Eugenia F Millender
Biographic Data
| ID | 77611 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Eugenia F Millender |
| GIVEN NAMES | Eugenia F |
| FAMILY NAME | Millender |
| SIGNATURE | MILLENDER E F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Florida State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3042-9046 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Depression and anxiety symptoms and their psychosocial and functional correlates among people living with HIV attending two urban clinics in Panama
Depression and anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms are common among people living with HIV (PLHIV). In Panama, despite a growing epidemic and 20 antiretroviral clinics, only eight have integrated institutional mental healthcare. This study examined depression and GAD symptom levels and psychosocial correlates among PLHIV who attended two urban clinics. From August–November 2024, participants self-administered a questionnaire with PHQ-9 and GAD−2 inst…
Public and private safety nets, maternal stress, and child mental health outcomes among low-income families
Health is influenced significantly by poverty. Mothers living in poverty experience higher stress compared to mothers with more financial resources. Children who live in poverty also experience mental health concerns, including higher externalizing and internalizing mental health symptoms. Families’ support systems, or public and private safety nets, are central mechanisms for counteracting poverty’s negative impact; however, most research examin…
Healthcare Acceptability and Delayed Care Among Older People Living with HIV in the All of Us Program
Timely engagement in healthcare is crucial for effective management of HIV, comorbidities, and disease prevention among older people living with HIV (PLHIV). Healthcare acceptability may be especially important for older PLHIV who have experienced long-standing stigma, medical mistrust, and culturally insensitive care. This study examined healthcare acceptability and its association with delayed care among older (≥ 50 years) PLHIV and assessed wh…
Culturally and linguistically adapting a transdiagnostic LGBTQ-affirming cognitive behavioral skills intervention for Vietnamese gay and bisexual men at risk for HIV
In Việt Nam, men who have sex with men (MSM) have an estimated HIV prevalence of 13.3%. MSM in Việt Nam face significant stigma, which is a known factor increasing sexual risk behavior and HIV transmission. Interventions like Transdiagnostic LGBTQ-affirming Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) have been shown to reduce the impact of stigma, these interventions were developed in the context of the U.S. We aimed to identify cultural adaptations for L…
A multilevel analysis of LGBT-relevant laws and sexual and gender minority mental health
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience elevated rates of depression and anxiety, largely attributed to chronic exposure to stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion. Less is known about whether state-level policy climates may buffer the mental health impacts of stress among SGM populations. We used data from the All of Us Research Program (2020–2022) to examine whether state-level LGBTQ policy climates; measured using the Move…
Mental health and quality of life of migrants in transit through the Darién gap
This study provides the first systematic, evidence-based, clinically and culturally appropriate quantitative assessment of mental health outcomes among a diverse population of migrants assessed immediately after transiting the Darién Gap. • We found a high prevalence of diagnosable and subclinical mental health conditions, with women and youth identified as particularly at-risk groups. • Findings support the integration of mental health and psych…
Greater Hypertension Risk among Foreign-born Adults
Within‐family processes among safety nets, maternal parenting stress, and child behavioral problems among low‐income families
Research has long emphasized the adverse effects of poverty on children; however, within‐family processes of how safety nets offset the effects of poverty differ by race and ethnicity are unclear. Guided by the context‐sensitive family stress model, the current study investigated within‐family processes among safety nets, maternal parenting stress, and child behavioral problems among low‐income families and revealed differences in these processes…
Neighborhood Deprivation, Trauma Profiles, Coping, and Stress Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms Among Young African American Mothers in the InterGEN Study
How U.S. social work students are prepared to work with culturally diverse individuals
Globalization exerts its influence on every nation and impacts all members of society, whether through direct or indirect means. Now more than ever, U.S. social workers must implement cultural competence, cultural humility, cultural awareness, and other similar constructs while working with culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities to ensure effective and culturally responsive practice. The Council on Social Work Education directs…
Discrimination and Mental Health Among Black and Latino People Living with HIV
Examining Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among a Diverse Cohort of MSM Living with HIV
Collaboration as relationality
Exploring the Interplay of Social Safety Nets, Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity on Psychological Distress Among Low-Income Mothers
Instrumental safety net configurations and changes over time among economically marginalized families
2,251), results indicated that mothers were sorted into four safety net configurations (public support only, private support only, all high, and all low) and 30%-53% of each class of mothers transitioned from one safety net configuration to another at the next neighboring wave, underscoring the importance of examining both public and private supports simultaneously and longitudinally. Membership in configurations with low private support (e.g., p…
An Exploration of Precancer and Post-Cancer Diagnosis and Health Communication Among African American Prostate Cancer Survivors and Their Families
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among American men, with Black men at the highest risk for the disease. Few studies have been published on how communication between Black prostate cancer survivors and their family members affect health outcomes and subsequent health communication. The purpose of this study was to understand cancer and health communication among Black prostate cancer survivors and their families before and after d…
Addressing Substance Use Utilizing a Community-Based Program among Urban Native American Youth Living in Florida
This study was conducted in Florida among two urban Native American youth programs that are sponsored by urban Native American community organizations. Convenience and snowballing were used as a sample recruitment strategy. Assignment to the experimental condition (UTC) and the control condition (SE) was established by randomizing the two community youth program sites to the two conditions. Utilization of a culturally relevant theory, Native-Reli…
Addressing Substance Use Utilizing a Community-Based Program among Urban Native American Youth Living in Florida
This study was conducted in Florida among two urban Native American youth programs that are sponsored by urban Native American community organizations. Convenience and snowballing were used as a sample recruitment strategy. Assignment to the experimental condition (UTC) and the control condition (SE) was established by randomizing the two community youth program sites to the two conditions. Utilization of a culturally relevant theory, Native-Reli…
An Exploration of Precancer and Post-Cancer Diagnosis and Health Communication Among African American Prostate Cancer Survivors and Their Families
Prostate cancer is the second most common cancer among American men, with Black men at the highest risk for the disease. Few studies have been published on how communication between Black prostate cancer survivors and their family members affect health outcomes and subsequent health communication. The purpose of this study was to understand cancer and health communication among Black prostate cancer survivors and their families before and after d…
Addressing Substance Use Utilizing a Community-Based Program among Urban Native American Youth Living in Florida
This study was conducted in Florida among two urban Native American youth programs that are sponsored by urban Native American community organizations. Convenience and snowballing were used as a sample recruitment strategy. Assignment to the experimental condition (UTC) and the control condition (SE) was established by randomizing the two community youth program sites to the two conditions. Utilization of a culturally relevant theory, Native-Reli…
Exploring the Interplay of Social Safety Nets, Race, Ethnicity, and Nativity on Psychological Distress Among Low-Income Mothers
Instrumental safety net configurations and changes over time among economically marginalized families
2,251), results indicated that mothers were sorted into four safety net configurations (public support only, private support only, all high, and all low) and 30%-53% of each class of mothers transitioned from one safety net configuration to another at the next neighboring wave, underscoring the importance of examining both public and private supports simultaneously and longitudinally. Membership in configurations with low private support (e.g., p…
Within‐family processes among safety nets, maternal parenting stress, and child behavioral problems among low‐income families
Research has long emphasized the adverse effects of poverty on children; however, within‐family processes of how safety nets offset the effects of poverty differ by race and ethnicity are unclear. Guided by the context‐sensitive family stress model, the current study investigated within‐family processes among safety nets, maternal parenting stress, and child behavioral problems among low‐income families and revealed differences in these processes…
Neighborhood Deprivation, Trauma Profiles, Coping, and Stress Prospectively Predict Depressive Symptoms Among Young African American Mothers in the InterGEN Study
How U.S. social work students are prepared to work with culturally diverse individuals
Globalization exerts its influence on every nation and impacts all members of society, whether through direct or indirect means. Now more than ever, U.S. social workers must implement cultural competence, cultural humility, cultural awareness, and other similar constructs while working with culturally diverse individuals, families, and communities to ensure effective and culturally responsive practice. The Council on Social Work Education directs…
Discrimination and Mental Health Among Black and Latino People Living with HIV
Examining Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity Among a Diverse Cohort of MSM Living with HIV
Collaboration as relationality
Depression and anxiety symptoms and their psychosocial and functional correlates among people living with HIV attending two urban clinics in Panama
Depression and anxiety disorder (GAD) symptoms are common among people living with HIV (PLHIV). In Panama, despite a growing epidemic and 20 antiretroviral clinics, only eight have integrated institutional mental healthcare. This study examined depression and GAD symptom levels and psychosocial correlates among PLHIV who attended two urban clinics. From August–November 2024, participants self-administered a questionnaire with PHQ-9 and GAD−2 inst…
Public and private safety nets, maternal stress, and child mental health outcomes among low-income families
Health is influenced significantly by poverty. Mothers living in poverty experience higher stress compared to mothers with more financial resources. Children who live in poverty also experience mental health concerns, including higher externalizing and internalizing mental health symptoms. Families’ support systems, or public and private safety nets, are central mechanisms for counteracting poverty’s negative impact; however, most research examin…
Healthcare Acceptability and Delayed Care Among Older People Living with HIV in the All of Us Program
Timely engagement in healthcare is crucial for effective management of HIV, comorbidities, and disease prevention among older people living with HIV (PLHIV). Healthcare acceptability may be especially important for older PLHIV who have experienced long-standing stigma, medical mistrust, and culturally insensitive care. This study examined healthcare acceptability and its association with delayed care among older (≥ 50 years) PLHIV and assessed wh…
Culturally and linguistically adapting a transdiagnostic LGBTQ-affirming cognitive behavioral skills intervention for Vietnamese gay and bisexual men at risk for HIV
In Việt Nam, men who have sex with men (MSM) have an estimated HIV prevalence of 13.3%. MSM in Việt Nam face significant stigma, which is a known factor increasing sexual risk behavior and HIV transmission. Interventions like Transdiagnostic LGBTQ-affirming Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) have been shown to reduce the impact of stigma, these interventions were developed in the context of the U.S. We aimed to identify cultural adaptations for L…
A multilevel analysis of LGBT-relevant laws and sexual and gender minority mental health
Sexual and gender minority (SGM) individuals experience elevated rates of depression and anxiety, largely attributed to chronic exposure to stigma, discrimination, and social exclusion. Less is known about whether state-level policy climates may buffer the mental health impacts of stress among SGM populations. We used data from the All of Us Research Program (2020–2022) to examine whether state-level LGBTQ policy climates; measured using the Move…
Mental health and quality of life of migrants in transit through the Darién gap
This study provides the first systematic, evidence-based, clinically and culturally appropriate quantitative assessment of mental health outcomes among a diverse population of migrants assessed immediately after transiting the Darién Gap. • We found a high prevalence of diagnosable and subclinical mental health conditions, with women and youth identified as particularly at-risk groups. • Findings support the integration of mental health and psych…
Greater Hypertension Risk among Foreign-born Adults
Medicine (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Mental health (7 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Public health (6 works) · Clinical Psychology (5 works) · HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions (5 works) · Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works)