Sheryl Magzamen
Biographic Data
| ID | 5156333 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sheryl Magzamen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sheryl |
| FAMILY NAME | Magzamen |
| SIGNATURE | MAGZAMEN S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Colorado State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2874-3530 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 13 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2001 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Understanding heat-driven health risks
As climate change intensifies, heat-related health risks are expected to increase, arising from complex interactions between environmental and social factors. Although prior research has primarily focused on the effects of extreme heat events on heat-related illnesses, the cumulative impact of prolonged summer heat on all-cause hospitalization trends, as well as its spatiotemporal interactions with key heat-risk factors, remains insufficiently un…
Historical Redlining and Racial Disparities in Child Blood Lead Levels in Southeastern Wisconsin
Air Aware
Outdoor workers face increasing health risks from air pollution, however most public health guidance emphasizes moving indoors, a strategy often unavailable to this workforce. This field report describes the co-design, implementation, and early evaluation of Air Aware, a workplace health communication campaign developed with outdoor workers in Fort Collins, Colorado. Guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and informed by worker insights o…
Development to distribution
Manufactured home communities in the US Mountain West face increasing amounts of exposure to wildfire smoke, magnifying existing environmental health disparities. This study explores a co-creation approach to air quality messaging that is grounded in social cognitive theory and draws from environmental communication research. We examined how manufactured home community experiences, across eight distinct communities, shape the development of local…
Redlining in New York City
Background Evidence suggests historical redlining shaped the built environment and health outcomes in urban areas. Only a handful of studies have examined redlining’s association with air pollution and adverse birth outcomes in New York City (NYC). Additionally, no NYC-specific studies have examined the impact of redlining on birth weight. Methods This longitudinal cohort study analysed data from the National Institute of Health Environmental Inf…
Developing a National-Scale Exposure Index for Combined Environmental Hazards and Social Stressors and Applications to the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (Echo) Cohort
Tools for assessing multiple exposures across several domains (e.g., physical, chemical, and social) are of growing importance in social and environmental epidemiology because of their value in uncovering disparities and their impact on health outcomes. Here we describe work done within the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide Cohort Study to build a combined exposure index. Our index considered both environmental hazards…
Neighborhood Walkability, Historical Redlining, and Childhood Obesity in Denver, Colorado
Factors Associated with Levels of Organophosphate Pesticides in Household Dust in Agricultural Communities
Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. Pesticide use data are available for California from the Pesticide Use Report (PUR), but household- and individual-level exposure factors have not been fully characterized to support its refinement as an exposure assessment tool. Unique exposure pathways, such as proximity to agricultural operations and direct occupational contact, further complicate pesticide e…
Associations between combined exposure to environmental hazards and social stressors at the neighborhood level and individual perinatal outcomes in the Echo-wide cohort
Characterization of Indoor Air Quality on a College Campus
Recent construction trends on college campuses have demonstrated a shift to designing buildings with features focused on sustainability. However, few studies have investigated indoor air quality in institutions of higher education, particularly in sustainably designed buildings. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of building and occupancy on indoor air quality within and between higher education buildings. We measured par…
Global burden of mortalities due to chronic exposure to ambient PM 2.5 from open combustion of domestic waste
Uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste has been observed in many countries, creating concerns for air quality; however, the health implications have not yet been quantified. We incorporate the Wiedinmyer et al (2014 Environ. Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1021/es502250z 48 https://doi.org/10.1021/es502250z ) emissions inventory into the global chemical-transport model, GEOS-Chem, and provide a first estimate of premature adult mortalities fr…
Medication Use Patterns among Urban Youth Participating in School-Based Asthma Education
Although pharmaceutical management is an integral part of asthma control, few community-based analyses have focused on this aspect of disease management. The primary goal of this analysis was to assess whether participation in the school-based Kickin' Asthma program improved appropriate asthma medication use among middle school students. A secondary goal was to determine whether improvements in medication use were associated with subsequent impro…
Print media coverage of California's smokefree bar law
The tobacco industry succeeded in obtaining more coverage of the smokefree bar law, both in news items and opinion items. The tobacco industry used historical arguments of restricting freedom of choice and economic ramifications in fighting the smokefree bar law, while public health groups focused on the worker protection issue, and exposed tobacco industry tactics. Despite the skewed coverage, public health groups obtained adequate attention to …
Print media coverage of California's smokefree bar law
The tobacco industry succeeded in obtaining more coverage of the smokefree bar law, both in news items and opinion items. The tobacco industry used historical arguments of restricting freedom of choice and economic ramifications in fighting the smokefree bar law, while public health groups focused on the worker protection issue, and exposed tobacco industry tactics. Despite the skewed coverage, public health groups obtained adequate attention to …
Medication Use Patterns among Urban Youth Participating in School-Based Asthma Education
Although pharmaceutical management is an integral part of asthma control, few community-based analyses have focused on this aspect of disease management. The primary goal of this analysis was to assess whether participation in the school-based Kickin' Asthma program improved appropriate asthma medication use among middle school students. A secondary goal was to determine whether improvements in medication use were associated with subsequent impro…
Global burden of mortalities due to chronic exposure to ambient PM 2.5 from open combustion of domestic waste
Uncontrolled combustion of domestic waste has been observed in many countries, creating concerns for air quality; however, the health implications have not yet been quantified. We incorporate the Wiedinmyer et al (2014 Environ. Sci. Technol. https://doi.org/10.1021/es502250z 48 https://doi.org/10.1021/es502250z ) emissions inventory into the global chemical-transport model, GEOS-Chem, and provide a first estimate of premature adult mortalities fr…
Characterization of Indoor Air Quality on a College Campus
Recent construction trends on college campuses have demonstrated a shift to designing buildings with features focused on sustainability. However, few studies have investigated indoor air quality in institutions of higher education, particularly in sustainably designed buildings. The objective of this study was to evaluate the association of building and occupancy on indoor air quality within and between higher education buildings. We measured par…
Factors Associated with Levels of Organophosphate Pesticides in Household Dust in Agricultural Communities
Organophosphate (OP) pesticides are associated with numerous adverse health outcomes. Pesticide use data are available for California from the Pesticide Use Report (PUR), but household- and individual-level exposure factors have not been fully characterized to support its refinement as an exposure assessment tool. Unique exposure pathways, such as proximity to agricultural operations and direct occupational contact, further complicate pesticide e…
Associations between combined exposure to environmental hazards and social stressors at the neighborhood level and individual perinatal outcomes in the Echo-wide cohort
Developing a National-Scale Exposure Index for Combined Environmental Hazards and Social Stressors and Applications to the Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes (Echo) Cohort
Tools for assessing multiple exposures across several domains (e.g., physical, chemical, and social) are of growing importance in social and environmental epidemiology because of their value in uncovering disparities and their impact on health outcomes. Here we describe work done within the Environmental influences on Child Health Outcomes (ECHO)-wide Cohort Study to build a combined exposure index. Our index considered both environmental hazards…
Neighborhood Walkability, Historical Redlining, and Childhood Obesity in Denver, Colorado
Air Aware
Outdoor workers face increasing health risks from air pollution, however most public health guidance emphasizes moving indoors, a strategy often unavailable to this workforce. This field report describes the co-design, implementation, and early evaluation of Air Aware, a workplace health communication campaign developed with outdoor workers in Fort Collins, Colorado. Guided by the Theory of Planned Behavior (TPB) and informed by worker insights o…
Development to distribution
Manufactured home communities in the US Mountain West face increasing amounts of exposure to wildfire smoke, magnifying existing environmental health disparities. This study explores a co-creation approach to air quality messaging that is grounded in social cognitive theory and draws from environmental communication research. We examined how manufactured home community experiences, across eight distinct communities, shape the development of local…
Redlining in New York City
Background Evidence suggests historical redlining shaped the built environment and health outcomes in urban areas. Only a handful of studies have examined redlining’s association with air pollution and adverse birth outcomes in New York City (NYC). Additionally, no NYC-specific studies have examined the impact of redlining on birth weight. Methods This longitudinal cohort study analysed data from the National Institute of Health Environmental Inf…
Understanding heat-driven health risks
As climate change intensifies, heat-related health risks are expected to increase, arising from complex interactions between environmental and social factors. Although prior research has primarily focused on the effects of extreme heat events on heat-related illnesses, the cumulative impact of prolonged summer heat on all-cause hospitalization trends, as well as its spatiotemporal interactions with key heat-risk factors, remains insufficiently un…
Historical Redlining and Racial Disparities in Child Blood Lead Levels in Southeastern Wisconsin
Medicine (9 works) · Environmental health (7 works) · Air Quality and Health Impacts (5 works) · Air quality index (4 works) · Demography (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental Science (3 works) · Gerontology (3 works) · Air pollution (2 works)