M Alvarado
Biographic Data
| ID | 18200 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Alvarado |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Alvarado |
| SIGNATURE | ALVARADO M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Cambridge |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2864-9410 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Examining food sharing practices in Caribbean Small Island Developing States and their potential for improving health outcomes, through a system-informed lens
Food sharing is an important part of food practices in many settings and contributes to food access and diversity. Food sharing has long been embedded in Caribbean culture, reflecting values of community, care, and social cohesion. These practices are undergoing shifts influenced by various socio-political, economic, and environmental factors. Contemporary trends suggest a decline in food sharing, with increased sharing of convenience-oriented fo…
Systems-informed approaches to evaluating population health interventions
There have been many calls for systems-informed approaches to evaluation. Population health interventions, which often focus on improving the upstream determinants of health through large-scale change, seem well-suited to systems-informed approaches to evaluation. The purported benefits and appropriateness of taking a systems-based approach to population health intervention evaluation have been extensively discussed, and there is a growing, but s…
Comparación de impuestos como porcentaje del precio de las bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Los impuestos selectivos al consumo pueden utilizarse para reducir el consumo de bebidas azucaradas, un importante factor de riesgo prevenible de las enfermedades no transmisibles. El objetivo de este estudio es comparar nuevos indicadores estandarizados del nivel de impuestos aplicados a las bebidas azucaradas como porcentaje del precio en las distintas categorías de bebidas en América Latina y el Caribe. Método. Utilizamos un método d…
Recognizing the ethical complexity of food policies and the role of the food industry
Restrictive food policies are often contentious and controversial. Supporters of these policies view them as imperative for achieving public health aims while some opponents view them as overly paternalistic, infringing on consumer choice and potentially inequitable. As a consequence, their ethical status and permissibility are both contested and of importance in decision-making for policy. Traditional ethical analysis of these interventions has …
Sociocultural adaptation process of international graduate students at a university in southern Chile
Complicaciones y reacciones agudas durante la transfusión masiva de sangre
Actualmente las transfusiones de hemocomponentes y hemoderivados son una práctica aceptada que se realiza en varios centros de salud. Sin duda, las investigaciones han habilitado lo que una vez fue una práctica prohibida, con daños y efectos desconocidos. El descubrimiento de los grupos ABO y RH propulsó y reabrió las investigaciones en las prácticas de transfusiones. Además de otros avances que permitieron el almacenamiento, manipulación y cuida…
Using systems thinking to generate novel research questions for the evaluation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies
Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes have been recommended by the WHO, introduced in over 85 countries, and assessed through an increasing number of evaluations. However, few studies have applied systems thinking to generate questions exploring the range of ways in which an SSB tax, and the system within which it is embedded, have adapted to one another over time. We demonstrate how adopting this perspective could advance the field. A systems thi…
Street trees and mental health
We considered the relationship between street trees and mental health with the aim of developing systems thinking-informed hypotheses to improve the implementation and evaluation of this popular nature-based solution (NBS). We integrated qualitative and quantitative evidence using causal loop diagraming (CLD), and then further analyzed and extended these diagrams with the aid of systems archetypes to identify key system structures. From these CLD…
Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean
Objective. To characterize the design of excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean and assess opportunities to increase their impact on SSB consumption and health. Methods. A comprehensive search and review of the legislation in effect as of March 2019, collected through existing Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization monitoring tools, secondary sources, and surveying ministries of…
Impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Caracterizar el diseño de los impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe, y evaluar las oportunidades de aumentar su impacto en el consumo y la salud. Métodos. Se llevó a cabo una búsqueda y una evaluación exhaustivas de legislaciones vigentes a marzo del 2019, recopiladas mediante las herramientas de seguimiento ya existentes de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y de la Organización Mundi…
Evidence of a health risk ‘signalling effect’ following the introduction of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax
Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been associated with increased rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes, making SSBs an increasingly popular target for taxation. In addition to changing prices, the introduction of an SSB tax may convey information about the health risks of SSBs (a signalling effect). If SSB taxation operates in part by producing a health risk signal, there may be important opportunities to amplify this effect. Our aim …
Regulatory measures to fight obesity in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean and Pacific, 2015 – 2017
This report examines the experiences of Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean- Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, and in the Pacific- Fiji, Nauru, and Tonga with specific governmental regulatory measures to reduce the risk of obesity and associated diet-related chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as well as the obstacles and opportunities encountered. Guided by the diet-related indicators of the World Health Organization (WHO) Noncommuni…
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The Foundation
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010
Disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010
Evidence of a health risk ‘signalling effect’ following the introduction of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax
Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been associated with increased rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes, making SSBs an increasingly popular target for taxation. In addition to changing prices, the introduction of an SSB tax may convey information about the health risks of SSBs (a signalling effect). If SSB taxation operates in part by producing a health risk signal, there may be important opportunities to amplify this effect. Our aim …
Sociocultural adaptation process of international graduate students at a university in southern Chile
Years lived with disability (YLDs) for 1160 sequelae of 289 diseases and injuries 1990–2010
Disability-adjusted life years (Dalys) for 291 diseases and injuries in 21 regions, 1990–2010
Global and regional mortality from 235 causes of death for 20 age groups in 1990 and 2010
Regulatory measures to fight obesity in Small Island Developing States of the Caribbean and Pacific, 2015 – 2017
This report examines the experiences of Small Island Developing States in the Caribbean- Barbados, Dominica, Jamaica, and in the Pacific- Fiji, Nauru, and Tonga with specific governmental regulatory measures to reduce the risk of obesity and associated diet-related chronic noncommunicable diseases (NCDs), as well as the obstacles and opportunities encountered. Guided by the diet-related indicators of the World Health Organization (WHO) Noncommuni…
Full Issue
The Foundation
Excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages in Latin America and the Caribbean
Objective. To characterize the design of excise taxes on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) in Latin America and the Caribbean and assess opportunities to increase their impact on SSB consumption and health. Methods. A comprehensive search and review of the legislation in effect as of March 2019, collected through existing Pan American Health Organization and World Health Organization monitoring tools, secondary sources, and surveying ministries of…
Impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Caracterizar el diseño de los impuestos selectivos al consumo de bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe, y evaluar las oportunidades de aumentar su impacto en el consumo y la salud. Métodos. Se llevó a cabo una búsqueda y una evaluación exhaustivas de legislaciones vigentes a marzo del 2019, recopiladas mediante las herramientas de seguimiento ya existentes de la Organización Panamericana de la Salud y de la Organización Mundi…
Evidence of a health risk ‘signalling effect’ following the introduction of a sugar-sweetened beverage tax
Consuming sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) has been associated with increased rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes, making SSBs an increasingly popular target for taxation. In addition to changing prices, the introduction of an SSB tax may convey information about the health risks of SSBs (a signalling effect). If SSB taxation operates in part by producing a health risk signal, there may be important opportunities to amplify this effect. Our aim …
Complicaciones y reacciones agudas durante la transfusión masiva de sangre
Actualmente las transfusiones de hemocomponentes y hemoderivados son una práctica aceptada que se realiza en varios centros de salud. Sin duda, las investigaciones han habilitado lo que una vez fue una práctica prohibida, con daños y efectos desconocidos. El descubrimiento de los grupos ABO y RH propulsó y reabrió las investigaciones en las prácticas de transfusiones. Además de otros avances que permitieron el almacenamiento, manipulación y cuida…
Using systems thinking to generate novel research questions for the evaluation of sugar-sweetened beverage taxation policies
Sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes have been recommended by the WHO, introduced in over 85 countries, and assessed through an increasing number of evaluations. However, few studies have applied systems thinking to generate questions exploring the range of ways in which an SSB tax, and the system within which it is embedded, have adapted to one another over time. We demonstrate how adopting this perspective could advance the field. A systems thi…
Street trees and mental health
We considered the relationship between street trees and mental health with the aim of developing systems thinking-informed hypotheses to improve the implementation and evaluation of this popular nature-based solution (NBS). We integrated qualitative and quantitative evidence using causal loop diagraming (CLD), and then further analyzed and extended these diagrams with the aid of systems archetypes to identify key system structures. From these CLD…
Recognizing the ethical complexity of food policies and the role of the food industry
Restrictive food policies are often contentious and controversial. Supporters of these policies view them as imperative for achieving public health aims while some opponents view them as overly paternalistic, infringing on consumer choice and potentially inequitable. As a consequence, their ethical status and permissibility are both contested and of importance in decision-making for policy. Traditional ethical analysis of these interventions has …
Sociocultural adaptation process of international graduate students at a university in southern Chile
Comparación de impuestos como porcentaje del precio de las bebidas azucaradas en América Latina y el Caribe
Objetivo. Los impuestos selectivos al consumo pueden utilizarse para reducir el consumo de bebidas azucaradas, un importante factor de riesgo prevenible de las enfermedades no transmisibles. El objetivo de este estudio es comparar nuevos indicadores estandarizados del nivel de impuestos aplicados a las bebidas azucaradas como porcentaje del precio en las distintas categorías de bebidas en América Latina y el Caribe. Método. Utilizamos un método d…
Examining food sharing practices in Caribbean Small Island Developing States and their potential for improving health outcomes, through a system-informed lens
Food sharing is an important part of food practices in many settings and contributes to food access and diversity. Food sharing has long been embedded in Caribbean culture, reflecting values of community, care, and social cohesion. These practices are undergoing shifts influenced by various socio-political, economic, and environmental factors. Contemporary trends suggest a decline in food sharing, with increased sharing of convenience-oriented fo…
Systems-informed approaches to evaluating population health interventions
There have been many calls for systems-informed approaches to evaluation. Population health interventions, which often focus on improving the upstream determinants of health through large-scale change, seem well-suited to systems-informed approaches to evaluation. The purported benefits and appropriateness of taking a systems-based approach to population health intervention evaluation have been extensively discussed, and there is a growing, but s…
Medicine (7 works) · Economics (6 works) · Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (6 works) · Political science (6 works) · Business (5 works) · Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (4 works) · Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (4 works) · Public economics (4 works) · Computer Science (3 works) · Consumption (sociology (3 works)