Immigration

Please note that resources provided here are only for personal use and not for distribution or publication. These are provided to share information with participants in discussion groups conducted by Dr. Wharton and Dr. Cubillos, and most are available publicly, or through your local university library or the publishing company.

Ongoing research on immigration to Central Florida and Colombia is being done as part of a partnership between UCF (www.UCF.edu) and Pontificia Javeriana Universidad de Bogotá, Instituto de Salud Publica (https://www.javeriana.edu.co/ins-salud-publica) 

Researchers (Investigators):

• • Tracy Wharton

  • Andrés Cubillos Novella (Pontificia Javeriana Universidad, Bogotá)

  • Angélica María Vargas-Monroy (Pontificia Javeriana Universidad, Bogotá)

  • María Alexandra Amaya (Universidad de Santander, Colombia)

  • Bernardo Ramirez (UCF)

  • Heather Peralta (UCF)

Our research assistants for this work are:

• • Matthew Abrams, UCF College of Medicine

  • Oscar Franco-Suárez, Pontificia Javeriana Universidad

  • Johanna Paola Torres-Pedraza, Pontificia Javeriana Universidad

  • María Alejandra Riveros-Pinzón, Pontificia Javeriana Universidad

  • Gilarys Garcia, UCF School of Social Work

Please check out our most recent publications:

Cubillos A, Vargas-Monroy AM, Wharton T. Migración de venezolanos a Florida Central, Estados Unidos: aspectos relacionados con la percepción de condiciones y necesidades de salud mental en 2019. (Immigration of Venezuelans to Central Florida, United States: aspects related to the perception of condition and needs of mental health in 2019). Rev Gerenc Polit Salud. 2020;19(39). DOI: https://doi.org/10.11144/Javeriana.rgps19-39.mvcf[A1]  (Management & Politics of Health Review). 

Abrams, M., Wharton, T., Cubillos-Novella, A., Vargas, A., & Riveros, M. (2022). Fractured Families and Social Networks: Identifying Risk and Resilience Factors for Supporting Positive Mental Health in Venezuelan Immigrant Groups. Journal of Families, Health, & Society, 40(3), 354-363. doi: 10.1037/fsh0000721 

Ibero-American Observatory on Human Mobility, Migration and Development (OBIMID): https://www.comillas.edu/en/obimid

América Latina en las Dinámicas de la Migración Internacional. Perspectívas críticas (book chapter):

https://publicaciones.uexternado.edu.co/catalogsearch/advanced/result/?products_author=ANDR%C3%89S+FELIPE+CUBILLOS+NOVELLA

 Development of Psychosomatic Medicine in the Latin American Region (book chapter): 

https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-27080-3_23

Cross-Cultural Communication Mental Health, Public Policies and Primary Health Care in Colombia (article): 

https://www.researchgate.net/publication/272788186_Cross-Cultural_Communication_Mental_Health_Public_Policies_and_Primary_Health_Care_in_Colombia

Mental Health, Public Policies and Primary Health Care in Colombia (article): 

http://www.cscanada.net/index.php/ccc/article/view/5912

De la migración al retornola inclusión ciudadana de los jóvenes retornados del exterior a la ciudad de Bogotá (book chapter): 

https://dialnet.unirioja.es/ejemplar/431617

(Op Ed) El Espectador newspaper- El derecho la salud no tiene nacionalidad:

https://www.elespectador.com/opinion/el-derecho-la-salud-no-tiene-nacionalidad-columna-888491

Identidades transnacionales: Jóvenes colombianos en contextos de migración internacional (book):  

https://www.academia.edu/40094121/Identidades_transnacionales_Jóvenes_colombianos_en_contextos_de_migración_internacional