المؤلفون: Goliaei, Zahra, Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Diaz Rios, Karina, Pokhrel, Mamata, Burke, Nancy J

المصدر: International journal of environmental research and public health. 20(10)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Humans, Environment, Food Supply, Food, Refugees, Food Insecurity, Afghan refugees, United States, food access, food assistance, food insecurity, resettlement, Clinical Research, Prevention, Zero Hunger, Toxicology

الوصف: BackgroundLack of access to adequate, safe, and nutritious food is a major concern for the Afghan population due to ongoing war and humanitarian crises. Recently resettled Afghan refugees in the US continue to face challenges securing adequate, nutritious food resources in new environments. This study examined Afghan refugees' food access and insecurity in the San Joaquin Valley, California.MethodsSemi-structured, in-depth interviews were conducted to collect the perspectives and experiences of key informants and newly arrived Afghan refugees.ResultsThis study highlights environmental and structural factors (availability and accessibility of grocery stores; availability of religious-appropriate items in the stores; the public benefit received by a family; and public transportation) and individual factors (religious and cultural practices; financial and language barriers) as major determinants of post-resettlement food insecurity.ConclusionIncreasing the accessibility and affordability of culturally and religiously appropriate food items within the US food system, enhancing the collaboration of community volunteers and resettlement organizations in the direct assistance of new families, and providing continuous access to public benefits are possible steps to mitigate the risk of food insecurity among Afghan refugees. This study suggests a continuous examination of the degree of food insecurity in this population and its attendant health impacts.

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المؤلفون: Veloz, David, Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Brown, Paul, Gharibi, Hamed, Cisneros, Ricardo

المصدر: Atmospheric Pollution Research. 11(4)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Lung, Clinical Research, Respiratory, Air quality perception, Air quality attitude, Awareness, Asthma, San joaquin valley, Atmospheric Sciences, Environmental Science and Management, Environmental Engineering

الوصف: The San Joaquin valley (SJV) is known for having poor air quality and high rates of respiratory illnesses including asthma. This study was aimed to assess the perceptions about air quality of individuals who work outdoors in the San Joaquin Valley, California. Surveys were conducted with SJV residents (n = 198) to understand attitudes, perceptions of air quality, and behaviors related to air pollution of individuals who work outdoors. The results suggest that people who worry more about air quality tend to check air quality more often. It was found that individuals who suffer from asthma are more likely to check air quality when working and exercising outdoors. In addition, the differences on how people utilize informational sources regarding air quality were observed. Conclusion: Therefore, there is a need to further study attitudes and perceptions about air quality among populations who work outdoors.

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المؤلفون: Alcala, Emanuel, Brown, Paul, Capitman, John A, Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Cisneros, Ricardo

المصدر: International journal of environmental research and public health. 16(15)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Humans, Asthma, Hospitalization, Retrospective Studies, Environmental Pollution, Residence Characteristics, Adolescent, Child, Child, Preschool, Infant, Infant, Newborn, Ethnic Groups, Vulnerable Populations, Hospitals, Pediatric, California, Female, Male, Particulate Matter, Multilevel Analysis, air pollution, environmental justice, multilevel analysis, pediatric asthma, screening tool, Toxicology

الوصف: The CalEnviroScreen created by the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, Sacramento, USA, is a place-based dataset developed to measure environmental and social indicators that are theorized to have cumulative health impacts on populations. The objective of this study was to examine the extent to which the composite scores of the CalEnviroScreen tool are associated with pediatric asthma hospitalization. This was a retrospective analysis of California hospital discharge data from 2010 to 2012. Children who were hospitalized for asthma-related conditions, were aged 0-14 years, and resided in California were included in analysis. Rates of hospitalization for asthma-related conditions among children residing in California were calculated. Poisson multilevel modeling was used to account for individual- and neighborhood-level risk factors. Every unit increase in the CalEnviroScreen Score was associated with an increase of 1.6% above the mean rate of pediatric asthma hospitalizations (rate ratio (RR) = 1.016, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 1.014-1.018). Every unit increase in racial/ethnic segregation and diesel particulate matter was associated with an increase of 1.1% and 0.2% above the mean rate of pediatric asthma, respectively (RR = 1.011, 95% CI = 1.010-1.013; RR = 1.002, 95% CI = 1.001-1.004). The CalEnviroScreen is a unique tool that combines socioecological factors and environmental indicators to identify vulnerable communities with major health disparities, including pediatric asthma hospital use. Future research should identify mediating factors that contribute to community-level health disparities.

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المؤلفون: Halliday, Deanna M., Epperson, Anna E., Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Song, Anna V.

المساهمون: Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program

المصدر: Preventive Medicine Reports ; volume 33, page 102205 ; ISSN 2211-3355

مصطلحات موضوعية: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology

الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2023.102205Test
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المؤلفون: Jiang, Nan, Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Ling, Pamela M, Young-Wolff, Kelly C, Glantz, Stanton A

المصدر: International journal of environmental research and public health. 14(4)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Humans, Alcoholic Intoxication, Logistic Models, Cross-Sectional Studies, Alcohol Drinking, Socioeconomic Factors, Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, United States, Female, Male, Young Adult, Smoke-Free Policy, Binge Drinking, alcohol, hazardous drinking, smoke-free law, smoking, Alcoholism, Alcohol Use and Health, Substance Abuse, Tobacco Smoke and Health, Behavioral and Social Science, Prevention, Underage Drinking, Tobacco, Pediatric, 3.1 Primary prevention interventions to modify behaviours or promote well-being, Cancer, Stroke, Cardiovascular, Smoking and Health, Toxicology

الوصف: Tobacco and alcohol use are strongly associated. This cross-sectional study examined the relationship of smoke-free law coverage and smoke-free bar law coverage with hazardous drinking behaviors among a representative sample of U.S. adult drinkers (n = 17,057). We merged 2009 National Health Interview Survey data, American Nonsmokers' Rights Foundation U.S. Tobacco Control Laws Database, and Census Population Estimates. Hazardous drinking outcomes included heavy drinking (>14 drinks/week for men; >7 drinks/week for women) and binge drinking (≥5 drinks on one or more days during past year). Chi-square tests compared hazardous drinking by sociodemographic factors. Multivariable logistic regression models were used to examine if smoke-free law and bar law coverages were associated with hazardous drinking, controlling for sociodemographics and smoking status. Subset analyses were conducted among drinkers who also smoked (n = 4074) to assess the association between law coverages and hazardous drinking. Among all drinkers, smoke-free law coverage was not associated with heavy drinking (adjusted odds ratio (AOR) = 1.22, 95% confidence interval (CI) = 0.99-1.50) or binge drinking (AOR = 1.09, 95% CI = 0.93-1.26). Smoke-free bar law coverage was also found to be unrelated to hazardous drinking. Similar results were found among those drinkers who smoked. Findings suggest that smoke-free laws and bar laws are not associated with elevated risk for alcohol-related health issues.

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المؤلفون: Cheng, Kai‐Wen, Liu, Feng, Gonzalez, MariaElena, Glantz, Stanton

المصدر: Health Economics. 26(2)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Economics, Policy and Administration, Applied Economics, Human Society, Substance Misuse, Tobacco Smoke and Health, Basic Behavioral and Social Science, Prevention, Health Effects of Indoor Air Pollution, Behavioral and Social Science, Drug Abuse (NIDA only), Tobacco, Air Pollution, Indoor, Humans, Smoking, Smoking Prevention, Tobacco Smoke Pollution, United States, Workplace, clean indoor air law coverage, local ordinances, smoking, Public Health and Health Services, Econometrics, Health Policy & Services, Applied economics, Policy and administration

الوصف: This study investigated the effects of workplace clean indoor air law (CIAL) coverage on worksite compliance with CIALs, smoking participation among indoor workers, and secondhand smoke (SHS) exposure among nonsmoker indoor workers. This study improved on previous research by using the probability of a resident in a county covered by workplace CIALs, taking into account the state, county, and city legislation. The county-level probability of being covered by a CIAL is merged into two large nationally representative US surveys on smoking behaviors: Tobacco Use Supplement of the Current Population Survey (2001-2010) and Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (2000-2006) based on the year of the survey and respondent's geographic location to identify respondents' CIAL coverage. This study estimated several model specifications of including and not including state or county fixed effects, and the effects of workplace CIALs are consistent across models. Increased coverage by workplace CIALs significantly increased likelihood of reporting a complete smoking restriction by 8% and 10% for the two different datasets, decreased smoking participation among indoor workers by 12%, and decreased SHS exposure among nonsmokers by 28%. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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المؤلفون: Cisneros, Ricardo, Brown, Paul, Cameron, Linda, Gaab, Erin, Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Ramondt, Steven, Veloz, David, Song, Anna, Schweizer, Don

مصطلحات موضوعية: Humans, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Perception, Air Pollution, Public Opinion, Adult, Middle Aged, California, Female, Male, Climate-Related Exposures and Conditions, Clinical Research, Environmental Science and Management, Public Health and Health Services

الوصف: The San Joaquin Valley of California has poor air quality and high rates of asthma. Surveys were collected from 744 residents of the San Joaquin Valley from November 2014 to January 2015 to examine the public's views about air quality. The results of this study suggest that participants exposed to high PM2.5 (particulate matter less than 2.5 microns in size) concentrations perceived air pollution to be of the worst quality. Air quality in the San Joaquin Valley was primarily perceived as either moderate or unhealthy for sensitive groups. Females perceived air pollution to be of worse quality compared to males. Participants perceived unemployment, crime, and obesity to be the top three most serious community problems in the San Joaquin Valley. Participants viewed cars and trucks, windblown dust, and factories as the principle contributors to air pollution in the area. There is a need to continue studying public perceptions of air quality in the San Joaquin Valley with a more robust survey with more participants over several years and seasons.

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المؤلفون: Brown, Paul, Cameron, Linda, Cisneros, Ricardo, Cox, Rachel, Gaab, Erin, Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Ramondt, Steven, Song, Anna

المصدر: International journal of environmental research and public health. 13(12)

مصطلحات موضوعية: Humans, Air Pollutants, Perception, Environment, Air Pollution, Adult, Middle Aged, Hispanic Americans, California, Female, Male, Latino health, air quality, perceptions, Toxicology

الوصف: The San Joaquin Valley (SJV) of California has poor air quality, high rates of asthma, and high rates of obesity. Informational campaigns aimed at increasing awareness of the health impacts of poor air quality and promoting behavior change need to be tailored to the specific target audiences. The study examined perceptions of air quality, perceived health impacts, and methods of accessing information about air quality between Latinos and other groups in the SJV. Residents of the SJV (n = 744) where surveyed via one of three methods: community organizations (256), public locations (251), and an internet panel (237). The results suggest that people perceive the air quality in their region to be generally unhealthy, particularly for sensitive groups. The air quality is more likely to be reported as being unhealthy by people with health problems and less unhealthy by Latinos and people who report regularly exercising. Latinos are more likely to report working outdoors regularly, but also more likely to report being able to reduce their exposure if the air quality is unhealthy. The results report differences in informational sources about air quality, suggesting that informational campaigns should target high risk groups using a variety of media.

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المؤلفون: Temourian, Allison A., Song, Anna V., Halliday, Deanna M., Gonzalez, Mariaelena, Epperson, Anna E.

المصدر: Preventive Medicine Reports ; volume 29, page 101924 ; ISSN 2211-3355

مصطلحات موضوعية: Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, Epidemiology

الإتاحة: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmedr.2022.101924Test
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المؤلفون: Mendiola, Jennifer, Do-Reynoso, Van, Gonzalez, Mariaelena

مصطلحات موضوعية: Epidemiology, Health Services and Systems, Public Health, Health Sciences, Immunization, Prevention, Biodefense, Infectious Diseases, Influenza, Emerging Infectious Diseases, Vaccine Related, Pneumonia & Influenza, Clinical Research, Infection, Good Health and Well Being, California, Mexican Americans, Vaccination, Public Health and Health Services, Health services and systems, Public health

الوصف: First generation Latinos often have better health behaviors and outcomes than second and third generation Latinos. This study examined the correlates of seasonal influenza vaccinations among Mexican-identified (Mexican) adults, who make up the largest Latino subgroup in California. A sample of Mexican adults (N = 7493) from the 2011-12 California Interview Health Survey was used to compare the odds of first, second, and third generation Mexicans receiving influenza vaccinations in the past year. We performed a logistic regression taking into account socio-demographic characteristics, health status, and access to care. We repeated the analysis after stratifying for nativity, and then age. Being a second (odds ratio (OR) = 0.74, confidence interval (CI): 0.59, 0.92) and third generation or higher (OR = 0.66, CI: 0.51, 0.86) Mexican was associated with lower odds of getting an influenza vaccination compared to first generation Mexicans. Having a chronic disease, and access to care was associated with higher odds of vaccination, while lower age was associated with lower odds of vaccination among both US-, and foreign-born Mexicans. Given that the majority of Mexicans in California are US-born, the fact that being second- and third-generation Mexicans was associated with lower influenza vaccination rates is of significant concern.

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