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Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

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Psychology

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53
Citations
9892
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4841
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2667

Overview

Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati is affiliated with the University of Southern California in the United States. Their academic work primarily focuses on medicine, with a substantial volume of publications addressing sociological, public health, clinical psychology, and physiological aspects linked to health outcomes.

Their research spans several subfields, including:

  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
  • General Health Professions
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Physiology

The main topics covered in their work include:

  • Smoking Behavior and Cessation
  • Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy
  • Childhood Cancer Survivors' Quality of Life
  • Family Support in Illness
  • Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
  • Cervical Cancer and HPV Research
  • Ethics in Clinical Research

Frequent publication venues for Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati consist of:

  • Cancer Research
  • Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention
  • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
  • BMC Public Health
  • bioRxiv (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory)

They have collaborated often with several researchers, including:

  • Jennifer B. Unger
  • Mariana C. Stern
  • Rosa Barahona
  • Carolina Aristizábal
  • Artur Galimov

Notable publications by Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati include:

  • "Health Disparities, Inequities, and Social Determinants of Health in Multiple Sclerosis and Related Disorders in the US" (2021), published in JAMA Neurology
  • "Understanding medical mistrust and HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic parents in Los Angeles" (2022), published in Journal of Behavioral Medicine
  • "Examining multilevel influences on parental HPV vaccine hesitancy among multiethnic communities in Los Angeles: a qualitative analysis" (2023), published in BMC Public Health
  • "Disentangling relationships between bicultural stress and mental well-being among Latinx immigrant adolescents." (2020), published in Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology
  • "Project Forward: A Population-Based Cohort Among Young Adult Survivors of Childhood Cancers" (2021), published in JNCI Cancer Spectrum

Best Publications

  • Narrative versus Nonnarrative: The Role of Identification, Transportation, and Emotion in Reducing Health Disparities

    Sheila T. Murphy;Lauren B. Frank;Joyee S. Chatterjee;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

  • Evaluating transdisciplinary science.

    Daniel Stokols;Juliana Fuqua;Jennifer Gress;Richard Harvey

  • Acculturation, Enculturation, and Symptoms of Depression in Hispanic Youth: The Roles of Gender, Hispanic Cultural Values, and Family Functioning

    Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco;Jennifer B. Unger;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati;Anamara Ritt-Olson

  • English language use as a risk factor for smoking initiation among Hispanic and Asian American adolescents: evidence for mediation by tobacco-related beliefs and social norms.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Tess Boley Cruz;Louise Ann Rohrbach;Kurt M. Ribisl

  • Associations between family structure, family functioning, and substance use among Hispanic/Latino adolescents.

    Karla D. Wagner;Anamara Ritt-Olson;Chih-Ping Chou;Pallav Pokhrel

  • Telling Stories, Saving Lives: Creating Narrative Health Messages

    Lauren B. Frank;Sheila T. Murphy;Joyee S. Chatterjee;Meghan B. Moran

  • Trajectories of Cultural Stressors and Effects on Mental Health and Substance Use Among Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati;Byron L. Zamboanga

  • Depressive symptoms and externalizing behaviors among Hispanic immigrant adolescents: Examining longitudinal effects of cultural stress

    Miguel Ángel Cano;Seth J. Schwartz;Linda G. Castillo;Andrea J. Romero

  • Perceived context of reception among recent Hispanic immigrants: conceptualization, instrument development, and preliminary validation.

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco;Sabrina E. Des Rosiers

  • Parent–Child Acculturation Patterns and Substance Use among Hispanic Adolescents: A Longitudinal Analysis

    Jennifer B. Unger;Anamara Ritt-Olson;Karla D. Wagner;Daniel W. Soto

  • Internet accessibility and usage among urban adolescents in Southern California: implications for web-based health research.

    Ping Sun;Jennifer B. Unger;Paula H. Palmer;Peggy Gallaher

  • Acculturation, gender, depression, and cigarette smoking among U.S. Hispanic youth: the mediating role of perceived discrimination.

    Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco;Jennifer B. Unger;Anamara Ritt-Olson;Daniel Soto

  • The association between acculturation and health practices among middle-aged and elderly Latinas.

    Cantero Pj;Richardson Jl;Baezconde-Garbanati L;Marks G

  • Longitudinal trajectories of bicultural identity integration in recently immigrated Hispanic adolescents: Links with mental health and family functioning

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati;Verónica Benet-Martínez

  • The longitudinal associations between discrimination, depressive symptoms, and prosocial behaviors in U.S. latino/a recent immigrant adolescents

    Alexandra N. Davis;Gustavo Carlo;Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger

  • Ethnic variation in peer influences on adolescent smoking.

    Jennifer B. Unger;Louise Ann Rohrbach;Tess Boley Cruz;Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati

  • Acculturation and perceived discrimination: Predictors of substance use trajectories from adolescence to emerging adulthood among Hispanics

    Jennifer B. Unger;Seth J. Schwartz;Jimi Huh;Daniel W. Soto

  • Developmental Trajectories of Acculturation: Links With Family Functioning and Mental Health in Recent-Immigrant Hispanic Adolescents

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Byron L. Zamboanga;David Córdova

  • Domains of Acculturation and Their Effects on Substance Use and Sexual Behavior in Recent Hispanic Immigrant Adolescents

    Seth J. Schwartz;Jennifer B. Unger;Sabrina E. Des Rosiers;Elma I. Lorenzo-Blanco

  • A Review of Cancer in U.S. Hispanic Populations

    Robert W. Haile;Esther M. John;A. Joan Levine;Victoria K. Cortessis

  • A Comparison of Acculturation Measures Among Hispanic/Latino Adolescents

    Jennifer B. Unger;Anamara Ritt-Olson;Karla Wagner;Daniel Soto

Frequent Co-Authors

Jennifer B. Unger
Jennifer B. Unger University of Southern California
Daniel W. Soto
Daniel W. Soto University of Southern California
Seth J. Schwartz
Seth J. Schwartz The University of Texas at Austin
Steve Sussman
Steve Sussman University of Southern California
José Szapocznik
José Szapocznik University of Miami
Byron L. Zamboanga
Byron L. Zamboanga University of Arkansas at Fayetteville
Miguel Ángel Cano
Miguel Ángel Cano The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Chih-Ping Chou
Chih-Ping Chou University of Southern California
David Córdova
David Córdova University of Michigan–Ann Arbor
C. Anderson Johnson
C. Anderson Johnson Claremont Graduate University

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