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Liana Petruzzi with Nidhi Nakra at John Hopkins event.

Dr. Liana Petruzzi had a poster presentation on the implementation of a state-wide, sexual health education program in Texas with collaborators at UT Austin, UT Health Houston, and Healthy Futures of Texas.

Liana Petruzzi presentation with Nidhi Nakra.

Dr. Liana Petruzzi co-authored an oral presentation on community health worker and social worker collaboration in public health with Nidhi Nakra, a doctoral candidate at John Hopkins School of Public Health.

r. Liana Petruzzi presented on the immigrant paradox in perinatal mental health with Risihit Yokananth, an Ƶ student and mentee from UT Austin.

Dr. Liana Petruzzi presented on the immigrant paradox in perinatal mental health with Risihit Yokananth, an Ƶ student and mentee from UT Austin.

Selected Publications & Presentations

Publications

  1. Petruzzi, L. J., Garza, B., Patel, S., Brode, W. M., Hanson, K., Degtoff, T., Mora, C., Garay, R., Phillips, F., Cook, R., Mercer, T., & Valdez, C. R. (2025). Addressing Health-Related Social Needs During COVID-19 Through a Hospital-Based, Community Health Worker Program: A Case Study. Health Promotion Practice, 15248399241311289.
  2. Petruzzi, L. J., Errisuriz, V. L., Valdez, C. R., & Parra‐Medina, D. (2025). The Role of Perceived Neighborhood Factors and the Built Environment on Depression and Stress Among Latinas on US‐Mexico Border. Journal of Community Psychology, 53(1), jcop.23165.
  3. Smithwick, J., Petruzzi, L., Nakra, N. M., Lee, L., Chang, S., Busch, J., & Wilkinson, G. (2025). The Coalition for CHW-SW Collaboration.
  1. Petruzzi, L.J., Smithwick, J., Lee, L., Delva, J., Fox, L., Wilkinson, G., Vohra-Gupta, S., Aranda, M., Valdez, C.R., Jones, B.J., & the Community Health Worker (CHW) and Social Worker (SW) National Workgroup. (2024). Community health work and social work collaboration and integration in healthcare and public health settings: A conceptual framework. Journal of Ambulatory Care Management, 47(3), 187-202.
  2. Vohra-Gupta., S., Maclaine, B., Kim, N., Petruzzi, L.J., & Rhodes, D. (2024). Critical Race Theory in Social Work Education & Policy Practice: A Scoping Review. Social Work Education, 1-13.
  3. Petruzzi, L.J., Milano, N., Chen, Q., Noel, L., Golden, R., & Jones, B. (2024). Social Workers are Key to Addressing Social Determinants of Health in Integrated Care Settings. Social Work in Health Care, 63(2), 89-101.
  4. Milano, N., Petruzzi, L.J., Covington, E., Jones, B. & Findley, P.A. (2022). Social workers in integrated care beyond primary care: A scoping review. Translational Behavioral Medicine.
  5. Noel, L., Chen, Q., Petruzzi, L.J., Phillips, F., Garay, R., Valdez, C., Aranda, M.P., & Jones, B. (2022). Collaborative health and mental health interventions in the United States with Community Health Workers and Social Workers: A systematized review. Health and Social Care in the Community, 00, 1–15.
  6. Vohra-Gupta, S., Petruzzi, L.J., Jones, C. & Cubbin, C. (2022). An Intersectional Approach to Understanding Barriers to Healthcare for Women. Journal of Community Health, 1-10.
  7. Petruzzi, L.J., Ewald, B., Covington, E., Rosenberg, W., Golden, R., & Jones, B. (2022). Exploring the Efficacy of Social Work Interventions in Hospital Settings: A Scoping Review. Social Work in Public Health.
  8. Petruzzi, L.J., Prezio, E., Phillips, F., Smith, B., Currin-McCulloch, J., Kvale, E., Eckhardt, G. & Jones, B. (2022). An exploration of financial toxicity among low-income patients with cancer in Central Texas: A mixed methods analysis. Palliative & Supportive Care.
  9. Petruzzi, L.J., Vohra-Gupta, S., Valdez, C., & Cubbin, C. (2021). Nativity Moderates the Relationship Between Nationality and Healthcare Access for Some Latinx Women in the United States. Ethnicity & Health.
  1. Petruzzi, L. J., Milano, N., Nakra, N. & CHW/SW National Workgroup. How Integrated are Social Workers and Community Health Workers in Healthcare and Public Health Settings? A Mixed Methods Assessment. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference. January 15-19, 2025.
  2. Petruzzi, L. J., Haiman, M., Sampson, M., Miller, E., Parra-Medina, D., & Valdez, C. R. Social Work Interventions Can Improve Perinatal Mental Health: A Systematized Review. Oral presentation at the Society for Social Work and Research Conference. January 15-19, 2025.
  3. Petruzzi, L.J., Yokananth, R., Rosenthal, M., Hudson, E., Harper, L., Valdez, C., & Burgermaster, M. Exploring the immigrant paradox in perinatal mental health with a Latina sample from Central Texas. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference. October 2024.
  4. Petruzzi, L.J., Luis, B., McQueen, S., Morales-Campos, D., Calderon-Mora, J. & Parra-Medina, D. Lessons learned from “Talk About It Texas”: A statewide, sexual health education implementation project. Poster presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference. October 2024.
  5. Nakra, N., Petruzzi, L.J., Chang, S. & the SW/CHW National Workgroup. A qualitative exploration of multilevel factors that support effective community health worker-social worker collaboration and health equity. Oral presentation at the American Public Health Association Annual Conference. October 2024.