School Associate Director
Lecturer
Phone: (619) 594-3555
Office: HH 119C
Email: Dahlia.Fuentes@sdsu.
Education
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PhD, Social Work, USC, Los Angeles, USA, 2014
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MSW, Social Work, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA, 2002
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MPH, Public Health, San Diego State University, San Diego, USA, 2002
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BS, Neuroscience, UCLA, Los Angeles, USA, 1999
Scholarly Areas
Health and mental health services, partnerships and community engagement, access to care, aging, cross cultural, diversity
Biography
Dr. Dahlia Fuentes earned her doctorate from the USC Suzanne Dworak-Peck School of Social Work, and worked as a Research Fellow at the USC Edward R. Roybal Institute on Aging where she focused her research on the experience of Latino older adults in depression treatment. Her research interests center on health and mental health services as these relate to the experience of accessing care, service utilization, and outcomes among Latinos and older adults. She has also published on inter-organizational partnerships and collaborations, and collaborates on several research projects at the UCSD Division of Geriatric Psychiatry focused on research literacy and participation among Latinos with severe and persistent mental illness. At the SDSU School of Social Work, she teaches graduate and undergraduate macro-level courses.
Publications
- For an up to date publications list see Google Scholar.
