Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz

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Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz is a community health scientist, and he conducts community-based participatory research in Puerto Rico, the United States of America, and the Caribbean Region. His work has focused on health equity through actions on the social determinants of health. He has led several programs and research projects addressing health inequities among populations made socially vulnerable, including people with HIV, Hispanic/Latinxs, incarcerated populations, and sexual and gender minority groups. He has several funded projects to develop interventions to enhance HIV prevention services, improve primary care for Latinx and transgender populations, and improve continuity of care for justice-involved people.

Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz is the first author of one of the most cited publications about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in Latino communities. In addition, he is an academic advocate and committed mentor.

Dr. Carlos E. Rodriguez-Diaz is a native of Puerto Rico, a Spanish-speaker, and an experienced bilingual-bicultural researcher with a background in community health and expertise in HIV socio-behavioral research among Latino populations. He has nearly two decades of experience conducting research and implementing HIV interventions with socially vulnerable populations, particularly Latinx groups and Puerto Rico.

He has developed collaborations with community-based organizations (CBOs), primary health care services, and governmental agencies in Puerto Rico and the United States to implement at least 15 funded projects. He also has experience developing implementation science research for HIV prevention with sexual and gender minorities and developing prevention interventions with marginalized communities.

Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz is the first author of one of the most cited publications about the risk for COVID-19 infection and death among Latinos in the United States. In addition, he is an academic activist and committed mentor. His research and scholarship have led to coverage in well-known national and international media sources such as the Washington Post, The Hill, The Guardian, El Nuevo Día (Puerto Rico), El Mercurio (Chile), and Folha de S.Paulo (Brazil), as well as in research publications and conferences.

Rodriguez-Diaz completed post-doctoral training in HIV and Global Health Research, a Ph.D. in Public Health with a major in Community Health, and an MPH in Health Education. He has also completed post-graduate training in health policy, human rights, and health diplomacy.

Expertise

Expertise:

Social Determinants of Health

HIV/AIDS

Community Health

Global Health

Education:

Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz completed post-doctoral training in HIV and Global Health Research, a PhD in Public Health with a major in Community Health, and a MPH in Health Education. He has also completed post-graduate training in health policy, human rights, and health diplomacy.

Teaching:

PUBH 6512 - Community-Oriented Primary Care (COPC) Policy and Issues

Community Service:

Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz is the President of the Board of Directors of Coai, Inc., a community-based organization in Puerto Rico that provides health services to LGBTQ populations. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of NMAC, a national organization that leads with race the response to the HIV epidemic.

Carlos is also the President of the Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality, and international organization dedicated to the advancement of knowledge about sexuality.

Research

Research:

Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Diaz is a community health scientist with over fifteen years of experience practicing public health and conducting community-based participatory research in Puerto Rico, the United States of America, and the Caribbean Region. His work has focused on health equity through actions on the social determinants of health. He has led several public health programs and research projects addressing health inequities among populations made socially vulnerable, including people with HIV, Hispanic/Latinxs, justice-involved populations, and sexual and gender minority groups. He has several funded projects to develop interventions to enhance HIV prevention services, improve primary care for Latinx and transgender populations, and improve continuity of care for justice-involved people.

Dr. Rodriguez-Diaz is the first author of one of the most cited publications about the risk for COVID-19 infection and death among Latinos in the United States.

Publications

Publications:

Robles, G., Dellucci, T., Del Rosario, B., Jimenez, R., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., & Starks, T. (2022). Factors associated with individual and couple participation in online research with Latinx sexual minority men. Journal of Latinx Psychology. Advanced online publication. https://doi.org/10.1037/lat0000169
Zapata, J. P., de St. Aubin, E., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. & Malavé-Rivera, S. M. (2022). Using a structural ecological model to facilitate adoption of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis among Latinx sexual minority men: A systematic review of the literature. Journal of Latinx Psychology. Advanced online publication.
Maiorana, A., Zamudio-Haas, S., Santiago-Rodriguez, E. I., Sauceda, J. A., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Brooks, R. A., Myers, J. J. (2022). HIV disclosure practices to family among Mexican and Puerto Rican sexual minority men living with HIV in the continental USA: Intersections of sexual orientation and HIV stigma. Journal of Homosexuality, 1-25. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1080/00918369.2022.2043731
Andrasik, M. P., Maunakea, A. K., Oseso, L., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Wallace, S., Walters, K. L., & Yukawa, M. (2022). Awakening: The unveiling of historical unaddressed social inequities during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. Infectious Disease Clinics of North America. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.idc.2022.01.009
Pérez-Ramos, J. G., Garriga-López, & Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E. (2022). How is colonialism a social determinant of health in Puerto Rico? AMA Journal of Ethics, 24(4).
Romm, K. F., Huebner, D. M., Pratt-Chapman, M. L., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Wang, Y., Ma, Y., & Berg, C. J. (2022). Disparities in traditional and alternative tobacco product use across sexual orientation groups of young adult men and women in the US. Substance Abuse 43(1), 815-824. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35130131/
Harkness, A., Weinstein, E. R., Atuluru, P., Mayo, D., Vidal, R., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., & Safren, S. A. (2022). Latinx Sexual Minority Men's Access to HIV and Behavioral Health Services in South Florida During COVID-19: A Qualitative Study of Barriers, Facilitators, and Innovations. The Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care : JANAC, 33(1), 9–21. https://doi.org/10.1097/JNC.0000000000000280
Harkness, A., Weinstein, E. R., Atuluru, P., Hernandez-Altamirano, D., Vidal, R., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., & Safren, S. A. (2022). Latino sexual minority men’s intersectional minority stress, general stress, and coping during COVID-19: A rapid qualitative analysis. Journal of Gay and Lesbian Mental Health. doi: 10.1080/19359705.2021.1995096
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Davis, W., Ellis, M. V., Cameron, M. S., Donastorg, Y., Bowleg, L., Greenberg, A., & Kerrigan, D. (2021). Disrupting the systems: Opportunities to enhance methodological approaches to address socio-structural determinants of HIV and end the epidemic through effective community engagement. AIDS and Behavior, 25 (Suppl 2): S225-S231. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-021-03475-7
Andrade, E. L., Jula, M., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Lapointe, L., Edberg, M. C., Rivera, M. I., & Santos-Burgoa, C. (2021). The impact of natural hazards on older adult health: Lessons learned from Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico. Disaster Medicine and Public Health Preparedness. doi: https://doi.org/ 10.1017/dmp.2021.305.
Lee, J. J., Rao, D. W., Robles, G., Kerani, R. P., Naismith, K., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Rendina, H. J., & Katz, D. A. (2021). Differences in HIV risk and prevention among cisgender Latino sexual minority men by language of online survey completion: Analysis of National and Washington State data. AIDS and Behavior, doi: 10.1007/s10461-021-03426-2.
Zapata, J., Zhang, C., Malavé-Rivera, S.,* Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E.^ (2021). Geographic differences in Access to HIV prevention services and care among sexual minority men in Puerto Rico. Harvard Public Health Review. 30. https://harvardpublichealthreview.org/30-article-zapata/
Melin, K., Zhang, C., Zapata, J. P., Rivera, Y. M., Fernandez, K., Shacham, E., Malavé-Rivera, S. M., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2021). Factors associated with intention to vaccinate against COVID-19 in Puerto Rico: An online survey of adults. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 7743. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph18157743
Rendina, H. J., Talan, A., Sizemore, K. M., Tavella, N. F., Salfas, B., Shalhav, O., Westmoreland, D., Mustanski, B., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2021). Examining inequities in rates of undiagnosed HIV and sexually transmitted infections in a large nationwide cohort study of sexual minority men. Sexually Transmitted Infections. doi:10.1136/sextrans-2021-055047
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E.,^ Martinez, O., Bland, S., & Crowley, J. S. (2021). Ending the HIV epidemic in the U. S. among sexual and gender minority Latinos. Lancet. S010-6736(20), 32521-2526. https://doi.org/10.1016/ S0140-6736(20)32521-6.
Harkness, A., Weinstein, E. R., Atuluru, P., Vidal, R., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., & Safren, S. A. (2021). "Let's Hook Up When the Pandemic is Over:" Latinx Sexual Minority Men's Sexual Behavior During COVID-19. Journal of sex research, 58(8), 951–957. https://doi.org/10.1080/00224499.2021.1888064
Harkness, A., Weinstein, E. R., Mayo, D., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., & Safren, S. A. (2021). Latinx sexual minority men’s behavioral, psychosocial, and medical experiences during COVID-19: Differences across immigration statuses. Annals of LGBTQ Public and Population Health, 2(2). ePublication.
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2020). Community resistance as public health activism in Puerto Rico. American Journal of Public Health, 110(10), 1454-1455.
Rosa-Vega, J., Carlo, E., Rodríguez-Ochoa, A., Hernández-Agosto, J., Santiago-Quiñones, D., Cabrera-Candelaria, D., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., & Melin, K. (2020). Educational intervention to improve pharmacists’ knowledge to provide care for transgender patients. Pharmacy Practice, 18(4): 2061. PMID: 33343770
Santiago-Quiñones, D., Melin, K., Román, L., Rodríguez, F., Alvarado, J., & Rodriguez-Díaz, C. E. (2020). Treating opioid use disorder in Puerto Rico during the COVID-19 pandemic: Providers' extraordinary efforts in unprecedented times. Journal of Addiction Medicine. Published ahead of print. doi: 10.1097/ADM.0000000000000764
Melin, K., Santiago-Quiñones, D., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2020). Socially distant and out of reach: Unintended consequences of COVID-19 prevention efforts on transgender and gender non-conforming populations in Puerto Rico. Journal of Substance Abuse and Treatment. Published ahead of print: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsat.2020.108209
Sutton, M. Y., Martinez, O., Brawner B. M., Prado, G., Camacho-González, A., Estrada, Y., Payne-Foster, P., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Hussen, S. A., Lanier, Y., van den Berg, J. J., Malave-Rivera, S. M., Hickson, D. A., & Fields, E. L. (2020). Vital voices: HIV prevention and care interventions developed for disproportionally affected communities by historically underrepresented, early-career scientists. Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities. doi: 10.1007/s40615-020-00908-2
Mustanski, B, Moskowitz, D. A., Moran, K. O., Newcomb, M. E., Macapagal, K., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Rendina, J. H., Laber, E. B., Li, D. H., Matson, M., Talan, A. J., & Cabral C. (2020). Evaluation of a stepped-care eHealth HIV prevention program for diverse adolescent men who have sex with men: Protocol for a Hybrid Type 1 effectiveness implementation trial of SMART. JMIR Research Protocols, 11, 9(8): e19701. Doi: 10-21196/19701
Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Guilamo-Ramos, V., Mena, L., Hall, E., Honermann, B., Crowley, J. S., Baral, S., Prado, G. J., Marzan-Rodriguez, M., Beyrer, C., Sullivan, P. S., Millet, G. A. (2020). Risk for COVID-19 infection and death among Latinos in the United States: Examining heterogeneity in transmission dynamics. Annals of Epidemiology. Available online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.07.007
Marzán-Rodríguez, M., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E. & Mustanski, B. (In Press). Recommendations for the development of HIV prevention interventions among Latino young sexual minority groups. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. Available online. doi 10.1007/s13178-020-00494-2
Chkhartishvili, N., Berg, C., Abroms, L. C., Sturua, L., Chokoshvili, O., Khechiashvili, G., Tsertsvadze, T.,Ma, Y., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Long, M., Paichadze, N., & del Rio, C. Smoking and cessation-related attitudes among men who have sex with men in the country of Georgia. AIDS Care. Available online. doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1810619
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Guilamo-Ramos, V., Mena, L., Hall, E., Honermann, B., Crowley, J. S., Baral, S., Prado, G. J., Marzan-Rodriguez, M., Beyrer, C., Sullivan, P. S., Millet, G. A. (2020). Risk for COVID-19 infection and death among Latinos in the United States: Examining heterogeneity in transmission dynamics. Annals of Epidemiology. Available online. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.annepidem.2020.07.007
Maiorana, A., Zamudio-Haas, S., Sauceda, J. A., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Brooks, R. A., Santiago-Rodriguez, E. I., Myers, J. J. (2020). “Holidays come, Sundays come. It is very sad to be alone”. Transnational practices and the importance of family for Mexican and Puerto Rican Latinxs living with HIV in the continental U.S. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, Epub ahead of print. doi: 10.1007/s10903-020-01035-0
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., & Lewellen-Williams, C. (2020). Race as a structural determinant for emergency and recovery response in the aftermath of hurricanes in Puerto Rico. Health Equity. doi: https://doi.org/10.1089/heq.2019.0103
Stoff, D. M., Zea, M. C., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2020). Mentoring program by and for a new generation of Latino investigators in behavioral-social science HIV research. Ethnicity and Disease, 30(2), 305-312. doi: 10.18865/ed.30.2.305.
Gelpí-Acosta, C., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Abadie, R. & Aponte-Meléndez, Y. (2020). Puerto Rican syndemics: Opiates, overdoses, and HIV/HCV in a context of ongoing financial and environmental crises. American Journal of Public Health, 110(2): 176-177.
Lee, J. S., Safren, S. A., Bainter, S.A., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Horvath, K. J., & Blashill, A. J. (2020). Examining a syndemics network among young Latino men who have sex with men. International Journal of Behavioral Medicine, 27(1)39-52. doi: 10.1007/s12529-019-09831-1
Blashill, A. J., Brady, J. P., Rooney, B. M., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Horvath, K., Blumenthal, J., Morris, S., Moore, D. J., & Safren, S. A. (2019). Syndemics and the PrEP cascade: Results from a sample of young Latino MSM. Archives of Sexual Behavior. doi: 10.1007/s10508-019-01470-7.
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Santana, J., Santiago-Rodríguez, E. I., Jovet-Toledo, G. G., Irizarry-González, L., Ron-Suárez, Y., Orengo, J. C., Arbelaes, F., & Monsanto, H. Co-morbidities in a sample of adults with HIV in Puerto Rico: An exploratory study. HIV/AIDS Research and Palliative Care, 11, 155-164. https://doi.org/10.2147/HIV.S204985
Vázquez-Guzmán, Y. M., Ortiz-Reyes, M. A., Berríos-Rivera, R., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2019). Analysis of policies and the practice of educational leaders aimed at preventing school-based bullying in Puerto Rico [Published in Spanish]. Revista de educación de Puerto Rico, 2(2), 1-19.
Melin, K., Hilera-Botet, C. R., Vega-Vélez, D., Salgado-Crespo, V. M., Santiago, D., Cajigas, Z., Hernández, J., Muñoz, A., Martínez-Vélez, J. J., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (Available on line). Readiness to provide pharmaceutical care to transgender patients: Perspectives from pharmacists and transgender individuals. Accepted for publication in the Journal of the American Pharmacists Association. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.japh.2019.04.018
Tsuyuki, K., Shoptaw, S., Ransome, Y., Chau, G., Mimiaga, M., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Friedman, R., Srithanaviboonchai, K., Li, S., Mayer, K. H., & Safren, S. A. (2019). The longitudinal effects of non-injection substance use on sustained HIV viral load undetectability among men who have sex with men in Brazil and Thailand: The role of ART adherence and depressive symptoms (HPTN 063). AIDS & Behavior, 23(3), 649-660. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02415-w
Martínez-Vélez, J. J., Melin, K. & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2019) A preliminary assessment of selected social determinants of health in a sample of transgender and gender non-confirming individuals in Puerto Rico. Transgender Health, 4(1), 9-17. http://doi.org/10.1089/trgh.2018.0045
Melin, K., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2018). Community pharmacy response in the aftermath of natural disasters: Time-sensitive opportunity for research and evaluation. Journal of Primary Care & Community Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/2150132718813494
Hedges, J. R., Soliman, K. F. A., Yanagihara, R., D’Amour, G., Liang, D., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Thompson, K., Romaguera, J., & Rabionet-Sabater, S. E. Academic preparedness and response to storm-related natural disasters. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 15, 1768; doi:10.3390/ijerph15081768
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2018). Maria in Puerto Rico: Natural disaster in a colonial archipelago. American Journal of Public Health 18(1), 30-32. doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304198
Collazo, E., Dodge, B., Herbenick, D., Guerra-Reyes, L., Mowatt, R., Otero, I. M., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2018). Sexual behaviors, experiences of sexual violence, and substance use among female intravenous drug users (IDUs) accessing health and prevention services in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 37(2),88-97.
Sauceda, J., Brooks, R. A., Xavier, J., Maiorana, A., Georgetti-Gomez, L., Zamudio-Haas, S., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Cajina, A., & Myers, J. (2018). From theory to application: The role of transnationalism in culturally-appropriate HIV interventions of outreach, access, and retention among Latino/a populations. Journal of Immigration and Minority Health. Published online: doi: 10.1007/s10903-018-0753-2
Ransome, Y., Mayer, K. H., Mimiaga, M., Tsuyuki, K., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Srithanaviboonchai, K., Lambda, M., & Safren, S. A. The role of religious service attendance, psychosocial and behavioral determinants of antiretroviral therapy (ART) adherence: results from HPTN 063 cohort study. AIDS and Behavior, 23(3), 459-474. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-018-2206-2
Mattera, B., Levine, E., Martinez, O., Muñoz-Laboy, M., Hausmann-Stabile, C., Bauermeister, J., Fernandez, M. I., Operario, D., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. Long-term outcomes of childhood sexual abuse among an urban sample of Latino men who have sex with men and women. Culture, Health, and Sexuality. Published online: 10.1080/13691058.2017.1367420
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Garriga-López, A., Malavé-Rivera, S. M., & Vargas-Molina, R. L. (2017). Zika epidemic in Puerto Rico: Health justice too long delayed. International Journal of Infectious Diseases, 65, 144-147. doi: 10.1016/j.ijid.2017.07.017
Tirado-Mercado, V., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Cosme Petri, C., Cruzado-Quiñones, J., & Jordan, A. O. (2017). Fortaleciendo Enlaces: Strengthening collaborations to build institutional capacity for re-entry services for incarcerated people with HIV/AIDS in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 36(1), 47-49.
Martinez, O., Arreola, S., Wu E., Muñoz-Laboy, M., Levine, E., Rutledge, S. E., Hausmann-Stabile, C., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Icard, L., Rhodes, S. D., Carballo-Diéguez, A., Fernandez, M. I., & Sandfort, T. (2016). Syndemic factors associated with adult sexual HIV risk behaviors in a simple of Latino men who have sex with men in New York City. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 166, 258-262. DOI: 10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2016.06.033 PMID: 27449272 PMCID: 4983513
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Martínez-Vélez, J. J., Jovet-Toledo, G. G., Vélez-Vega, C. M., Hernández-Otero, N. O., Escotto-Morales, B. M., Mulinelli-Rodríguez, J. J. (2016). Challenges for the well-being and health equity of gay, lesbian, bisexual and trans people in Puerto Rico. International Journal of Sexual Health, 28(4), 286-295. DOI: 10.1080/19317611.2016.1223252
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Jovet-Toledo, G. G., Vélez-Vega, C. M., Ortiz-Sánchez, E. J., Santiago-Rodríguez, E. I., Vargas-Molina, R. L., Rodríguez-Madera, S. L., & Mulinelli-Rodríguez, J. J. (2016). Discrimination and health among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and trans in Puerto Rico. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 35(3), 154-159. PMID: 27623141
Ortiz-Sánchez, E. J., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Jovet-Toledo, G. G., Rodríguez-Santiago, E. I., Vargas-Molina, R. L., Rhodes, S. D. (2016). Sexual health knowledge and stigma in a community-sample of HIV-positive gay men and other men who have sex with men in Puerto Rico. Journal of HIV/AIDS and Social Services, 16(2), 143-153. DOI: 10.1080/15381501.2016.1169467
Grov, C., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., & Jovet-Toledo, G. G. (2016). Male escorts’ and male clients’ sexual behavior during their last commercial sexual encounter: Comparing and contrasting findings from two online studies. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 45(4), 975-981. DOI: 10.1007/s1058-015-0531-3
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Jovet-Toledo, G. G., Santiago-Rodríguez, E. I., Ortiz-Sánchez, E. J., & Vargas-Molina, R. L. (2015). Sexual health and socioeconomic status in a sample of HIV-positive gay men and other men who have sex with men. Archives of Sexual Behavior, 44(7), 1949-1958. DOI: 10.1007/s10508-015-0481-9
Grov, C., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Jovet-Toledo, G. G.., & Parsons, J. T. (2015). Comparing male escorts’ sexual behavior with their last male client versus non-commercial male partner. Culture, Health, and Sexuality, 17(2), 194-207. DOI: 10.1080/13691058.2014.961035 PMID: 25277601
Grov, C., Restar, A., Gussmann, P., Schlemmer, K., & Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E. (2014). Providers’ perspectives on the best practices for HIV prevention for men who have sex with men in Berlin, Germany: Lessons for policy and prevention. AIDS Education and Prevention, 26, (6), 485-499. DOI: 10.1521/aeap.2014.26.6.485 PMID: 25490731
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Collazo, E., Román-Rivera, A., Candelaria-Rosa, E., Colón, M., Dodge, B., & Herbenick, D. (2014). “Sexplorando”: Results from an Internet-based study of male and female sexual behavior and condom use in Puerto Rico. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 11(10), 2385-2395. DOI: 10.1111/jsm.12642 PMID: 25042844
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Rivera-Negrón, R., Clatts, M.C., & Myers, J. (2014). Health care practices and associated service needs in a sample of HIV-positive incarcerated men in Puerto Rico: Implications for retention in care. Journal of the Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 13(6), 492-496. DOI:10.1177/2325957414521300 PMID: 24482106
Ramos-Pibernus, A., Rivera-Segarra, E., Colón-Burgos, J., González-Sepúlveda, O., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., & Rodriguez-Madera, S. (2014). Percepciones y experiencias sobre los determinantes sociales de la salud en una muestra de profesionales y estudiantes de psicología y educación para la salud en Puerto Rico // Perceptions and experiences about social determinants of health in a sample of practitioners and students in the psychology and health education field. Salud & Sociedad, 5(2), 194-208.
Grov, C., Rodriguez-Diaz, C. E., Ditmore, M. H., Restar, A., & Parsons, J. T. (2014). What kinds of services do Internet-based male escorts want? Implications for prevention and health promotion. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 11(2), 176-185. DOI: 10.1007/s13178-014-0151-z.
Jovet-Toledo, G. G., Clatts, M. C., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Vargas-Molina, R. L., & Goldsamt, L. (2014). Prevalence of suicide attempts in a clinic-based sample of people living with HIV in Puerto Rico. AIDS Care, 26(8), 1032-5. DOI: 10.1080/09540121.2014.894618.
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2013). Sexual health promotion and the attention of the social determinants of health in the Caribbean. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 10(3), 161-164. DOI: 10.1007/s13178-013-0132-7
Colón-López, V. Soto-Salgado, M., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Suárez, E., & Pérez, C. M. (2013). Addressing health disparities among men: Demographic, behavioral, and clinical characteristics of men who have sex with men living in Puerto Rico. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 10(3), 193-199. DOI: 10.1007/s13178013-0130-9.
Rivera, J. M., Cooper, H., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2013). Exploring the reasons and ways Puerto Rican college students search for safer sex information. Sexuality Research and Social Policy, 10(3), 208-220. DOI: 10.1007/s13178-013-0121-x
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Rivera-Negrón, R., Clatts, M.C., & Myers, J. (2014). Health care practices and associated service needs in a sample of HIV-positive incarcerated men in Puerto Rico: Implications for retention in care. Journal of the Association of Providers of AIDS Care, 13(6), 492-496. DOI:10.1177/2325957414521300 PMID: 24482106
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Clatts, M. C., Vargas-Molina, R. L., Jovet-Toledo, G. G., Goldsamt, L. & García, H. (2012). More than foreskin: Circumcision status, history of HIV/STI, and sexual risk in a clinic-based sample of men in Puerto Rico. Journal of Sexual Medicine, 9(11), 2933-2937.
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2012). Turning the tide in the Caribbean: A call to strengthen the evidence for a sustainable response to HIV/AIDS. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 31(3), 152-153.
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., & Andrinopoulos, K. (2012). HIV and incarceration in the Caribbean: The experiences of Puerto Rico and Jamaica. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 31(3), 161-169.
Clatts, M. C., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., García, H., Vargas-Molina, R. L., Jovet-Toledo, G. G. & Goldsamt, L. (2012). A preliminary profile of HIV risk in a clinic-based sample of men of men who have sex with men in Puerto Rico: implications for sexual health promotion interventions. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 31(3), 154-160.
Clatts, M. C., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., García, H., Vargas-Molina, R. L., Jovet-Toledo, G. G. & Goldsamt, L. Preliminary evidence of significant gaps in continuity of HIV care among excarcerated populations in Puerto Rico. (2011). Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, 10(6), 339-341. PMID: 21865604
Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Reece, M., Rivera-Alonso, B., Laureano-Landrón, I., Dodge, B., & Malow, R. (2011). Behind the bars of paradise: HIV and substance use among incarcerated populations in Puerto Rico. Journal of the International Association of Physicians in AIDS Care, 10(2), 64-70. PMID: 21460352
Clatts, M. C., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., García, H., Colón-López, V., Vargas-Molina, R. L., Pérez-Ríos, N., et al. (2011). The use of STI clinics in Puerto Rico as strategic venues for accessing high risk populations for targeted HIV research and intervention. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 30(3), 101-107. PMID: 21932709
Colón-López, V., Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E., Ortiz, A. P., Soto-Salgado, M., Suárez, E., & Pérez, C. M. (2011). Epidemiological profile of HIV-related risks among MSM in Puerto Rico: An overview of substance use and sexual risk practices. Puerto Rico Health Sciences Journal, 30(2), 65-68. PMID: 21682148
Santos-Ortiz, M. C., Mendoza-Rosario, D. N., & Rodríguez-Díaz, C. E. (2003). Mujeres de Edad Avanzada y VIH/SIDA [Older Women and HIV/AIDS]. Ciencias de la Conducta, 18(1), 122 – 145.

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