Mexico’s Seguro Popular Appears To Have Helped Reduce The Risk Of Preterm Delivery Among Women With Low Education

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Carly Strouse, Maureen Lahiff, Julia Walsh, Sylvia Guendelman DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Mexico REFERENCE: Strouse C, Perez-cuevas R, Lahiff M, Walsh J, Guendelman S. Mexico’s Seguro Popular Appears To Have Helped Reduce The Risk Of Preterm Delivery Among Women With Low Education. Health Aff (Millwood). 2016;35(1):80-7. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Beginning in 2001 Mexico

An Exploratory Study of Internal Migration and Substance Use Among an Indigenous Community in Southern Mexico

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Miguel Pinedo DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Southern Mexico REFERENCE: Pinedo M, Sim DE, Giacinto RE, Luisa zuñiga M. An Exploratory Study of Internal Migration and Substance Use Among an Indigenous Community in Southern Mexico. Fam Community Health. 2016;39(1):24-30. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: he primary aim of this study was to explore the association between internal

Neutralizing antibody titers against dengue virus correlate with protection from symptomatic infection in a longitudinal cohort

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Leah C. Katzalnick, Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2016 REGION: Nicaragua REFERENCE: Katzelnick L, Montoya M, Gresh L, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Neutralizing antibody titers against dengue virus correlate with protection from symptomatic infection in a longitudinal cohort. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.2016;113(3):728–33. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:

Promoting Handwashing Behavior: The Effects of Large-scale Community and School-level Interventions.

CGPH FACULTY: Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: October 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Galiani S, Gertler P, Ajzenman N, Orsola-Vidal A. Promoting Handwashing Behavior: The Effects of Large-scale Community and School-level Interventions. Health Econ. 2015 Oct 12. doi: 10.1002/hec.3273 SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: This paper analyzes a randomized experiment that uses novel strategies to promote handwashing with soap

Cross-Sectional Association between Length of Incarceration and Selected Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Two Male Prisons of Mexico City.

CGPH FACULTY: Stefano Bertozzi DATE OF PUBLICATION: Septembe 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Silverman-Retana O, Lopez-Ridaura R, Servan-Mori E, Bautista-Arredondo S, Bertozzi SM. Cross-Sectional Association between Length of Incarceration and Selected Risk Factors for Non-Communicable Chronic Diseases in Two Male Prisons of Mexico City. PLoS One. 2015 Sep 18;10(9):e0138063. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0138063. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Mexico

Burden of Influenza and Influenza-Associated Pneumonia in the First Year of Life in a Prospective Cohort Study in Managua, Nicaragua.

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Gresh L, Kuan G, Sanchez N, Azziz-Baumgartner E, Ojeda S, Melendez M, Lopez R, Martin ET, Widdowson MA, Bresee J, Harris E, Balmaseda A, Gordon A. Burden of Influenza and Influenza-Associated Pneumonia in the First Year of Life in a Prospective Cohort

Lower Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels Are Associated with Severe Dengue Outcome

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Hope Biswas, Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Biswas HH, Gordon A, Nuñez A, Perez MA, Balmaseda A, Harris E. Lower Low-Density Lipoprotein Cholesterol Levels Are Associated with Severe Dengue Outcome. Halstead SB, ed. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases. 2015;9(9):e0003904. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Dengue virus (DENV) is a flavivirus of

Preterm delivery among first-time Mexico-born mothers: a binational population-based comparison of deliveries in California and Mexico.

CGPH FACULTY: Julia Walsh DATE OF PUBLICATION: September 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Guendelman S, Thornton D, Perez-Cuevas R, Walsh J. Preterm delivery among first-time Mexico-born mothers: a binational population-based comparison of deliveries in California and Mexico. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2015 Jan;69(1):35-40. doi: 10.1136/jech-2014-204020. Epub 2014 Sep 10. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: While studies have attributed the

Microcredit participation and women’s health: results from a cross-sectional study in Peru.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Hamad R, Fernald LC. Microcredit participation and women’s health: results from a cross-sectional study in Peru. Int J Equity Health. 2015 Aug 5;14:62. doi: 10.1186/s12939-015-0194-7. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Social and economic conditions are powerful determinants of women’s health status. Microcredit, which involves the provision

Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Lain America, Asia, Africa REFERENCE: Humphries DL, Dearden KA, Crookston BT, Fernald LC, Stein AD, Woldehanna T, Penny ME, Behrman JR; Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5

A Cross-Sectional Study of Prisoners in Mexico City Comparing Prevalence of Transmissible Infections and Chronic Diseases with That in the General Population.

CGPH FACULTY: Stefano Bertozzi DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Bautista-Arredondo S, González A, Servan-Mori E, Beynon F, Juarez-Figueroa L, Conde-Glez CJ, Gras N, Sierra-Madero J, Lopez-Ridaura R, Volkow P, Bertozzi SM. A Cross-Sectional Study of Prisoners in Mexico City Comparing Prevalence of Transmissible Infections and Chronic Diseases with That in the

Introduction and Establishment of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Managua, Nicaragua.

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Belli A, Arostegui J, Garcia J, Aguilar C, Lugo E, Lopez D, Valle S, Lopez M, Harris E, Coloma J. J Med Entomol. Introduction and Establishment of Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Managua, Nicaragua. 2015 Jul;52(4):713-8. doi: 10.1093/jme/tjv049. Epub 2015 May 6.