2015
I Didn't Ask to Come to this Country…I was a Child: The Mental Health Implications of Growing Up Undocumented.
Journal of immigrant and minority health
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- Social Isolation , 3 publications
- Substance-Related Disorders , 2 publications
- Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic , 2 publications
- Smoking , 1 publications
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Dr. Wiens is currently a Co-Investigator as part of the UF site for the NIH funded Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) project (https://abcdstudy.org/), which is the largest long-term study of brain development and child health in the United States. Dr. Wiens has previously been the principal evaluator for evaluation and services contracts on several Department of Education grants awarded to the Columbia County School District, focusing on expanding counseling and prevention services for elementary school students, implementing mentoring programs for middle school youth, and implementing prevention programs to decrease youth alcohol and other substance use. Dr. Wiens also previously collaborated with Jeanne Marie Stacciarini, Ph.D., in the College of Nursing on her projects related to social isolation and mental wellness for immigrant Latinos in rural areas.
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2015
Rural Latinos' mental wellbeing: a mixed-methods pilot study of family, environment and social isolation factors.
Community mental health journal
PubMed • Publisher's site2011
CBPR: building partnerships with latinos in a rural area for a wellness approach to mental health.
Issues in mental health nursing
PubMed • Publisher's site2011
Review: Community-based participatory research approach to address mental health in minority populations.
Community mental health journal
PubMed • Publisher's site2009
Ethnic differences in adolescent perceptions of and attitudes toward substance use.
Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse
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