Dinorah Martinez
Biographic Data
| ID | 122972 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dinorah Martinez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dinorah |
| FAMILY NAME | Martinez |
| SIGNATURE | MARTINEZ D |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universitat Pompeu Fabra |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7001-7674 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 38 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1999 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Use of the Natural Outdoor Environment in Different Populations in Europe in Relation to Access: Implications for Policy
This cross-cultural study explores the relationship of natural outdoor environment (NOE) use with NOE access. Most urban planning recommendations suggest optimal accessibility to be 300 m-500 m straight distance to spaces with vegetation of at least 1 hectare. Exploring this recommendation, we used data ( n = 3947) from four European cities collected in the framework of the PHENOTYPE study: Barcelona (Spain), Doetinchem (The Netherlands), Kaunas …
Inequality and social polarization in Chilean municipalities
The social inequality associated with the current pattern of income distribution in Chile remains a subject of interest, as much remains to be learned about the trends in this connection in differing contexts. The aim of this study is to analyse the existing degrees of inequality and social polarization at the municipal (comuna) level arising from the current pattern of income distribution in the country. The measurements used for this purpose ar…
Differential Involvement of Working Memory Capacity and Fluid Intelligence in Verbal Associative Learning as a Possible Function of Strategy Use
The paired-associate paradigm has a long history of use in basic and applied research on human memory and learning. A number of studies have shown that people differ in the strategies they use to encode information in paired-associate tasks and, importantly, that strategies differ in their effectiveness. What is not so well documented is how different strategies may affect the cognitive processes assessed by paired-associate tasks. In this study,…
Long-term exposure to residential green and blue spaces and anxiety and depression in adults: A cross-sectional study
Air Pollution, Noise, Blue Space, and Green Space and Premature Mortality in Barcelona: A Mega Cohort
Introduction: Cities often experience high air pollution and noise levels and lack of natural outdoor environments, which may be detrimental to health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of air pollution, noise, and blue and green space on premature all-cause mortality in Barcelona using a mega cohort approach. Methods: Both men and women of 18 years and above registered on 1 January 2010 by the Sistema d'Informació pel Desenvolupa…
Natural outdoor environments and mental health: Stress as a possible mechanism
Living Close to Natural Outdoor Environments in Four European Cities: Adults’ Contact with the Environments and Physical Activity
This study investigated whether residential availability of natural outdoor environments (NOE) was associated with contact with NOE, overall physical activity and physical activity in NOE, in four different European cities using objective measures. A nested cross-sectional study was conducted in Barcelona (Spain); Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom); Doetinchem (The Netherlands); and Kaunas (Lithuania). Smartphones were used to collect information on…
Green spaces and General Health: Roles of mental health status, social support, and physical activity
Natural outdoor environments and mental and physical health: Relationships and mechanisms
Risks and Benefits of Green Spaces for Children: A Cross-Sectional Study of Associations with Sedentary Behavior, Obesity, Asthma, and Allergy
BACKGROUND: Green spaces have been associated with both health benefits and risks in children; however, available evidence simultaneously investigating these conflicting influences, especially in association with different types of greenness, is scarce. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to simultaneously evaluate health benefits and risks associated with different types of greenness in children, in terms of sedentary behavior (represented by excessive screen …
Using Personal Sensors to Assess the Exposome and Acute Health Effects
We discussed the recent developments and main challenges for personal sensors to measure multiple exposures. We found and put together a personal sensor set that measures a comprehensive set of personal exposures continuously over 24 h to assess part of the current exposome and acute health responses. We obtained data for a whole range of exposures and some acute health responses, but many challenges remain to apply the methodology for extended t…
Socioeconomic status and exposure to multiple environmental pollutants during pregnancy: Evidence for environmental inequity
BACKGROUND: Inequities in the distribution of environmental exposures may add an extra burden to socially disadvantaged populations, especially when acting during vulnerable periods such as pregnancy and early life, but such inequities may be more complex and uncertain than is generally assumed. We therefore examine whether socioeconomic inequities exist in pregnancy exposures to multiple common environmental contaminants in air, water and food. …
Rabbits and Flying Warriors: The Postindian Imagery of Jim Denomie
Indigenous artists have been striving to expand the discursive categorization of their work beyond the inherent limitations of “Indian Art” for decades. Ever since the Red Power movement reawakened indigenous peoples culturally and politically, inspiring them to be heard in their own voices—as opposed to the stereotypes perpetrated by pop culture—artists from all tribes and walks of life have created an impressive body work, capturing the too oft…
Chlorination disinfection by-products in drinking water and congenital anomalies: Review and meta-analyses
This study aims to review epidemiologic evidence of the association between exposure to chlorination disinfection by-products (DBPs) and congenital anomalies. All epidemiologic studies that evaluated a relationship between an index of DBP exposure and risk of congenital anomalies were analyzed. For all congenital anomalies combined, the meta-analysis gave a statistically significant excess risk for high versus low exposure to water chlorination o…
Out of the Woods and into the Museum: Charles A. Eastman's 1910 Collecting Expedition across Ojibwe Country
When From the Deep Woods to Civilization appeared in 1916, the Dakota writer and activist Charles Alexander Eastman (also known by his Dakota name, Ohiyesa) told of a rather unusual journey across northern Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the venture, which took place during the summer of 1910, was to “purchase rare curios and ethnological specimens for one of the most important collections in the country.” In typical Eastman fashion…
I Don't Make the Soups Anymore”: Pre- to Post-Migration Dietary and Lifestyle Changes Among Latinos Living in West-Central Florida
Eighteen Latino adults living in the U.S. for less than 2.5 years were surveyed and interviewed about their pre- and post-migration diets and lifestyles. While this mostly female sample reported that their primary language was Spanish, many had some limited skills in written and spoken English. Two thirds were from Colombia, married, and had between 1 and 4 children, and more than half had post-secondary education. Percent change in diet, food ha…
The longer you stay, the bigger you get: Length of time and language use in the U.S. are associated with obesity in Puerto Rican women
This cross‐sectional study examined whether length of time in the U.S., language use, and birthplace (proxy measures of acculturation) were associated with body mass index (BMI) and obesity in a sample of 174 low‐income Puerto Rican women from Hartford, Connecticut. The mean BMI for the total sample (N = 174) was 27.39 (S.D. = 5.07), and nearly 34% of the sample was considered obese (BMI ≥ 30). There was a statistically significant increase in BM…
The Anthropological Difference: Dental Health Promotion in the Dominican Republic
Should ethnography be a central part of a dental health promotion program? It may not automatically seem so to dentists and other health professionals. The public may think that designing a dental health promotion program is simple: just tell people to brush their teeth, limit the use of the baby bottle, eat fewer sweets, and go to the dentist at least once a year for a dental cleaning and check-up. However, educating people about such things bec…
The longer you stay, the bigger you get: Length of time and language use in the U.S. are associated with obesity in Puerto Rican women
This cross‐sectional study examined whether length of time in the U.S., language use, and birthplace (proxy measures of acculturation) were associated with body mass index (BMI) and obesity in a sample of 174 low‐income Puerto Rican women from Hartford, Connecticut. The mean BMI for the total sample (N = 174) was 27.39 (S.D. = 5.07), and nearly 34% of the sample was considered obese (BMI ≥ 30). There was a statistically significant increase in BM…
Air Pollution, Noise, Blue Space, and Green Space and Premature Mortality in Barcelona: A Mega Cohort
Introduction: Cities often experience high air pollution and noise levels and lack of natural outdoor environments, which may be detrimental to health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of air pollution, noise, and blue and green space on premature all-cause mortality in Barcelona using a mega cohort approach. Methods: Both men and women of 18 years and above registered on 1 January 2010 by the Sistema d'Informació pel Desenvolupa…
Socioeconomic status and exposure to multiple environmental pollutants during pregnancy: Evidence for environmental inequity
BACKGROUND: Inequities in the distribution of environmental exposures may add an extra burden to socially disadvantaged populations, especially when acting during vulnerable periods such as pregnancy and early life, but such inequities may be more complex and uncertain than is generally assumed. We therefore examine whether socioeconomic inequities exist in pregnancy exposures to multiple common environmental contaminants in air, water and food. …
The Anthropological Difference: Dental Health Promotion in the Dominican Republic
Should ethnography be a central part of a dental health promotion program? It may not automatically seem so to dentists and other health professionals. The public may think that designing a dental health promotion program is simple: just tell people to brush their teeth, limit the use of the baby bottle, eat fewer sweets, and go to the dentist at least once a year for a dental cleaning and check-up. However, educating people about such things bec…
The longer you stay, the bigger you get: Length of time and language use in the U.S. are associated with obesity in Puerto Rican women
This cross‐sectional study examined whether length of time in the U.S., language use, and birthplace (proxy measures of acculturation) were associated with body mass index (BMI) and obesity in a sample of 174 low‐income Puerto Rican women from Hartford, Connecticut. The mean BMI for the total sample (N = 174) was 27.39 (S.D. = 5.07), and nearly 34% of the sample was considered obese (BMI ≥ 30). There was a statistically significant increase in BM…
I Don't Make the Soups Anymore”: Pre- to Post-Migration Dietary and Lifestyle Changes Among Latinos Living in West-Central Florida
Eighteen Latino adults living in the U.S. for less than 2.5 years were surveyed and interviewed about their pre- and post-migration diets and lifestyles. While this mostly female sample reported that their primary language was Spanish, many had some limited skills in written and spoken English. Two thirds were from Colombia, married, and had between 1 and 4 children, and more than half had post-secondary education. Percent change in diet, food ha…
Out of the Woods and into the Museum: Charles A. Eastman's 1910 Collecting Expedition across Ojibwe Country
When From the Deep Woods to Civilization appeared in 1916, the Dakota writer and activist Charles Alexander Eastman (also known by his Dakota name, Ohiyesa) told of a rather unusual journey across northern Minnesota and Ontario, Canada. The purpose of the venture, which took place during the summer of 1910, was to “purchase rare curios and ethnological specimens for one of the most important collections in the country.” In typical Eastman fashion…
Chlorination disinfection by-products in drinking water and congenital anomalies: Review and meta-analyses
This study aims to review epidemiologic evidence of the association between exposure to chlorination disinfection by-products (DBPs) and congenital anomalies. All epidemiologic studies that evaluated a relationship between an index of DBP exposure and risk of congenital anomalies were analyzed. For all congenital anomalies combined, the meta-analysis gave a statistically significant excess risk for high versus low exposure to water chlorination o…
Rabbits and Flying Warriors: The Postindian Imagery of Jim Denomie
Indigenous artists have been striving to expand the discursive categorization of their work beyond the inherent limitations of “Indian Art” for decades. Ever since the Red Power movement reawakened indigenous peoples culturally and politically, inspiring them to be heard in their own voices—as opposed to the stereotypes perpetrated by pop culture—artists from all tribes and walks of life have created an impressive body work, capturing the too oft…
Socioeconomic status and exposure to multiple environmental pollutants during pregnancy: Evidence for environmental inequity
BACKGROUND: Inequities in the distribution of environmental exposures may add an extra burden to socially disadvantaged populations, especially when acting during vulnerable periods such as pregnancy and early life, but such inequities may be more complex and uncertain than is generally assumed. We therefore examine whether socioeconomic inequities exist in pregnancy exposures to multiple common environmental contaminants in air, water and food. …
Risks and Benefits of Green Spaces for Children: A Cross-Sectional Study of Associations with Sedentary Behavior, Obesity, Asthma, and Allergy
BACKGROUND: Green spaces have been associated with both health benefits and risks in children; however, available evidence simultaneously investigating these conflicting influences, especially in association with different types of greenness, is scarce. OBJECTIVES: We aimed to simultaneously evaluate health benefits and risks associated with different types of greenness in children, in terms of sedentary behavior (represented by excessive screen …
Using Personal Sensors to Assess the Exposome and Acute Health Effects
We discussed the recent developments and main challenges for personal sensors to measure multiple exposures. We found and put together a personal sensor set that measures a comprehensive set of personal exposures continuously over 24 h to assess part of the current exposome and acute health responses. We obtained data for a whole range of exposures and some acute health responses, but many challenges remain to apply the methodology for extended t…
Natural outdoor environments and mental and physical health: Relationships and mechanisms
Green spaces and General Health: Roles of mental health status, social support, and physical activity
Natural outdoor environments and mental health: Stress as a possible mechanism
Living Close to Natural Outdoor Environments in Four European Cities: Adults’ Contact with the Environments and Physical Activity
This study investigated whether residential availability of natural outdoor environments (NOE) was associated with contact with NOE, overall physical activity and physical activity in NOE, in four different European cities using objective measures. A nested cross-sectional study was conducted in Barcelona (Spain); Stoke-on-Trent (United Kingdom); Doetinchem (The Netherlands); and Kaunas (Lithuania). Smartphones were used to collect information on…
Long-term exposure to residential green and blue spaces and anxiety and depression in adults: A cross-sectional study
Air Pollution, Noise, Blue Space, and Green Space and Premature Mortality in Barcelona: A Mega Cohort
Introduction: Cities often experience high air pollution and noise levels and lack of natural outdoor environments, which may be detrimental to health. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effects of air pollution, noise, and blue and green space on premature all-cause mortality in Barcelona using a mega cohort approach. Methods: Both men and women of 18 years and above registered on 1 January 2010 by the Sistema d'Informació pel Desenvolupa…
Differential Involvement of Working Memory Capacity and Fluid Intelligence in Verbal Associative Learning as a Possible Function of Strategy Use
The paired-associate paradigm has a long history of use in basic and applied research on human memory and learning. A number of studies have shown that people differ in the strategies they use to encode information in paired-associate tasks and, importantly, that strategies differ in their effectiveness. What is not so well documented is how different strategies may affect the cognitive processes assessed by paired-associate tasks. In this study,…
Inequality and social polarization in Chilean municipalities
The social inequality associated with the current pattern of income distribution in Chile remains a subject of interest, as much remains to be learned about the trends in this connection in differing contexts. The aim of this study is to analyse the existing degrees of inequality and social polarization at the municipal (comuna) level arising from the current pattern of income distribution in the country. The measurements used for this purpose ar…
Use of the Natural Outdoor Environment in Different Populations in Europe in Relation to Access: Implications for Policy
This cross-cultural study explores the relationship of natural outdoor environment (NOE) use with NOE access. Most urban planning recommendations suggest optimal accessibility to be 300 m-500 m straight distance to spaces with vegetation of at least 1 hectare. Exploring this recommendation, we used data ( n = 3947) from four European cities collected in the framework of the PHENOTYPE study: Barcelona (Spain), Doetinchem (The Netherlands), Kaunas …
Medicine (13 works) · Environmental health (9 works) · Demography (8 works) · Urban Green Space and Health (8 works) · Population (7 works) · Sociology (7 works) · Geography (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Biology (4 works) · Gerontology (4 works)