A stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial of a household UV-disinfection and safe storage drinking water intervention in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: John Colford, Kara Nelson DATE OF PUBLICATION: August 2013 REGION: Latin America (Mexico) REFERENCE: Gruber JS, Reygadas F, Arnold BF, Ray I, Nelson K, Colford JM Jr. A stepped wedge, cluster-randomized trial of a household UV-disinfection and safe storage drinking water intervention in rural Baja California Sur, Mexico. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2013

“Is it worth risking your life?”: Ethnography, risk and death on the U.S.-Mexico border

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Seth Holmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: July 2013 REGION: North America (Mexico-U.S border) REFERENCE: Holmes SM. “Is it worth risking your life?”: Ethnography, risk and death on the U.S.-Mexico border. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Jul 2. doi:pii: S0277-9536(13)00320-1. 10.1016/j.socscimed.2013.05.029. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Every year, several hundred people die attempting to cross the border from Mexico

Drinking water arsenic in Northern Chile: high cancer risks 40 years after exposure cessation

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Allan H. Smith, John Balmes DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2013 REGION: South America (Northern Chile) REFERENCE: Steinmaus CM, Ferreccio C, Romo JA, Yuan Y, Cortes S, Marshall G, Moore LE, Balmes JR, Liaw J, Golden T, Smith AH. Drinking water arsenic in northern chile: high cancer risks 40 years after exposure cessation.

Socio-demographic and clinical differences in subjects with tuberculosis with and without diabetes mellitus in Brazil–a multivariate analysis

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Lee Riley DATE OF PUBLICATION: April 2013 REGION: South America (Brazil) REFERENCE: Reis-Santos B, Locatelli R, Horta BL, Faerstein E, Sanchez MN, Riley LW, Maciel EL. Socio-demographic and clinical differences in subjects with tuberculosis with and without diabetes mellitus in Brazil–a multivariate analysis. PLoS One. 2013 Apr 24;8(4):e62604. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0062604. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Several

Cash and in-kind transfers lead to excess weight gain in a population of women with a high prevalence of overweight in rural Mexico

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: March 2013 REGION: Latin America (rural Mexico) REFERENCE: Leroy JL, Gadsden P, González de Cossío T, Gertler P. Cash and in-kind transfers lead to excess weight gain in a population of women with a high prevalence of overweight in rural Mexico.vJ Nutr. 2013 Mar;143(3):378-83. doi: 10.3945/jn.112.167627. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT:

Willingness-to-accept reductions in HIV risks: conditional economic incentives in Mexico

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Stefano Bertozzi, Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2013 REGION: Latin America (Mexico) REFERENCE: Galárraga O, Sosa-Rubí SG, Infante C, Gertler PJ, Bertozzi SM. Willingness-to-accept reductions in HIV risks: conditional economic incentives in Mexico.Eur J Health Econ. 2013 Feb 2.  SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: The objective of this study was to measure willingness-to-accept (WTA) reductions

Longitudinal relationship between personal CO and personal PM2.5 among women cooking with woodfired cookstoves in Guatemala

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Kirk R. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2013 REGION: Central America (Guatemala) REFERENCE: Arnold BF, Galiani S, Ram PK, Hubbard AE, Briceño B, Gertler PJ, Colford JM Jr. Optimal recall period for caregiver-reported illness in risk factor and intervention studies: a multicountry study. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Feb 15;177(4):361-70. doi: 10.1093/aje/kws281. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Household air

Optimal recall period for caregiver-reported illness in risk factor and intervention studies: a multicountry study.

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: John Colford, Paul Gertler DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2013 REGION: Asia (India, Indonesia), South America (Peru), Africa (Senegal) REFERENCE: Arnold BF, Galiani S, Ram PK, Hubbard AE, Briceño B, Gertler PJ, Colford JM Jr. Optimal recall period for caregiver-reported illness in risk factor and intervention studies: a multicountry study. Am J Epidemiol. 2013 Feb

The impact of freedom on fertility decline

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Martha Campbell, Malcolm Potts, Ndola Prata DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2013 REGION: Global REFERENCE: Campbell MM, Prata N, Potts M. The impact of freedom on fertility decline. J Fam Plann Reprod Health Care. 2013 Jan;39(1):44-50. doi: 10.1136/jfprhc-2012-100405. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Although fertility decline often correlates with improvements in socioeconomic conditions, many demographers have found

Cash transfers and domestic violence

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Lia Fernald DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2013 REGION: Ecuador (South America) REFERENCE: Hidrobo M, Fernald L. Cash transfers and domestic violence. J Health Econ. 2013 Jan;32(1):304-19. doi: 10.1016/j.jhealeco.2012.11.002. SUMMARY: Violence against women is a major health and human rights problem yet there is little rigorous evidence as to how to reduce it.

Low-dose metabolism of benzene in humans: science and obfuscation

CGPH AFFILIATED FACULTY: Stephen Rappaport DATE OF PUBLICATION: January 2013 REGION: Tianjin, China (Asia) REFERENCE: Rappaport SM, Kim S, Thomas R, Johnson BA, Bois FY, Kupper LL. Low-dose metabolism of benzene in humans: science and obfuscation. Carcinogenesis. 2013 Jan;34(1):2-9. doi: 10.1093/carcin/bgs382. SUMMARY: Benzene is a ubiquitous air pollutant that causes human leukemia and hematotoxic effects. Although the mechanism by which benzene

Evidence from Chile that arsenic in drinking water may increase mortality from pulmonary tuberculosis.

CGPH FACULTY: Allan H. Smith DATE OF PUBLICATION: February 2011 REGION: Latin America REFERENCE: Smith AH, Marshall G, Yuan Y, Liaw J, Ferreccio C, Steinmaus C. Evidence from Chile that arsenic in drinking water may increase mortality from pulmonary tuberculosis. Am J Epidemiol. 2011 Feb 15;173(4):414-20. doi: 10.1093/aje/kwq383. Epub 2010 Dec 29. SUMMARY/ABSTRACT: Arsenic in