Associate Professor
School of Social Work
Dr. Parra-Cardona’s primary research focus in on the cultural adaptation of preventive parenting interventions for low-income immigrant Latino/a communities exposed to considerable contextual challenges. His first cultural adaptation study was funded by the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) and focused on first-generation immigrant families living in Detroit. He is currently funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) to extend this work with Latino/a immigrant families with adolescent children. Dr. Parra-Cardona has used the experience gained in these US-based studies to collaborate with Mexican institutions and state governments in the implementation of prevention programs of research.
View his coffee talk here.