Ana Villalobos
Biographic Data
| ID | 325811 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ana Villalobos |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ana |
| FAMILY NAME | Villalobos |
| SIGNATURE | VILLALOBOS A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4509-1455 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Socioeconomic inequalities in the continuum of care for maternal health in an upper-middle-income country
This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in the continuum of care for maternal health according to socioeconomic status and the contribution of sociodemographic factors to this inequality. We used data from the Mexican National Continuous Health and Nutrition Survey (2021-2023), which included 2,846 women who had recently given birth. We assessed both independent and conditional coverage indicators …
Comprehensive sexuality education as a strategy to prevent teenage pregnancy in predominantly Indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) aims to prepare adolescents for safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives. The aim of this study was to assess the perspective of key informants regarding CSE content to prevent teenage pregnancy, as well as to identify implementation barriers in predominantly indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico. We conducted a descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured interviews to explore three different groups’…
Sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in vulnerable contexts in Mexico
Ensuring sexual and reproductive health, and rights for adolescents entails the prevention of early pregnancies, which are widely recognized as a public health problem. Based on the ecological model for early pregnancy, this article identifies the healthcare requirements for preventing unintended adolescent pregnancies in predominantly indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico. Using a convergent parallel mixed-methods study design, we surveyed a…
Public policy on the prevention of subsequent adolescent pregnancy
This study aims to conduct a search of public-policy instruments seeking explicit references to subsequent adolescent pregnancy, as well as to discern what kinds of actions have been proposed as part of the international and national agendas to facilitate subsequent adolescent pregnancy prevention and care. During June 2021, we used an integrative review to search and to analyze national and international public policy instruments along with othe…
Comparative Analysis of Lifetime Suicide Attempts among Mexican Adolescents, over the Past 12 Years
The sharp increase in suicide attempts in Mexico calls for an urgent public-health response via universal and targeted interventions supported by national policy and sustained federal funding
Adolescent Friendly Services
OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of adolescent friendly health services. METHODS: Qualitative assessment using the simulated user technique in first level clinics of Health Services of Morelos, Mexico, during 2018. Ten out of 17 facilities with non-exclusive adolescent friendly services were randomly selected. An additional facility with exclusive adolescent friendly services was included as an intensive subsample. Four adolescents served as simu…
Government Expenditure on Maternal Health and Family Planning Services for Adolescents in Mexico, 2003–2015
The purpose of this study was to assess whether government policies to expand the coverage of maternal health and family planning (MHFP) services were benefiting the adolescents in need. To this end, we estimated government MHFP expenditure for 10- to 19-year-old adolescents without social security (SS) coverage between 2003 and 2015. We evaluated its evolution and distribution nationally and sub-nationally by level of marginalization, as well as…
I Matter, I Learn, I Decide”
Factors associated with pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican women aged 15-24
Adolescent pregnancy is associated with poor health and socioeconomic factors. The adolescent pregnancy rate in Mexico is the highest among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We aimed to explore the factors associated with pregnancies and births in adolescent and young adult women. Using the 2015 Mexican National Survey of Boys, Girls, and Women (ENIM), we examined two dichotomous outcomes: "ever pregnant…
Compensatory Connection
In the past several decades, mothering has intensified by a number of measures. Explanations for this intensification tend to forefront women's concerns about others, such as concerns about their children's future economic security. This qualitative 3-year longitudinal study of U.S. mothers of young children looks at women's own needs in relation to their mothering intensity. It finds an additional factor contributing to this intensity is 'compen…
Motherload
In a time of economic anxiety, fear of terrorism, and marital uncertainty, insecurity has become a big part of life for many American mothers. With bases of security far from guaranteed, mothers are often seeking something they can count on. In this beautifully written and accessible book, Ana Villalobos shows how mothers frequently rely on the one thing that seems sure to them: the mother-child relationship. Based on over one hundred interviews …
Experiencias de mujeres mexicanas migrantes indocumentadas en California, Estados Unidos, en su acceso a los servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva
El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la experiencia de mujeres mexicanas migrantes en California, Estados Unidos, en torno a la utilización de los servicios formales de salud para resolver problemas relacionados con su salud sexual y reproductiva. El diseño fue cualitativo, con enfoque teórico metodológico de antropología interpretativa. Las técnicas utilizadas fueron historias de vida con mujeres usuarias de los servicios de salud en Californ…
Compensatory Connection
In the past several decades, mothering has intensified by a number of measures. Explanations for this intensification tend to forefront women's concerns about others, such as concerns about their children's future economic security. This qualitative 3-year longitudinal study of U.S. mothers of young children looks at women's own needs in relation to their mothering intensity. It finds an additional factor contributing to this intensity is 'compen…
Experiencias de mujeres mexicanas migrantes indocumentadas en California, Estados Unidos, en su acceso a los servicios de salud sexual y reproductiva
El objetivo de este estudio fue conocer la experiencia de mujeres mexicanas migrantes en California, Estados Unidos, en torno a la utilización de los servicios formales de salud para resolver problemas relacionados con su salud sexual y reproductiva. El diseño fue cualitativo, con enfoque teórico metodológico de antropología interpretativa. Las técnicas utilizadas fueron historias de vida con mujeres usuarias de los servicios de salud en Californ…
Motherload
In a time of economic anxiety, fear of terrorism, and marital uncertainty, insecurity has become a big part of life for many American mothers. With bases of security far from guaranteed, mothers are often seeking something they can count on. In this beautifully written and accessible book, Ana Villalobos shows how mothers frequently rely on the one thing that seems sure to them: the mother-child relationship. Based on over one hundred interviews …
Compensatory Connection
In the past several decades, mothering has intensified by a number of measures. Explanations for this intensification tend to forefront women's concerns about others, such as concerns about their children's future economic security. This qualitative 3-year longitudinal study of U.S. mothers of young children looks at women's own needs in relation to their mothering intensity. It finds an additional factor contributing to this intensity is 'compen…
Factors associated with pregnancy and motherhood among Mexican women aged 15-24
Adolescent pregnancy is associated with poor health and socioeconomic factors. The adolescent pregnancy rate in Mexico is the highest among the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) countries. We aimed to explore the factors associated with pregnancies and births in adolescent and young adult women. Using the 2015 Mexican National Survey of Boys, Girls, and Women (ENIM), we examined two dichotomous outcomes: "ever pregnant…
Adolescent Friendly Services
OBJECTIVE: To assess the quality of adolescent friendly health services. METHODS: Qualitative assessment using the simulated user technique in first level clinics of Health Services of Morelos, Mexico, during 2018. Ten out of 17 facilities with non-exclusive adolescent friendly services were randomly selected. An additional facility with exclusive adolescent friendly services was included as an intensive subsample. Four adolescents served as simu…
Government Expenditure on Maternal Health and Family Planning Services for Adolescents in Mexico, 2003–2015
The purpose of this study was to assess whether government policies to expand the coverage of maternal health and family planning (MHFP) services were benefiting the adolescents in need. To this end, we estimated government MHFP expenditure for 10- to 19-year-old adolescents without social security (SS) coverage between 2003 and 2015. We evaluated its evolution and distribution nationally and sub-nationally by level of marginalization, as well as…
I Matter, I Learn, I Decide”
Comparative Analysis of Lifetime Suicide Attempts among Mexican Adolescents, over the Past 12 Years
The sharp increase in suicide attempts in Mexico calls for an urgent public-health response via universal and targeted interventions supported by national policy and sustained federal funding
Public policy on the prevention of subsequent adolescent pregnancy
This study aims to conduct a search of public-policy instruments seeking explicit references to subsequent adolescent pregnancy, as well as to discern what kinds of actions have been proposed as part of the international and national agendas to facilitate subsequent adolescent pregnancy prevention and care. During June 2021, we used an integrative review to search and to analyze national and international public policy instruments along with othe…
Sexual and reproductive health among adolescents in vulnerable contexts in Mexico
Ensuring sexual and reproductive health, and rights for adolescents entails the prevention of early pregnancies, which are widely recognized as a public health problem. Based on the ecological model for early pregnancy, this article identifies the healthcare requirements for preventing unintended adolescent pregnancies in predominantly indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico. Using a convergent parallel mixed-methods study design, we surveyed a…
Comprehensive sexuality education as a strategy to prevent teenage pregnancy in predominantly Indigenous communities of Chiapas, Mexico
Comprehensive sexuality education (CSE) aims to prepare adolescents for safe, healthy, and fulfilling lives. The aim of this study was to assess the perspective of key informants regarding CSE content to prevent teenage pregnancy, as well as to identify implementation barriers in predominantly indigenous communities in Chiapas, Mexico. We conducted a descriptive qualitative study using semi-structured interviews to explore three different groups’…
Socioeconomic inequalities in the continuum of care for maternal health in an upper-middle-income country
This cross-sectional study aimed to identify the magnitude of socioeconomic inequalities in the continuum of care for maternal health according to socioeconomic status and the contribution of sociodemographic factors to this inequality. We used data from the Mexican National Continuous Health and Nutrition Survey (2021-2023), which included 2,846 women who had recently given birth. We assessed both independent and conditional coverage indicators …
Medicine (7 works) · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health (6 works) · Environmental health (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Reproductive health (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Developmental psychology (3 works)