Julia Lechuga, PhD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

Publications (7)

Top publication keywords:
ViolenceMass ScreeningMexicoSubstance-Related DisordersUndocumented ImmigrantsPoliceEmigration and ImmigrationSubstance Abuse, IntravenousEmigrants and ImmigrantsSurveys and QuestionnairesHIV InfectionsMoralsDrug UsersCitiesMedically Unexplained Symptoms

• Institutional violence from police militarization and drug cartel wars as a 'Big Event' and its influence on drug use harms and HIV risk in people who inject drugs on the U.S.-Mexico border.
  The International journal on drug policy 2023 Lechuga J, Ramos R, Dickson-Gomez J, Beachy S, Perez G, Nevola O, Varela A, Ramos ME, Sauceda J, Ludwig-Barrron N, Salazar J
• Social and environmental determinants influencing injection drug use and HIV risk among two sister cities on the US-Mexico border: a comparative cross-sectional study, 2016-2018.
  Harm reduction journal 2023 Lechuga J, Ramos R, Ludwig-Barron N, Perez G, Ramos ME, Ferreira-Pinto JB, Cordero JI, Sauceda J, Salazar J
• A factorial experiment grounded in the multiphase optimization strategy to promote viral suppression among people who inject drugs on the Texas-Mexico border: a study protocol.
  BMC public health 2023 Sauceda JA, Lechuga J, Ramos ME, Puentes J, Ludwig-Barron N, Salazar J, Christopoulos KA, Johnson MO, Gomez D, Covarrubias R, Hernandez J, Montelongo D, Ortiz A, Rojas J, Ramos L, Avila I, Gwadz MV, …
• US public charge policy and Latinx immigrants' thoughts about health and healthcare utilization.
  Ethnicity & health 2022 Galletly CL, Barreras JL, Lechuga J, Glasman LR, Cruz G, Dickson-Gomez JB, Brooks RA, Ruelas DM, Stringfield B, Espinoza-Madrigal I
• Testing for Differences in the Reporting of Somatic Symptoms of Depression in Racial/Ethnic Minorities.
  Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2021 Sauceda JA, Patel AR, Santiago-Rodriguez EI, Garcia D, Lechuga J
• Documenting best practices for maintaining access to HIV prevention, care and treatment in an era of shifting immigration policy and discourse.
  PloS one 2020 Arnold EA, Fuller SM, Martinez O, Lechuga J, Steward WT
• The Development and Psychometric Properties of the Immigration Law Concerns Scale (ILCS) for HIV Testing.
  Journal of immigrant and minority health 2018 Lechuga J, Galletly CL, Broaddus MR, Dickson-Gomez JB, Glasman LR, McAuliffe TL, Vega MY, LeGrand S, Mena CA, Barlow ML, Valera E, Montenegro JI