Publications

Gilbert Saint-Jean

Health Disparities

Illa, L, Brickman, A., Saint-Jean, G., Echenique, M., Metsch, L., Eisdorfer, C. Sexual Risk Behaviors in Older HIV Seropositive Adults. AIDS and Behavior. April 2008 (on line version).

Rodriguez AE, Metsch L, Saint-Jean G, Molina E, Kolber M. Differences in HIV-related Hospitalization Trends between Haitians and US-Born Blacks. JAIDS, Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes. 45(5):529-534, 2007.

Saint-Jean G & Crandall LA.  Conducting Surveys among Immigrants: Methodology and Implementation of a Health Needs Assessment in the Haitian Community of Miami, Florida. Florida Public Health Review (http://publichealth.usf.edu/fphr), 2006; 3:52-56 52.

Brown D, Hernández A, Saint-Jean G, Celestin M, Evans S, Gómez-Estefan C, Regalado F, Akal S, Chung K, Tafari I, Nierenberg B, Kauschinger E, Schwartz R, Page JB. A Participatory Action Research Pilot Study of Urban Health Disparities Using Rapid Assessment Response and Evaluation. American Journal of Public Health; 98 (1): 14-24, 2008.

Castle PE, Aftab A, Saint-Jean G, and Mendez L. Detection of Carcinogenic Human     Papillomavirus in Specimens Collected with a Novel Self-Sampling Device.  J. Clin.  Microbiol. 44: 2158-2159, 2006.

Saint-Jean G & Crandall LA.  Utilization of Preventive Care by Haitian Immigrants in Miami, FL. Journal of Immigrant Health. 7(4): 283-293, 2005.

Saint-Jean G & Crandall LA.  Sources and barriers to health care coverage for Haitian immigrants in Miami-Dade County Florida. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 16 (1) 29-41, 2005.

International Health

Deschamps, M., Dévieux, J., Théodore, H., Saint-Jean, G., Antillus, L.,  Cadot, L., Pape, J.W., Malow, R.M. A feeding education program to prevent mother to child transmission of HIV in Haiti. AIDS Care. (in press).

Deschamps, M., Noel, F., Bonhomme, J., Dévieux, J.G., Samuels, D., Saint Jean, G., Zhu, Y., Wright, P., Pape, J.W., Malow, R.M. Prevention of mother to child transmission of HIV in Haiti. Pan American Journal of Public Health. (in press).

Dévieux, J.G., Deschamps, M.M., Malow, R.M., Jean-Gilles, M., Saint-Jean, G., Samuels, D., Marcelin, A., Pape, J.W. Knowledge, attitudes and behaviors among a sample of HIV-positive and HIV-negative females visiting an urban VCT center in Haiti. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. (in press).

Alexandre P, Saint-Jean G, Crandall LA. Prenatal care use in rural and urban Haiti. Pan American Journal of Public Health; 18(2): 84-92, 2005.
Aftab A, Saint-Jean G, Fournier A.  Economic and Policy Considerations Centered on Self-Sampling for Cervical and Vaginal Diseases in Developed and Developing Countries in Health Economics, Management and Policy. Edited by Dr. J.N. Yfantopoulos & G.T.  Papanikos.  ISBN: ISBN 960-88672-6-6, 432 pages, Hardback.

Dévieux, J.G., Deschamps, M.M., Malow, R.M., Pape, J.W., Rosenberg, R., Jean-Gilles, M., Saint-Jean, G., Metsch, L., (in press).  Barriers to care among HIV-positive Haitians:  An examination of socio-cultural factors. In White, R., Pope, C. & Malow, R. (Eds.), HIV/AIDS:  Global Frontiers in Prevention/Intervention. New York: Routledge. Expected publication date: September 2008.

Substance Abuse

Saint-Jean G. Gender Differences in the Salience of Psychosocial Mediators of the Impact of Acculturation on Substance Abuse among Hispanic Youth in Florida. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.(in press).

Saint-Jean G, Martinez CA, Crandall LA.  Psychosocial Mediators of the Impact of Acculturation on Adolescent Substance Abuse. J Immigrant Minority Health; 10 (2): 187-195, 2007.

Saint-Jean G, Martinez CA, Crandall LA. Psycho-Social Mediators of the Impact of Acculturation on Substance Abuse among Hispanic Youth: Findings from the Florida Youth Substance Abuse Survey. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse. In Press: 17(4), July 2008.

Saint-Jean G & Crandall LA.  Ethnic differences in the salience of risk and protective factors for alcohol and marijuana: Findings from a statewide survey.  Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 3 (1) 11-28, 2004.

Neta Peleg-Oren

Peleg-Oren, N., Rahav, G., Teichman, M. Role of family resources and paternal history of substance use problems in psychosocial adjustment among school-aged children. Journal of Drug Education (in press)

Peleg-Oren, N., Rahav, G., Teichman, M.  School-aged children of fathers with substance use disorder. Journal of Alcohol and Drug Education (in press)

Peleg-Oren, N., Aran, O., Even-Zahav, R., Molina, O., Stanger, V. Supplementary educational model in social work education for health care. Social Work in Health Care (in press)

Peleg-Oren, N. Problem Drinkers and Their Children. Entry in Encyclopedia of   Group Work. Gitterman, A. & Salmon, R. (Eds.) (in press)

Peleg-Oren, N., Aran, O., Even-Zahav, R., Macgowan, M.J., Stanger, V. An innovative program in social work education. Journal of Teaching in Social Work 2007 27(3/4): 157-165.

Peleg-Oren, N. Psychosocial adjustment of young offspring of parents with substance abuse problem–Systematic review of current literature. Mifgash: Journal of Social-Educational Work 2007, 26: 77-94 (Hebrew with English abstract)

Peleg-Oren, N., Rahav, G., Teichman, M. “If fathers have eaten sour grapes, are their children’s teeth set on edge”?: The impact of parental substance abuse on children. Society & Welfare 2007 27(3): 403-422 (Hebrew with English abstract)

Peleg-Oren, N., Macgowan, M.J., Even-Zahav, R. Field instructors’ commitment to student supervision: Testing the Investment Model. Social Work Education 2007 26(7): 684-696.

Peleg-Oren, N., Wagner, E.F., & Leon Morris, S. Mechanisms of Association between Paternal Alcoholism and Substance Abuse among Adolescents Participating in a School-Based Substance Abuse Intervention. AMERSA conference, Washington DC, USA, 2007.

Peleg-Oren, N., Wagner, E.F., & Leon Morris, S. Paternal Alcohol Use, Maternal Warmth and Psychosocial Outcomes among Adolescents Participating in a School-Based Substance Abuse Intervention. SSWR conference, San Francisco, California, USA, 2007.