Bio:

Dr. Guilamo-Ramos’ research interests are related to family-based approaches to the prevention of adolescent health risk behaviors, including alcohol, tobacco and other drug use and sexual risk behavior. His research primarily focuses on Latino and African American youth and their families. Additional research interests include parent-adolescent communication and intervention research. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has conducted research primarily in urban, resource-poor settings, such as the South Bronx, Harlem and Lower East Side communities of New York City. Most recently, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has extended his focus to Dominican youth and families who reside in the Dominican Republic.

Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has worked at a number of New York City based social service agencies serving Latino youths and their families. Dr. Guilamo-Ramos was employed at the Hetrick Martin Institute, a social service agency dedicated to meeting the unique needs of gay, lesbian, transgender, and questioning youths. Currently, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos is a national trainer on the "HIV /AIDS Spectrum Project (NASW- National Office). In this role, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos has trained social workers around the country on the mental health aspects of HIV disease. Currently, Dr. Guilamo-Ramos also is a Visiting Associate Professor with a Summer Appointment, at the Collaborative Studies in HIV Prevention for Ethnic Minority Communities Program, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, University of California San Francisco.

Research Interests:

• Latino & African American Youth and Sexual Risk Behavior
• Parent-Adolescent Communication
• Adolescent ATOD use
• Intervention Research
• Global Health

Current Projects:

• Linking Lives: Building Quality Parent Components for School-Based Health Programs
• "Entre Familias": Family and Cultural Influences on Sex Among Latino Youth
  
• Reducing Teen Sexual Behavior: A Clinic-Based Approach
• A Community Clinic Partnership Demonstrating Social Workers’ Efficacy: A Clinic-Based Intervention
• Reducing Adolescent Sexual Risk Behavior and Vulnerability to HIV-Infection in the Dominican Republic: A Parent-Based Approach

Journal Articles
Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jaccard, J., Dittus, P., Bouris, A., & Holloway, I. (In press). Adolescent expectancies, parent-adolescent communication, and intentions to have sexual intercourse among inner city, middle school youth. Annals of Behavioral Medicine.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Bouris, A., Dittus, P., & Jaccard, J. (In press). Mother-adolescent communication about tobacco use in urban Puerto Rican and Dominican families. Youth and Society.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Dittus, P., Jaccard, J., Johansson, M., Bouris, A. & Acosta, N. (2007). Parenting practices among Dominican and Puerto Rican mothers. Social Work, 52(1), 17-30.

McKay, M., Pinto, R., Bannon, W.M., & Guilamo-Ramos, V. (2007). Understanding motivators and challenges to involving urban parents as collaborators in HIV prevention research efforts. Social Work in Mental Health, 5(1/2), 165-181.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jaccard, J., Dittus, P., & Bouris, A. (2006). Parental expertise, trustworthiness, and accessibility: Parent-adolescent communication and adolescent risk behavior. Journal of Marriage and Family, 68(5), 1229-1246.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jaccard, J., Turrisi, R., Johansson, M., & Bouris, A. (2006). Maternal perceptions of alcohol use by adolescents who drink alcohol. Journal of Studies on Alcohol.67(5), 730-737.

Jaccard, J., Guilamo-Ramos, V., Johansson, M., & Bouris, A. (2006). Multiple regression analysis in clinical child and adolescent psychology. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 35(3), 456-479.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Dittus, P., Jaccard, J., Goldberg, V., Casillas, E., & Bouris, A. (2006). The content and process of mother-adolescent communication about sex in Latino families. Social Work Research, 30(3), 169-181.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jaccard, J., Pena, J., & Goldberg, V. (2005). Acculturation-related variables, sexual initiation and subsequent sexual behavior among Puerto Rican, Mexican and Cuban youth. Health Psychology, 24(1), 88-95.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jaccard, J., Turrisi, R., & Johansson, M. (2005). Parental and school correlates of binge drinking among middle school students. American Journal of Public Health, 95(5), 894-899.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Litardo, H., & Jaccard, J. (2005). Prevention programs for reducing adolescent problem behaviors: Implications of the co-occurrence of problem behaviors in adolescence. Journal of Adolescent Health, 36(1), 82-86.

Jaccard, J., Dodge, T., & Guilamo-Ramos, V. (2005). Metacognition, risk behavior and risk outcomes: The role of perceived intelligence and perceived knowledge. Health Psychology, 24(2), 161-170.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Turrisi, R., Jaccard, J., Wood, E., & Gonzalez, B. (2004). Progressing from light experimentation to heavy episodic drinking in early adolescence. Journal of Studies on Alcohol, 65(4),494-500.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., Jaccard, J., & Casillas, E. (2004). The Parents Matter! program: Practical, theoretical, and methodological perspectives. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13(1), 113-123.

Guilamo-Ramos, V., & Jaccard, J., Johansson, M., & Turrisi, R. (2004). Binge drinking among Latino youth: Role of acculturation-related variables. Psychology of Addictive Behaviors, 18(2), 135-142.

Jaccard, J., McDonald, R., Wan, C., Guilamo-Ramos, V., Dittus, P., & Quinlan, S. (2004). Recalling sexual partners: The accuracy of self reports. Journal of Health Psychology, 9(5), 667-680.

Ramos, B., Jaccard, J., & Guilamo-Ramos, V. (2003). Dual ethnicity and depressive symptoms: Implications of being Black and Latino in the United States. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 25(2), 1-26.

Jaccard, J. & Guilamo-Ramos, V. (2002). Analysis of variance frameworks in clinical child and adolescent psychology: Advanced issues and recommendations. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31(2), 278-294.

Jaccard, J. & Guilamo-Ramos, V. (2002). Analysis of variance frameworks in clinical child and adolescent psychology: Issues and recommendations. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 31(1), 130-146.

Presentations
Guilamo-Ramos, V. & Bouris, A. (2007) Parental Influences on Reducing the Risk of Adolescent Pregnancy: Research Findings and Opportunities for New Directions. National Teen Pregnancy Conference, National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, National Institutes of Health.
(http://www.teenpregnancy.org/resources/research/researchconf/Guilamo-Ramos_ppt.pdf)

Last updated June 7, 2007.