Contributions to Science

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I. Research

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Using Evidence-based parenting interventions to prevent behavioral health disparities among hard-to-reach minority populations

Javier JR, Supan J*, Lansang A*, Beyer W, Kubicek K, & Palinkas LA. Preventing Filipino mental health disparities: Perspectives from adolescents, caregivers, providers, and advocates. Asian American Journal of Psychology. 5(4) 316-324. 2014 Dec. PMID: 25667725
Flores N*, Supan J*, Kreutzer C, Coffey DM, Javier JR. Prevention of Filipino Youth Behavioral Health Disparities: Identifying Barriers and Facilitators to Participating in "Incredible Years," an Evidence-Based Parenting Intervention, Los Angeles, California, 2012. Prev Chronic Dis. 2015 12:1-8. PMID: 26491813, PMCID: PMC4617458
Javier JR, Coffey, DM, Schrager, SM, Palinkas, LA, Miranda, JM. Prevention of Behavioral Problems in Elementary School-Age Filipino-American Children with an Evidence-based Parenting Intervention: A Randomized Pilot Study in Churches. J Dev and Behav Pediatr,2016 Nov/Dec;37(9):737-745. 201 PMID: 27626390.
Javier JR, Galura K*, Aliganga FAP*, Supan J*, Palinkas LA. Voices of the Filipino Community Describing the Importance of Family in Understanding Adolescent Behavioral Health Needs. Fam Community Health. 2018 Jan/Mar;41(1):64-71. PMID:29135796.

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Interventions and Tools to Promote Participation in Community-level Prevention Services.

Javier JR, Chamberlain LJ, Rivera KK, Gonzalez SE, Mendoza FS, Huffman LC. Lessons Learned from a Community-Academic Partnership Addressing Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in Filipino-American Families, Prog Community Health Partnersh. Winter 2010. 4(4):305-13 PMID: 21169708.
Javier JR, Reyes A, Coffey DM, Schrager SM, Samson A, Palinkas L, Kipke MD, Miranda J. Recruiting Filipino Immigrants in a Randomized Controlled Trial Promoting Enrollment in an Evidence-based Parenting Intervention. J Immigr Minor Health. 2018 May 17. PMID: 29774510.
Javier JR. The use of an educational video to increase suicide awareness and enrollment in parenting interventions among Filipinos. Asian American Journal of Psychology. Vol.9, No 4, 327-333. 2018 December. DOI: 10.1037/aap0000144. PMID: PMID: 31565181. PMCID: PMC6764756
Javier JR, Coffey DM, Palinkas LA, Kipke MD, Miranda J, Schrager SM. Promoting Enrollment in Parenting Programs Among a Filipino Population: A Randomized Trial. Pediatrics. 2019;143(2): PMID: 30679379.

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Filipino Child Health and Behavioral Health Disparities in the U.S.

Javier JR, Huffman LC, Mendoza FS. (2007) Filipino Child Health in the United States: Do Health and Healthcare Disparities Exist? Prev Chronic Dis. 2007 Apr;4(2):A36. PMCID: PMC1893134.
Javier JR, Ferrer R, Huffman LC. Examining Depressive Symptoms and Use of Counseling in Filipino American Adolescents. J Dev Behav Pediatr. 2010 May;31(4):295-303. PMID:20431400; PMCID: PMC4104158.
Javier JR, Galura K*, Aliganga FAP*, Supan J*, Palinkas LA. Voices of the Filipino Community Describing the Importance of Family in Understanding Adolescent Behavioral Health Needs. Fam Community Health. 2018 Jan/Mar;41(1):64-71. PMID:29135796
So S*, Coffey DM, Javier JR. Parental Enculturation and Youth Mental Health Functioning among Filipino American Families. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology. 2022 Jun 20. PMID: 35727309.

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Health Status and Health Care Access and Utilization for Immigrant Children in the U.S

Javier JR, Wise PH, Mendoza FS. The Relationship of Immigrant Status on Access, Utilization, and Health Status for Children with Asthma. Ambul Pediatr. 2007 Nov;7(6):421-430. PMID:17996835.
Javier JR, Huffman LC, Mendoza FS, Wise PH. Children with Special Health Care Needs: How Immigrant Status is Related to Health Care Access, Health Care Utilization, and Health Status. Maternal Child Health J. Epub 2009 Jun 25. PMID 19554437
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Mendoza FS, Javier JR, Burgos AE. Health of Children in Immigrant Families. In Lansford J, Deater-Deckard K, Bornstein M, eds. Immigrant Families in America: Multidisciplinary Views on the 21st Century. New York: Guilford Publications; 2007
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Javier JR, Liu TM*. Asian American Child Health. In Praeger Handbook of Asian American Health Taking Notice and Taking Action. Westport: Praeger/Greenwood Press; 2009.

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Advocacy/Policy Solutions and Health Equity.

Camero K*, Javier JR. Community Advocacy in Pediatric Practice: Perspectives from the Field. Editors. Chamberlain LJ, Cheng TL, Keller DM. Pediatric Clinics of North America. Child Advocacy in Action. February 2023.Volume 70 Number 1.
Speer EM, Lee LK, Bourgeois FT, Gitterman D, Hay WW Jr, Davis JM, Javier JR. The state and future of pediatric research-an introductory overview : The state and future of pediatric research series. Pediatr Res. 2023 Jan 24:1–5. doi: 10.1038/s41390-022-02439-4. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 36694026; PMCID: PMC9873210
Chamberlain LJ, Wu S, Lewis G, Graff N, Javier JR, Park JSR, Johnson CL, Woods SW, Patel M, Wong D, Blaschke GS, Lerner M, Kuo, A. A Multi-Institutional Medical Education Collaborative: Advocacy Training in California Pediatric Residency Programs. Acad Med. 2013 Mar;88(3):314-21. PMID: 23348081.
Carson M, Montano Z, Kelman A, Coffey DM, Javier JR. Promoting behavioral health equity through implementation of the Incredible Years within primary care. Translational Issues in Psychological Science, 2019; 390–401.

II. Invited Talks

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Grand Rounds Presentations

1. Every Day is Better Than the Day Before”: Lessons Learned from Implementing Evidence-based Parenting Interventions During COVID-19 to Filipino Immigrant Families, Pediatric Grand Rounds, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, The Bronx, New York, May 18, 2022

2. If you could learn the skills to help your child succeed in life, would you do it? Harnessing Community-Academic Partnerships to Increase Participation of Immigrant Families in Evidence-based Parenting Interventions, Pediatric Grand Rounds, University of Wisconsin, Madison, June 17, 2021

3. Harnessing the Strengths of Immigrant Communities to Prevent Teen Suicide & Depression, Child Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Rady Children’s Hospital/ University of California, San Diego, San Diego, CA, June 26, 2020

4. Prevention of Adolescent Mental Health Issues From a Cultural Perspective: The Filipino Family Health Initiative, University of Southern California/Los Angeles County, Pediatric Grand Rounds, Los Angeles, CA, October 24, 2019

5. Using Evidence-based Parenting Interventions to Prevent Adolescent Behavioral Health Disparities, Hollywood Presbyterian Medical Center Grand Rounds, January 12, 2018

6. Advocates for Filipino Youth: In partnership to reduce teen pregnancy in the Filipino-American community. Pediatrics Grand Rounds, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, May 7, 2004

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National Presentations

1. Reducing Child Depression and Anxiety Symptoms Using an Evidence-based Parenting Intervention: A Pilot Randomized Control Trial, Healthy Parenting in Primary Care Collaborative, National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Forum on Children’s Well-Being, Washington DC, June 30, 2023.

2. Community Based Approaches to Suicide Prevention and Panel Discussion: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Filipino Youth and their Families, San Francisco Unified School District School Health Programs (SHP) Leadership, Filipino Mental Health Initiative- San Francisco, Bayanihan Community Center, May 7, 2019

3. Using Community Engagement and Evidence-based Parenting Interventions to Prevent Teen Suicide and Depression in the Filipino Community: “If you build it, they will come.” University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Center for Health Equity Research Visiting Professor Health Equity Research Seminar Series, Raleigh, NC, November 29, 2018

4. Health Equity in a Multicultural Community: The Filipino Family Health Initiative: Using Community-based participatory research to prevent teen suicide and depression. Inland Empire Health Plan, Rancho Cucamonga, CA, October 17, 2018

5. Achieving Health Equity Through Family-Focused Preventive Interventions. National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, Achieving Health Equity: Promoting Cognitive, and Behavioral Health: A Workshop, Washington DC. Conference proceeding published by National Academies Press 2019. Achieving Behavioral Health Equity for Children, Families, and Communities: Proceedings of a Workshop, Washington DC. Available at: https://www.nap.edu/read/25347/chapter/9, November 14, 2017

6. Understanding Culture and Health among Filipino Americans. Kaiser Permanente South Bay Medical Center, Harbor City, CA, October 9, 2008

7. United States University Commencement Speaker, September 16, 2023

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International Presentations

1. For Us, By Us, The Filipino Family Health initiative, Filipina Women’s Network Global Summit, Lisbon, Portugal, October 31, 2022

2. State of the World: Filipinos in the U.S.: Impact of COVID, Asian Hate, the Youth, and Mental Health.

Global Filipina Women’s Network, Keynotes:Important Issues and Trends Global Filipina Women Must Know, Filipina Leadership Global Summit, San Francisco, CA, September 28, 2021

3. Provocative Conversations: Success. Significance. Relevance in Future Thinking. The urgency of using our success collectively for social, economic, and political change. Global Filipina Women’s Network, Opening Plenary for Filipina Leadership Global Summit and Awards, London, UK, September 12, 2018