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Centre-based care is a significant predictor of lower body mass index in early childhood: Longitudinal evidence from Chile
(International Society for Global Health, 2020)Background The prevalence of childhood overweight has increased by approximately 50% in the past three decades, becoming a major public health concern worldwide. In Chile, an upper middle-income country, about 38% of ... -
Changes in opioid prescribing after implementation of mandatory registration and proactive reports within California's prescription drug monitoring program
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2021-01-01)Background: In 2016, California updated its prescription drug monitoring program (PDMP), adding two key features: automated proactive reports to prescribers and mandatory registration for prescribers and pharmacists. The ... -
Coalition incentives and party bias in Chile
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2021-08-01)This article revisits the debate over Chile's binomial electoral rules and its consequences and examines how the new electoral system conceived by a democratic congress altered political competition. It utilizes a seat-vote ... -
Communication Strategies To Enhance HIV/STI Prevention, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Safety Among Migrant Sex Workers at the Mexico-Guatemala Border
(Johns Hopkins University Press, 2020-05)Communication-based interventions have been linked to improved health and social outcomes among underserved populations. Migrant women in sex work face serious health and social inequities, including risks of HIV and other ... -
Conflicting laws and priorities as drug policy implementation barriers: A qualitative analysis of police perspectives in Tijuana, Mexico
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)Drug policy reforms typically seek to improve health among people who use drugs (PWUD), but flawed implementation impedes potential benefits. Mexico’s 2009 drug policy reform emphasized public health-oriented measures to ... -
Cross-country and historical variation in alcohol consumption among older men and women: Leveraging recently harmonized survey data in 21 countries
(Elsevier Ireland Ltd, 2020-10-01)Background: Alcohol consumption causes greater harm in older than younger adults. As the population ages, understanding cross-country and time-varying drinking patterns of older adults is of critical importance. Available ... -
Cross-country differences in age trends in alcohol consumption among older adults: a cross-sectional study of individuals aged 50 years and older in 22 countries
(Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 2020-11)Background and Aims Age-related changes in physiological, metabolic and medication profiles make alcohol consumption likely to be more harmful among older than younger adults. This study aimed to estimate cross-national ... -
Culturas organizacionales y factores de riesgo psicosociales en organizaciones chilenas: Un análisis de clases latentes
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Valparaíso, Escuela de Psicología, 2021-03)A pesar de un creciente interés por factores psicosociales en organizaciones chilenas, pocos estudios indagan sus vínculos con la cultura organizacional. En este artículo se explora la relación entre tres dimensiones de ... -
Does substance use disorder treatment completion reduce the risk of treatment readmission in Chile?
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2023-07-01)Background: Recovery from substance use disorders (SUD) often entails multiple treatment episodes, which clashes with a context of a treatment system with limited resources and long waiting. Treatment retention and completion ... -
Effect on background checks of newly-enacted comprehensive background check policies in Oregon and Washington: a synthetic control approach
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2019)BackgroundComprehensive background check (CBC) laws extend background check requirements to private party firearm transfers to prevent firearm acquisitions by prohibited persons. The aim of our study was to estimate the ... -
Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale Within a Sample of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States
(Routledge, 2020-07)This study examines: (a) rates of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) in a sample of unaccompanied immigrant children in the United States, and (b) psychometric properties of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale. Caseworkers ... -
Field-based learning in global migrant health: An evaluation of student learning outcomes
(Taylor and Francis Ltd., 2023-03-04)Increased migration and im/migrant (i.e. migrant and immigrant) inequities, particularly during COVID-19, call for experiential global public health teaching to adequately prepare future leaders. We evaluated student ... -
Friends' Influence on Academic Performance Among Early Adolescents: The Role of Social Status
(Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, 2022)Educational research has shown that academic achievement and peer relationships are associated from early school years, where friends play a significant role in influencing students' school adjustment, attitudes, and ... -
Healthy retirement begins at school: educational differences in the health outcomes of early transitions into retirement
(Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2021)The literature on socio-economic variations in the association between retirement timing and health is inconclusive and largely limited to the moderating role of occupation. By selecting the sample case of Mexico where a ... -
Impacto negativo de la pandemia Covid-19 en las atenciones ambulatorias de salud mental de la Región de Coquimbo, Chile
(UNIV NAC CORDOBA, ESCUELA SALUD PUBLICA, 2023-08-22)Introducción: La pandemia por COVID 19 ha tensionado los sistemas de salud en todo el mundo, al mismo tiempo ha generado un impacto negativo en la salud mental de la población. Los servicios de salud mental tienen el desafío ... -
Intercepted journeys: Associations between migration and mobility experiences and depressive symptoms among substance using migrants at the Mexico-Guatemala border
(ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, 2021-01)Substance use and depressive psychiatric symptoms have been associated with migration and mobility. The Mexico-Guatemala border is a key transit point for internal, regional, and international migration flows. However, ... -
Latin America and the Caribbean Code Against cancer 1st edition: Environment, occupation, and cancer
(ELSEVIER SCI LTD, 2023-10)Within the framework of the Latin America and Caribbean region (LAC) Code Against Cancer 1st edition, the current work presents recommendations to reduce exposure to environmental and occupational carcinogenic agents ... -
Municipal police support for harm reduction services in officer-led referrals of people who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico
(BMC, 2021-08-01)Background Police constitute a structural determinant of health and HIV risk of people who inject drugs (PWID), and negative encounters with law enforcement present significant barriers to PWID access to harm reduction ... -
Older adults’ accounts of the relationships between retirement timing and health: a descriptive qualitative analysis in Chile
(Cambridge University Press, 2020-10-23)Retirement timing can have important health implications. Little is known, however, about older adults’ views on this issue and whether they consider it better to retire later, earlier, on time or anytime. This knowledge ... -
Pubertal development at age 14 is associated with male adolescents' combustible cigarette smoking and dual use, but not with e-cigarette use - Findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, 2023-12-01)Background: Adolescent nicotine exposure via electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes) is a global health concern. Pubertal development earlier than peers increases the risk of tobacco smoking compared to peers experiencing ...