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Publications

Peer-reviewed publications
 

  1. Areán, P.A., Alvidrez, J., Barrera, A.Z., Robinson, G.S., & Hicks, S. (2002). Would older medical patients use psychological services? The Gerontologist, 42, 392-398.

  2. Barrera, A.Z., Torres, L.D., & Muñoz, R.F. (2007). Prevention of Depression: The state of the science at the beginning of the 21st Century. International Review of Psychiatry, 19, 655-670.

  3. Barrera, A.Z., Pérez-Stable, E.J., Delucchi, K., & Muñoz R.F. (2009). Global reach of an Internet smoking cessation intervention: Characteristics of 17,500 Spanish- and English-speaking smokers from 157 countries. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 6, 927-940.

  4. Muñoz R.F., Barrera, A.Z., Penilla, C., Delucchi, K., & Pérez -Stable, E.J. (2009). Worldwide Spanish/English Internet smoking cessation trial. Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 11, 1029-1034.

  5. Torres, L.D., Barrera, A.Z., Delucchi, K., Penilla, C., Pérez-Stable, E.J., & Muñoz, R.F. (2010). Quitting smoking does not increase the risk of major depressive episodes. Psychological Medicine, 40, 441-449.

  6. Muñoz, R.F., Cuijpers, P., Smit, F., Barrera, A.Z., & Leykin, Y. (2010). Prevention of major depression. Annual Review of Clinical Psychology, 6, 181-212.

  7. Van Voorhees, B.W., Mahoney, N., Mazo, R., Barrera, A.Z., Siemer, C.P., Gladstone, T., & Muñoz, R.F. (2011).  Internet-based depression prevention over the life course: A call for behavioral vaccines. Psychiatric Clinics of North America, 34(1):167-83.

  8. Chu, J.P., Emmons, L., Wong, J., Goldblum, P., Reiser, R., Barrera, A.Z., & Byrd-Olmstead, J.   (2012). Preparing psychologists to lead a transformation in public sector psychology: The Collaborative Cube Model for Community Mental Health Training. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 43(1), 39-49.

  9. Chu, J.P., Emmons, L., Wong, J., Goldblum, P., Reiser, R., Barrera, A.Z., & Byrd-Olmstead, J.   (2012). The Public Psychology Doctoral Training Model: Training clinical psychologists in community mental health competencies and leadership. Training and Education in Professional Psychology, 6(2), 76-86.

  10. Barrera, A.Z., Kelman, A., & Muñoz, R.F. (2014). Keywords to recruit Spanish- and English-speaking participants: Evidence from an online postpartum depression randomized controlled trial. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 16(1), e6, 1-13. doi:10.2196/jmir.2999

  11. Barrera, A.Z., & Nichols, A.D. (2015). Depression help-seeking attitudes and behaviors among a web-based sample of perinatal women in Latin America. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 37(3), 148-153.

  12. Barrera, A.Z., Wickham, R., & Muñoz, R.F. (2015). Online prevention of postpartum depression for Spanish- and English-speaking pregnant women: A pilot randomized controlled trial. Internet Interventions, 2(3), 257-265. 

  13. Kelman, A.R.*, Stanley, M.L.*, Barrera, A.Z., Cree, M., Heineberg, Y., & Gilbert, P. (2016). Comparing brief Internet-based compassionate mind training and cognitive-behavioral therapy for perinatal women: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial. JMIR Research Protocols, 5(2), e65. 

  14. Muñoz, R.F., Bunge, E.L., Barrera, A.Z., Wickham, R.E., & Lee, J. (2016). Using technology to help low-income and Latino smokers quit. JMIR Research Protocols, 5(2).

  15. Osma, J.L., Barrera, A.Z., & Ramphos, E. * (2016). Are pregnant and postpartum women interested in health related apps? Implications for the prevention of perinatal depression. Cyberpsychology, Behavior, and Social Networking, 19(6), 412-415.

  16. Patel, S., Barrera, A.Z., Strambler, M., Macciome, E., & Muñoz, R.F. (2016). The achievement gap among newcomer immigrant adolescents: Life stressors hinder Latina/o academic success. Journal of Latinos and Education, 15(2), 121-133.

  17. Barrera, A.Z., Dunn, L.B., Nichols, A., Reardon, S., & Muñoz, R.F. (2016). Getting it ‘right’: Ensuring informed consent for an online clinical trial. Journal of Empirical Research on Human Research Ethics, 11(4) 291–298. 

  18. Selix, N., Henshaw, E., Barrera, A.Z., Botcheva, L., Hui, E., & Kaufman, G. (2017). Interdisciplinary collaboration in maternal mental health. The American Journal of Maternal Child Nursing, 42(4), 226-231. 

  19. Muñoz, R.F., Leykin, Y., Barrera, A.Z., Brown, C.H., & Bunge, E.L. (2017). The impact of phone calls on follow-up rates in an online depression prevention study. Internet Interventions, 8, 10–14. 

  20. Schmidt, E.M., Behar, S., Barrera, A.Z., Cordova, M., & Beckum, L. (2017). Potentially Preventable Medical Hospitalizations and Emergency Department Visits by the Behavioral Health Population. Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research.  [Epub ahead of print]

  21. Kelman, A.R. *,  Evare, B.S., Barrera, A.Z., Muñoz , R.F., & Gilbert, P. (2018). A proof-of- concept pilot randomized comparative trial of brief Internet-based compassionate mind training and cognitive-behavioral therapy for perinatal and intending to become pregnant women. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 25(4), 608-619.

  22. Bunge, E.L., Cook, H.M., Bond, M.J., Williamson, R.E., Cano, M., Barrera, A.Z., Leykin, Y., & Muñoz, R.F. (2018). Comparing Amazon Mechanical Turk with unpaid Internet resources in online clinical trials. Internet Interventions, 12, 68-73.

  23. Carter, E.A. *, Bond, M.J. *, Wickham, E.R., & Barrera, A. Z. (2019). Perinatal depression among a global sample of Spanish-speaking women: A sequential-process latent growth-curve analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 243, 145-152.

  24. Bunge, E.L., Taylor, L., Bond, M., Stephens, T., Nishimuta, K., Barrera, A.Z., Wickham, R., & Muñoz, R.F. (2019). Facebook for recruiting Spanish- and English-speaking smokers. Internet Interventions, 17, 100238.

  25. Rodriguez, R. *, Rocha, I. *, & Barrera, A.Z. (2019). Depression: Triggers among Latinx adolescent girls. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 41(3), 412-426.

  26. Palacios, M.P. *, Patel, S.G., Reed, D.E., Poe, C.H., & Barrera, A.Z. (in press). A mixed methods approach to understanding complex risk among newcomer Latina immigrant adolescents. Accepted for publication in Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology.

  27. Osma, J.L., Suso-Ribera, C., Martínez-Borba, V., & Barrera, A.Z. (in press). Content and format preferences of a depression prevention program: A study in perinatal women. Accepted for publication in Annals of Psychology.

  28. Ramphos, E.S. *, Kelman, A.R., Stanley, M.L.,  & Barrera, A. Z. (in press). Responding to women's needs and preferences in an online program to prevent postpartum depression. Accepted for publication in Internet Interventions.

  29. Barrera, A. Z., Aguilera, A., Inlow, N., & Servin, J. (2020). BabyText: Examining the acceptability of a brief SMS program for perinatal women. Health Informatics Journal.

  30. Osma, J.L., Suso-Ribera, C., Martínez-Borba, V., & Barrera, A.Z. (2020). Content and format preferences of a depression prevention program: A study in perinatal women. Annals of Psychology, 3(1), 56-63.

  31. Barrera, A.Z., Moh, Y.*, Nichols, A.*, & Le, H.-L. (2020). The reliability and validity of the Patient Health Questionnaire-4 (PHQ-4) among an international sample of pregnant women. Journal of Women’s Health. https://doi.org/10.1089/jwh.2020.8320

  32. Bond, M.H., Bunge, E., Leykin, Y., Barrera, A.Z., Wickham, R., Barlow, M.R., Reyes, S., Pineda, B., & Muñoz, R.F. (2020). Development and usability of a Spanish/English smoking cessation website: Lessons learned.  mHealth. http://dx.doi.org/10.21037/mhealth-19-255

  33. Palacios, M.P.*, Patel, S.G., Reed, D.E., Poe, C.H., & Barrera, A.Z. (2020). A mixed methods approach to understanding complex risk among newcomer Latina immigrant adolescents. Peace and Conflict: Journal of Peace Psychology, 26(4), 414-426.

  34. Lara-Cinisomo, S., Ramirez, A.*, Rosales, M.*, & Barrera, A.Z. (2021). A systematic review of technology-based prevention and treatment interventions for perinatal depression and anxiety in Latina and African American women. Maternal and Child Health Journal, 25, 268–281.

  35. Muñoz, R.F., Leykin, Y., Barrera, A.Z., Dunn, L.B., Gutierrez, R., Curland, R.A., & Pineda, B.S. (2021). Who comes to a self-help depression prevention website? Characteristics of Spanish- and English-speaking visitors. Internet Interventions, 23, 100359. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.invent.2020.100359

  36. Bharat, V., Bunge, E.L., Barrera, A.Z., & Leykin, Y. (2021). Mental well-being of information technology professionals working in India. Indian Journal of Mental Health, 8(2), 140-147.

  37. Muñoz, R.F., Le, HN., Barrera, A.Z., & Pineda, B. (2021).  Leading the charge toward a world without depression: Perinatal depression can be prevented. Archives of Women’s Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00737-021-01160-1

  38. Barrera, A.Z., Hamil, J.L., & Tandon, S.D. (2021). Feasibility and acceptability of integrating SMS into a postpartum depression preventive intervention delivered in home visitation programs. JMIR Form Res, 5(11): e30995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2196/30995

* Student mentored

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