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List of works by Hortensia Amaro

"Amar te Duele" ("love hurts"): sexual relationship power, intimate partner violence, depression symptoms and HIV risk among female sex workers who use drugs and their non-commercial, steady partners in Mexico

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A Sexual Risk Reduction Intervention for Female Sex Workers in Mexico

A comparison of maternal interview and medical record ascertainment of violence among women who had poor pregnancy outcomes

scientific article published on 27 June 2006

Addiction treatment intervention: an uncontrolled prospective pilot study of Spiritual Self-Schema therapy with Latina women.

scientific article published on April 2010

An exploration of contextual factors that influence HIV risk in female sex workers in Mexico: The Social Ecological Model applied to HIV risk behaviors

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Brief screening and intervention for alcohol and drug use in a college student health clinic: feasibility, implementation, and outcomes.

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Can't buy my love: a typology of female sex workers' commercial relationships in the Mexico-U.S. Border Region

scientific article published on 09 May 2013

Characteristics of female sex workers with US clients in two Mexico-US border cities

scientific article published on March 2008

Clinical needs of in-treatment pregnant women with co-occurring disorders: implications for primary care

scientific article published in January 2015

Comparison of sexual and drug use behaviors between female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

scientific article published on January 2006

Correlates of early versus later initiation into sex work in two Mexico-U.S. border cities

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Depressive symptoms during pregnancy: relationship to poor health behaviors

scientific article published in May 1989

Discrimination and substance use disorders among Latinos: the role of gender, nativity, and ethnicity

scientific article published on 12 June 2014

Does integrated trauma-informed substance abuse treatment increase treatment retention?

Effects of an alcohol intervention on drinking among female college students with and without a recent history of sexual violence.

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Effects of integrated trauma treatment on outcomes in a racially/ethnically diverse sample of women in urban community-based substance abuse treatment.

scientific article published in July 2007

Efficacy of a brief behavioral intervention to promote condom use among female sex workers in Tijuana and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico

scientific article published on 17 September 2008

Epidemiology of minority health.

scientific article published on December 1995

Ethnic differences in substance use, sexual risk behaviors, and psychosocial factors in a sample of heterosexual methamphetamine users

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Ethnic/Race Differences in the Attrition of Older American Survey Respondents: Implications for Health‐Related Research

scientific article published on September 23, 2011

Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary outcomes of a mindfulness-based relapse prevention intervention for culturally-diverse, low-income women in substance use disorder treatment.

scientific article published in April 2014

Gender relations in addiction and recovery

scientific article published in October 1995

History of abuse and psychological distress symptoms among female sex workers in two Mexico-U.S. border cities

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Improving drug treatment services for Hispanics: research gaps and scientific opportunities

scientific article published on 15 June 2006

Injection drug use as a mediator between client-perpetrated abuse and HIV status among female sex workers in two Mexico-US border cities

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Intimate Partner Violence among Female Sex Workers in Two Mexico-U.S. Border Cities: Partner Characteristics and HIV Risk-behaviors as Correlates of Abuse

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Is a general women's health promotion program as effective as an HIV-intensive prevention program in reducing HIV risk among Hispanic women?

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Lifetime and during pregnancy experience of violence and the risk of low birth weight and preterm birth

scientific article published in November 2008

Love, sex, and power. Considering women's realities in HIV prevention.

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Outcomes for women with co-occurring disorders and trauma: program and person-level effects

scientific article published in March 2005

Predictors of sexual risk reduction among Mexican female sex workers enrolled in a behavioral intervention study

scientific article published on May 2009

Prevalence and correlates of HIV infection among female sex workers in 2 Mexico-US border cities

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Spirituality, sense of coherence, and coping responses in women receiving treatment for alcohol and drug addiction.

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The prevention of HIV transmission in Hispanic adolescents

scientific article published on 9 June 2006