Publications

2024

• Pignone, M.P., Calderon-Mora J., Chang P., Labrada J., Mendoza K., Weems J., Velasquez M.M., Hubley M., Young S., & Kluz N. (2024). Screening and telephone-based intervention for unhealthy alcohol use in a diverse Federally Qualified Health Center system in Texas. Journal of General Internal Medicine. doi:10.1007/s11606-024-09240-5.
• Green, F.O., Harlowe, A. K., Edwards, A., Alford, D. P., Choxi, H., German, J. S., Ling, D., Pawlukiewicz, I., Peterson, R., von Sternberg, K., & Velasquez, M. M. (2024). Multi-level approaches to fetal alcohol spectrum disorders prevention education and training for health professionals. Substance Use & Addiction Journal, Advance online publication. doi: 10.1177/29767342241273397
• Townsel, C., Smith, V. C., Senthilkumar, H., Bastian, L. R., Sanks, M….Velasquez, M.M…. & Harris, K. E. (2024). Answering a Call to Action: Reducing Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders Using a Healthcare Champion Model. Substance Use & Addiction Journal, 29767342241271361
• Northrup, T.F., Stotts, A.L., Fischer, S.M., von Sternberg, K.L., & Velasquez, M.M. (2024). Increased Risk for Alcohol- and Other Substance-Exposed Pregnancies among Women who Smoke Tobacco: A Secondary Analysis of a Primary Care-Based Intervention. Tobacco Induced Diseases (TID). DOI: https://doi.org/10.18332/tid/191107
• Moore, J.R., Castro, Y., DiNitto, D., Hernandez, M., & Velasquez, M.M. (2024). Sociodemographic and treatment-related determinants of recent substance use among adults with comorbid substance misuse and psychotic disorders discharged from substance use treatment. Journal of Substance Use and Addiction Treatment.
• Brown S.A., Winter M.A., Becker HA, Garcia A.A., Velasquez, M.M., Tanaka, H., … & Hanis, C. L. (2024). Transitioning From an In-Person Intervention to Augmented Text Messaging During COVID-19 in Mexican Americans With Prediabetes: The Starr County Diabetes Prevention Randomized Clinical Trial. The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care. 0(0). doi:10.1177/26350106241233475

2023

• von Sternberg, K., Parrish, D., Castro, Y., Velasquez, M.M. (2023). Processes of change in preventing alcohol-exposed pregnancy: replication of a mediation analysis. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology.
• Edwards, A. E., Davis, K., Haiman, M., Arguedas, C., Rebadulla, H., & Velasquez, M. M. (2023). Women and alcohol: Screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment. Women’s Healthcare.
• Ling, D. & Mangum., A. (2023, April/May). NASW and UT-Austin Partner to Support Social Workers in Prevention of Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancies. Social Work Advocates.

2022

• Leslie Sirrianni was selected to join NASW to co-author and revise the substance use policy statement for the 13th edition of Social Work Speaks, a collection of 62 NASW policies that helps shape public policy and practice. In addition to social workers, audiences for this publication include the media, students, educators, and policymakers.
• Velasquez, M,M., Ling, D., von Sternberg, K. (2022). Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders. Oxford Bibliographies in Social Work. Ed. Edward J. Mullen. New York: Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/OBO/9780195389678-0313
• Hare, J. P., Johnson, S. K., von Sternberg, K., & Velasquez, M. M. (2022). Motivational interviewing. In K. Corcoran, & A. R. Roberts (Eds.), Social workers’ desk reference (4th ed.).
• Brown, S.A., Becker, H.A., García, A.A., Velasquez, M.M., Tanaka, H.,Winter, M.A., Perkison, W.B., Brown, E.L., Aguilar, D., & Hanis, C.L. (2022). Acculturation, eating behaviors, and macronutrient intake among Mexican Americans: The Starr County Diabetes Prevention Initiative. The Science of Diabetes Self-Management and Care Journal.
• Brown, S. A., Becker, H.A., Garcia, A.A. Velasquez, MM., Hirofumi, T.M., Winter, M.A., Perkison, WR, Brown, E.L., Aguilar, D., Hanis, C.L. (2022). The effects of gender and country of origin on acculturation, psychological factors, Lifestyle factors, and diabetes-related physiological outcomes among Mexican Americans. The Starr County diabetes prevention initiative.
• Stotts, A.L., Villarreal, Y.R., Green, C., Berens, P., Blackwell, S., Khan, A., Suchting, R., Velasquez, M., Markham, C., Klawans, M.R., & Northrup, T.F. (2022). Facilitating treatment initiation and reproductive care postpartum to prevent substance-exposed pregnancies: A randomized Bayesian pilot trial. Drug and Alcohol Dependence.
• Johnson, J.A., Shellenberger, S., Buchanan, C. Cline, N., Velasquez, M.M., von Sternberg, K., Roxborough, J., Seale, J.P. (2022). Post-residency impact of alcohol and drug screening and intervention training. Family Medicine, 54(3), 200-206.
• Magill, M., Mastroleo, N. R., Kuerbis, A., Sacco, P., Thombs-Cain, G. E., Wagner, E. F., & Velasquez, M. M. (2022). Practice Makes Perfect: MSW Students Reflect on Skill-Based Teaching Methods in Clinical Social Work Education. Journal of Social Work Education, 1-15.
• Ling, D. and Sirrianni, L. (2022). Social Workers Can Help Address Pandemic Drinking, Especially Among Women. Intersections in Practice, (16), 10-11.

2021

• Hernandez, M., von Sternberg, K., Castro, Y., & Velasquez, M. M. (2021). Reasons and obstacles for changing risky drinking behavior among Latinas at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 1-15.
• Sirrianni, L. (2020, December / 2021, January). Conversations About Alcohol Use Help Social Workers Assess, Reduce Clients’ Risky Drinking. Social Work Advocates. 8-9.

2020

• Hammock, K., Velasquez, M. M., Alwan, H., & von Sternberg, K. (2020). Alcohol Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) for Girls and Women. Alcohol Research: Current Reviews.
• Villarreal, Y.R., Spellman, M.L., Prudon, J., Northrup, T.F., Berens, P.D., Blackwell, S., Velasquez, M.M., Stotts, A. L. (In Press). A brief, hospital-initiated Motivational Interviewing and Acceptance and Commitment Therapy intervention to link postpartum mothers who use illicit drugs with treatment and reproductive care:  A case report. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
• Field, C.A., von Sternberg, K., Velasquez, M.M. (2020). Randomized Trial of Screening and Brief Intervention to Reduce Injury and Substance Abuse in an urban Level I Trauma Center. Drug and Alcohol Dependence 208(1), 1-8. doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2019.107792
• Stotts, A.L., Northrup, T.F., Green, C., Suchting, R., Hovell, M.E., Khan, A., Villarreal, Y.R., Schmitz, J.M., Velasquez, M.M., Hammond, K., Hoh, E., & Tyson, J. (2020). Reducing Tobacco Smoke Exposure in High Risk Infants: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of Pediatrics, 218:35-41.e1. doi: 10.1016/j.jpeds. 2019.10.070
• Hai Hang, A., Hammock, K., & Velasquez, M. (2020). The efficacy of technology‐based interventions for alcohol and illicit drug use among women of childbearing age: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Alcoholism: Clinical & Experimental Research. doi:10.1111/acer.14203

2019

• Hernandez, M., von Sternberg, K.L., Castro, Y. & Velasquez, M.M.  (2019). The Role of Acculturation and Alcohol Problems on Frequency of Cannabis Use Among Latinas at Risk of an Alcohol-Exposed Pregnancy. Substance Use & Misuse, 54:12, 1980-1990, DOI: 10.1080/10826084.2019.1625399
• von Sternberg, K., DiClemente, C.C., & Velasquez, M.M. (2019). Profiles of behavior change constructs for reducing alcohol use in women at risk of an alcohol-exposed pregnancy. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors.
• Peng, H., Aschenbrenner, A., von Sternberg, K.,  Mullen, P. and Chan, W. (2019) “A Continuous-time Markov Chain Approach with the Analytic Likelihood in Studies of Behavioral Changes” Communications in Statistics – Theory and Methods. 48:5756-5765.