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Hernandez M, von Sternberg K, Castro Y, Velasquez MM. Reasons and obstacles for changing risky drinking behavior among Latinas at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2023 Apr-Jun;22(2):387-401. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2021.1952127. Epub 2021 Aug 2. PubMed PMID: 34339347; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC8920117.
Hernandez M, von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM. Alcohol use and problems among Latinas at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy: The role of acculturation and interpersonal factors. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2022 Apr-Jun;21(2):425-438. doi: 10.1080/15332640.2020.1777609. Epub 2020 Jun 15. PubMed PMID: 32538710; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC9671777.
Johnson JA, Seale JP, Shellenberger S, Velasquez MM, Alick C, Turk K. Impact of a medical student alcohol intervention workshop using recovering alcoholics as simulated patients. Adv Med Educ Pract. 2014;5:133-9. doi: 10.2147/AMEP.S56176. eCollection 2014. PubMed PMID: 24855409; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC4019617.
Stotts AL, Green C, Northrup TF, Dodrill CL, Evans P, Tyson J, Velasquez M, Hammond SK, Hovell MF. Feasibility and efficacy of an intervention to reduce secondhand smoke exposure among infants discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit. J Perinatol. 2013 Oct;33(10):811-6. doi: 10.1038/jp.2013.43. Epub 2013 Apr 25. PubMed PMID: 23619375.
Barczyk AN, Yuma-Guerrero P, von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM, Brown J, Maxson T, Lawson KA. Risky drinking among parents of pediatric trauma patients. J Trauma Acute Care Surg. 2013 Oct;75(4):676-81. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3182a53adf. PubMed PMID: 24064882.
Stotts AL, Northrup TF, Schmitz JM, Green C, Tyson J, Velasquez MM, Khan A, Hovell MF. Baby's Breath II protocol development and design: a secondhand smoke exposure prevention program targeting infants discharged from a neonatal intensive care unit. Contemp Clin Trials. 2013 May;35(1):97-105. doi: 10.1016/j.cct.2013.02.012. Epub 2013 Mar 1. PubMed PMID: 23466754; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3731125.
Businelle MS, Kendzor DE, Reitzel LR, Vidrine JI, Castro Y, Mullen PD, Velasquez MM, Cofta-Woerpel L, Cinciripini PM, Greisinger AJ, Wetter DW. Pathways linking socioeconomic status and postpartum smoking relapse. Ann Behav Med. 2013 Apr;45(2):180-91. doi: 10.1007/s12160-012-9434-x. PubMed PMID: 23086590; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3854787.
Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K, Parrish DE. CHOICES: an integrated behavioral intervention to prevent alcohol-exposed pregnancies among high-risk women in community settings. Soc Work Public Health. 2013;28(3-4):224-33. doi: 10.1080/19371918.2013.759011. PubMed PMID: 23731416.
Correa-Fernández V, Ji L, Castro Y, Heppner WL, Vidrine JI, Costello TJ, Mullen PD, Cofta-Woerpel L, Velasquez MM, Greisinger A, Cinciripini PM, Wetter DW. Mediators of the association of major depressive syndrome and anxiety syndrome with postpartum smoking relapse. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2012 Aug;80(4):636-48. doi: 10.1037/a0027532. Epub 2012 Mar 5. PubMed PMID: 22390410; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3378794.
Parrish DE, von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM, Cochran J, Sampson M, Mullen PD. Characteristics and factors associated with the risk of a nicotine exposed pregnancy: expanding the CHOICES preconception counseling model to tobacco. Matern Child Health J. 2012 Aug;16(6):1224-31. doi: 10.1007/s10995-011-0848-z. PubMed PMID: 21735139.
Yuma-Guerrero PJ, Lawson KA, Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K, Maxson T, Garcia N. Screening, brief intervention, and referral for alcohol use in adolescents: a systematic review. Pediatrics. 2012 Jul;130(1):115-22. doi: 10.1542/peds.2011-1589. Epub 2012 Jun 4. Review. PubMed PMID: 22665407.
von Sternberg K, Cardoso JB, Jun J, Learman J, Velasquez MM. An examination of the path between recent sexual violence and sexually transmitted infections. Womens Health Issues. 2012 May-Jun;22(3):e283-92. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2012.01.004. Epub 2012 Mar 3. PubMed PMID: 22382125.
Velasquez MM, Stephens N, Drenner K. Motivational Interviewing - Transtheoretical Model Groups for Addictions. In: Ingersoll K, Wagner C, editors. Motivational Interviewing in Groups New York: The Guilford Press; 2012.
Seale JP, Velasquez MM, Johnson JA, Shellenberger S, von Sternberg K, Dodrill C, Boltri JM, Takei R, Clark D, Grace D. Skills-based residency training in alcohol screening and brief intervention: results from the Georgia-Texas "Improving Brief Intervention" Project. Subst Abus. 2012;33(3):261-71. doi: 10.1080/08897077.2011.640187. PubMed PMID: 22738003; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3430508.
Connors GJ, DiClemente CC, Velasquez MM, Donovan DM. Substance Abuse Treatment and the Stages of Change: Selecting and Planning Interventions NY: The Guildford Press; 2012.
Reitzel LR, Nguyen N, Cao Y, Vidrine JI, Daza P, Mullen PD, Velasquez MM, Li Y, Cinciripini PM, Cofta-Woerpel L, Wetter DW. Race/ethnicity moderates the effect of prepartum menthol cigarette use on postpartum smoking abstinence. Nicotine Tob Res. 2011 Dec;13(12):1305-10. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntr095. Epub 2011 May 26. PubMed PMID: 21622498; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3223573.
Lawson KA, Yuma-Guerrero PJ, von Sternberg K, Duzinski SV, Garcia NM, Brown CV, Wakefield SM, Crawford NM, Velasquez MM, Maxson RT. Under the influence with a child in the car: implications for child safety and caregiver intervention. J Trauma. 2011 Nov;71(5 Suppl 2):S522-6. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e31823a4b8b. PubMed PMID: 22072039.
Heppner WL, Ji L, Reitzel LR, Castro Y, Correa-Fernandez V, Vidrine JI, Li Y, Dolan-Mullen P, Velasquez MM, Cinciripini PM, Cofta-Woerpel L, Greisinger A, Wetter D. The role of prepartum motivation in the maintenance of postpartum smoking abstinence. Health Psychol. 2011 Nov;30(6):736-45. doi: 10.1037/a0025132. Epub 2011 Aug 22. PubMed PMID: 21859215; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3221324.
Pruitt SL, von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM, Mullen PD. Condom use among sterilized and nonsterilized women in county jail and residential treatment centers. Womens Health Issues. 2010 Nov-Dec;20(6):386-93. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2010.06.007. Epub 2010 Sep 29. PubMed PMID: 20880718; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3068599.
Kendzor DE, Businelle MS, Costello TJ, Castro Y, Reitzel LR, Vidrine JI, Li Y, Mullen PD, Velasquez MM, Cinciripini PM, Cofta-Woerpel LM, Wetter DW. Breast feeding is associated with postpartum smoking abstinence among women who quit smoking due to pregnancy. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Oct;12(10):983-8. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntq132. Epub 2010 Aug 16. PubMed PMID: 20713441; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2948049.
Velasquez MM, Ingersoll KS, Sobell MB, Floyd RL, Sobell LC, von Sternberg K. A Dual-Focus Motivational Intervention to Reduce the Risk of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy. Cogn Behav Pract. 2010 May 1;17(2):203-212. doi: 10.1016/j.cbpra.2009.02.004. PubMed PMID: 20473352; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2868197.
Reitzel LR, Vidrine JI, Businelle MS, Kendzor DE, Costello TJ, Li Y, Daza P, Mullen PD, Velasquez MM, Cinciripini PM, Cofta-Woerpel L, Wetter DW. Preventing postpartum smoking relapse among diverse low-income women: a randomized clinical trial. Nicotine Tob Res. 2010 Apr;12(4):326-35. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntq001. Epub 2010 Feb 12. PubMed PMID: 20154055; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2847071.
Seale JP, Shellenberger S, Velasquez MM, Boltri JM, Okosun I, Guyinn M, Vinson D, Cornelius M, Johnson JA. Impact of vital signs screening & clinician prompting on alcohol and tobacco screening and intervention rates: a pre-post intervention comparison. BMC Fam Pract. 2010 Mar 5;11:18. doi: 10.1186/1471-2296-11-18. PubMed PMID: 20205740; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2844356.
Chacko MR, Wiemann CM, Kozinetz CA, von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM, Smith PB, DiClemente R. Efficacy of a motivational behavioral intervention to promote chlamydia and gonorrhea screening in young women: a randomized controlled trial. J Adolesc Health. 2010 Feb;46(2):152-61. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.06.012. Epub 2009 Aug 3. PubMed PMID: 20113921; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2818061.
Raes V, Weert-Van oene GA, Velasquez MM, De Maeseneer J, De Jong CA. The use of the RCQ-D in patients with poly drug abuse. Addiction research & theory. 2010; 18(4):409.
Wiemann CM, Chacko MR, Kozinetz CA, DiClemente R, Smith PB, Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K. Correlates of consistent condom use with main-new and main-old sexual partners. J Adolesc Health. 2009 Sep;45(3):296-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2009.03.001. Epub 2009 Jun 18. PubMed PMID: 19699427; NIHMSID:NIHMS141371.
SBIRT outcomes in Houston: final report on InSight, a hospital district-based program for patients at risk for alcohol or drug use problems. Alcohol Clin Exp Res. 2009 Aug;33(8):1374-81. doi: 10.1111/j.1530-0277.2009.00967.x. Epub 2009 May 7. PubMed PMID: 19426184.
Stotts AL, Groff JY, Velasquez MM, Benjamin-Garner R, Green C, Carbonari JP, DiClemente CC. Ultrasound feedback and motivational interviewing targeting smoking cessation in the second and third trimesters of pregnancy. Nicotine Tob Res. 2009 Aug;11(8):961-8. doi: 10.1093/ntr/ntp095. Epub 2009 Jun 24. PubMed PMID: 19553282; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2711985.
Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K, Johnson DH, Green C, Carbonari JP, Parsons JT. Reducing sexual risk behaviors and alcohol use among HIV-positive men who have sex with men: a randomized clinical trial. J Consult Clin Psychol. 2009 Aug;77(4):657-67. doi: 10.1037/a0015519. PubMed PMID: 19634959; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3737491.
Maxson RT, Yuma-Guerrero P, von Sternberg K, Lawson KA, Johnson KM, Brown J, Smith C, Velasquez MM. Screening for risky alcohol use among caregivers of pediatric trauma patients: a pilot study. J Trauma. 2009 Jul;67(1 Suppl):S37-42. doi: 10.1097/TA.0b013e3181a6f12d. PubMed PMID: 19590353.
Shellenberger S, Seale JP, Harris DL, Johnson JA, Dodrill CL, Velasquez MM. Applying team-based learning in primary care residency programs to increase patient alcohol screenings and brief interventions. Acad Med. 2009 Mar;84(3):340-6. doi: 10.1097/ACM.0b013e3181972855. PubMed PMID: 19240441.
Tsai J, Floyd RL, O'Connor MJ, Velasquez MM. Alcohol use and serious psychological distress among women of childbearing age. Addict Behav. 2009 Feb;34(2):146-53. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2008.09.005. Epub 2008 Sep 17. PubMed PMID: 18930354.
Sampson M, Stephens NS, Velasquez MM. Motivational Interviewing. In: Rubin A, Springer D, editors. The Clinician's Guide to Evidence-Based Practice Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons; 2009.
Sharpe TT, Velasquez MM. Risk of alcohol-exposed pregnancies among low-income, illicit drug-using women. J Womens Health (Larchmt). 2008 Oct;17(8):1339-44. doi: 10.1089/jwh.2008.0828. PubMed PMID: 18788989.
Chacko MR, von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM, Wiemann CM, Smith PB, DiClemente R. Young women's perspective of the pros and cons to seeking screening for chlamydia and gonorrhea: an exploratory study. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2008 Aug;21(4):187-93. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2007.08.009. PubMed PMID: 18656072; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2582049.
Reitzel LR, Vidrine JI, Li Y, Mullen PD, Velasquez MM, Cinciripini PM, Cofta-Woerpel L, Greisinger A, Wetter DW. The influence of subjective social status on vulnerability to postpartum smoking among young pregnant women. Am J Public Health. 2007 Aug;97(8):1476-82. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2006.101295. Epub 2007 Jun 28. PubMed PMID: 17600249; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC1931465.
Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K, Mullen PD, Carbonari JP, Kan LY. Psychiatric distress in incarcerated women with recent cocaine and alcohol abuse. Womens Health Issues. 2007 Jul-Aug;17(4):264-72. doi: 10.1016/j.whi.2007.02.005. Epub 2007 Jun 5. PubMed PMID: 17544298.
Floyd RL, Sobell M, Velasquez MM, Ingersoll K, Nettleman M, Sobell L, Mullen PD, Ceperich S, von Sternberg K, Bolton B, Johnson K, Skarpness B, Nagaraja J. Preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancies: a randomized controlled trial. Am J Prev Med. 2007 Jan;32(1):1-10. doi: 10.1016/j.amepre.2006.08.028. PubMed PMID: 17218187; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2888541.
Seale JP, Boltri JM, Shellenberger S, Velasquez MM, Cornelius M, Guyinn M, Okosun I, Sumner H. Primary care validation of a single screening question for drinkers. J Stud Alcohol. 2006 Sep;67(5):778-84. doi: 10.15288/jsa.2006.67.778. PubMed PMID: 16847548.
Chacko MR, Wiemann CM, Kozinetz CA, Diclemente RJ, Smith PB, Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K. New sexual partners and readiness to seek screening for chlamydia and gonorrhoea: predictors among minority young women. Sex Transm Infect. 2006 Feb;82(1):75-9. doi: 10.1136/sti.2004.014118. PubMed PMID: 16461612; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2563815.
Velasquez MM, Stephens NS, Ingersoll K. Motivational interviewing in groups. Journal of groups in addiction & recovery. 2006; 1(1):27-50.
Wiemann CM, Chacko MR, Tucker JC, Velasquez MM, Smith PB, DiClemente RJ, von Sternberg K. Enhancing recruitment and retention of minority young women in community-based clinical research. J Pediatr Adolesc Gynecol. 2005 Dec;18(6):403-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jpag.2005.09.006. PubMed PMID: 16338606.
Heesch KC, Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K. Readiness for mental health treatment and for changing alcohol use in patients with comorbid psychiatric and alcohol disorders: are they congruent?. Addict Behav. 2005 Mar;30(3):531-43. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.08.003. PubMed PMID: 15718069.
Nieman LZ, Velasquez MM, Groff JY, Cheng L, Foxhall LE. Implementation of a smoking cessation counseling module in a preceptorship program. Fam Med. 2005 Feb;37(2):105-11. PubMed PMID: 15690250.
Velasquez MM, von Sternberg K, Dodrill C, Kan Y, Parsons J. The transtheoretical model as a framework for developing substance abuse interventions. Journal of addictions nursing. 2005; 16(1-2):31-40.
Parsons JT, Vicioso K, Kutnick A, Punzalan JC, Halkitis PN, Velasquez MM. Alcohol use and stigmatized sexual practices of HIV seropositive gay and bisexual men. Addict Behav. 2004 Jul;29(5):1045-51. doi: 10.1016/j.addbeh.2004.03.001. PubMed PMID: 15219356.
Chacko MR, Von Sternberg K, Velasquez MM. Gonorrhea and chlamydia screening in sexually active young women: the processes of change. J Adolesc Health. 2004 May;34(5):424-7. doi: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2003.07.022. PubMed PMID: 15093798.
Parsons JT, Vicioso KJ, Punzalan JC, Halkitis PN, Kutnick A, Velasquez MM. The impact of alcohol use on the sexual scripts of HIV-positive men who have sex with men. J Sex Res. 2004 May;41(2):160-72. doi: 10.1080/00224490409552224. PubMed PMID: 15326541; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC2038984.
DiClemente CC, Ferentz K, Velasquez MM. Health Behavior Change and the problem of "non-compliance". In: Haas L, editor. Handbook of Primary Care Psychology NY: Oxford University Press; 2004.
Motivational intervention to reduce alcohol-exposed pregnancies--Florida, Texas, and Virginia, 1997-2001. MMWR Morb Mortal Wkly Rep. 2003 May 16;52(19):441-4. PubMed PMID: 12807086.
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