Tania Alfaro

Datos Biográficos

ID6653038
NOMBRETania Alfaro
NOMBRESTania
APELLIDOAlfaro
FIRMAALFARO T
AFILIACIONESUniversity of Chile
ORCID0000-0002-2528-1457
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS6
TOTAL DE CITAS2
TOTAL COMO AUTOR6
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H1

  • Associations between social and built environments and cardiovascular disease mortality across 342 Latin American cities

    Open AccessDayan Carvalho Ramos Salles De Oliveira, Nelson Gouveia et al.ARTICLEJournal of Global Health2025

    Background: Latin American cities have heterogeneous mortality and urban environment profiles. We aim to describe the variability in cardiovascular disease (CVD) mortality across and within cities, and within and between Latin American countries, and investigate the associations between urban environmental features and CVD mortality in these areas. Methods: Using harmonised data from the Salud Urbana en América Latina (i.e. Urban Health in Latin …

  • 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…

  • Aging and self-reported health in 114 Latin American cities

    Open AccessMarianela Castillo‐Riquelme, Marianela Castillo-Riquelme et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Across cities in Latin America, aging impact on health is significant among middle-aged adults, and among men. In both genders, cities with lower SEI or lower GDP per-capita were associated with poor SRH. More research is needed to better understand gender inequalities and how city socioeconomic environments, represented by different indicators, modify exposures and vulnerabilities associated with aging

  • Excess Mortality during the Covid-19 Pandemic in Cities of Chile

    Open AccessTania Alfaro, Kevin Martinez-Folgar et al.ARTICLEJournal of Urban Health2022Citada por: 2Referencias: 2

    We estimated excess mortality in Chilean cities during the COVID-19 pandemic and its association with city-level factors. We used mortality, and social and built environment data from the SALURBAL study for 21 Chilean cities, composed of 81 municipalities or "comunas", grouped in 4 macroregions. We estimated excess mortality by comparing deaths from January 2020 up to June 2021 vs 2016-2019, using a generalized additive model. We estimated a tota…

  • Gender disparities in access to care for time-sensitive conditions during Covid-19 pandemic in Chile

    Open AccessJorge Pacheco, Francisca Crispi et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    We confirmed a large drop in new diagnoses for time-sensitive conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic in Chile. This reduction was greater for women. Our findings should alert policy-makers about the urgent need to integrate a gender perspective into the pandemic response

  • Propiedades diagnósticas de las definiciones de caso sospechoso de Covid-19 en Chile, 2020

    Open AccessJosefina Aubert, Diego Duran et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2021

    Objetivo. Comparar las propiedades diagnósticas de cinco definiciones de caso sospechoso de COVID-19 utilizadas o propuestas en Chile durante los primeros ocho meses de la pandemia. Métodos. Se analizaron las propiedades diagnósticas (sensibilidad, especificidad, y valores predictivos positivo y negativo) de tres definiciones de caso sospechoso de COVID-19 utilizadas en Chile entre marzo y octubre del 2020, y dos propuestas de definición alternat…