Jorge Delva

Professor of Social Work

Jorge Delva

Degrees

  • BSW, Social Work, 1989, University of Hawaii, Honolulu;
  • MSW, Social Work, 1992, University of Hawaii, Honolulu;
  • PhD, Social Welfare, 1996, University of Hawaii, Honolulu

BioSketch

Dr. Jorge Delva, a native of Chile, is the co-director of the Vivian A. and James L. Curtis School of Social Work Research and Training Center. The main aim of the Curtis Center is to create a multidisciplinary environment that will facilitate collaboration among investigators to increase their competitiveness in securing funding and advancing their research agendas.

With funding from NIH, RWJF, and other sources, his research has focused on studying trends and effects of individual risk and protective factors on substance use and childhood obesity while taking into account neighborhood and other contextual level factors. He is particularly interested in how these factors manifest themselves among racial and ethnic minority populations and between cultures in the United States and internationally.

He is also a faculty associate with the Center for Social Epidemiology and Population Health in the School of Public Health, and the Institute for Social Research at the University of Michigan.


Personal Information
Email jdelva@umich.edu
Web Sites  http://www-personal.umich.edu/~jdelva Leave Site
http://www.ssw.umich.edu/public/currentProjects/curtis/
Mailbox  62
INDI  262
 Location
Room: 2743 SSWB
Phone: (734) 936-3898
Fax: (734) 763-3372
 University of Michigan
School of Social Work
1080 S. University
Ann Arbor, MI 48109

Selected Publications

Delva, J., & Castillo, M. (in press). International research. In B. Thyer (Ed.), Second edition of the handbook of social work research methods, 2nd ed. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.
Wallace, J. M., Delva, J., Bachman, J. G., O'Malley, P. M., Schulenberg, J. E., Johnston, L. D., et al. (in press). Race/ethnicity, religiosity, and adolescent alcohol, cigarette, and marijuana use. Journal of Health and Social Policy.
Broman, C., Neighbors, H., Delva, J., Torres, M., & Jackson, J. (in press). Prevalence of DSM-IV substance use disorders among African Americans and Caribbean Blacks in the National Survey of American Life (NSAL). American Journal of Public Health.
Momper, S., Delva, J., & Reed, B. G. (in press). OxyContin abuse on a reservation: Qualitative reports by American Indians in talking circles. Substance Use & Misuse.
Delva. J., Dietz, N. A., Perron, B., Sanchez, N., & Woolley, M. (in press). Adult awareness of a youth-focused anti-tobacco campaign: Does having children matter? Substance Use & Misuse.
Momper, S., Delva, J., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Sanchez, N., & Volberg, R. A. (in press). The association of at risk, problem and pathological gambling with substance use, depression, and arrest history. Journal of Gambling Studies.
O'Malley, P. O., Terry-McElrath, Y. M., Delva, J., & Johnston, L. D. (in press). School physical activity environment related to student obesity and activity: A national study of schools and students. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Terry-McElrath, Y. M., O'Malley, P. O., Delva, J., & Johnston, L. D. (in press). The school food environment and student BMI and food consumption: 2004 to 2007 national data. Journal of Adolescent Health.
Redmond, M., Galea, S., & Delva, J. (2009). Examining racial/ethnic minority treatment experiences with specialty behavioral health service providers. Community Mental Health Journal,
45, 85-96.
Momper, S. L., Nandi, V., Ompad, D. C., Delva, J., & Galea, S. (2009). The prevalence and types of gambling among undocumented Mexican immigrants in New York City. Journal of Gambling Studies, 25(1), 49-65.
Perron, B. E., Mowbray, O. P., Glass, J. E., Delva, J., Vaughn, M. G., & Howard, M. O. (2009). Differences in service utilization and barriers among Blacks, Hispanics, and Whites with drug use disorders. Substance Abuse Treatment, Prevention, and Policy, 4(3).
Holden, G., Baer, J., Delva, J., Dulmus, C., Thyer, B., & Williams-Shanks, T. (2008). Suggestions to improve social work journal editorial and peer review processes: The San Antonio response to the Miami statement. Research on Social Work Practice, 18(1), 66-71.
Dietz, N. A., Delva, J., Woolley, M. E., & Russello, L. (2008). The reach of a youth-oriented anti-tobacco media campaign on adult smokers. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 93(1/2), 180-184.
Siefert, K., Finlayson, T., Williams, D. R., Delva, J., & Ismail, A. (2007). Modifiable risk and protective factors for depressive symptoms in low-income African American mothers. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 77(1), 113-123.
Delva, J., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). The epidemiology of overweight and related lifestyle behaviors: Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status differences among American youth. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4), S178-S186.
Delva, J., Johnston, L. D., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). Health related behaviors and overweight: A study of Latino adolescents in the United States of America. Pan American Journal of Public Health, 21(1), 11-20.
McPherson, M. D., Delva, J., & Cranford, J. (2007). A longitudinal investigation of intimate partner violence among mothers with mental illness. Psychiatric Services, 58, 675-680.
Gee, G., Delva, J., & Takeuchi, D. T. (2007). Relationships between self-reported unfair treatment and prescription medication use, illicit drug use, and alcohol dependence among Filipino Americans. American Journal of Public Health, 97, 933-940.
Delva, J., Grogan-Kaylor, A., Steinhoff, E., Shin, D. E., & Siefert, K. (2007). Using Tobit Regression Analysis to further understand the association of youth alcohol problems with depression and parental factors among Korean adolescent females. Journal of Preventive Medicine and Public Health, 40(2), 145-149.
Johnston, L. D., Delva, J., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). Sports participation and physical education in American secondary schools: Current levels and racial/ethnic and socioeconomic disparities. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4), S195-S208.
Kim, S., De La Rosa, M. Rice, C. P., & Delva, J. (2007). Prevalence of smoking and drinking among older adults in seven urban cities in Latin America and the Caribbean. Substance Use & Misuse, 42(9), 1455-1475.
O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., Delva, J., Bachman, J. G., & Schulenberg, J. E. (2007). Variation in obesity among American secondary school students by school and school characteristics. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4), S187-S194.
Johnston, L. D., Delva, J., & O'Malley, P. M. (2007). Soft drink availability, contracts, and revenues in American secondary schools. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4), S209-S225.
Delva, J., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2007). Availability of more-healthy and less-healthy food choices in American schools: A national study of grade, racial/ethnic, and socioeconomic differences. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 33(4), S226-S239.
McCabe, S. E., Morales, M., Cranford, J. A., Delva, J., McPherson, M. D., & Boyd, C. J. (2007). Race/ethnicity and gender differences in drug use and abuse among college students. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse, 6, 75-95.
Delva, J., Tellez, M., Finlayson, T., Gretebeck, K., Siefert, K., Williams, D. R., et al. (2006). Correlates of cigarette smoking among low-income African American women. Ethnicity & Disease, 16(2), 527-533.
Delva, J., & Carpenter, L. (2006). Multiple Hispanic cultures: Considerations for working with students and families. In C. Fanklins, M. B. Harris, & P. Allen-Meares (Eds.), The school services sourcebook: A guide for school-based professionals (pp. 819-825). Oxford University Press.
Delva, J., O'Malley, P. M., & Johnston, L. D. (2006). Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic status differences in overweight and health-related behaviors among American students: National trends 1986-2003. Journal of Adolescent Health, 39(4), 536-545.
Bailey, T., Delva, J., Gretebeck, K., Siefert, K., & Ismail, A. (2005). A systematic review of mammography educational interventions for low-income women. American Journal of Health Promotion, 20(2), 96-107.
Delva, J., Wallace, J. M., Bachman, J., O'Malley, P. M., Johnston, L. D., & Schulenberg, J. (2005). The epidemiology of alcohol, marijuana, and cocaine use among Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, and other Latin American eighth-grade students in the United States: 1991-2002. American Journal of Public Health, 95(4), 696-702.
Allgood, J. G., Mathiesen, S., & Delva, J. (2005). Adolescent marijuana abusers and access to family-based services. Journal of Child and Adolescent Substance Abuse, 15(1), 51-62.
Wilke, D. J., Siebert, D. C., Delva, J., Smith, M., & Howell, R. (2005). Gender differences in predicting high-risk drinking among undergraduate students. Journal of Drug Education, 35(1), 79-94.
Finlayson, T. L., Siefert, K., Ismail, A. I., & Delva, J., & Sohn, W.
(2005). Reliability and validity of brief measures of oral health-related knowledge, fatalism, and self-efficacy in mothers of African American children. Pediatric Dentistry, 27(5), 422-428.
Delva, J., Tellez , M., Finlayson , T. L., Gretebeck, K. A., Siefert, K., Williams, D. R., et al. (2005). Cigarette smoking among low-income African Americans: A serious public health problem. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 29(3), 218-220.
Howard, M. O., Delva, J., Jenson, J. M., Edmond, T., & Vaughn, M. G. (2005). Prevention interventions for adult emotional and mental problems: Substance abuse. In C. N. Dulmus & L. Rapp-Paglicci (Eds.), Handbook of preventive interventions for adults (pp. 92-124). New York: John Wiley & Sons.