Martha Peláez
Biographic Data
| ID | 5835674 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martha Peláez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martha |
| FAMILY NAME | Peláez |
| SIGNATURE | PELÁEZ M |
| AFFILIATIONS | World Health Organization Regional Office for the Americas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2992-3792 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Metric-Centric Policy, Practice, and Faculty Equity Issues
This case study of Florida International University is part of a 12-year line of research on changes in public metropolitan research universities. Using IPEDS data, this study focuses on changes (2011–2020) in 20 intersectional, full-time faculty categories that combine Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Appointment Type. The analysis explores issues connected to metric-centric faculty hiring policies. The results show that during the study period, 2011…
Language Development and Behavioral Systems
Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice in Colleges and Universities: An Internal Researcher/Practitioner Model
Behavior analysis often operates at the level of individual behavior depending on reinforcement contingencies. Here, a behavior analytic perspective addresses the challenge of connecting research to organizations’ policy and practice in order to improve performance regarding the organizations’ strategic objectives. In colleges and universities, three potentially overlapping approaches are plausible: (a) applying published scholarly research liter…
Evidence-based programs for older persons in the Americas
In the current context of the aging of populations and the increase in multiple chronic conditions and dependence, it is important that health systems provide opportunities to improve capacities of older adults to enable healthy aging. Opportunities to enhance older adults’ abilities, including self-management, can be offered through evidence-based programs. Such programs have been proven effective in improving individuals’ symptoms and quality o…
The Tide to Come: Elderly Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
This article introduces a conjecture and reviews partial evidence about peculiarities in the aging of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that may impact future elderly health status. Using Survey on Health and Well-Being of Elders data (SABE; n = 10,902), the authors estimated effects of early childhood conditions on adult diabetes and heart disease. Using Waaler-type surfaces, the authors obtained expected mortality risks for S…
The Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes Among the Elderly of Seven Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Health Wellbeing and Aging (Sabe) Project
There was a high prevalence of diagnosed DM among the elderly of the seven cities. The prevalence of diagnosed DM was strongly associated with BMI and low education. The inclusion of these factors in policies and programs aiming to reduce the prevalence of diabetes among the elderly is recommended
Survey Data for the Study of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Studies
The article summarizes three of the data collection studies that can assist researchers in examining population aging processes in the Latin America and Caribbean region with an emphasis on cross-national comparisons, including the population of Mexican immigrants in the United States. These are the Survey on Health and Wellbeing of Elders conducted in seven urban centers of the region, the national Mexican Health and Aging Study, and the Hispani…
Autoinforme de salud general en adultos mayores de América Latina y el Caribe: Su utilidad como indicador
The SRGH captured multiple facets of the health of the older adults, such as suffering from chronic diseases, the degree of satisfaction with the level of nutrition and with life, perception of memory, and any functional problems. More detailed studies should be undertaken to try to determine the role that the emotional health of older adults in Latin America and the Caribbean plays in the demand for health care, and to determine if there is some…
La construcción de las bases de la buena salud en la vejez: Situación en las Américas
The demographics of aging in the Americas are well known. The United Nations has published projections showing that by the middle of this century, Latin America and the Caribbean will have 112 persons 60 years and older for every 100 persons 15 or under (1). North America will have 148 older persons for every 100 persons 15 or younger. While those numbers are impressive, the phenomenon itself represents more than just numbers
Encuesta Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento (Sabe): Metodología de la encuesta y perfil de la población estudiada
This document outlines the methodology of the Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento (Health, Well-Being, and Aging) survey (known as the "SABE survey"), and it also summarizes the challenges that the rapid aging of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean imposes on society in general and especially on health services. The populations of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are aging at a rate that has not been seen in the develo…
Propuesta de contenidos mínimos para los programas docentes de pregrado en Medicina Geriátrica en América Latina
More need for the "old" in new public health research in the Americas
Research on the health of older adults in Latin America and the Caribbeanhas been neglected in epidemiology and public health. This is of grave con-cern since dramatic changes in fertility and mortality rates in recent decadesensure a rapid aging of the population in the Western Hemisphere. Persons60 and older in Latin America and the Caribbean now make up 8% of the totalpopulation; by the middle of this century that figure will grow to 22%. Inab…
Equity and systems of intergenerational transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean
Las transferencias intergeneracionales deben formar parte de la discusion sobre la equidad en el contexto del rapido envejecimiento de la poblacion de America Latina y el Caribe (ALC), especialmente alli donde los recursos sean escasos. Aunque hay datos que muestran la existencia de cierto grado de intercambio entre las viejas y las nuevas generaciones, el numero creciente de adultos en comparacion con las personas mas jovenes puede crear tension…
The Tide to Come: Elderly Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
This article introduces a conjecture and reviews partial evidence about peculiarities in the aging of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that may impact future elderly health status. Using Survey on Health and Well-Being of Elders data (SABE; n = 10,902), the authors estimated effects of early childhood conditions on adult diabetes and heart disease. Using Waaler-type surfaces, the authors obtained expected mortality risks for S…
Survey Data for the Study of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Studies
The article summarizes three of the data collection studies that can assist researchers in examining population aging processes in the Latin America and Caribbean region with an emphasis on cross-national comparisons, including the population of Mexican immigrants in the United States. These are the Survey on Health and Wellbeing of Elders conducted in seven urban centers of the region, the national Mexican Health and Aging Study, and the Hispani…
The Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes Among the Elderly of Seven Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Health Wellbeing and Aging (Sabe) Project
There was a high prevalence of diagnosed DM among the elderly of the seven cities. The prevalence of diagnosed DM was strongly associated with BMI and low education. The inclusion of these factors in policies and programs aiming to reduce the prevalence of diabetes among the elderly is recommended
Equity and systems of intergenerational transfers in Latin America and the Caribbean
Las transferencias intergeneracionales deben formar parte de la discusion sobre la equidad en el contexto del rapido envejecimiento de la poblacion de America Latina y el Caribe (ALC), especialmente alli donde los recursos sean escasos. Aunque hay datos que muestran la existencia de cierto grado de intercambio entre las viejas y las nuevas generaciones, el numero creciente de adultos en comparacion con las personas mas jovenes puede crear tension…
More need for the "old" in new public health research in the Americas
Research on the health of older adults in Latin America and the Caribbeanhas been neglected in epidemiology and public health. This is of grave con-cern since dramatic changes in fertility and mortality rates in recent decadesensure a rapid aging of the population in the Western Hemisphere. Persons60 and older in Latin America and the Caribbean now make up 8% of the totalpopulation; by the middle of this century that figure will grow to 22%. Inab…
Autoinforme de salud general en adultos mayores de América Latina y el Caribe: Su utilidad como indicador
The SRGH captured multiple facets of the health of the older adults, such as suffering from chronic diseases, the degree of satisfaction with the level of nutrition and with life, perception of memory, and any functional problems. More detailed studies should be undertaken to try to determine the role that the emotional health of older adults in Latin America and the Caribbean plays in the demand for health care, and to determine if there is some…
La construcción de las bases de la buena salud en la vejez: Situación en las Américas
The demographics of aging in the Americas are well known. The United Nations has published projections showing that by the middle of this century, Latin America and the Caribbean will have 112 persons 60 years and older for every 100 persons 15 or under (1). North America will have 148 older persons for every 100 persons 15 or younger. While those numbers are impressive, the phenomenon itself represents more than just numbers
Encuesta Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento (Sabe): Metodología de la encuesta y perfil de la población estudiada
This document outlines the methodology of the Salud, Bienestar y Envejecimiento (Health, Well-Being, and Aging) survey (known as the "SABE survey"), and it also summarizes the challenges that the rapid aging of the population in Latin America and the Caribbean imposes on society in general and especially on health services. The populations of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean are aging at a rate that has not been seen in the develo…
Propuesta de contenidos mínimos para los programas docentes de pregrado en Medicina Geriátrica en América Latina
The Tide to Come: Elderly Health in Latin America and the Caribbean
This article introduces a conjecture and reviews partial evidence about peculiarities in the aging of populations in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) that may impact future elderly health status. Using Survey on Health and Well-Being of Elders data (SABE; n = 10,902), the authors estimated effects of early childhood conditions on adult diabetes and heart disease. Using Waaler-type surfaces, the authors obtained expected mortality risks for S…
The Prevalence of Diagnosed Diabetes Among the Elderly of Seven Cities in Latin America and the Caribbean: The Health Wellbeing and Aging (Sabe) Project
There was a high prevalence of diagnosed DM among the elderly of the seven cities. The prevalence of diagnosed DM was strongly associated with BMI and low education. The inclusion of these factors in policies and programs aiming to reduce the prevalence of diabetes among the elderly is recommended
Survey Data for the Study of Aging in Latin America and the Caribbean: Selected Studies
The article summarizes three of the data collection studies that can assist researchers in examining population aging processes in the Latin America and Caribbean region with an emphasis on cross-national comparisons, including the population of Mexican immigrants in the United States. These are the Survey on Health and Wellbeing of Elders conducted in seven urban centers of the region, the national Mexican Health and Aging Study, and the Hispani…
Evidence-based programs for older persons in the Americas
In the current context of the aging of populations and the increase in multiple chronic conditions and dependence, it is important that health systems provide opportunities to improve capacities of older adults to enable healthy aging. Opportunities to enhance older adults’ abilities, including self-management, can be offered through evidence-based programs. Such programs have been proven effective in improving individuals’ symptoms and quality o…
Connecting Research, Policy, and Practice in Colleges and Universities: An Internal Researcher/Practitioner Model
Behavior analysis often operates at the level of individual behavior depending on reinforcement contingencies. Here, a behavior analytic perspective addresses the challenge of connecting research to organizations’ policy and practice in order to improve performance regarding the organizations’ strategic objectives. In colleges and universities, three potentially overlapping approaches are plausible: (a) applying published scholarly research liter…
Language Development and Behavioral Systems
Metric-Centric Policy, Practice, and Faculty Equity Issues
This case study of Florida International University is part of a 12-year line of research on changes in public metropolitan research universities. Using IPEDS data, this study focuses on changes (2011–2020) in 20 intersectional, full-time faculty categories that combine Race/Ethnicity, Gender, and Appointment Type. The analysis explores issues connected to metric-centric faculty hiring policies. The results show that during the study period, 2011…
Political science (8 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Gerontology (6 works) · Health disparities and outcomes (6 works) · Aging, Health, and Disability (5 works) · Latin Americans (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Sociology (4 works)