Browsing by Author "Sarmiento, Olga L."

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    • Aging and self‑reported health in 114 Latin American cities: gender and socio‑economic inequalities 
      Castillo Riquelme, Marianela Carmen; Yamada, Goro; Diez Roux, Ana V.; Alfaro Morgado, Tania; Flores Alvarado, Sandra Andrea; Barrientos, Tonatiuh; Teixeira Vas, Camila; Trotta, Andrés; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Lazo, Mariana (BMC, England, 2022)
      Background: Understanding how urban environments influence people’s health, especially as individuals age, can help identify ways to improve health in the rapidly urbanizing and rapidly aging populations.
    • Do Health Benefits Outweigh the Costs of Mass Recreational Programs? An Economic Analysis of Four Ciclovía Programs 
      Montes, Felipe; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Zarama, Roberto; Pratt, Michael; Wang, Guijing; Jacoby, Enrique; Schmid, Thomas L.; Ramos, Mauricio; Ruiz, Oscar; Vargas, Olga; Michel, Gabriel; Zieff, Susan G.; Valdivia Hepp, Juan; Cavill, Nick; Kahlmeier, Sonja (Springer, 2012-02)
      One promising public health intervention for promoting physical activity is the Ciclovia program. The Ciclovia is a regular multisectorial community-based program in which streets are temporarily closed for motorized ...
    • Implementation of childhood obesity prevention and control policies in the United States and Latin America: ... 
      Pérez Escamilla, Rafael; Vilar Compte, Mireya; Rhodes, Elizabeth; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Corvalán Aguilar, Camila Luz; Sturke, Rachel; Vorkoper, Susan (Wiley, 2021)
      Progress has been made in the development and widespread implementation of effective interventions to address childhood obesity, yet important challenges remain. To understand how the United States and Latin American ...
    • Social inclusion and physical activity in ciclovía recreativa programs in Latin America 
      Mejía Arbeláez, Carlos; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Mora Vega, Rodrigo Iván; Flores Castillo, Mónica; Truffello, Ricardo; Martínez, Lina; Medina, Catalina; Guaje, Oscar; Pinzón Ortiz, José David; Useche, Andrés F.; Rojas Rueda, David; Delclòs Alió, Xavier (MDPI, 2021)
      Ciclovia Recreativa is a program in which streets are closed off to automobiles so that people have a safe and inclusive space for recreation and for being physically active. The study aims were: (1) to compare participant's ...