Daniel A Rodríguez

Biographic Data

ID708368
NAMEDaniel A Rodríguez
GIVEN NAMESDaniel A
FAMILY NAMERodríguez
SIGNATURERODRIGUEZ D A
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Berkeley
ORCID0000-0001-6550-5518
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS70
TOTAL CITATIONS251
AUTHOR COUNT70
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2003
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX9

  • Unequal risk

    Open AccessAndrés Villaveces, Lani C Fox et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2026

    Household locations of pedestrian injuries and fatalities are disproportionately concentrated in lower socioeconomic neighborhoods, reflecting deep-rooted disparities in urban infrastructure, pedestrian exposure, and traffic safety. This study analyzes the relationship between socioeconomic levels and pedestrian incidents in Cali, Colombia, focusing on both the residential locations of injured individuals and the physical locations of fatalities.…

  • Tracking the state and behavior of people in response to Covid-19 through the fusion of multiple longitudinal data streams

    Open AccessMohamed Amine Bouzaghrane, Hassan Obeid et al.ARTICLETransportation2025

  • Urban and socioeconomic disparities in PM 2.5 exposure across 340 Latin American cities

    Open AccessEdson J Ascencio, Antony Barja et al.ARTICLEEnvironmental Research Letters2025

    Background. Fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ) is a leading global health risk. Latin American cities exhibit some of the world's highest urban PM 2.5 levels, yet studies of neighborhood-level PM 2.5 exposure and associated disparities in the region are limited. Methods. We conducted a cross-sectional ecological analysis of 53 041 neighborhoods across 340 cities in eight Latin American countries, leveraging the Salud Urbana en America Latina study…

  • From hope to reality

    Open AccessJarbas Barbosa Da Silva, Sebastián García Saisó et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2025

  • Planning and Accommodating the Micromobility Revolution and Its Impact on Public Health

    D Alex Quistberg, Daniel A RodríguezARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2025References: 8

  • Associations between urban greenspace and depressive symptoms in Mexico's cities using different greenspace metrics

    Open AccessMaryia Bakhtsiyarava, Y Ju et al.ARTICLEApplied Geography2024

    Greenspace has been shown to be positively associated with mental wellbeing, but studies from the global South have been scarce. We advance the understanding of the relationship between greenspace and depressive symptoms by using multiple clearly defined metrics describing neighborhood greenness and urban parks in an understudied region with rapid urban growth. We linked individual-level health survey data for urban residents in Mexico (n = 17,25…

  • Comparing methods and data sources for classifying bicycle level of traffic stress

    Open AccessChester Harvey, Daniel A Rodríguez et al.ARTICLESustainable Cities and Society2024

  • Urban Environments, Health, and Environmental Sustainability

    Open AccessAna V Diez Roux, Marcio Alazraqui et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2024

    Despite the relevance of cities and city policies for health, there has been limited examination of large numbers of cities aimed at characterizing urban health determinants and identifying effective policies. The relatively few comparative studies that exist include few cities in lower and middle income countries. The Salud Urbana en America Latina study (SALURBAL) was launched in 2017 to address this gap. The study has four aims: (1) to investi…

  • Research Translation to Promote Urban Health in Latin America

    Open AccessS Claire Slesinski, Katherine Indvik et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2024References: 3

    In highly urbanized and unequal Latin America, urban health and health equity research are essential to effective policymaking. To ensure the application of relevant and context-specific evidence to efforts to reduce urban health inequities, urban health research in Latin America must incorporate strategic research translation efforts. Beginning in 2017, the Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL) project implemented policy-relevant research and…

  • A comparison of heat effects on road injury frequency between active travelers and motorized transportation users in six tropical and subtropical cities in Taiwan

    Open AccessCheng-Kuang Hsu, Daniel A RodríguezARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2024References: 45

    Road traffic injuries (RTIs) pose significant public health threats, particularly for vulnerable road users such as pedestrians and cyclists. While recent studies have revealed adverse impacts of heat exposure on RTI frequency among motorized road users, a research gap persists in understanding these impacts on non-motorized road users, especially in tropical regions where their vulnerability can be heightened due to differential thermal exposure…

  • Recent greening may curb urban warming in Latin American cities of better economic conditions

    Open AccessY Ju, Iryna Dronova et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2023

    Rising temperatures have profound impacts on the well-being of urban residents. However, factors explaining the temporal variability of urban thermal environment, or urban warming, remain insufficiently understood, especially in the Global South. Addressing this gap, we studied the relationship between city-level economic conditions and urban warming, and how urban green space mediated this relationship, focusing on 359 major Latin American citie…

  • Marked crosswalks in US transit-oriented station areas, 2007–2020

    Open AccessMeiqing Li, Hao Sheng et al.ARTICLEEnvironment and Planning B Urban…2023

    Improving the built environment to support walking is a popular strategy to increase urban sustainability and walkability. In the past decade alone, many US cities have implemented crosswalk visibility enhancement programs as part of road safety improvements and active transportation plans. However, there are no systematic ways of measuring and monitoring the presence of key built environment attributes that influence the safety and walkability o…

  • Modification of temperature-related human mortality by area-level socioeconomic and demographic characteristics in Latin American cities

    Open AccessMaryia Bakhtsiyarava, Leah H Schinasi et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2023Cited by: 3References: 47

    Evidence of effect modification of cold-related mortality in Latin American cities was limited, and unexpected patterns of modification of heat-related mortality were observed. Socioeconomic deprivation may impact cold-related mortality, particularly among the elderly. The findings of higher levels of poverty and income inequality associated with lower heat-related mortality deserve further investigation given the increasing importance of urban a…

  • Is self-reported park proximity associated with perceived social disorder? Findings from eleven cities in Latin America

    Open AccessMika Ruchama Moran, Daniel A Rodríguez et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2022

    Parks and greenspaces can enhance personal health in various ways, including among others, through psychological restoration and improved well-being. However, under certain circumstances, parks may also have adverse effects by providing isolated and hidden spaces for non-normative and crime-related activities. This study uses a survey conducted by the Development Bank of Latin America in a cross-sectional representative sample of 7,110 respondent…

  • City-Level Travel Time and Individual Dietary Consumption in Latin American Cities

    Open AccessJoanna M N Guimarães, Binod Acharya et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    There is limited empirical evidence on how travel time affects dietary patterns, and even less in Latin American cities (LACs). Using data from 181 LACs, we investigated whether longer travel times at the city level are associated with lower consumption of vegetables and higher consumption of sugar-sweetened beverages and if this association differs by city size. Travel time was measured as the average city-level travel time during peak hours and…

  • Urban Scaling of Health Outcomes

    Open AccessEdwin McCulley, Edwin M McCulley et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2022

    Urban scaling is a framework that describes how city-level characteristics scale with variations in city size. This scoping review mapped the existing evidence on the urban scaling of health outcomes to identify gaps and inform future research. Using a structured search strategy, we identified and reviewed a total of 102 studies, a majority set in high-income countries using diverse city definitions. We found several historical studies that exami…

  • Is city-level travel time by car associated with individual obesity or diabetes in Latin American cities? Evidence from 178 cities in the Salurbal project

    Open AccessXavier Delclòs-Alió, Daniel A Rodríguez et al.ARTICLECities2022References: 61

    There is growing evidence that longer travel time by private car poses physical and mental risks. Individual-level obesity and diabetes, two of the main public health challenges in low- and middle-income contexts, could be associated to city-level travel times by car. We used individual obesity and diabetes data from national health surveys from individuals in 178 Latin American cities, compiled and harmonized by the SALURBAL project. We calculat…

  • Craft and Artisan Initiatives of the Salvadoran Civil War (1980–1992)

    Emilio Velis, Kate Samson et al.ARTICLEDigital Culture & Society2021

    This article describes the testimonies of two arts and crafts collectives during the Salvadoran Civil War in the 1980s. These collectives, open to victims and refugees of the war, emerged as creative spaces during a time of significant social unrest. As participants learned to make and produce arts and crafts, these activities encouraged individual expression and allowed them to heal traumatic experiences. By describing the aspects that motivated…

  • Disentangling associations between vegetation greenness and dengue in a Latin American city

    Open AccessMaria Da Consolação Magalhães Cunha, Y Ju et al.ARTICLELandscape and Urban Planning2021

    Being a Re-Emerging Infectious Disease, dengue causes 390 million cases globally and is prevalent in many urban areas in South America. Understanding the fine-scale relationships between dengue incidence and environmental and socioeconomic factors can guide improved disease prevention strategies. This ecological study examines the association between dengue incidence and satellite-based vegetation greenness in 3826 census tracts nested in 474 nei…

  • Longitudinal Associations between the Neighborhood Built Environment and Cognition in US Older Adults

    Open AccessLilah Besser, Lun‐Ching Chang et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2021

    Few studies have examined associations between neighborhood built environments (BE) and longitudinally measured cognition. We examined whether four BE characteristics were associated with six-year change in global cognition and processing speed. We obtained data on 1816 participants without dementia from the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis. BE measures included social destination density, walking destination density, proportion of land dedi…

  • The equigenic effect of greenness on the association between education with life expectancy and mortality in 28 large Latin American cities

    Open AccessMika Ruchama Moran, Usama Bilal et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2021Cited by: 3References: 4

    Wellcome Trust (Grant, 205177/Z/16/Z)

  • Urban Transformations and Health

    Open AccessOlga L Sarmiento, Diana Higuera-Mendieta et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    Background: Cable cars provide urban mobility benefits for vulnerable populations. However, no evaluation has assessed cable cars' impact from a health perspective. TransMiCable in Bogotá, Colombia, provides a unique opportunity to 1) assess the effects of its implementation on the environmental and social determinants of health (microenvironment pollution, transport accessibility, physical environment, employment, social capital, and leisure tim…

  • The Right to Live in Health

    Daniel A RodríguezBOOKRight to Live in Health2020

    Daniel A. Rodríguez’s history of a newly independent Cuba shaking off the U.S. occupation focuses on the intersection of public health and politics in Havana. While medical policies were often used to further American colonial power, in Cuba, Rodríguez argues, they evolved into important expressions of anticolonial nationalism as Cuba struggled to establish itself as a modern state. A younger generation of Cuban medical reformers, including physi…

  • Assessing Google Street View Image Availability in Latin American Cities

    Open AccessDustin Fry, Stephen J Mooney et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2020Cited by: 6References: 3

    Virtual audits using Google Street View are an increasingly popular method of assessing neighborhood environments for health and urban planning research. However, the validity of these studies may be threatened by issues of image availability, image age, and variance of image age, particularly in the Global South. This study identifies patterns of Street View image availability, image age, and image age variance across cities in Latin America and…

  • GIS-Based Home Neighborhood Food Outlet Counts, Street Connectivity, and Frequency of Use of Neighborhood Restaurants and Food Stores

    Open AccessKe Peng, Daniel A Rodríguez et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2020Cited by: 1References: 1