FLORIDA ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY®
Jennifer Attonito

Jennifer Attonito

Instructor
Management Programs – Health Administration

Areas of Expertise: Public Health, Health Policy Analysis, Managerial Epidemiology, Quantitative Research Methodology

Office: Fleming Hall - Room 312 (Boca Raton)

Education

  • PhD (2013) Public Health, Florida International University
  • MS (1994) Mental Health Counseling, Florida International University
  • BA (1991) Psychology and Mathematics, University of Miami

Certifications

  • CITI Responsible Conduct of Research (RCR)
  • Motivational Interviewing
  • Basic and Advanced Instructional Design
  • HIV Pre/Post-Test Counseling
  • Clinical Hypnotherapy
  • HIV Pre/Post-Test Counseling

Research Interests

  • Addiction and mental health services and policy research, including effectiveness of programs, policy analysis, and cost effectiveness studies of service and reimbursement models.

Intellectual Contributions

  • Devieux, J.G.; Rosenberg, R.; Jean-Gilles, M.; Villalba, K.; Attonito, Jennifer; Lerner, B.; Saxena, A.; Stein, J.. (2022). Effectiveness of a Cognitive Behavioral Randomized Controlled Trial for People Living with HIV Who are Heavy Drinkers: The Holistic Health Recovery Program (HHRP) Trial in Miami, Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 29(3), 498-508
  • Attonito, Jennifer; Van Arsdale, Whitney; Fishman, keren; Darya, Maral; Jacomino, Mario; Luck, George. (2021). Sociodemographic Disparities In Access To COVID-19 Vaccines Upon Initial Rollout In Florida, Health Affairs, 40(12), 1883-1891
  • Attonito, Jennifer; Villalba, Karina; Fontal, Shelley. (2021). Priorities for Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment and Prevention During COVID-19's Second Wave, American Journal of Public Health, 111(3), 359-362
  • Villalba, Karina; Attonito, Jennifer; Jean-Gilles, Michele; Rosenberg, Rhonda; Devieux, Jessy. (2020). Gender differences in the association between childhood sexual abuse and risk behaviors among people living with HIV in Haiti, AIDS Care, 32(11), doi: 10.1080/09540121.2020.1757022
  • Villalba, Karina; Attonito, Jennifer; Jean-Gilles, M.; Rosenberg, R.; Sanchez, M.; Devieux, J.. (2020). The Effects of Childhood Sexual Abuse: The Role of Anxiety and Alcohol Use among Haitian Women Living with HIV, Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 29(7), 788-801
  • Villalba, K.; Attonito, Jennifer; Khoury, W.A.; Rojas, P.. (2019). The History of the AIDS Epidemic in the United States: Lessons Learned and Future Directions, CLASCO
  • Attonito, Jennifer; Villalba, Karina; Devieux, Jessy. (2019). Effectiveness of an intervention for improving treatment adherence, service utilization and viral load among HIV-positive adult alcohol users, AIDS & Behavior, DOI:10.1007/s10461-019-02702-6
  • Villalba, K.; Ramirez-Ortiz, D.; Devieux, J.G.; Attonito, Jennifer; Rojas, P.. (2018). Gender-Role Attitudes Among Immigrant Latinas: Empowering Women, World Medical & Health Policy, Available online at: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/wmh3.288
  • Horvath, R.; Tanaka, H.; Attonito, Jennifer; Suzuki, K.. (2018). Responses to Psychological Distress Caused by Natural Disaster: A Contrast between Japan and the United States, The Florida Public Health Advocate(August Issue)
  • Shehadeh, Nancy; Rubens, Muni; Attonito, Jennifer; Jennings, Terri. (2018). Social Support and Its Impact on Ethnic Identity and HIV Risk among Migrant Workers, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, 5(1), 96-103
  • Shehadeh, Nancy; Attonito, Jennifer; Rubens, Muni; Sanchez, Jesus. (2018). The Impact of Depression and Acculturation on Injection Drug Use among Male Latino Injection Drug Users, Journal of HIV and AIDS, 4(1), 1-6; doi.org/10.16966.2380-5536.148
  • Attonito, Jennifer. (2016). The Future of Obamacare Under President-Elect Trump, South Florida Hospital News and Healthcare Report
  • Devieux, JG; Jean Gilles, M.; Stein, J.; Attonito, Jennifer. (2016). Psychological predictors of HIV risk behavior in pregnant and postpartum recoving drug abusers, AIDS & Behavior
  • Rubens, M.; Ramamoorthy, V.; Saxena, A.; George, F.; Shehadeh, Nancy; Attonito, Jennifer; Beck-Sague, C.M.. (2016). Relationship Between Metabolic Syndrome and Cognitive Abilities in US Adolescents, Metabolic Syndrome and Related Disorders, 14(8), 397-403
  • Rubens, Muni; Ramamoorthy, Venkataraghavan; Attonito, Jennifer; Saxena, Anshul; Appunni, Sandeep; Shehadeh, Nancy; Dévieux, Jessy. (2016). A review of 5-HT transporter linked promoter region (5-HTTLPR) polymorphism and associations with alcohol use problems and sexual risk behaviors, Journal of Community Genetics, 7(1), 1-10
  • McMahon, R.; Sussman, S.; Attonito, Jennifer; Yocum, B.; Malow, R.. (2015). Adolescent substance use associated with exposure to trauma and natural disasters
  • Villalba, K.; Attonito, Jennifer; Mendy, A.; Devieux, J.; Gasana, J.; Dorak, T.. (2015). A Meta-analysis of the associations between the SLC6A4 promoter polymorphism (5HTTLPR) and the risk for alcohol dependence, Psychiatric Genetics, 25(2), 47-58
  • Rubens, Muni; Ramamoorthy, Venkataraghavan; Attonito, Jennifer; Saxena, Anshul; Nair, Rakesh; Shehadeh, Nancy. (2015). Health Promotion and Disease Prevention Strategies for Today's Physicians, The American Journal of the Medical Sciences, 349(1), 73-79
  • Devieux, J.G.; Jean-Gilles, M.; Frankel, M.; Attonito, Jennifer; Saxena, A.; Rosenberg, R.. (2014). Predictors of sexual activity in Haitian-American teens, Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health, 1-12; 10.1007/s10903-014-0148-y
  • Attonito, Jennifer; Devieux, JG; Hospital, M.; Rosenberg, R.. (2014). Antiretroviral treatment adherence as a mediating factor between psychosocial variables and HIV viral load, Journal of the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care, 25(6), 626-637
  • McKelvey, K.; Attonito, Jennifer; Madhivanan, M.; Yi, Q.; Mzayek, F.; Mzayek, W.. (2014). Determinants of cigarette smoking initiation in Jordanian school children: Longitudinal analysis, Nicotine & Tobacco Research, 17(5), 1-7
  • McKelvey, K.; Attonito, Jennifer; Madhivanan, M.; Jaber, R.; Yi, Q.; Mzayek, F.; Mzayek, W.. (2014). Determinants of waterpipe smoking initiation among school children in Irbid, Jordan: a 4-year longitudinal analysis, Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 142, 307-313
  • Attonito, Jennifer; Devieux, JG; Hospital, M.; Rosenberg, R.. (2014). Exploring Substance Use and HIV Treatment Factors Associated with Neurocognitive Impairment among People Living with HIV/AIDS, Frontiers in Public Health, 2(105), doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2014.00105
  • Malow, R.M.; Devieux, J.G.; Stein, J.A.; Rosenberg, R.; Jean-Gilles, M.; Attonito, Jennifer; Koenig, S.P.; Raviola, G.; Severe, P.; Pape, J.W.. (2013). Depression, substance abuse and other contextual predictors of adherence to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among Haitians, AIDS & Behavior, 17(4), 1221-1230, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10461-012-0400-1#
  • Devieux, J.; Malow, R.; Attonito, Jennifer; Jean-Gilles, M.; Rosenberg, R.; Gaston, S.; Saint-Jean, G.; Deschamps, M.. (2013). Post-traumatic stress disorder symptomatology and alcohol use among HIV-seropositive adults in Haiti, AIDS Care, 25(10), 1210-1218, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09540121.2013.763894
  • Malow, R.M.; Devieux, J.G.; Stein, J.A.; Rosenberg, R.; Jean-Gilles, M.; Attonito, Jennifer; Villalba, K.. (2012). Neurological Function, Information-Motivation-Behavioral Skills Factors, and Risk Behaviors Among HIV-Postive Alcohol Users, AIDS & Behavior, 16(8), 2297-2308, http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10461-012-0246-6
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