Perceptions of social mobility: development of a new psychosocial indicator associated with adolescent risk behaviors.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald, Stefano Bertozzi DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Ritterman Weintraub ML, Fernald LC, Adler N, Bertozzi S, Syme SL. Perceptions of social mobility: development of a new psychosocial indicator associated with adolescent risk behaviors. Front Public Health. 2015 Apr 16;3:62. doi: 10.3389/fpubh.2015.00062. eCollection 2015. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Social class gradients

Function in Rural Guatemalan Women Before and After a Chimney Stove Intervention to Reduce Woodsmoke Exposure: Results From RESPIRE and CRECER.

CGPH FACULTY: Kirk R Smith, John Balmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Guarnieri M, Diaz E, Pope D, Eisen E, Mann J, Smith KR, Smith-Sivertsen T, Bruce N, Balmes J. Lung Function in Rural Guatemalan Women Before and After a Chimney Stove Intervention to Reduce Woodsmoke Exposure: Results From RESPIRE and

Genotypic and Spatial Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a High-Incidence Urban Setting.

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: May 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Ribeiro FK, Pan W, Bertolde A, Vinhas SA, Peres RL, Riley L, Palaci M, Maciel EL. Genotypic and Spatial Analysis of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Transmission in a High-Incidence Urban Setting. Clin Infect Dis. 2015 May 5. pii: civ365. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: “Genotyping Mycobacterium tuberculosis isolates

Hypertension in a brazilian urban slum population.

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Unger A, Felzemburgh RD, Snyder RE, Ribeiro GS, Mohr S, Costa VB, Melendez AX, Reis RB, Santana FS, Riley LW, Reis MG, Ko AI; Pau da Lima Urban Health Team. Hypertension in a brazilian urban slum population. J Urban Health. 2015 Jun;92(3):446-59.

Evidence based community mobilization for dengue prevention in Nicaragua and Mexico (Camino Verde, the Green Way): cluster randomized controlled trial.

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Andersson N, Nava-Aguilera E, Arosteguí J, Morales-Perez A, Suazo-Laguna H, Legorreta-Soberanis J, Hernandez-Alvarez C, Fernandez-Salas I, Paredes-Solís S, Balmaseda A, Cortés-Guzmán AJ, Serrano de Los Santos R, Coloma J, Ledogar RJ, Harris E. Evidence based community mobilization for dengue prevention in Nicaragua

Factors Associated with Low Levels of HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Brazil

UC BERKELEY AUTHOR: Art Reingold DATE OF PUBLICATION: June 2015 REGION: Brazil REFERENCE: Brito AM, Kendall C, Kerr L, Mota RMS, Guimarães MDC, Dourado I, et al. (2015) Factors Associated with Low Levels of HIV Testing among Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) in Brazil. PLoS ONE 10(6): e0130445. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0130445 SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The aim of

Hypertension in a Brazilian Urban Slum Population.

CGPH FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Unger A, Felzemburgh RD, Snyder RE, Ribeiro GS, Mohr S, Costa VB, Melendez AX, Reis RB, Santana FS, Riley LW, Reis MG, Ko AI; Pau da Lima Urban Health Team. Hypertension in a Brazilian Urban Slum Population. J Urban Health. 2015 Apr

Economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico.

CGPH FACULTY: Eva Harris DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Undurraga EA, Betancourt-Cravioto M, Ramos-Castañeda J, Martínez-Vega R, Méndez-Galván J, Gubler DJ, Guzmán MG, Halstead SB, Harris E, Kuri-Morales P, Tapia-Conyer R, Shepard DS. Economic and disease burden of dengue in Mexico. PLoS Negl Trop Dis. 2015 Mar 18;9(3):e0003547. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0003547. eCollection

Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica.

CGPH FACULTY: Brenda Eskenazi DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Mora AM, van Wendel de Joode B, Mergler D, Córdoba L, Cano C, Quesada R, Smith DR, Menezes-Filho JA, Eskenazi B. Maternal blood and hair manganese concentrations, fetal growth, and length of gestation in the ISA cohort in Costa Rica. Environ Res.

Rapid reduction in breast cancer mortality with inorganic arsenic in drinking water.

CGPH FACULTY: Allan H Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2015 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Smith AH, Marshall G, Yuan Y, Steinmaus C, Liaw J, Smith MT, Wood L, Heirich M, Fritzemeier RM, Pegram MD, Ferreccio C. Rapid reduction in breast cancer mortality with inorganic arsenic in drinking water. EBioMedicine. 2014 Nov 1;1(1):58-63. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Arsenic trioxide

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: January 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

The association between a living wage and subjective social status and self-rated health: a quasi-experimental study in the Dominican Republic.

CGPH FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: November 2014 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Landefeld JC, Burmaster KB, Rehkopf DH, Syme SL, Lahiff M, Adler-Milstein S, Fernald LC. The association between a living wage and subjective social status and self-rated health: a quasi-experimental study in the Dominican Republic. Soc Sci Med. 2014 Nov;121:91-7. doi: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2014.09.051. Epub