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Peer-reviewed journal articles in English

 

16. da Luz Scherf, E., & Badiezadeh, S. (2025). Immigration Policy as a Social Determinant of Health among Brazilian Immigrants in the United States: A Narrative Review. Health Care Analysis, 33(1), 76–96. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10728-024-00499-7

 

15. Lee, H. Y., Malele-Kubanga, K., Won, C.R., da Luz Scherf, E., & Park, G. Y. (2025). Empowering Rural Alabama: The Critical Role and Challenges of Community Health Providers in Healthcare Delivery During the COVID-19 pandemic. Social Welfare Policy and Practice, 11(2), 49-90. http://dx.doi.org/10.37342/swpp.2025.11.2.49

 

14. da Luz Scherf, E. (2024). Addressing Discrimination and Healthcare Disparities for Sexual and Gender Minorities in South Africa: A Human Rights-Based Perspective. Journal of Health Management, Ahead-of-Print. https://doi.org/10.1177/09720634231216025

 

13. da Luz Scherf, E. (2024). Anti-Racist Values in Portuguese Baccalaureate Social Work Education: A Content Analysis Study. International Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics, 21(2), 86-114. https://doi.org/10.55521/10-021-208

 

12. da Luz Scherf, E., & Viana da Silva, M. V. (2023). Brazil’s Yanomami Health Disaster: Addressing the public health emergency requires advancing criminal accountability. Frontiers in Public Health, 11, 01–05. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2023.1166167 *

 

(*Cited in high-impact journals such as Nature Communications, The Lancet Regional Health, Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and in a Policy Report of the European Commission/European Union)

 

11. da Luz Scherf, E. (2023). Latin American perspectives on Indigenous Social Work: In search of mind, body, and soul. AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 19(1), 155–165. https://doi.org/10.1177/11771801221140460

 

10. da Luz Scherf, E., & Viana da Silva, M. V. (2023). Oil giant, climate savior, or somewhere in between? Human rights and the Norwegian climate paradox. International Journal of Public Law and Policy, 10(3), 227-243. https://www.inderscienceonline.com/doi/abs/10.1504/IJPLAP.2024.139509

 

9. da Luz Scherf, E., Alves Lima Zanatta, M. de, Viana da Silva, M. V., & Da Silva, J. E. (2022). Health Care Access by Transgender Persons in South Africa: Gender-based Discrimination, Human Rights Violations, and the Role of the African Human Rights System. Journal Health and Technology, 1(4), 01–22. https://doi.org/10.47820/jht.v1i4.25 *

 

(*Cited in the prestigious, high-impact International Journal of Transgender Health, as well as in BMC Global and Public Health)

 

8. da Luz Scherf, E. (2021). Challenges in making school social work a reality in Brazilian schools. International Social Work, 66(2), 590–596. https://doi.org/10.1177/00208728211031965 *

 

(*Cited in the Journal of Social Work: https://doi.org/10.1177/14680173241258927)

 

7. da Luz Scherf, E., Viana da Silva, M., & S. Fachini, J. (2021). The management (or lack thereof) of COVID-19 in Brazil: implications for human rights and public health. International Journal of Human Rights in Healthcare, 14(2), 158-174. https://doi.org/10.1108/ijhrh-09-2020-0085 *

 

(*Cited in multiple high-impact journals such as Urban Studies, Organization, and the International Journal of Social Determinants of Health and Health Services, among others)

 

6. da Luz Scherf, E., Alves Lima Zanatta, M. de L., & Tumenas Mello, E. (2020). Gender-Awareness amongst Brazilian Children Enrolled in Primary Education: Implications for Women’s Rights & Equality. Multidisciplinary Journal of Gender Studies, 9(1), 25–50. https://doi.org/10.17583/generos.2020.4865

 

5. Viana da Silva, M.V., da Luz Scherf, E., & da Silva, J.E. (2020). The Right to Data Protection Versus “Security”: Contradictions of the Rights-Discourse in the Brazilian General Personal Data Protection Act (LGPD). Revista Direitos Culturais [Cultural Rights Review], 15(36), 209-232. https://doi.org/10.20912/rdc.v15i36.18

 

4. Viana da Silva, M.V., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2020). Dream the impossible dream? An ecosocialist account of the human right to a healthy environment. Direito Ambiental & Sociedade [Environmental Law & Society], 10(2), 35-60. https://doi.org/10.18226/22370021.v10.n2.02

 

3. Zanatta, M.L.A.L., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2019). The Role of Rights-Based Social Work in Contemporary Latin American Diasporas: The Case of Venezuelan Migrant Children. Journal of Human Rights and Social Work, 4(4), 238-247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s41134-019-00104-1 *

 

(*Cited in Research on Social Work Practice, and The British Journal of Social Work)

2. da Silva, J.E., da Luz Scherf, E., & Viana da Silva, M.V. (2019). In Tech We Trust? Some General Remarks on Law in the Technological Era from a Third World Perspective. Journal Juridical Opinion, 17(25), 107-123. https://doi.org/10.12662/2447-6641oj.v17i25.p107-123.2019

 

1. Souza, I.F., Leme, L.R., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2018). Creating bridges between international relations theory and international human rights law: constructivism and the role of Brazil in the Inter-American system of human rights. Brazilian Journal of International Law, 15(3), 179-197. https://doi.org/10.5102/rdi.v15i3.5653

 

Peer-reviewed journal articles in Portuguese

 

15. da Luz Scherf, E., Viana da Silva, M.V., & da Silva, J.E. (2021). A Few Considerations on Human Rights in the Biotechnological Era: Normativity Versus Dignity. Revista Direito e Justiça: Reflexões Sociojurídicas, 21(41), 195-210. https://doi.org/10.31512/rdj.v21i41.636

 

14. Viana da Silva, M.V., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2020). Advances and Challenges in Implementing Public Policies for the Protection of the Social Rights of Older Migrants in Brazil. Revista Eletrônica da Faculdade de Direito de Franca, 15(1), 215-228. https://doi.org/10.21207/1983.4225.951

 

13. da Luz Scherf, E., & Viana da Silva, M.V. (2020). "The Canadian Citizenship is a Privilege, Not a Right": Migration and Securitization in the Promised Land. Brazilian Review of Canadian Studies, 20, 1-36. https://doi.org/10.15210/interfaces.v20i0.19069

 

12. Viana da Silva, M.V., da Silva, J.E., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2020). The Role of the Canadian Supreme Court in Defending the Rights of Migrant Persons: Subverting the State of Exception by the Routes of Judicial Activism. Journal of Contemporary Public Law, 1(2), 85-110. http://www.rdpc.com.br/index.php/rdpc/article/view/124

 

11. da Luz Scherf, E., & Viana da Silva, M.V. (2020). Child Migration and International Relations: Theoretical Neglect versus Child Protagonism. Revista Relações Internacionais no Mundo Atual, 28(3), 269-297. http://revista.unicuritiba.edu.br/index.php/RIMA/article/view/4138

 

10. Viana da Silva, M.V., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2020). The Justiciability of the Right to Education in the Inter-American System of Human Rights: A Possible Way Out for the Dismantling of the Brazilian Public Education System? Revista Humanidades & Inovação, 7(7), 350-367. https://revista.unitins.br/index.php/humanidadeseinovacao/article/view/2574

 

9. da Luz Scherf, E. (2019). Fundamental freedoms and the role of struggles for rights in the movie Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri. Revista Avant, 3(1), 26-30. https://ojs.sites.ufsc.br/index.php/avant/article/view/7005

 

8. Zanatta, M.L.A.L., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2019). Child Migration and the United Nations Regime for the Protection of Human Rights. Caderno de Relações Internacionais, 9(17), 105-134. https://doi.org/10.22293/2179-1376.v9i17.989

 

7. da Luz Scherf, E., & Zanatta, M.L.A.L. (2019). Human rights and corporate social responsibility in the context of international commerce: the Barrick Gold miner and sexual violence against women in Papua New Guinea between 2006 and 2010. Revista Vertentes do Direito, 6(1), 161-181. https://doi.org/10.20873/uft.2359-0106.2019.v6n1.p161-181 

 

6. de Oliveira, A.C.D.C., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2019). Rights-Based Social Work as a Tool for Realizing the Human Rights of Venezuelan Migrant Children in Latin American Countries. Revista TOMO, 34, 241-286. https://doi.org/10.21669/tomo.v0i34.9933

 

5. da Luz Scherf, E. (2019). The principle of minimum criminal intervention and the incarceration of minors in Brazil: From violations to the role of the Inter-American Human Rights System. Revista Jus Navigandi, 24(5790), 1-8. https://jus.com.br/artigos/67916

 

4. da Luz Scherf, E., & Milindre Gonzalez, R. (2018). Civil society and the fight for the recognition of fundamental liberties during peace negotiation processes: lessons from the civil war in Sierra Leone and the Lomé Peace Accord. Conjuntura Global, 7(2), 170-188. https://doi.org/10.5380/cg.v7i2.59393

 

3. da Luz Scherf, E., & Milindre Gonzalez, R. (2018). Forced migration and humanitarian crisis in Myanmar: Rohingya – no territory, nation, or rights. Revista de Iniciação Científica em Relações Internacionais, 5(10), 37-73. https://doi.org/10.22478/ufpb.2318-9452.2018v5n10.37368

 

2. de Souza, M.C.S.A., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2017). Business Management Towards Sustainable Development: The Dialogue Between Climate Change and Human Rights. Revista Jurídica da Escola Superior do MP-SP, 12(2), 68-86. https://es.mpsp.mp.br/revista_esmp/index.php/RJESMPSP/article/view/337

 

1. Hall, C.C., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2017). The Failure of the Inter-American System for the Protection of Human Rights: The Case Cosme Rosa Genoveva, Evandro de Oliveira and Others v. Brazil. (Re)Pensando Direito, 7(14), 55-70.

 

Refereed book chapters in English

 

3. da Luz Scherf, E. (2022). Critical perspectives on social work and social policy practice with vulnerable migrants in an era of emergencies. In A. Jolly, R. Cefalo, & M. Pomati (Eds.), Social Policy Review 34 (1st ed., pp. 134–157). Bristol University Press. https://doi.org/10.46692/9781447365815.008

 

2. da Luz Scherf, E., Viana da Silva, M.V., & da Silva, J.E. (2021). Indigenous Rights, Necropolitics and the 'Daily Genocides' of Brazil’s Native and Traditional Peoples. In T. Ribeiro Teles (Ed.), Língua(gens), Literaturas, Culturas, Identidades e Direitos Indígenas no Brasil [Languages, Literature, Culture, Identity, and Indigenous Rights in Brazil] (1st ed., pp. 172-180). BAGAI. http://dx.doi.org/10.37008/978-65-89499-57-2.23.04.21

 

1. da Luz Scherf, E. (2018). Manaus' massacre as a result of the crisis in the Brazilian penitentiary system: an analysis in the light of international human rights law. In A. Jobim do Amaral et al (Eds.), Anais do 8º Congresso Internacional de Ciências Criminais – PUCRS [Proceedings of the 8th International Congress on Criminal Sciences – Global Criminology Section], Vol. 3 (1st ed., pp. 121-140). Tirant Lo Blanch.

 

Refereed book chapter in Portuguese

 

1. da Luz Scherf, E., & Rocha Leme, L. (2019). A theory of international justice for whom? Failures in the restrictive concept of human rights in Rawls’ The Law of Peoples. In M. Leal & A. Custódio (Eds.), Fundamentos Constitucionais das Políticas Públicas [Constitutional Foundations of Public Policy], Vol. 1 (1st ed., pp. 186-198). EDUNISC. http://hdl.handle.net/11624/2723

 

Refereed book reviews

 

2. da Luz Scherf, E. (2025). Review of Just Health: Treating Structural Racism to Heal America [Review of the book Just health: Treating structural racism to heal America, by D. B. Matthew]. Families, Systems, & Health, 43(1), 162–164. https://doi.org/10.1037/fsh0000942

 

1. da Luz Scherf, E. (2020). Mary Mee-Yin Yuen, Solidarity and Reciprocity with Migrants in Asia: Catholic and Confucian Ethics in Dialogue. Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 29(4), 553-555. https://doi.org/10.1177/0117196820983983

 

Conference Proceedings

 

1. Giorgio Cosenzo, L., Da Luz Scherf, E., & Ruggiano, N. (2024). Unveiling the association between social isolation and sleep disturbances among Latinx older women and men. Innovation in Aging, 8(Suppl._1), 1174–1174. https://doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igae098.3762

 

Review protocols

 

1. Gill, S. J., Alfonso, A., & da Luz Scherf, E. (2025). Hispanic/Latinx Patients’ Experiences of Prejudice in Outpatient Healthcare Settings: A Scoping Review Protocol. OSF Registries. https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/2T6NP

 

Under review

 

6. Giorgio, L. C., Scales, J., Hossain, S., Nwatu, U., Taer, H., da Luz Scherf, E., & Bell, A. (Submitted September 2025). Harvesting Hope: A case example of experiential, community-engaged learning implemented in collaboration with a community garden, BSW, and PhD students. Submitted to the Journal of Social Work Education.

 

5. Bride, B. E., Hatcher, S., & da Luz Scherf, E. (Submitted July 2025). Personal Trauma History and Secondary Traumatic Stress Symptoms: The Mediating Role of Trauma Impact. Under review in Social Work (NASW Press). Stage: Minor Revisions.

 

4. Lee, J., Naseh, M., Sarvenaz, T., Badiezadeh, S., & Da Luz Scherf, E. (Submitted April 2025). Health Impacts of Migration and Policy on the Iranian Diaspora. Under review in the Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. Stage: Major revisions.

 

3. da Luz Scherf, E. (Submitted Nov. 2025). Addressing Anti-Racism and Diversity in the Social Work Undergraduate Curriculum in Portugal: A Qualitative Pilot Study. Under review in the Journal for Social Work Scholar-Practitioners.

 

2. da Luz Scherf, E., Naseh, M., and Lee, J. (Submitted Nov. 2025). Immigration Policy as a Social Determinant of Health Among International Students in the United States. Submitted to the Journal of American College Health.

 

1. da Luz Scherf, E. (Submitted Nov. 2025). Anti-immigration policies are a threat to global health and democracy: a review and call to action. Submitted to the Journal of Public Health Policy.

 

Under preparation

 

6. da Luz Scherf, E., Giorgio, L.C., & Cheatham, L. P. Moving up or going down? Examining the association between occupational mobility and self-esteem among Latinx migrant workers in the United States. Target journal: Cultural Diversity & Ethnic Minority Psychology.

 

5. Giorgio, L.C., Favero, M., da Luz Scherf, E., and others TBC. The Mediating Effects of Insomnia Symptom Severity on the Relationship between Acculturation Stress and Hypertension among Latinx Adults. Target journal: TBD.

 

4. Giorgio, L. C., da Luz Scherf, E., & Ruggiano, N. Unveiling the Association between Social Isolation and Sleep Disturbances among Latinx Older Women and Men Living in the United States. Target journal: Journal of Gerontological Social Work.

 

3. Giorgio, L.C., da Luz Scherf, E., Platt, M., and others. Evaluation of Promotora-Led Interventions to Improve Latinx Behavioral Health: A Systematic Review. Target journal: TBD.

 

2. Gill, S., Alfonso, A., & da Luz Scherf, E. Latinx Patients' Experiences of Prejudice in Outpatient Healthcare Settings: A Scoping Review. Target journal: BMC.

 

1. Da Luz Scherf, E., Mehrara, L., & Naseh, M. (TBC). Mapping the Health Profile of Brazilian Immigrants in the United States: A Scoping Review. Target journal: Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.