Andrea Ramírez-Varela

Biographic Data

ID1779895
NAMEAndrea Ramírez-Varela
GIVEN NAMESAndrea
FAMILY NAMERamírez-Varela
SIGNATURERAMÍREZ-VARELA A
AFFILIATIONSUniversidad de los Andes
ORCID0000-0003-2685-9617
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS20
TOTAL CITATIONS8
AUTHOR COUNT20
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2012
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Association between trust in the incumbent president and Covid-19 preventive behaviors during the pandemic in four Latin American countries

    Open AccessJuliana Mejía-Grueso, Gloria Isabel Niño-Cruz et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2025References: 36

    The COVID-19 pandemic revealed disparities in policy responses in Latin America. We examined the association between trust in the president and COVID-19 preventive behaviors in Brazil, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico. We used data from the Collaborative COVID-19 Response Survey by the McDonnell Academy at Washington University in St. Louis (United States), from September 2020 to March 2021. Nonprobabilistic sampling included adult citizens from the f…

  • Self-perception of mental health, Covid-19 and associated sociodemographic-contextual factors in Latin America

    Open AccessPablo Roa-Urrutia, Guillermo Rosas et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2024References: 12

    This study aimed to estimate the prevalence of alterations in self-perceived mental health during the COVID-19 pandemic and their associated factors in four Latin American countries. This is a cross-sectional study based on data collected from adults in 2021 through the Collaborative Response COVID-19 Survey by the MacDonnell Academy at Washington University in St. Louis (United States). The sample was composed of 8,125 individuals from Brazil, C…

  • Assessing pandemic preparedness, response, and lessons learned from the Covid-19 pandemic in four south American countries

    Open AccessAndrea Ramírez-Varela, Andrea Ramirez Varela et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Introduction: The COVID-19 pandemic emerged in a context that lacked adequate prevention, preparedness, and response (PPR) activities, and global, regional, and national leadership. South American countries were among world's hardest hit by the pandemic, accounting for 10.1% of total cases and 20.1% of global deaths. Methods: This study explores how pandemic PPR were affected by political, socioeconomic, and health system contexts as well as how …

  • Social Capital and Lifestyle Impacts on Mental Health in University Students in Colombia

    Open AccessLina Sotaquirá, Insa Backhaus-Hoven et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2022

    Introduction For young adults, the first year of higher education represents a transition period into adulthood associated with an increased risk of developing depression, anxiety, and stress, contributing to deteriorating physical and mental health. The present study aimed to analyze the relationship between depressive symptoms and social capital and lifestyles among Colombian university students. Methods In 2020, a longitudinal repeated measure…

  • Association between social capital indicators and depressive symptoms among Brazilian university students

    Open AccessInsa Backhaus-Hoven, Carolina Borges et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2022

    The study aimed to investigate the association between social capital indicators and depressive symptoms among university students from Brazil. The study drew on a sample of 579 randomly selected university students, from a greater crossnational study conducted in 2018. Students completed a self-administered questionnaire assessing depressive symptoms, indicators of social capital and lifestyle behaviors. Data were analyzed using multivariate log…

  • Prevalence of Physical Activity and Sedentary Behaviors in the French Population

    Open AccessCharlotte Verdot, Benoı̂t Salanave et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal of…2022

    Insufficient physical activity and sedentary behaviors (SB) are major risk factors for non-communicable diseases. Monitoring the prevalence of physical activity (PA) and SB is essential to meet the health needs of the population. This article presents the prevalence of PA and SB in the French population and their evolution during the last decade. Data come from two cross-sectional surveys, representative of the population in France, the "Etude Na…

  • Covid-19

    Open AccessJanusz Supernak, Andrea Ramírez-Varela et al.ARTICLEAdvances in Applied Sociology2021

    COVID-19 pandemic forced a rapid transition from face-to-face learning to an online format at virtually all universities worldwide. The Department of Civil, Environmental, and Construction Engineering (CCEE) at San Diego State University (SDSU) had to make such a transition in mid-March 2020 within a ten-day period. The Civil Engineering program needs to comply with strict ABET accreditation rules. One of them is an indirect assessment made by st…

  • Understanding How Socioeconomic Inequalities Drive Inequalities in Sars-CoV-2 Infections

    Open AccessRachid Laajaj, Duncan Webb et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2021

  • Understanding How Socioeconomic Inequalities Drive Inequalities in Covid-19 Infections

    Open AccessRachid Laajaj, Duncan Webb et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2021

  • Sars-CoV-2 Spread, Detection, and Dynamics in a Megacity in Latin America

    Open AccessRachid Laajaj, Camilo De Los Rios Rueda et al.ARTICLESSRN Electronic Journal2021

  • Lifestyle and risk behaviors for chronic noncommunicable diseases among healthcare undergraduates in Midwest, Brazil

    Open AccessLuciana Zaranza Monteiro, Andrea Ramírez-Varela et al.ARTICLECiência & Saúde Coletiva2021

    This study aimed to assess the lifestyle of undergraduate university students, and to investigate the prevalence of risk behaviors for chronic noncommunicable diseases. This cross-sectional study took place in Brasilia, with 2.163 healthcare undergraduates. We used a self-administered questionnaire for demographic variables, social class, behavioral data, self-perception of health and self-reported diseases. Given a total of 2.163 students, 69.3%…

  • Reduction of chronic malnutrition for infants in Bogotá, Colombia

    Open AccessPaula Andrea Castro Prieto, Kenny Margarita Trujillo Ramírez et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2021

    That children classified as at risk or stunting at the beginning of the intervention showed an increased probability of approaching or being in the appropriate growth trajectory according to the length-for-age indicator after the intervention

  • Bullying, physical activity, and body image among Brazilian students

    Open AccessAna Cláudia Garcia, Rita Sousa et al.ARTICLEJournal of Health Psychology2021References: 29

    To determine the prevalence of bullying in Brazilian schools and analyze its association with physical activity and body image, data were collected from 51.192 students. Boys are more frequently bullied (7.2%) and they also bully more than girls ( p ⩽ 0.01). Regarding body image, 26 percent of the girls considered themselves thin or very thin ( p ⩽ 0.01). For boys, we observed associations between the variable of being treated well by classmates …

  • Physical Activity Promotion in Malaysia

    Open AccessSelina Khoo, Bee Koon Poh et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2020

    About three quarters of the Malaysian adult population are physically active. There has been growth in physical activity and health research since 2010, with most studies being observational in design and few included objective measures of physical activity. The Malaysian Ministry of Health has published physical activity guidelines, strategies and action plans aimed at promoting physical activity. Physical activity promotion activities have incl…

  • Factors influencing delivery of intersectoral actions to address infant stunting in Bogotá, Colombia – a mixed methods case study

    Open AccessNatalia Botero-Tovar, Gina Paola Arocha-Zuluaga et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2020

    Intersectoral actions have recently been discussed in the literature due to challenges in implementation and doubts regarding economic outcomes. The implementation of intersectoral public health interventions can be jeopardized by a lack of coordination and management skills

  • Weight status, physical activity and eating habits of young adults in Midwest Brazil

    Open AccessLuciana Zaranza Monteiro, Andrea Ramírez-Varela et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective: To assess weight status and eating habits of undergraduate university students in relation to gender and examine the relationships between weight status, physical activity and eating habits. Design: Cross-sectional study conducted between October 2016 and May 2017. Setting: Young adults in Midwest Brazil. Participants: Undergraduate university students ( n 2163) majoring in health care. Results: Among 2163 students, 69·3 % were female,…

  • Fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality in the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort and associated factors

    Open AccessAndrea Ramírez-Varela, Bruna Celestino Schneider et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2019Cited by: 4References: 29

    This study aimed to describe fetal, neonatal, and post-neonatal mortality and associated factors in participants of the 2015 Pelotas (Brazil) birth cohort. The child mortality sub-study followed up all deaths in the first year of life. Data were collected on intrauterine fetal deaths (weight ≥ 500g and/or gestational age ≥ 20 weeks), neonatal deaths (< 28 days of life), and post-neonatal deaths (from 28 days to the end of the first year of life).…

  • Desigualdades sociodemográficas na prática de atividade física de lazer e deslocamento ativo para a escola em adolescentes

    Open AccessRodrigo Wiltgen Ferreira, Andrea Ramírez-Varela et al.ARTICLECadernos de Saude Publica2018Cited by: 4References: 37

    O objetivo foi identificar desigualdades na prática de atividade física de lazer e deslocamento ativo para escola em adolescentes brasileiros, bem como suas tendências de acordo com o sexo, tipo de escola, escolaridade materna e regiões geográficas de 2009 a 2015. Estudo descritivo baseado em dados da Pesquisa Nacional de Saúde do Escolar (PeNSE) de 2009, 2012 e 2015. Foram considerados ativos no lazer aqueles que acumularam, no mínimo, 60 minuto…

  • Nutrition in Colombian pregnant women

    Open AccessOlga L Sarmiento, Andrea Ramírez-Varela et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    Objective The present study aimed to evaluate the nutritional status of pregnant women in Colombia and the associations between gestational BMI and sociodemographic and gestational characteristics. Design Cross-sectional study. A secondary analysis was made of data from the 2005 Demographic and Health Survey of Colombia. Setting Bogotá, Colombia. Subjects Pregnant adolescents aged 13–19 years ( n 430) and pregnant women aged 20–49 years ( n 1272)…

  • Data and Code for Covid-19 spread, detection, and dynamics in a megacity in Latin America

    Rachid Laajaj, Camilo De Los Rios et al.

    We implemented a COVID-19 sentinel surveillance study with 59,770 RT-PCR tests on mostly asymptomatic individuals and combine this data with administrative records on all detected cases to capture the spread and dynamics of the COVID-19 pandemic in Bogotá from June 2020 to early March 2021. We describe various features of the pandemic that appear to be specific to a developing-country context. We find that, by March 2021, slightly more than half …