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Carlos Castillo-Salgado
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Open AccessSocioeconomic inequities of COVID-19 mortality in vulnerable Comunas of the City of Buenos Aires
During the COVID-19 pandemic, the gap in health inequities was exposed and increased, showing how different vulnerable groups were affected. Our aim was to examine the correlation between an area-based health ...
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Differences in magnitude and rates of change in BMI distributions by socioeconomic and geographic factors in Mexico, Colombia, and Peru, 2005–2010
Previous studies about obesity and its associated factors in low- and middle-income countries have been based mostly on women of reproductive age. Furthermore, disproportionally changing BMI distributions have...
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Open AccessEarly detection of malaria foci for targeted interventions in endemic southern Zambia
Zambia has achieved significant reductions in the burden of malaria through a strategy of "scaling-up" effective interventions. Progress toward ultimate malaria elimination will require sustained prevention co...
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Recommendations on Evaluation and Development of Useful Metrics for Urban Health
Even as the field of Urban Health continues to emerge, the need for useful metrics and measurement tools is becoming apparent. Currently many attributes of factors found in the urban environment may be measure...
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Develo** New Urban Health Metrics to Reduce the Know-Do Gap in Public Health
Recently, development and implementation of the knowledge component of urban health are being promoted by knowledge management (KM) methodologies and the establishment of Communities of Practice. However, the ...
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Health Status of Mexican-Origin Persons: Do Proxy Measures of Acculturation Advance our Understanding of Health Disparities?
Objectives This paper compares select health status indicators between the U.S. and Mexico, and within the Mexican-origin population using proxy measures of acculturation. Methods Statist...
