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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 ...
Association of Recreational Cannabis Laws in Colorado and Washington State With Changes in Traffic Fatalities, 2005-2017
(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 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 ...
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 ...
Ripple Effects of a Community-Based Randomized Trial for Rural Women: Strong Hearts, Healthy Communities
(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 ...
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 ...
At Least I Didn't Get Raped: A Qualitative Exploration of IPV and Reproductive Coercion among Adolescent Girls Seeking Family Planning in Mexico
(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 ...
Trends in marijuana use in two Latin American countries: an age, period and cohort study
(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
(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
(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 ...