I. Opara

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What happens when we ask? A phenomenological focus group on HIV prevention and sexual health education among emancipated foster care youth.

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2022, Children and youth services review.

Increasing HIV/AIDS knowledge among urban ethnic minority youth: Findings from a community-based prevention intervention program

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2021, Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services.

Age of First Marijuana Use and Its Impact on Education Attainment and Employment Status

Yessenia Castro, Hydeen K. Beverly, I. Opara, 2019, Journal of drug issues.

Racial/ethnic disparities in cardiovascular disease mortality attributable to long-term PM2.5 exposure in the United States from 2001 to 2016

E. Zang, H. Krumholz, Yiqun Ma, 2022, medRxiv.

Psychological Factors Associated with Job Satisfaction Among Counsellors in Rivers State, Nigeria

Esther Peter, I. Opara, 2018 .

Countering Educational Disparities Among Black Boys and Black Adolescent Boys from Pre-K to High School: A Life Course-Intersectional Perspective

Derrick R. Brooms, I. Opara, Keisha M Wint, 2021, The Urban Review.

Ethnic Identity, Empowerment, Social Support and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black Adolescent Girls: Examining Drug Use as a Mediator

R. Reid, Pauline Garcia-Reid, I. Opara, 2020, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

The Role of Empowerment-Based Protective Factors on Substance Use Among Youth of Color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2020, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

Pilot-testing a Multiplayer HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention Video Game Intervention for Black Adolescent Girls: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Kimberly D. Hieftje, Veronica U. Weser, K. Hieftje, 2022, JMIR research protocols.

Schools’ Neighborhoods and Characteristics: Implications for Standardized Academic Achievement in Passaic, NJ’s Elementary, Middle and High Schools

D. Lardier, Daneele Thorpe, I. Opara, 2022, The Urban Review.

Socioemotional Factor: A Missing Gap in Theorizing and Studying Black Heterosexual Coupling Processes and Relationships

I. Opara, Christiana I. Ijeoma Awosan, 2017 .

Effects of Brief Interventions on Internalizing Symptoms and Substance Use in Youth: A Systematic Review

J. Schleider, I. Opara, R. McDanal, 2021, Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review.

Progresses and challenges of utilizing traditional birth attendants in maternal and child health in Nigeria

R. Hammond, Eta E Ashu, N. Amutah-Onukagha, 2017, International journal of MCH and AIDS.

Mental health burden among Black adolescents: the need for better assessment, diagnosis and treatment engagement

Bridgette M. Brawner, D. Lardier, B. Brawner, 2021, Social work in mental health.

Role of the Intersections of Gender, Race and Sexual Orientation in the Association between Substance Use Behaviors and Sexually Transmitted Infections in a National Sample of Adults with Recent Criminal Legal Involvement

E. Wang, I. Opara, Tyler D. Harvey, 2022, International journal of environmental research and public health.

Structural indicators of suicide: an exploration of state-level risk factors among Black and White people in the United States, 2015-2019.

I. Opara, John F. Gunn, Corbin J Standley, 2022, Journal of public mental health.

Coping in the Time of COVID-19: Buffering Stressors With Coping Strategies

M. Asare, C. Okafor, Karla J. Bautista, 2021, Journal of loss & trauma.

Ethnic Identity, Empowerment, Social Support and Sexual Risk Behaviors Among Black Adolescent Girls: Examining Drug Use as a Mediator

R. Reid, Pauline Garcia-Reid, I. Opara, 2020, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

Alcohol Use Cravings as a Mediator Between Associated Risk Factors on Increased Alcohol Use among Youth Adults in New York During the COVID-19 Pandemic

D. Lardier, J. Gamble-George, S. Malik, 2021, Alcoholism treatment quarterly.

Sociopolitical control as a mediator between ethnic identity and social support on 30-day drug use among black girls

R. Reid, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Ashley V Hill, 2021, Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse.

A latent profile analysis of psychological sense of community and ethnic identity among racial-ethnic minority young adults from the southwestern United States.

D. Lardier, I. Opara, E. Roach, 2021, Journal of community psychology.

Testing the Factor Structure of the Brief Sense of Community Scale among Black Girls and the Relationship with Ethnic Identity, Empowerment and Social Support.

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2021, Children and youth services review.

How Black Teen Girls Navigate Social Media to Form Romantic Relationships

Kimberly D. Hieftje, Veronica U. Weser, K. Hieftje, 2021, Social media + society.

Symptoms of distress during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States.

M. Asare, Ijeoma Opara, C. Okafor, 2021, American journal of health studies.

Understanding Neighborhoods’ Impact on Youth Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes in Paterson, New Jersey: Protocol for a Community-Based Participatory Research Study

T. Kershaw, Daneele Thorpe, I. Opara, 2021, JMIR research protocols.

Psychological sense of community, community civic participation, and ethnic identity on social justice orientation and psychological empowerment between LGBQ and Non-LGBQ youth of color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2021, Journal of LGBT youth.

The brief sense of community scale: Testing dimensionality and measurement invariance by gender among Hispanic/Latinx youth.

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2021, Journal of community psychology.

The Mediating Role of Ethnic Identity and Social Justice Orientation Between Community Civic Participation, Psychological Sense of Community, and Dimensions of Psychological Empowerment Among Adolescents of Color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2020, The Urban Review.

Comment on Project THANKS: Examining HIV/AIDS-Related Barriers and Facilitators to Care in African American Women: A Community Perspective

M. Mahadevan, J. Kelly, N. Amutah-Onukagha, 2020, Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care.

Intrapersonal psychological empowerment profiles on ethnic identity, social support, and lifetime drug use among Hispanic adolescent girls

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Ijeoma Opara, 2020, Journal of ethnicity in substance abuse.

“Bullets Have no Names”: A Qualitative Exploration of Community Trauma Among Black and Latinx Youth

R. Reid, Isha W. Metzger, D. Lardier, 2020, Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Suicide among Black Children: An Integrated Model of the Interpersonal-Psychological Theory of Suicide and Intersectionality Theory for Researchers and Clinicians

Isha W. Metzger, I. Opara, John F. Gunn, 2020, Journal of black studies.

Nativity and Cardiovascular Dysregulation: Evidence from the 2001–2016 National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey

N. Amutah-Onukagha, J. Gleason, I. Opara, 2020, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

When Pandemics Call: Community-Based Research Considerations for HIV Scholars

Nkiru Nnawulezi, T. Kershaw, Cristian J. Chandler, 2020, AIDS and Behavior.

The Cognitive Empowerment Scale: Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis Among Youth of Color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2020, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

Understanding the Influence of Sexual Risk Taking, Ethnic Identity, and Family and Peer Support on School Importance Among Hispanic Adolescents

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Ijeoma Opara, 2018, Education and urban society.

Increasing Viral Hepatitis Knowledge Among Urban Ethnic Minority Youth: Findings from a Community Based Prevention Intervention

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Ijeoma Opara, 2019, Journal of Community Health.

A Conceptual Framework Exploring Social Media, Eating Disorders, and Body Dissatisfaction Among Latina Adolescents

I. Opara, N. Santos, Noemy Santos, 2019, Hispanic journal of behavioral sciences.

Sexual negotiation skills and risky behavior on sexual partnerships, HIV knowledge, and risk perception among urban youth of color: A latent class analysis

R. Reid, D. Lardier, M. Henry, 2019, Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services.

“It All Starts With the Parents”: A Qualitative Study on Protective Factors for Drug-Use Prevention Among Black and Hispanic Girls

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2019, Affilia.

Missed opportunities for HIV prevention: Results of a qualitative study on mother-daughter communication

B. Guthrie, N. Amutah-Onukagha, I. Opara, 2018, Journal of HIV/AIDS & social services.

Book Review: Black girls and adolescents: Facing the challenges

I. Opara, 2018 .

Examining African American Parent-Daughter HIV Risk Communication Using a Black Feminist-Ecological Lens: Implications for Intervention

I. Opara, 2018, Journal of black studies.

The Effects of School-Based Discrimination on Adolescents of Color Sexual Health Outcomes: A Social Determinants Approach

N. Amutah-Onukagha, Brandon N Respress, I. Opara, 2018, Social work in public health.

Associations between Parent–Child Communication on Sexual Health and Drug Use and Use of Drugs during Sex among Urban Black Youth

D. Duncan, S. R. Ramos, Camille R. Quinn, 2021, International journal of environmental research and public health.

Learning from community-based HIV prevention to inform control and mitigation of the COVID-19 pandemic

J. Abrams, I. Opara, Jaleah D Rutledge, 2023, Preventive Medicine.

Ethnic Identity as a Moderator Between HIV Knowledge, Viral Hepatitis Knowledge, and Psychological Antecedents Among Racial-Ethnic Minority Youth Living in an Urban Community

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Ijeoma Opara, 2021, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities.

Understanding Neighborhoods’ Impact on Youth Substance Use and Mental Health Outcomes in Paterson, New Jersey: Protocol for a Community-Based Participatory Research Study (Preprint)

T. Kershaw, Daneele Thorpe, I. Opara, 2021 .

A Spatial Analysis of Alcohol Outlet Density Type, Abandoned Properties, and Police Calls on Aggravated Assault Rates in a Northeastern U.S. City

R. Reid, Yan Lin, D. Lardier, 2021, Substance use & misuse.

Teaching Note—#BlackGirlsMatter and the Social Work Curriculum: Integrating Intersectionality Within Social Work Education

Tiffany L. Brown, I. Opara, 2021, Journal of social work education.

Measuring Intrapersonal Psychological Empowerment and Ethnic Identity: Highlighting Strengths of Urban Black Girls

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Ijeoma Opara, 2020, Youth & society.

Exploring the Role of Social Support, Ethnic Identity, and Psychological Empowerment on Drug Use and Sexual Risk Behavior Among Black & Hispanic Female Adolescents

Ijeoma Opara, I. Opara, 2019 .

Parenting profiles of academic and racial socialization: Associations with academic engagement and academic self-beliefs of African American adolescents.

Shauna M. Cooper, Isha W. Metzger, Tiarney D. Ritchwood, 2020, Journal of school psychology.

Project THANKS: Examining HIV/AIDS‐Related Barriers and Facilitators to Care in African American Women: A Community Perspective

M. Mahadevan, J. Kelly, N. Amutah-Onukagha, 2018, AIDS patient care and STDs.

PSYCHOSOCIAL PREDICTORS OF SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENTS ADJUSTMENT TO SCHOOL

I. Opara, B. Onyekuru, 2013 .

The Role of Empowerment-Based Protective Factors on Substance Use Among Youth of Color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2020, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2020, The Urban Review.

Validation of the Abbreviated Socio-Political Control Scale for Youth (SPCS-Y) Among Urban Girls of Color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2019, Child & adolescent social work journal : C & A.

A study of psychological sense of community as a mediator between supportive social systems, school belongingness, and outcome behaviors among urban high school students of color.

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2019, Journal of community psychology.

The Cognitive Empowerment Scale: Multigroup Confirmatory Factor Analysis Among Youth of Color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2020, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

HIV knowledge and protective factors among racial-ethnic minority youth: moderation by ethnic identity and LGBQ + identity

D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, Felicity Bell, 2023, Journal of LGBT Youth.

Intersectional Effects of Sexual Orientation Concealment, Internalized Homophobia, and Gender Expression on Sexual Identity and HIV Risk Among Sexual Minority Men of Color: A Path Analysis

D. Lardier, T. Kershaw, LaRon E Nelson, 2021, The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC.

Predictive Power of School Based Assessment Scores on Students' Achievement in Junior Secondary Certificate Examination (JSCE) in English and Mathematics.

I. Opara, B. Onyekuru, J. Njoku, 2015 .

“Bullets Have no Names”: A Qualitative Exploration of Community Trauma Among Black and Latinx Youth

Isha W. Metzger, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2020, Journal of Child and Family Studies.

Validation of the Abbreviated Socio-Political Control Scale for Youth (SPCS-Y) Among Urban Girls of Color

R. Reid, D. Lardier, Pauline Garcia-Reid, 2019, Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

Differential Item Functioning in English Language Test Using Item Response Theory for Ethnic Groups

I. Opara, O. Stella, 2019, Journal of Economics and Sustainable Development.

“It Makes Me Feel like I Can Make a Difference”: A Qualitative Exploration of Peer Mentoring with Black and Hispanic High School Students

Isha W. Metzger, Pauline Garcia-Reid, I. Opara, 2023, Youth.