Publications and Grants
2021-2023 Faculty Publications
Dr. Hyejin Jung
Bajpeyi, S., Mossayebi, A., Kreit, H., Cherukuri, S., Mandania, R. A., Concha, J. B., Jung, H., Wagler, A. E., & Deoker, A. (2022). Unmanaged Diabetes and Elevated Blood Glucose Are Poor Prognostic Factors in the Severity and Recovery Time in Predominantly Hispanic Hospitalized COVID-19 Patients. Frontiers in Endocrinology, 13. doi:
Eno Louden, J., Avila, A.*, Esparza del Villar, O., Jung, H., Kosyluk, K., & Flores, E. (2022). Self-stigma of mental illness among Latinos on the U.S.-México border. Stigma and Health.
Umucu, E., Fortuna, K., Jung, H., Bialunska, A., Lee, B., Mangadu, T., Storm, M., Ergun, G., Mozer, D. A., & Brooks, J. (2021). A National Study to Assess Validity and Psychometrics of the Short Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K6). Rehabilitation Counseling Bulletin.
Jung, H., Jaime, J., & Lee, S. (2021). Mental health in subsidized housing: Readiness to assist residents with mental health issues in subsidized housing from the perspectives of housing employees. Qualitative Social Work, 14733250211027630.
Dr. Jason Mallonee
Mallonee, J., Escalante, R., Robles, E. H., & Tucker, C. (2023). “Something very taboo": A qualitative exploration of beliefs, barriers, and recommendations for improving mental health care and access for Hispanic adults in the Paso del Norte U.S.-Mexico border region. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 1134076–1134076.
Lee, J. M., Park, J., Lee, H., Lee, J., & Mallonee, J. (2023). The Impact of cyberbullying victimization on academic satisfaction among sexual minority college students: The indirect effect of flourishing. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 20(13), 6248–.
Lee, J., Kim, J., Lee, H., Park, J., Mallonee, J., & Lee, J. M. (2023). Differential associations among cyberbullying victimization, parental monitoring, and suicidal thoughts and behaviors in male and female college students. Journal of Evidence-Based Social Work, 1–17.
Mallonee, J., Gergerich, E., Gherardi, S., & Allbright, J. (2022). The impact of COVID-19 on social work mental health services in the United States: Lessons from the early days of a global pandemic. Social Work in Mental Health 20(5), 497-516.
Mallonee, J., Petros, R., & Solomon, P. (2022). Explaining engagement in outpatient therapy among adults with serious mental health conditions by degree of therapeutic alliance, therapist empathy, and perceived coercion. Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 45(1), 79-88.
Gergerich, E., Mallonee, J., & Gherardi, S. (2021). Ethical issues faced by social workers at the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic. Academia Letters.
Gherardi, S., Mallonee, J. R., & Gergerich, E. (2021). We move on and get it done: Educating social workers through a pandemic. Journal of Social Work Education, 57(sup1), 27-43.
Gergerich, E., Mallonee, J., Gherardi, S., Kale-Cheever, M., & Duga, F. (2021). Strengths and struggles for families involved in hospice care during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life & Palliative Care, 17(2-3), 198–217.
Dr. Eva Moya
Frietze, G., Padilla, M., Cordero, J., Gosselink, K., & Moya, E. (2023). Human papillomavirus vaccine acceptance (HPV-VA) and vaccine uptake (HPV-VU): Assessing the impact of theory, culture, and trusted sources of information in a Hispanic community. BMC Public Health, 23(1). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-023-16628-1
Moya, E. M., Garcia, A., Ponder, A. J., & Frietze, G. (2023). Addressing knowledge gaps: The key role of community health workers and healthcare providers in human papillomavirus prevention and vaccine uptake in a border community. Frontiers in Public Health, 11. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1243539
Balderrama, E., Garcia, A., Moya, E.M. (2023). Advances in decolonization movement – Models of practice from the United States. In Boryzo, M., Lusk, M., & Madew, M. (Eds.), Decolonization Approaches to Human Rights and Social Work. Springer International Publishing.
Chávez-Baray, S. M., Martínez, O., & Moya, E. M. (2023). Psicología de la mujer [Women's psychology]. In Utopías y Topias Feministas. Pensamiento Crítico, Vulnerabilidad Social y Violencia hacia las Mujeres en la Frontera México-EUA. [Critical Thinking, Social Vulnerability, and Violence against Women on the US-Mexico Border]. Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
Moya, E. M., Chávez-Baray, S. M., Trujillo, P. J., López, A., Adcox, C., Seymour, C., & Chávez Payan, P. (2023). Cuatro historias de situación de calle en mujeres en El Paso, Texas [Four stories of women experiencing homelessness in El Paso, Texas]. In Utopías y Topias Feministas: Pensamiento Crítico, Vulnerabilidad Social y Violencia hacia las Mujeres en la Frontera México-EUA. [Critical Thinking, Social Vulnerability, and Violence against Women on the US-Mexico Border]. Universidad Autónoma de Ciudad Juárez.
Moya E. M., Stoesz, D., Lusk, M.W., & Chávez-Baray, S.M. (2022). Social Work Macro History. In Encyclopedia of Macro Social Work. Oxford University & NASW Press.
Chávez-Baray, S.M., Moya, E. M., Martinez, O. (2021). Reproductive Health Justice. In Encyclopedia of Macro Social Work. Oxford University & NASW Press.
Moya, E. M., Joyce-Ponder, A., Cordero, J. I., Chávez-Baray, S. M., & Rodríguez LeSage, M. (2021). Homelessness and macro interventions. In Encyclopedia of Social Work. NASW Press and Oxford University Press.
Moya, E.M., Joyce-Ponder, A., Garcia, A., & Flores, J. (2023). Chronic health risks and healthcare access for adults experiencing homelessness in El Paso, TX during COVID-19 times. EHQUIDAD. Revista Internacional de Políticas de Bienestar y Trabajo Social, (19), 121-144.
Avila, A., Cordero, J., Ibilah, O., Frietze, G., & Moya, E.M. (2022). Hispanic Survivors and Caregivers of HPV-Associated Cancers: Lived experiences in a U.S.-Mexico border community. Health Education & Behavior.
Wagler, A, Schober, G., Chávez-Baray, S., Ayala, J., Dessauer, P., Moya, E. M. (2022). Food and Housing Security at a Leading U.S. Hispanic Serving Institution: An Examination Before and During COVID-19 Pandemic. Frontiers in Public Health.
Moya, E. M., Chávez-Baray, S., Garcia, A., & McCreary, R. (2022). Analysis of Cancer Knowledge, Attitudes, and Practices (KAP) in Adolescents and Young Adults in Two Texas Rural Communities. Inquiry: A Journal of Medical Care Organization, Provision and Financing.
Chávez, S., Martínez, O., Chaparro, P., Moya, E. (2022). The Use of Photovoice Methodology to Assess Health Needs and Identify Opportunities among Transgender Women in the U.S-Mexico Border. Frontiers in Public Health Public Health (10).
Moya, E.M., Wagler, A., Ayala, J., Crouse, M., Garcia, A., & Schober, G. (2022). Analysis of Food and Housing Insecurity among University Students at a Public Hispanic-Serving Institution. Journal of Hunger & Environmental Nutrition, DOI: 10.1080/19320248.2022.2077159
Aragones A, Zamore C, Moya EM, Cordero JI, Gany F, Bruno DM (2021). The impact of restrictive policies on Mexican immigrant parents and their children's access to health care, Health Equity, 5(1), 612–618.
Moya, E., Chavez-Baray, S. (2021). Desempleo y Bienestar en Universitarios: Inseguridad Alimentaria. (Unemployment and wellbeing in University Students: food insecurity). In Pobreza y COVID-19: Miradas Latinoamericanas (Poverty & COVID-19: Latin American views) in Cuadernos Fronterizos UACJ. Dossier especial (special dossier).
Perez, L., Moya, E., Paat, Y.-F., Khatib, M., VanMeir, A., Blount, R., Floresca, R. (2021). Interpersonal and structural complexities among women experiencing homelessness in a U.S.-Mexico border community. Ehquidad, International Journal of Welfare and Social Work Policies, 16, ISSN 2386-4915.
Moya, E. M., Zamore, C., Perez, L. M., Tellez, K., Avila, A., & Aragones, A. (2021). COVID-19 Imperils Access to Health and Human Services in El Paso, Texas and New York City: Perspectives from Hispanic Parents. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities, 1–6. Advance online publication.
Dr. Yok-Fong Paat
Paat, Y. -F., Hope, T. L., Zamora, H., Jr., & Hernandez, E. (2023). Predictors of general deviance in the context of COVID-19. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology. https://doi.org/10.1177/0306624X231172644
Paat, Y. -F., & Hope, T. L. (2023). Physical and psychological intimate partner violence among Hispanic origin emerging adults: Co-occurrence, bidirectionality, and persistence. Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926771.2023.2174465
Wong, N. C. W., & Paat, Y. -F. (2023). Understanding the link between COVID-19 and HIV/AIDS stigmas. Journal of Applied Social Science, 17(2), 272-290. https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244231159609
Paat, Y. -F., Orezzoli, M. C. E., Ngan, C.-K., & Olimpo, J. (2023). Racial health disparities and black heterogeneity in COVID-19: A case study of Miami Gardens. Journal of Applied Social Science, 17(2), 190-208. https://doi.org/10.1177/19367244221142565
Paat, Y. -F., Hope, T. L., & Dominguez, S. (2023). Substance use behavior among Hispanic emerging adults in Los Angeles, California. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 22(2), 453-476. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332640.2021.1952131
Morales, D. X., & Paat, Y. -F. (2022). Hesitancy or resistance? Differential changes in COVID-19 vaccination intention between Black and White Americans. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40615-022-01494-1
Lin, M. -L., Paat, Y. -F., Cooper, A., Molina, C., Smith, E., Millar, C., & Fierro, C. (2022). A universal mental health promotion program that demonstrates psychosocial benefits for elementary school students who perceive low emotional self-efficacy. Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention. https://doi.org/10.1080/19411243.2022.2106342
Paat, Y. -F., Markham, C., & Mangadu, T. (2022). Risky sexual behavior among Mexican-origin emerging adults in Los Angeles. Social Work in Public Health, 37(8), 781-795. https://doi.org/10.1080/19371918.2022.2089798
Paat, Y. -F. (2022). Factors facilitating and hindering volunteering practices among ethnic-racial minority immigrants on the US-Mexico border. Journal of Civil Society, 18(1), 49-68. https://doi.org/10.1080/17448689.2022.2061549
Ngan, C.-K., Paat, Y. -F., & Green, R. (2022). HDSS: A healthcare decision support system on combining domain knowledge and data analytics for predicting potential risk of mental health. International Journal of Applied Decision Sciences, 15(4), 465-491. https://doi.org/10.1504/IJADS.2022.10040987
Paat, Y. -F., Marentes Saucedo, C., Rojas, R., Muoz. J., Molina, A. A., Yoshimoto, M., Sanchez, S., Gonzalez, A. M., & De La Hoya, R. (2022). Living in limbo: Aspiration-attainment gap, occupational health risks, and intergenerational mobility of migrant farm workers in El Paso, Texas. Journal of Poverty, 26(1), 73-91. https://doi.org/10.1080/10875549.2021.1890666
(Note: First and second authors contributed equally to this manuscript)
Paat, Y. -F., Morales, J., Escajeda, A. I., & Tullius, R. (2021). Insights from the shelter: Homeless shelter workers’ perceptions of homelessness and working with the homeless. Journal of Progressive Human Services, 32(3), 263-283. https://doi.org/10.1080/10428232.2021.1969719
Paat, Y. -F. (2021). A life course approach to understanding volunteering practices among ethnic-racial minority immigrants on the US-Mexico border. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences. 43(3), 257–277. https://doi.org/10.1177/07399863211035619
Paat, Y. -F., & Markham, C. (2021). Digital crime, trauma, and abuse: Internet safety and cyber risks for teens and emerging adults in the 21st century. Social Work in Mental Health, 19(1), 18-40. https://doi.org/10.1080/15332985.2020.1845281
Paat, Y. -F., Orezzoli, M. C. E., & Mangadu, T. (2021). Partner violence among female students attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) in emerging adulthood. Victims & Offenders, 16(4), 519-539.
Erica Balderrama
Balderrama, E. R., Garcia, A., & Moya, E. M. (2023). Decolonized Approaches to Human Rights and Social Work in the United States. In M. Madew, M. Boryczko & M. Lusk (Eds.), Decolonized approaches to human rights and social work (1st ed., pp. 149-175). Springer.
Grant and Awards
Alma Armendariz
2021-2021
Education Service Center Region 19 Head Start - "Client Centered Service Delivery Training (5 Modules) for the Region 19 Head Start Family Social Workers (FSW)"
PI: Armendariz, A
Co-PI: Olivera, R., Gallardo, M., & Balderrama, E.
Amount Awarded: $21,000.00
2021-2022
Title IV-E TX Department of Family and Protective Services - "Child Welfare Services Social Work Training Program"
PI: Friedman, B.D.
Co-PI: Armendariz, A.
Amount Awarded: $405,862.00
2017-2022
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - “Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (BHWET) Along the US/Mexico Border”
PI: Jung, H. (September, 2020 – 2022)
Co-PI: Armendariz, A., Olivera, R., Longhurst, M., & Field, A.
Amount Awarded: $1,854,537.00
Dr. Hyejin Jung
2017-2022
Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) - “Behavioral Health Workforce Education and Training Program (BHWET) Along the US/Mexico Border”
PI: Jung, H. (September, 2020 – 2022)
Co-PI: Armendariz, A., Olivera, R., Longhurst, M., & Field, A.
Amount Awarded: $1,854,537.00
Dr. Jason Mallonee
2022-2023
Sobel-Duncan Health Disparities Research Award – “Reducing Mental Health Treatment Disparities for Hispanic Adults in the U.S.-Mexico Border Region Through a Community-Grounded Mental Health Engagement Program.”
PI: Mallonee, J.
Co-PI: Hernandez, E. H., & Ramirez, N.
Amount Awarded: $40,000
2022
National Library of Medicine Environmental Health Information Partnership (EnHIP) Outreach and Engagement Award through Oak Ridge Universities – “A Mixed Methods Analysis of Food Security Outcomes During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic for a Comprehensive Food Pantry Program in El Paso, Texas.”
PI: Mallonee, J.
Co-PI: Ferreira-Pinto, J. B.
Amount Awarded: $7,500
2022
University Research Institute Grant – “Better Understanding Factors that Contribute to Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviors and Treatment Engagement for Hispanic Adults in the Border Region.”
PI: Mallonee, J.
Amount Awarded: $5,000
Dr. Eva Moya
2023-2024
University of Texas MD Anderson Center
Parents and Health Workers United for HPV Cancer Prevention
PI – Moya, E. M.
Co-PI – Martinez, J., & Chávez-Baray, S. M.
Amount Awarded: $240,000
2022-2023
Workforce Solutions Borderplex.
Family Center Education Initiative.
PI – Moya, E. M.
Awarded: $50,000
2022-2023
Direct Relief Foundation.
HOPE+ Homefree Outreach Prevention and Education – Health Equity Initiative.
PI – Moya, E. M.
Co-PI – Solis, G.
Awarded: $200,000
2022-2023
National Library of Medicine.
Advancing Health Equity on the U.S.-Mexico Border: An Initiative to address health misinformation through community outreach and partnerships.
PI – Moya, E. M.
Co-PI – Chávez-Baray, S. M., & Solis, G.
Awarded: $10,000
2022-2023
³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ Community Academic Partnership Capacity Building Program (CAP) [Intramural Grant].
A High Impact Educational Experience: Designing Culturally Appropriate Water Purification Systems in Colonias.
PI – Moya, E. M.
Co-PI – Chávez-Baray, S. M., Loyo, J., & Covernalli, M.
Awarded: $7,000
2022-2023
AT&T Foundation
Community Health Workers and Digital Health Literacy.
PI – Moya, E. M.
Co-PI – Ansari, A.
Awarded $25,000
2020-2022
El Paso Fighting Hunger
Food Security Equity Impact Planning Grant.
PI - Schober, G., Moya, E.M., & Goodell, S.
Amount Awarded: $97,625
2022
National Institute of Health (NIH) – National Cancer Institute through New Mexico State University
Photovoice Project: Exploration of Resilience and Protective Factors among Adults Experiencing Homelessness in Reducing Risk of Cancer and Chronic Diseases.
PI: Moya, E. M.
Co-PI: Ibilah, O. A.
Amount Awarded: $4,999
2022-2023
Healthy Americas Research Consortium (HARC) Cervical Cancer and Screening Research Grants (CCSR Grants).
Photovoice on Cervical Cancer and Screening among Hispanic Women in El Paso, County.
PI: Moya, E. M.
2021-2023
National Institutes of Health (NIH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. – “HPV in the Context of Men’s Health Disparities”
PI: Kirken, R.
Co-PI: Moya, E. & Martinez, J.
Amount Awarded: $220,988
2021
New Mexico State University, Partnership to Advance Cancer Research – “Chronic Disease Risk and Access to Care of Adults Experiencing Homelessness in El Paso County”
PI: Moya, E.
Co-PI: Camarena, R., & Blount, R. MSW ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõs
Amount Awarded: $5,000
2020-2022
Implementing Community-based approaches to increase SARS-CoV-2 Testing among an Underserved and Vulnerable Population. [Grant]. FOA Emergency Competitive Revision to Existing NIH Awards (Emergency Supplement Clinical Trial
PI: Kirken, R.
Co-PI: Frietze, G., Padilla, M., Mancera, B., Moya, E., Kenney, M.
Amount Awarded: $1,036,464
2020-2021
Programa de Investigación en Migración y Salud (PIMSA) – “Use of Photovoice to make visible the mental health of transgender migrants in Juarez and El Paso”
PI: Moya, E., & Gutierrez-Vega, M. (UACJ)
Co-PI: Chávez-Baray, S., Chaparro, P., Padilla, H., & Esparza, O.
Amount Awarded: $10,000
2020-2021
University of Texas at El Paso Interdisciplinary Research and Education Program (IDRE) –
“Space Allocation and Seed Funding Proposal”
PI: Moya, E.
Co-PI: Padilla, M., Frietze, G., Gooselink, K., Chavéz-Baray, S., & Cordero, J.
Amount Awarded: $20,000
2019-2024
National Institute of Health (NIH), National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (NIMHD), Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC) Research Infrastructure Core (RIC) – “HPV mitigation and cancer prevention across the lifespan in Mexican origin”
PI: Kirken, R.
Co-PI: Aguilera, R., Cox, M., Zhang, J., Moya, E., Kenney, M., Mancera, B., Almeida, Igor C.
Amount Awarded: $19,500,000
2019-2021
Border Biomedical Research Center (BBRC), U54 Center Young Investigators Project – “Youth and young adult cancer knowledge, attitudes and practices pilot study (C-KAP)”
PI: Moya, E.
Co-PI: Chavéz-Baray, S.
Amount Awarded: $40,000
2016-2021
Memorial Sloan Kettering Center, Federal, National Institute of Nursing Research – “Ed-HPV: A community approach using education and technology to increase HPV vaccination”
PI: Aragones, A.
Co-PI: Moya, E., & Tonda, J.
Amount Awarded: $2,500.000 Federal $468,503 awarded to ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ (4-year sub contract)
Dr. Yok-Fong Paat
2023-2025
U.S. Department of Homeland Security - "REACH (Resilience, Education, Action, Commitment, and Humanity)"
PI – Paat, Y. -F.
Amount Awarded: $296,806
2021 – 2026
Health Resources & Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health Bureau – “Healthy Families Healthy Kids Initiative”
PI: Paat, Y. -F.
Amount Awarded: $250,000
Lectures
Lecture: Creating Socially Just Communities of Forgiveness, Racial Healing, and Race Equity: From Me To We by Darlyne Bailey, Ph.D., LISW
Professor and Dean Emeritus
Director, Social Justice Initiative
Special Assistant to the President for Community Partnerships
Bryn Mawr College ³ÉÈËÍ·Ìõ School of Social Work and Social Research
Dr. Bailey Presentation