• Effect on background checks of newly-enacted comprehensive background check policies in Oregon and Washington: a synthetic control approach 

      Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro [Univ Mayor, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Webster, Daniel W.; Wintemute, Garen J. (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 ...
    • Centre-based care is a significant predictor of lower body mass index in early childhood: Longitudinal evidence from Chile 

      Allel, Kasim [Univ Mayor, Fac Humanidades, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Narea, Marigen; Undurraga, Eduardo A. (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 ...
    • Trends in marijuana use in two Latin American countries: an age, period and cohort study 

      Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro [Univ Mayor, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Rivera-Aguirre, Ariadne; Calvo, Esteban [Univ Mayor, Sch Publ Hlth, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Queirolo, Rosario; Keyes, Katherine M. [Univ Mayor, Ctr Res Soc & Hlth, Chile]; Cerd, Magdalena (Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
      Background and Aims Uruguay and Chile have the highest levels of marijuana use in Latin America, and have experienced consistent increases during the last two decades. We aim to calculate separate age-period-cohort (APC) ...
    • Racial differences in alcohol and tobacco use in adolescence and mid-adulthood in a community-based sample 

      Pamplin, John R.; Susser, Ezra S.; Factor-Litvak, Pam; Link, Bruce G.; Keyes, Katherine M. [Univ Mayor, Ctr Res Soc & Hlth, Chile] (Chile. Universidad Mayor, 2020)
      Purpose Smoking and alcohol use have been posited as possible contributors to racial health disparities, despite higher smoking and alcohol use among non-Hispanic White youth and young adults compared to Blacks. To further ...
    • Conflicting laws and priorities as drug policy implementation barriers: A qualitative analysis of police perspectives in Tijuana, Mexico 

      Morales, M.; Baker, P.; Rafful, C.; Mittal, M.L.; Clairgue, E.; Arredondo, J.; Cepeda, J.A.; Strathdee, S.A.; Beletsky, L.; Rocha-Jimenez, Teresita [Univ Mayor, Fac Humanidades, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile] (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 ...
    • Addressing Police Occupational Safety During an Opioid Crisis The Syringe Threat and Injury Correlates (STIC) Score 

      Beletsky, Leo; Abramovitz, Daniela; Arredondo, Jaime; Baker, Pieter; Artamonova, Irina; Marotta, Phil; Mittal, Maria Luisa; Rocha-Jimenez, Teresita [Univ Mayor, Fac Humanidades, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Cepeda, Javier A.; Morales, Mario; Clairgue, Erika; Patterson, Thomas A.; Strathdee, Steffanie A. (Lippincott Williams and Wilkins Ltd., 2020-01)
      Objective: To develop and validate syringe threat and injury correlates (STIC) score to measure police vulnerability to needlestick injury (NSI). Methods: Tijuana police officers (N = 1788) received NSI training (2015 to ...
    • Communication Strategies To Enhance HIV/STI Prevention, Sexual and Reproductive Health, and Safety Among Migrant Sex Workers at the Mexico-Guatemala Border 

      Febres-Cordero, Belen; Brouwer, Kimberly C.; Rocha Jimenez, Teresita [Univ Mayor, Fac Humanidades, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Fernandez-Casanueva, Carmen; Morales-Miranda, Sonia; Goldenberg, Shira M. (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 ...
    • Affordability, Accessibility, and Awareness in the Adoption of Liquefied Petroleum Gas: A Case-Control Study in Rural India 

      Kumar, Praveen; Dover, Robert Ethan; Díaz-Valdés Iriarte, Antonia [Univ Mayor, Humanities Fac, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Rao, Smitha; Garakani, Romina; Hadingham, Sophia; Dhand, Amar; Tabak, Rachel G.; Brownson, Ross C.; Yadama, Gautam N. (MDPI AG, 2020-06)
      Interventions in the clean cooking sector have focused on improved biomass stoves in a bid to address household air pollution (HAP) in low- and middle-income countries. These initiatives have not delivered adequate health ...
    • The impact of cannabis legalization in Uruguay on adolescent cannabis use 

      Laqueur, Hannah; Rivera-Aguirre, Ariadne; Shev, Aaron; Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro [Univ Mayor, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; Rudolph, Kara E.; Ramírez, Jessica; Martins, Silvia S.; Cerda, Magdalena (Elsevier, 2020-06)
      Background: In 2013, Uruguay became the first country in the world to legalize recreational cannabis, instituting a non-commercial state regulatory model of production and supply. This study provides the first empirical ...
    • Ripple Effects of a Community-Based Randomized Trial for Rural Women: Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities 

      Lo, Brian K.; Graham, Meredith L.; Eldridge, Galen; Donoso, María R. [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Folta, Sara C.; Strogatz, David; Nelson, Miriam E.; Paul, Lynn C.; Parry, Stephen A.; Seguin-Fowler, Rebecca A. (WILEY, 2020-07)
      Objective This study aimed to examine (1) whether the Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities intervention (SHHC) improved social network members' (SNMs') weight, exercise, and diet and (2) whether SNMs' weight and behavioral ...
    • Examining the Psychometric Properties of the Child PTSD Symptom Scale Within a Sample of Unaccompanied Immigrant Children in the United States 

      Hasson, Robert G., III; Easton, Scott D.; Díaz-Valdés Iriarte, Antonia [Univ Mayor, Humanities Fac, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; O'Dwyer, Laura M.; Underwood, Dawnya; Crea, Thomas M. (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 ...
    • Association of Recreational Cannabis Laws in Colorado and Washington State With Changes in Traffic Fatalities, 2005-2017 

      Santaella-Tenorio, Julian; Wheeler-Martin, Katherine; DiMaggio, Charles J.; Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Keyes, Katherine M.; Hasin, Deborah; Cerda, Magdalena (American Medical Association, 2020-08)
      This ecological study estimates the extent to which the implementation of recreational cannabis laws is associated with traffic fatalities in Colorado and Washington State. Question Have traffic fatalities increased after ...
    • Cross-country and historical variation in alcohol consumption among older men and women: Leveraging recently harmonized survey data in 21 countries 

      Calvo, Esteban [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Medina, José T. [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Laboratorio de Envejecimiento y Epidemiología Social]; Ornstein, Katherine A.; Staudinger, Ursula M.; Fried, Linda P.; Keyes, Katherine M. [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud] (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 ...
    • Older adults’ accounts of the relationships between retirement timing and health: a descriptive qualitative analysis in Chile 

      Shura, Robin; Opazo, Sebastián [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Calvo, Esteban [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Opazo, Sebastián [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Laboratorio eb Envejecimiento y Epidemiología Social] (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 ...
    • 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 

      Calvo, Esteban [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Allel, Kasim [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Staudinger, Ursula M.; Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Medina, José T. [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Keyes, Katherine M. [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud] (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 ...
    • At Least I Didn't Get Raped: A Qualitative Exploration of IPV and Reproductive Coercion among Adolescent Girls Seeking Family Planning in Mexico 

      Uysal, Jasmine; Stockman, Jamila K.; Miller, Elizabeth; Rocha-Jimenez, Teresita [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Rangel, Gudelia M.; Padilla Mercado, Alejandra; Servin, Argentina E. (SAGE Publications Inc., 2020-11)
      Adolescent girls who report intimate partner violence (IPV) are at an increased risk of experiencing reproductive coercion (RC); both these forms of gender-based violence (GBV) are associated with unintended pregnancy. Yet ...
    • Healthy retirement begins at school: educational differences in the health outcomes of early transitions into retirement 

      Allel, Kasim [Univ Mayor, Sch Publ Hlth, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile]; León, Ana Sofia; Staudinger, Ursula M.; Calvo, Esteban [Univ Mayor, Sch Publ Hlth, Soc & Hlth Res Ctr, Chile] (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 ...
    • Intercepted journeys: Associations between migration and mobility experiences and depressive symptoms among substance using migrants at the Mexico-Guatemala border 

      Rocha-Jimenez, Teresita [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Fernandez-Casanueva, Carmen; Suarez-López, Jose R.; Zuñiga, María Luisa; Crespo, Noe; Morales-Miranda, Sonia; Goldenberg, Shira M.; Silverman, Jay G.; Brouwer, Kimberly C. (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, ...
    • Changes in opioid prescribing after implementation of mandatory registration and proactive reports within California's prescription drug monitoring program 

      Castillo-Carniglia, Alvaro [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; González-Santa Cruz, Andrés [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud]; Cerda, Magdalena; Delcher, Chris; Shev, Aaron B.; Wintemute, Garen J.; Henry, Stephen G. (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 ...
    • Social and Individual Subjective Wellbeing and Capabilities in Chile 

      González, Pablo A.; Dussaillant, Francisca; Calvo, Esteban [Chile. Universidad Mayor. Facultad de Humanidades. Centro de Investigación en Sociedad y Salud] (Frontiers Media S.A., 2021-01-18)
      The notion of social belongingness has been applied to different scales, from individual to social processes, and from subjective to objective dimensions. This article seeks to contribute to this multidimensional perspective ...


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