UMass Boston

Public health, social determinants of health inequities, Latino and immigrant health, behavioral and mental health, life-course and development, climate change impacts on mental health, community-building and resilience.

PhD, MPH, University of Michigan
BA, University of Puerto Rico

• Rivera, L., Granberry, P., Estrada-Martínez, LM., Uriarte, M., Siqueira, C.E., Linde-Arias, A.R., & Bacigalupe, G. (2020). COVID-19 and Latinos in Massachusetts. Gaston Institute Publications. 253.
• Estrada-Martínez, LM., Grossman, J., & Richter, A. (2020). Hispanic adolescents’ sexual behaviors: The role of different types and sources of sex communication. Sex Education. DOI: 10.1080/14681811.2020.1749042
• Lee, H., & Estrada-Martínez, LM. (2020). Trajectories of depressive symptoms and neighborhood changes from adolescence to adulthood: Latent class growth analysis and multilevel growth curve models. International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17(6), 1829. DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17061829
• Estrada-Martínez, LM., *Lee, H, & Shapiro, E. (2019). Trajectories of depressive symptoms from adolescence to adulthood among multiple Latino subgroups. Journal of Latinx Psychology, 7(4), 322-338. DOI: 10.1037/lat0000130
• Soares GB., Siqueira CE., Estrada-Martínez, LM., Saliba Garbin CA., & Isper Garbin, AJ. (2018). Musculoskeletal disorders among Brazilian dentists in Sao Paulo. Journal of Dental Science, 33(1), 33-39. DOI: 10.15448/1980-6523/2-18/29699
• Estrada-Martínez, LM. (2017). Commentary on Chavez-Ayala et al.’s “Violencia y la Salud Mental Asociados a Pensar o Haber Intentado Emigrar Internacionalmente por Adolescentes Mexicanos”. Reports in Public Health. Thematic Section: Violence and Immigration, 33(6):e00089317
• Estrada-Martínez, LM., *Cantrell, C, *Sewell, W, Butler-Barnes, S, & *Cabrera-Nguyen, EP. (2017). Adolescent neighborhood environments and Latino intra-ethnic disparities in trajectories of serious violent behaviors. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 39(4), 504-527. DOI: 10.1177/0739986317734325
• Butler-Barnes, S., Estrada-Martínez, LM., *Colin R. J., & Jones, B.D. (2015). School and peer influences on the academic outcomes of African American adolescents. Journal of Adolescence, 44, 168-181. DOI: 10.1016/j.adolescence.2015.07.007
• Wells, A., Hudson, D., Estrada-Martínez, LM., & Gehlert, S. (2015). Oncology and Health Care Disparities. In G. Christ, C. Messner, & L Behar (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Social Work Oncology: Psychosocial Care for People with Cancer. Oxford University Press.
• Estrada-Martínez, LM., Caldwell, C.H., & Schulz, A.J., Diez-Roux, A.V., & Pedraza, S. (2013). Families, neighborhood socio-demographic factors, and violent behaviors among Latino, White, and Black adolescents. Youth & Society, 45(2), 221-242. DOI: 10.1177/0044118X11411933
• Estrada-Martínez, LM., Caldwell, C.H., Bauermeister, J.A., & Zimmerman, M.A. (2012). Stressors in multiple life-domains and the risk for externalizing and internalizing behaviors among African Americans during emerging adulthood. J of Youth & Adolescence, 41(12), 1600-1612. DOI:10.1007/s10964-012-9778-3
• Estrada-Martínez, LM., Padilla, M., Caldwell, C.H., & Schulz, A.J. Estrada-Martínez, LM., Padilla, M., Caldwell, C.H., & Schulz, A.J. (2011). Examining the influence of family environments on youth violence across race/ethnicity: A comparison of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, non-Latino Black and non-Latino White adolescents. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 40(8), 1139-1151. DOI: 10.1007/s10964-011-9639-5
• Israel, B.A., Schulz, A.J., Estrada-Martínez, LM., Zenk, S.N., Viruell-Fuentes, E., Villarruel, A.M., & Stokes, C. (2006). Engaging urban residents in assessing neighborhood environments and their implications for health. Journal of Urban Health, 83(3), 523-539. DOI:10.1007/s11524-006-9053-6

I am interested in understanding and reducing health inequities, particularly those related to mental health outcomes in racial/ethnic minorities and immigrant communities in the U.S. I study these issues through examining neighborhood and family environments as contexts for risk and protection. My most recent interests center on how climate change and natural disasters - such as floods, tornadoes, earthquakes and hurricanes - influence individual and community mental health. I am particularly interested in how impacted communities develop strategies for building mental health resilience.