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L. Piwowarczyk

h-index: 15
Works: 37
Citations: 698

Most-cited papers

Seeking Asylum: Challenges Faced by the LGB Community
L. Piwowarczyk, P. Fernandez, Anita Sharma
2017Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health86 citations
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Treating Survivors of Torture and Refugee Trauma: A Preliminary Case Series Using Qigong and T’ai Chi
M. Grodin, L. Piwowarczyk, D. Fulker, Alexander R. Bazazi +1 more
2008Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine82 citations Open access
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Prevalence of torture survivors among foreign-born patients presenting to an urban ambulatory care practice
S. Crosby, M. Norredam, M. Paasche-Orlow, L. Piwowarczyk +2 more
2006Journal of general internal medicine65 citations Open access
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Congolese and Somali Beliefs About Mental Health Services
L. Piwowarczyk, H. Bishop, Abdirahman Yusuf, F. Mudymba +1 more
2014Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease52 citations
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Health care of torture survivors.
L. Piwowarczyk, A. Moreno, M. Grodin
2000Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)49 citations
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Oral health status of refugee torture survivors seeking care in the United States.
Harpreet K. Singh, T. Scott, M. Henshaw, Susan E. Cote +2 more
2008American Journal of Public Health43 citations Open access
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Urologic complications of sexual trauma among male survivors of torture.
M. Norredam, S. Crosby, R. Munarriz, L. Piwowarczyk +1 more
2005Urology42 citations
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Asylum Seekers Seeking Mental Health Services in the United States: Clinical and Legal Implications
L. Piwowarczyk
2007Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease41 citations
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Hunger: The Silent Epidemic Among Asylum Seekers and Resettled Refugees
L. Piwowarczyk, T. Keane, Alisa K. Lincoln
200835 citations
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Learning from UJAMBO: Perspectives on Gynecologic Care in African Immigrant and Refugee Women in Boston, Massachusetts
P. Mehta, K. Saia, D. Mody, S. Crosby +3 more
2018Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health29 citations
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Pilot Evaluation of a Health Promotion Program for African Immigrant and Refugee Women: The UJAMBO Program
L. Piwowarczyk, H. Bishop, Kelley Saia, S. Crosby +3 more
2013Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health28 citations
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Characteristics and Utilization of Primary Care Services in a Torture Rehabilitation Center
A. Moreno, L. Piwowarczyk, W. Lamorte, M. Grodin
2006Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health27 citations
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COVID-19 and U.S.-based refugee populations: Commentary.
Sandra Mattar, L. Piwowarczyk
2020Psychological Trauma25 citations
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Disaster Psychiatry: Readiness, Evaluation, and Treatment
L. Piwowarczyk
201220 citations
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Human Rights Violations and Refugee Health
A. Moreno, L. Piwowarczyk, M. Grodin
200118 citations
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Demographic characteristics, torture experiences, and posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms among asylum seekers and refugees persecuted for same-sex behaviors.
C. Bird, Gray Bowers, L. Piwowarczyk, Lauren C. Ng
2022Journal of Traumatic Stress11 citations Open access
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Embedding Chaplaincy Services in Primary Care for Immigrants, Refugees and Asylum Seekers: A Boston Pilot Intervention
Sarah L. Kimball, H. Syeda, Houda Chergui, L. Piwowarczyk +1 more
2022Journal of religion and health9 citations
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Impact of September 11 on Refugees and Those Seeking Asylum
L. Piwowarczyk, T. Keane
2007Transcultural Psychiatry9 citations
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Teletherapy trauma treatment in context: Caring for refugee patients during and beyond the COVID-19 pandemic.
Joelle T. Taknint, O. R. Rojas Perez, Sandra Mattar, L. Piwowarczyk
2022Practice Innovations5 citations
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BeWell: quality assurance health promotion pilot.
L. Piwowarczyk, F. Ona
2019International Journal of Health Care Quality Assurance5 citations
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Mental health disparities of sexual minority refugees and asylum seekers: Provider perspectives on trauma exposure, symptom presentation, and treatment approach.
C. Bird, Angela R Somantri, Raksha M. Narasimhan, Irene Lee +4 more
2024Journal of counseling and psychology4 citations Open access
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Impact of the Boston Marathon Bombing and Its Aftermath on Refugees and Survivors of Torture
L. Piwowarczyk, D. Rous, A. Mancuso, Kathleen Flinton +3 more
2016Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health4 citations
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Engaging the sacred in treatment
L. Piwowarczyk
20053 citations
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msJAMA: human rights violations and refugee health.
A. Moreno, L. Piwowarczyk, M. Grodin
2001Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA)3 citations
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Trauma, Terror, and Fear: Mental Health Professionals Respond to the Impact of 9/11—An Overview
T. Keane, L. Piwowarczyk
2018Psychological Effects of Catastrophic Disasters1 citations
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If I deliver the baby now.
L. Piwowarczyk
2009American Journal of Psychiatry1 citations
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Torture and Public Health
L. Piwowarczyk, S. Crosby, D. Kerr, M. Grodin
20081 citations
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CHAPTER 24 – HIV Infection
S. Crosby, L. Piwowarczyk, E. Cooper
20071 citations
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Reflections About the Tsunami
L. Piwowarczyk
20061 citations
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Prolonged family separation under U.S. immigration law: Mechanisms of racialized harms to lawfully present immigrant parents.
Joelle T. Taknint, Kathryn Price, N. Alshabani, J. Chicco +4 more
2026American Journal of Orthopsychiatry0 citations
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Evaluating an Interprofessional Trauma-Based Education Course to Advance the Care and Health of Refugees
Jasmin Choi, Allison Juntunen, Hannah J. Brewer, Diana Abbas +10 more
2022Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health0 citations
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Self-Reported Barriers to Healthcare and Interpreter Preferences for Patients with Limited-English-Proficiency in an Urban Emergency Department
Nivedita Poola, R. Koul, Shreya Sharma, A. Ng +9 more
2020Medical Research Archives0 citations Open access
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The Role of Health Professionals in Torture Treatment
L. Piwowarczyk
20180 citations
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Sexual Violence Among Refugees and Asylum Seekers who come to the United States
L. Piwowarczyk
20100 citations
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CHAPTER 55 – Vocational Considerations
L. Piwowarczyk, G. Clark, Nerissa Caballes
20070 citations
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VOCATIONAL REHABILITATION OF TORTURE SURVIVORS
L. Piwowarczyk, T. Keane
20040 citations
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Book Review Forced into Treatment: The Role of Coercion in Clinical Practice (Committee on Government Policy, Group for the Advancement of Psychiatry. No. 137.) 133 pp. Washington, D.C., American Psychiatric Press, 1994. $23. 0-87318-205-7
R. Mollica, L. Piwowarczyk
19940 citations
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