Priscilla Martínez
Biographic Data
| ID | 6683872 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Priscilla Martínez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Priscilla |
| FAMILY NAME | Martínez |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINEZ P |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oslo |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-6797-1632 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Second-wave mutual-help groups
My Health Is More Important than Drinking”
(1) Background: Although alcohol use increased overall in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 16% of people decreased their drinking. Understanding reasons for decreasing or discontinuing alcohol use during a time of crisis could inform alcohol messaging during future crises. (2) Methods: We conducted hour-long interviews with 26 participants who reported drinking above NIAAA guidelines at the second wave of the National Alcohol Su…
Demographic disparities in the limited awareness of alcohol use as a breast cancer risk factor
Overall, only a quarter of U.S. women were aware that alcohol use increases breast cancer risk, although 40% expressed uncertainty. Differences in awareness by age, level of education, race and ethnicity and level of alcohol use offer opportunities for tailored prevention interventions, while the overall low level of awareness calls for widespread efforts to increase awareness of the breast cancer risk from alcohol use among U.S. women
Recruiting for diversity
Alcohol Use Severity among Hispanic Emerging Adults
Most research on cultural stressors and alcohol has focused on intercultural stressors. Continuing to exclude intracultural stressors (e.g., intragroup marginalization) from alcohol research will yield a biased understanding of the experiences of Hispanics living in a bicultural society. As we amass more studies on intracultural stressors, research will be needed to identify mutable sociocultural factors that may mitigate the association between …
Understanding differences in prescription drug misuse between two Texas border communities
Objectives: The misuse of prescription drugs in the U.S. is an alarming public health crisis. Prior research at the U.S.-Mexico border has found high rates of prescription drug misuse, but with rates varying significantly across border communities. We aimed to examine a model of permissive climate measures and stress exposures as potential mediators of community differences in prescription drug misuse at the U.S.-Mexico border. Design: We analyze…
Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders
Objectives: The study compared the proportion of older adults identified as drinking hazardously based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with the older adult-specific Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and investigated whether sociodemographics, comorbidities, health, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors explained discrepancies between the screens in classification of hazardousness.…
Alcohol use in South Sudan in relation to social factors, mental distress and traumatic events
Despite decades of civil war and great poverty the alcohol use in this population was at the same level as other countries in Southern Africa. Traumatic events were not related to risk of problem drinking
The association between alcohol use and depressive symptoms across socioeconomic status among 40- and 45-year-old Norwegian adults
The results show a variety of associations between depressive symptoms and alcohol use among people with lower SES, and suggest type of alcohol use and SES measure may influence the observation of an association between depressive symptoms and alcohol use at different SES levels
Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa
Quality of life and social engagement were not independently associated with drinking pattern among older adults in South Africa in this sample. In order to better understand their alcohol use, further exploratory research is warranted to identify other potentially relevant subjective factors of alcohol use among older adults in South Africa
The mental health of internally displaced persons
AIMS: There is a scarcity of data on mental health problems among Sudanese internally displaced persons (IDPs). This study aims to assess the prevalence of mental disorders of IDPs in Sudan, and to determine and compare the association between mental disorders and socio-demographic variables between the rural and urban long-term IDP populations. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was implemented in two IDP areas in Central Sudan. Data were colle…
Alcohol abstinence and drinking among African women
A variety of drinking patterns are present among African women with lifetime abstention the most common. Countries with hazardous consumption patterns require serious attention to mitigate alcohol-related harm. Some similarities in factors related to alcohol use can be identified between different African countries, although these are limited and highlight the contextual diversity of female drinking in Africa
Alcohol Use, Depressive Symptoms and the Receipt of Antiretroviral Therapy in Southwest Uganda
Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders
Objectives: The study compared the proportion of older adults identified as drinking hazardously based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with the older adult-specific Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and investigated whether sociodemographics, comorbidities, health, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors explained discrepancies between the screens in classification of hazardousness.…
Alcohol Use, Depressive Symptoms and the Receipt of Antiretroviral Therapy in Southwest Uganda
Alcohol abstinence and drinking among African women
A variety of drinking patterns are present among African women with lifetime abstention the most common. Countries with hazardous consumption patterns require serious attention to mitigate alcohol-related harm. Some similarities in factors related to alcohol use can be identified between different African countries, although these are limited and highlight the contextual diversity of female drinking in Africa
The mental health of internally displaced persons
AIMS: There is a scarcity of data on mental health problems among Sudanese internally displaced persons (IDPs). This study aims to assess the prevalence of mental disorders of IDPs in Sudan, and to determine and compare the association between mental disorders and socio-demographic variables between the rural and urban long-term IDP populations. METHODS: This cross-sectional study was implemented in two IDP areas in Central Sudan. Data were colle…
Quality of life and social engagement of alcohol abstainers and users among older adults in South Africa
Quality of life and social engagement were not independently associated with drinking pattern among older adults in South Africa in this sample. In order to better understand their alcohol use, further exploratory research is warranted to identify other potentially relevant subjective factors of alcohol use among older adults in South Africa
The association between alcohol use and depressive symptoms across socioeconomic status among 40- and 45-year-old Norwegian adults
The results show a variety of associations between depressive symptoms and alcohol use among people with lower SES, and suggest type of alcohol use and SES measure may influence the observation of an association between depressive symptoms and alcohol use at different SES levels
Alcohol use in South Sudan in relation to social factors, mental distress and traumatic events
Despite decades of civil war and great poverty the alcohol use in this population was at the same level as other countries in Southern Africa. Traumatic events were not related to risk of problem drinking
Hazardous Drinking Prevalence and Correlates in Older New Zealanders
Objectives: The study compared the proportion of older adults identified as drinking hazardously based on the Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test-Consumption (AUDIT-C) with the older adult-specific Comorbidity Alcohol Risk Evaluation Tool (CARET) and investigated whether sociodemographics, comorbidities, health, medication use, and alcohol-related risk behaviors explained discrepancies between the screens in classification of hazardousness.…
Understanding differences in prescription drug misuse between two Texas border communities
Objectives: The misuse of prescription drugs in the U.S. is an alarming public health crisis. Prior research at the U.S.-Mexico border has found high rates of prescription drug misuse, but with rates varying significantly across border communities. We aimed to examine a model of permissive climate measures and stress exposures as potential mediators of community differences in prescription drug misuse at the U.S.-Mexico border. Design: We analyze…
Recruiting for diversity
Alcohol Use Severity among Hispanic Emerging Adults
Most research on cultural stressors and alcohol has focused on intercultural stressors. Continuing to exclude intracultural stressors (e.g., intragroup marginalization) from alcohol research will yield a biased understanding of the experiences of Hispanics living in a bicultural society. As we amass more studies on intracultural stressors, research will be needed to identify mutable sociocultural factors that may mitigate the association between …
Demographic disparities in the limited awareness of alcohol use as a breast cancer risk factor
Overall, only a quarter of U.S. women were aware that alcohol use increases breast cancer risk, although 40% expressed uncertainty. Differences in awareness by age, level of education, race and ethnicity and level of alcohol use offer opportunities for tailored prevention interventions, while the overall low level of awareness calls for widespread efforts to increase awareness of the breast cancer risk from alcohol use among U.S. women
My Health Is More Important than Drinking”
(1) Background: Although alcohol use increased overall in the US during the COVID-19 pandemic, approximately 16% of people decreased their drinking. Understanding reasons for decreasing or discontinuing alcohol use during a time of crisis could inform alcohol messaging during future crises. (2) Methods: We conducted hour-long interviews with 26 participants who reported drinking above NIAAA guidelines at the second wave of the National Alcohol Su…
Second-wave mutual-help groups
Medicine (12 works) · Environmental health (11 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Substance Abuse Treatment and Outcomes (8 works) · Public health (7 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Alcohol Consumption and Health Effects (5 works) · Biostatistics (5 works) · Demography (5 works) · Internal Medicine (5 works)