV/STI Risk Among Sexual Minority Young Adults
Marina Tolou‐Shams, Nicholas Tarantino et al.ARTICLEJournal of Gay & Lesbian Mental…2012
This study examined the interaction of depressive symptoms and drug use on HIV/STI risk among sexual minority young adults. Analyses tested the interactive effect of depressive symptoms and drug use on unprotected sex. Among drug users, more depressive symptoms were associated with higher rates of unprotected sex with a male partner (for both male and female participants) but this was non-significant for non-users. Interventions with these groups…
Alcohol Use and HIV Risk Among Juvenile Drug Court Offenders
Marina Tolou-Shams, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Social Work Practice…2012
Juvenile drug courts (JDC) largely focus on marijuana and other drug use interventions. Yet, JDC offenders engage in other high-risk behaviors, such as alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors, which can compromise their health, safety and drug court success. An examination of alcohol use and sexual risk behaviors among 52 male substance abusing young offenders found that over 50% were using alcohol, 37% reported current marijuana use and one-third …
Affect Regulation and HIV Risk Among Youth in Therapeutic Schools
Open AccessLarry K Brown, Christopher Houck et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2012
Frequency and Detection of Malingering in Homicide Defendants Undergoing Criminal Responsibility Evaluations Using the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality
Open AccessWade C Myers, Ryan Hall et al.ARTICLESAGE Open2016
This retrospective study reports on (a) the prevalence of malingering in a sample of 20 homicide defendants seen in jail settings for criminal responsibility evaluations, and (b) the feasibility of the Schedule for Nonadaptive and Adaptive Personality (SNAP) for malingering detection in this sample. Based on previous non-clinical simulation research, it was hypothesized that the SNAP validity scales would predict group membership for homicide def…
Challenges to conducting adolescent HIV prevention services research with court-involved youth
Open AccessMarina Tolou-Shams, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2017Cited by: 1References: 29
Latinx Youth in First Contact with the Justice System
Open AccessDavid Hoskins, Brandon D L Marshall et al.ARTICLEChild Psychiatry & Human…2018
Parent Psychological Distress
Open AccessMei-Yee Ng, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEJournal of Research on Adolescence2019
We examined whether pre-existing parent psychological distress moderated juvenile offenders' substance use, sexual risk, and mental health outcomes in a randomized trial. Forty-seven parent-adolescent dyads received either Family-based Affect Management Intervention (FAMI) for adolescent substance use and HIV prevention or adolescent-only Health Promotion Intervention (HPI). Parents' self-reported distress at baseline significantly moderated adol…
Ecological systems in relation to Latinx youth in the juvenile justice system
Open AccessDavid Hoskins, Peggy Tahir et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Cited by: 1
Mental health symptoms and delinquency among court-involved youth referred for treatment
Open AccessEmily Haney-Caron, Emily Haney Caron et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019References: 24
Justice involvement and girls' sexual health
Open AccessChristina C Tam, Emily F Dauria et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2019Cited by: 5References: 30
Inequity and the disproportionate impact of Covid-19 on communities of color in the United States
Lisa R Fortuna, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEPsychological Trauma Theory…2020
COVID-19 has had disproportionate contagion and fatality in Black, Latino, and Native American communities and among the poor in the United States. Toxic stress resulting from racial and social inequities have been magnified during the pandemic, with implications for poor physical and mental health and socioeconomic outcomes. It is imperative that our country focus and invest in addressing health inequities and work across sectors to build self-e…
Brief Report
Open AccessEmily Haney Caron, Larry K Brown et al.ARTICLEAIDS and Behavior2020
The Prospective Impact of Family Functioning and Parenting Practices on Court-Involved Youth’s Substance Use and Delinquent Behavior
Open AccessJohanna B Folk, Larry K Brown et al.ARTICLEJournal of Youth and Adolescence2020Cited by: 2References: 50
Multilevel Factors Shaping Awareness of and Attitudes Toward Pre-exposure Prophylaxis for HIV Prevention among Criminal Justice-Involved Women
Open AccessEmily F Dauria, Andrew Levine et al.ARTICLEArchives of Sexual Behavior2021
The Ethical Implications of Using Social Media to Engage and Retain Justice-Involved Youth in Behavioral Health Research
Open AccessChristopher Rodriguez, Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan et al.ARTICLEJournal of Empirical Research on…2021Cited by: 1
Given its popularity among youth ages 13-17, social media is a promising avenue for engaging and retaining historically hard-to-reach youth in longitudinal research. Social media use in longitudinal research involving youth, however, has preceded development of best practices for ethical use. This article describes the ethical challenges and considerations of using social media to engage and retain youth within the context of a randomized control…
Peer, substance use, and race-related factors associated with recidivism among first-time justice-involved youth
Open AccessEvan D Holloway, Johanna B Folk et al.ARTICLELaw and Human Behavior2022
OBJECTIVES: Peer deviancy and substance-related consequences are dynamic criminogenic needs associated with increased risk of recidivism for justice-involved youth. Most prior research in this area, however, is based on samples of primarily male youth charged with delinquent offenses. Because identification of dynamic criminogenic needs is essential to delinquency risk reduction efforts, the purpose of this study was to examine the role of peer d…
Early Identification of Suicide Risk Factors Among Justice-Involved Youth
Open AccessKathleen Kemp, Brittney Poindexter et al.ARTICLECriminal Justice and Behavior2022
Suicidal thoughts and behaviors among juvenile justice populations are elevated. However, the characteristics of justice-involved youth who consider and attempt suicide are not well understood. This study examined suicidal ideation and attempt with first-time, preadjudicated diverted youth, and the relationship with commonly associated risk factors. The sample included 135 youth (50% male, M age = 14.48) that provided complete responses to self-r…
Researchers’ Perspectives on Digital Mental Health Intervention Co-Design With Marginalized Community Stakeholder Youth and Families
Open AccessMichelle V Porche, Johanna B Folk et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Psychiatry2022
Co-design of digital mental health technology with youth and families is a relatively new but growing approach to intervention development. In this perspective article, researchers used collaborative reflexivity through duoethnography methodology to reflect and report on experiences and lessons learned conducting co-designed projects with marginalized youth and families. Researchers engaged in written reflective dialogue regarding projects design…
Association of pregnancy attitudes and intentions with sexual activity and psychiatric symptoms in justice-involved youth
Open AccessBrooke Rosen, Brooke H Rosen et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022Cited by: 1References: 68
Sexting and behavioral health in first-time justice-involved adolescents
Open AccessMei-Yee Ng, Mei Yi Ng et al.ARTICLEChildren and Youth Services Review2022References: 44
Bringing juvenile justice and public health systems together to meet the sexual and reproductive health needs of justice-involved youth
Marina Tolou-Shams, Marina Tolou‐Shams et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Orthopsychiatry2022
18) with juvenile justice (JJ) and public health (PH) system stakeholders between December 2015 and January 2017. Results suggest both PH and JJ stakeholders perceive CINI youth as having substantial, largely unmet SRH care needs due to a lack of services, policies, or procedures to address these needs. Barriers to implementing programs and policies to improve SRH services for this population include limited resources (e.g., staffing, time); perc…
Racial and Ethnic Disparities, Referral Source and Attrition From Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment Among Adolescents in the United States
Open AccessPhillip L Marotta, Marina Tolou-Shams et al.ARTICLEYouth & Society2022References: 42
The following study examined the association between race, ethnicity, referral source, and reasons for attrition from substance use treatment in a sample of 72,643 discharges of adolescent youth in the United States from 2014 to 2016. Black and Hispanic adolescents were more likely to be discharged due to incarceration and termination by the facility compared to White adolescents. Adolescents referred by probation, diversion, other juvenile justi…
The Role of Family Factors in the Outcomes of Court-Involved Youth
Open AccessElizabeth M Olsen, Laura Whiteley et al.ARTICLEYouth Violence and Juvenile Justice2023
Court-involved youth (CIY) comprise a significant portion of the U.S. population and have a high prevalence of psychiatric illness and substance use. Youth delinquency has also been associated with family variables and parenting practices. However, it is not known which family factors are most relevant to behavioral outcomes in CIY mandated to outpatient mental health treatment. Self-report measures from 163 CIY ( M = 15.19 years; 58.3% male) sta…