Gilbert Brenes-Camacho
Biographic Data
| ID | 212313 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gilbert Brenes-Camacho |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gilbert |
| FAMILY NAME | Brenes-Camacho |
| SIGNATURE | BRENES-CAMACHO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad de Costa Rica |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3163-7018 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Respondent‐Driven Sampling as a Tool for Studying Migrants in Need of International Protection: New Evidence from Costa Rica
Threat evasion—the need to escape imminent threats to safety and survival—is a major driver of international migration. Demographic research on threat‐evasive migration, however, remains scant, owing to a longstanding dearth of systematic data on migrants in need of international protection (MNP). To that end, we leveraged respondent‐driven sampling (RDS), a methodology designed to access “hidden” populations in the absence of a reliable sampling…
Family Separation Among Migrants in Need of International Protection: Anticipation, Duration, and Agency
Much remains unknown about how threat evasion—migration undertaken to escape threats to survival—occurs at the family level. With the phenomenon of threat evasion as our principal focus, we collected and analyzed 65 in-depth interviews and four focus groups ( N = 44) among a highly diverse sample of Latin American asylum-seekers and other migrants in need of international protection (MNP) in Costa Rica. Across MNP from diverse backgrounds, family…
International Displacement and Family Stress in Latin America
Family stress theories posit that individual family members are positioned to adapt to external stressors differently and that these differences can strain family systems. Analyzing in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of migrant mothers in Costa Rica, we investigate how families adjust to the stressors of international displacement. Three stages of family stress adjustment emerged from our analysis: (1) parents' prioritization of safety, (2…
Gendered Family Violence among Migrants Seeking International Protection: A Life Course Perspective
Although family and migration scholars recognize that intimate partner violence (IPV) can motivate women's movement between countries, little research considers IPV or other gendered family violence further back in women migrants' life histories or explores the legacy of gendered family violence in cases where such violence is not the primary push factor. Here, we analyze in-depth interviews conducted among thirty-four Latin American women seekin…
Variability in mental health reporting among refugees and migrants in need of protection: New evidence from a weekly panel survey
Our findings highlight temporal variability in repeated self-reports of mental health among Latin American MNP and further highlight sociodemographic heterogeneity therein
Costa Rica as a Destination for Migrants in Need of International Protection: IMR Country Report
In this IMR Country Report, we draw attention to Costa Rica as a strategic location for expanding research and theory on migrants in need of protection (MNP), who have migrated abroad primarily to evade an imminent threat to their survival. MNP constitute an increasing share of all international migrants in Costa Rica and worldwide, yet research on these migrants and their migration dynamics remains comparatively underdeveloped relative to resear…
Análisis de la incorporación de la categoría vejez en la decimoprimera Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades (CIE-11) desde un perspectiva demográfica y de derechos humanos
El artículo se escribió como parte de la Red de Envejecimiento de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Población ALAP
Defunciones por Covid-19: Distribución por edad y universalidad de la cobertura médica en 22 países
Objetivo. Relacionar la distribución etaria estandarizada de las defunciones por COVID-19 en 22 países americanos y europeos, con diferentes indicadores de las características de las poblaciones y de los sistemas de salud. Métodos. Las distribuciones de las defunciones por COVID-19 por grupo etario en 22 países americanos y europeos fueron estandarizadas sobre la pirámide de edades de la población mundial. Se calcularon las correlaciones entre la…
El peso de los factores contextuales en la asistencia a la secundaria entre los adolescentes costarricenses según la información censal
El abandono del sistema escolar es un problema social común en América Latina. Se propone un análisis de la asociación entre la asistencia a la educación secundaria entre los jóvenes en edad escolar en Costa Rica y las variables agregadas que describen las características de las áreas en que residen estas personas, con el fin de aproximarse a los posibles "efectos de barrio". Se utiliza un modelo logístico multinivel con datos censales. Se encuen…
Rezagados durante la crisis económica: Pobreza entre adultos mayores en Costa Rica
The economic crisis at the beginning of the eighties had an impact on the 20 th -century Costa Rica in many different ways. Government programs were successful in reducing the proportion of poor people from a 35% in 1985 to a 23% in 2000. This article utilizes official household surveys corresponding to the period 1981-2002 and population census to perform an estimation of age, cohort and period effects, in order to show that poverty among the el…
Segregación residencial de los inmigrantes nicaragüenses en costa rica en 2000
En el artículo se analiza la segregación residencial de los nicaragüenses en Costa Rica, en tres de sus dimensiones: no uniformidad de la distribución espacial, aislamiento (o exposición) y aglomeración. La fuente de los datos fue el Censo de Población 2000, por lo que la investigación tiene la limitante de referirse únicamente a los nicaragüenses autodeclarados como residentes habituales, enumerados por los empadronadores censales. Para cumplir …
Economic well-being among elderly couples in marriage and cohabitation in Mexico
In Latin America, the proportion of people in middle and late age who are cohabiting is higher than in industrialized countries. Some scholars consider cohabitation as an "incomplete" institution, where couples fare worse in economic and social well-being compared to marriage. The paper's goal is to analyze whether cohabiting couples in old age face a different economic situation than married couples, and whether this difference is due to the fac…
Favourable changes in economic well-being and self-rated health among the elderly
Differentials by Socioeconomic Status and Institutional Characteristics in Preventive Service Utilization by Older Persons in Costa Rica
Objective.The goals of this article are to assess the level of preventive service utilization by older persons in Costa Rica and to determine whether there are differentials in utilization across socioeconomic status (SES) and institutional characteristics. Method. Using data from the Costa Rican Study on Longevity and Healthy Aging (CRELES) project, a study of healthy aging in Costa Rica, the authors use self-reported information on preventive s…
Metabolic control in a nationally representative diabetic elderly sample in Costa Rica: Patients at community health centers vs. patients at other health care settings
BACKGROUND: Costa Rica, like other developing countries, is experiencing an increasing burden of chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus (DM), especially among its elderly population. This article has two goals: (1) to assess the level of metabolic control among the diabetic population age >or= 60 years old in Costa Rica, and (2) to test whether diabetic elderly patients of community health centers differ from patients in other health care s…
Diabetes mellitus en adultos mayores costarricenses
El propósito del artículo es describir la prevalencia de la diabetes mellitus (DM) entre los adultos mayores costarricenses. Se analiza la magnitud de la prevalencia, los problemas de medición de la misma, así como los factores asociados con la enfermedad, la enfermedad controlada, y el tener niveles altos de hemoglobina glicosilada (HbA1C) entre la población sin diagnóstico previo de DM. Una cuarta parte de los adultos mayores de Costa Rica pade…
Favourable changes in economic well-being and self-rated health among the elderly
Costa Rica as a Destination for Migrants in Need of International Protection: IMR Country Report
In this IMR Country Report, we draw attention to Costa Rica as a strategic location for expanding research and theory on migrants in need of protection (MNP), who have migrated abroad primarily to evade an imminent threat to their survival. MNP constitute an increasing share of all international migrants in Costa Rica and worldwide, yet research on these migrants and their migration dynamics remains comparatively underdeveloped relative to resear…
International Displacement and Family Stress in Latin America
Family stress theories posit that individual family members are positioned to adapt to external stressors differently and that these differences can strain family systems. Analyzing in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of migrant mothers in Costa Rica, we investigate how families adjust to the stressors of international displacement. Three stages of family stress adjustment emerged from our analysis: (1) parents' prioritization of safety, (2…
El peso de los factores contextuales en la asistencia a la secundaria entre los adolescentes costarricenses según la información censal
El abandono del sistema escolar es un problema social común en América Latina. Se propone un análisis de la asociación entre la asistencia a la educación secundaria entre los jóvenes en edad escolar en Costa Rica y las variables agregadas que describen las características de las áreas en que residen estas personas, con el fin de aproximarse a los posibles "efectos de barrio". Se utiliza un modelo logístico multinivel con datos censales. Se encuen…
Differentials by Socioeconomic Status and Institutional Characteristics in Preventive Service Utilization by Older Persons in Costa Rica
Objective.The goals of this article are to assess the level of preventive service utilization by older persons in Costa Rica and to determine whether there are differentials in utilization across socioeconomic status (SES) and institutional characteristics. Method. Using data from the Costa Rican Study on Longevity and Healthy Aging (CRELES) project, a study of healthy aging in Costa Rica, the authors use self-reported information on preventive s…
Diabetes mellitus en adultos mayores costarricenses
El propósito del artículo es describir la prevalencia de la diabetes mellitus (DM) entre los adultos mayores costarricenses. Se analiza la magnitud de la prevalencia, los problemas de medición de la misma, así como los factores asociados con la enfermedad, la enfermedad controlada, y el tener niveles altos de hemoglobina glicosilada (HbA1C) entre la población sin diagnóstico previo de DM. Una cuarta parte de los adultos mayores de Costa Rica pade…
Metabolic control in a nationally representative diabetic elderly sample in Costa Rica: Patients at community health centers vs. patients at other health care settings
BACKGROUND: Costa Rica, like other developing countries, is experiencing an increasing burden of chronic conditions such as diabetes mellitus (DM), especially among its elderly population. This article has two goals: (1) to assess the level of metabolic control among the diabetic population age >or= 60 years old in Costa Rica, and (2) to test whether diabetic elderly patients of community health centers differ from patients in other health care s…
Differentials by Socioeconomic Status and Institutional Characteristics in Preventive Service Utilization by Older Persons in Costa Rica
Objective.The goals of this article are to assess the level of preventive service utilization by older persons in Costa Rica and to determine whether there are differentials in utilization across socioeconomic status (SES) and institutional characteristics. Method. Using data from the Costa Rican Study on Longevity and Healthy Aging (CRELES) project, a study of healthy aging in Costa Rica, the authors use self-reported information on preventive s…
Economic well-being among elderly couples in marriage and cohabitation in Mexico
In Latin America, the proportion of people in middle and late age who are cohabiting is higher than in industrialized countries. Some scholars consider cohabitation as an "incomplete" institution, where couples fare worse in economic and social well-being compared to marriage. The paper's goal is to analyze whether cohabiting couples in old age face a different economic situation than married couples, and whether this difference is due to the fac…
Favourable changes in economic well-being and self-rated health among the elderly
Rezagados durante la crisis económica: Pobreza entre adultos mayores en Costa Rica
The economic crisis at the beginning of the eighties had an impact on the 20 th -century Costa Rica in many different ways. Government programs were successful in reducing the proportion of poor people from a 35% in 1985 to a 23% in 2000. This article utilizes official household surveys corresponding to the period 1981-2002 and population census to perform an estimation of age, cohort and period effects, in order to show that poverty among the el…
Segregación residencial de los inmigrantes nicaragüenses en costa rica en 2000
En el artículo se analiza la segregación residencial de los nicaragüenses en Costa Rica, en tres de sus dimensiones: no uniformidad de la distribución espacial, aislamiento (o exposición) y aglomeración. La fuente de los datos fue el Censo de Población 2000, por lo que la investigación tiene la limitante de referirse únicamente a los nicaragüenses autodeclarados como residentes habituales, enumerados por los empadronadores censales. Para cumplir …
El peso de los factores contextuales en la asistencia a la secundaria entre los adolescentes costarricenses según la información censal
El abandono del sistema escolar es un problema social común en América Latina. Se propone un análisis de la asociación entre la asistencia a la educación secundaria entre los jóvenes en edad escolar en Costa Rica y las variables agregadas que describen las características de las áreas en que residen estas personas, con el fin de aproximarse a los posibles "efectos de barrio". Se utiliza un modelo logístico multinivel con datos censales. Se encuen…
Defunciones por Covid-19: Distribución por edad y universalidad de la cobertura médica en 22 países
Objetivo. Relacionar la distribución etaria estandarizada de las defunciones por COVID-19 en 22 países americanos y europeos, con diferentes indicadores de las características de las poblaciones y de los sistemas de salud. Métodos. Las distribuciones de las defunciones por COVID-19 por grupo etario en 22 países americanos y europeos fueron estandarizadas sobre la pirámide de edades de la población mundial. Se calcularon las correlaciones entre la…
Análisis de la incorporación de la categoría vejez en la decimoprimera Clasificación Internacional de Enfermedades (CIE-11) desde un perspectiva demográfica y de derechos humanos
El artículo se escribió como parte de la Red de Envejecimiento de la Asociación Latinoamericana de Población ALAP
Variability in mental health reporting among refugees and migrants in need of protection: New evidence from a weekly panel survey
Our findings highlight temporal variability in repeated self-reports of mental health among Latin American MNP and further highlight sociodemographic heterogeneity therein
Costa Rica as a Destination for Migrants in Need of International Protection: IMR Country Report
In this IMR Country Report, we draw attention to Costa Rica as a strategic location for expanding research and theory on migrants in need of protection (MNP), who have migrated abroad primarily to evade an imminent threat to their survival. MNP constitute an increasing share of all international migrants in Costa Rica and worldwide, yet research on these migrants and their migration dynamics remains comparatively underdeveloped relative to resear…
International Displacement and Family Stress in Latin America
Family stress theories posit that individual family members are positioned to adapt to external stressors differently and that these differences can strain family systems. Analyzing in-depth interviews with a diverse sample of migrant mothers in Costa Rica, we investigate how families adjust to the stressors of international displacement. Three stages of family stress adjustment emerged from our analysis: (1) parents' prioritization of safety, (2…
Gendered Family Violence among Migrants Seeking International Protection: A Life Course Perspective
Although family and migration scholars recognize that intimate partner violence (IPV) can motivate women's movement between countries, little research considers IPV or other gendered family violence further back in women migrants' life histories or explores the legacy of gendered family violence in cases where such violence is not the primary push factor. Here, we analyze in-depth interviews conducted among thirty-four Latin American women seekin…
Family Separation Among Migrants in Need of International Protection: Anticipation, Duration, and Agency
Much remains unknown about how threat evasion—migration undertaken to escape threats to survival—occurs at the family level. With the phenomenon of threat evasion as our principal focus, we collected and analyzed 65 in-depth interviews and four focus groups ( N = 44) among a highly diverse sample of Latin American asylum-seekers and other migrants in need of international protection (MNP) in Costa Rica. Across MNP from diverse backgrounds, family…
Respondent‐Driven Sampling as a Tool for Studying Migrants in Need of International Protection: New Evidence from Costa Rica
Threat evasion—the need to escape imminent threats to safety and survival—is a major driver of international migration. Demographic research on threat‐evasive migration, however, remains scant, owing to a longstanding dearth of systematic data on migrants in need of international protection (MNP). To that end, we leveraged respondent‐driven sampling (RDS), a methodology designed to access “hidden” populations in the absence of a reliable sampling…
Medicine (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Humanities (6 works) · Migration, Health and Trauma (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Migration and Labor Dynamics (5 works) · Population (5 works) · Psychology (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Economics (4 works)