Jonny F Andía

Publications (6)8.28 Total impact

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  Article: Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions and Hispanic/Latino populations.

  JoAna M Stallworth, Jonny F Andía, Rashad Burgess, Maria E Alvarez, Charles Collins
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  ABSTRACT: The national HIV/AIDS prevention program, the Diffusion of Effective Behavioral Interventions (DEBI), is described in the context of addressing Hispanics/Latinos at risk for HIV/AIDS in the United States and Puerto Rico. The eight-step DEBI model is referenced in terms of the interventions and Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention/Capacity Building Branch (DHAP/CBB) Latino Diffusion Team activities. A summary of activities and examples addressing diffusion needs for the diverse Hispanic/Latino populations is discussed. Challenges and successes in diffusion and partner collaborations are also presented, with comment on future directions such as translations and trainings to serve the needs of the Hispanic/Latino-serving community-based organizations and their communities.
  AIDS education and prevention: official publication of the International Society for AIDS Education 10/2009; 21(5 Suppl):152-63. · 1.51 Impact Factor
• Article: Peer norms and sharing of injection paraphernalia among Puerto Rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico.

  Jonny F Andía, Sherry Deren, Rafaela R Robles, Sung-Yeon Kang, Hector M Colón
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  ABSTRACT: This study examines the influence of peer norms on sharing of injection paraphernalia (e.g., indirect sharing behaviors, including sharing of cookers, cotton, rinse water and back/front loading) among Puerto Rican injection drug users (IDUs) in Bayamón, Puerto Rico, and East Harlem, New York City. Data were collected from 873 Puerto Rican IDUs recruited in the two locations by outreach workers. Multiple logistic regression was conducted using sociodemographic and other control variables (e.g., education, frequency of injection, pooling money to buy drugs, use of needle exchange program, injection in galleries and syringe sharing behaviors) and two types of norms related to sharing of injection paraphernalia-encouraging risk norms (what others approve) and objecting to risk norms (what others disapprove). One type of norms, encouraging or approval norms, was associated with indirect sharing in New York but not in Puerto Rico. Pooling money to buy drugs, use of shooting galleries and syringe sharing was associated with indirect sharing in both locations. Prevention programs to reduce indirect sharing behaviors should take into consideration different types of risk norms in order to reduce indirect sharing risk behaviors.
  AIDS Education and Prevention 07/2008; 20(3):249-57. · 1.59 Impact Factor
• Article: A longitudinal study of syringe acquisition by Puerto Rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico: implications for syringe exchange and distribution programs.

  H Ann Finlinson, Denise Oliver-Vélez, Sherry Deren, John G H Cant, Héctor M Colón, Rafaela R Robles, Sung-Yeon Kang, Jonny F Andía
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  ABSTRACT: Increasing access to sterile syringes and new drug preparation materials is an effective means of reducing HIV transmission among injection drug users (IDUs), and a fundamental component of harm reduction ideology. The purpose of this study is to examine changes during a three-year period in syringe acquisition by street-recruited Puerto Rican IDUs characterized by frequent drug injection and high HIV seroprevalence. At baseline (1998-1999) and 36-month follow-up, 103 IDUs recruited in East Harlem, New York (NY), and 135 from Bayamón, Puerto Rico (PR) were surveyed about syringe sources and HIV risk behaviors in the prior 30 days. A majority of participants in both sites were male (NY 78.6%, PR 84.4%), were born in Puerto Rico (NY 59.2%, PR 87.4%), and had not completed high school (NY 56.3%, PR 51.9%). Compared to PR IDUs at follow-up, NY IDUs injected less (3.4 vs. 7.0 times/day, p < .001), and re-used syringes less (3.1 vs. 8.0 times, p < .001). Between baseline and follow-up, in NY the proportion of syringes from syringe exchange programs (SEPs) increased from 54.2% to 72.9% (p = .001); syringes from pharmacies did not increase significantly (0.2% to 2.5%, p = .095). In PR, the proportions of syringes from major sources did not change significantly: private sellers (50.9% to 50.9%, p = .996); pharmacies (18.6% to 19.0%, p = .867); SEP (12.8% to 14.4%, p = .585). The study indicates that NY SEPs became more dominant, while NY pharmacies remained a minor source even though a law enacted in 2001 legalized syringe purchases without prescription. Private sellers in PR remained the dominant and most expensive source. The only source of free syringes, the SEP, permitted more syringes to be exchanged but the increase was not statistically significant. Implications for syringe exchange and distribution programs are discussed.
  Substance Use &amp Misuse 01/2006; 41(9):1313-36. · 1.10 Impact Factor
• Article: Puerto Rican drug users experiences of physical and sexual abuse: comparisons based on sexual identities.

  H Ann Finlinson, Rafaela R Robles, Héctor M Cólón, Mayra Soto López, María del Carmen Negrón, Denise Oliver-Vélez, Sherry Deren, Jonny F Andía, John G H Cant
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  ABSTRACT: This study integrates the results of quantitative and qualitative methods to elucidate the association between sexual identity and physical and sexual abuse among Puerto Rican drug users. A structured questionnaire was administered to 800 subjects in New York and 399 in Puerto Rico. A total of 93 subjects (7.9%) self-identified as homosexual or bisexual. Gay males were significantly more likely than heterosexual males to report first occurrence of physical abuse by a family member in childhood. Both gay and bisexual males were more likely than their heterosexual counterparts to report first experiencing unwanted sex in childhood and intimate partner physical abuse later in life. Lesbians were more likely than female heterosexuals to report unwanted sex in childhood. Qualitative data were collected through in-depth life histories with 21 subjects and suggest that gay and lesbian subjects perceive antihomosexual prejudice on the part of family members as one cause of childhood physical and sexual abuse.
  The Journal of Sex Research 09/2003; 40(3):277-85. · 2.53 Impact Factor
• Article: RESIDENTIAL STATUS AND HIV RISK BEHAVIORS AMONG PUERTO RICAN DRUG INJECTORS IN NEW YORK AND PUERTO RICO1*

  Jonny F. Andía, Sherry Deren, Sung-Yeon Kang, Rafaela R. Robles, Héctor M. Colón, Denise Oliver-Velez, Ann Finlinson, Mark Beardsley, Samuel R. Friedman
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  ABSTRACT: This article investigates the association between residential status and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) risk behaviors among island and New York Puerto Rican injection drug users (IDUs). We assigned 561 subjects from New York City and 312 from Puerto Rico to five residential status categories: living in parent's home, living in own home, living in other's home, living in temporary housing (hotel, single-room occupancy [SRO] hotels), and homeless (living in streets/shelters). Dependent variables included injection- and sex-related risk behaviors (sharing syringes, sharing other injection paraphernalia, shooting gallery use, and having paid sex). Chi square, t tests, and multivariate logistic analysis tests were performed separately by site. About one-quarter of the sample in each site was homeless. Island Puerto Ricans were more likely to live with their parents (44% vs. 12%, p <. 001), and more New York IDUs lived in their own home (30% vs. 14%, p <. 001). In New York, gallery use and paid sex were associated with living in other's home, living in parent's home, and being homeless. Sharing paraphernalia was related to living in other's home, living in temporary housing, and being homeless. In Puerto Rico, having paid sex was associated with homelessness. High-risk behaviors were more likely among homeless IDUs in both sites. Programs to provide housing and target outreach and other prevention programs for homeless IDUs would be helpful in reducing HIV risk.
  The American Journal of Drug and Alcohol Abuse 11/2001; 27(4):719-735. · 1.55 Impact Factor
• Article: A sociological investigation of factors related to HIV risk behaviors among Puerto Rican injection drug users in New York and Puerto Rico /

  Jonny F. Andía
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  ABSTRACT: "A dissertation submitted to the Graduate Faculty in Sociology ... " Thesis (Ph. D.) -- City University of New York, 2000. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 109-122).