José Ignacio Nazif-Muñoz
Biographic Data
| ID | 6171452 |
|---|---|
| NAME | José Ignacio Nazif-Muñoz |
| GIVEN NAMES | José Ignacio |
| FAMILY NAME | Nazif-Muñoz |
| SIGNATURE | NAZIF-MUNOZ J I |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Sherbrooke |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8944-5182 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 28 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 9 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Past hurts, present hurdles: Analyzing the impact of adult socioeconomic status and healthcare access on cancer screening among childhood abuse survivors
Childhood abuse is associated with long-term health consequences and may influence uptake of preventive healthcare. We evaluated whether adult socioeconomic experiences and healthcare access modify the association between childhood abuse and adherence to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) cancer screening guidelines. We analyzed 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data among respondents who answered the childhood abu…
“We’re all hammered in Chile”: Drinking norms and tactics from adolescents’ perspectives
BACKGROUND: Understanding adolescents' perspectives on how alcohol policies and the normalization of alcohol consumption affect their behavior remains crucial. This study explores how microsocial systems (peers and family) shape adolescent alcohol consumption within the macrosocial systems (social norms and public policies) in which they are embedded. METHODS: We conducted 25 group interviews with 197 students in Years 8 to 10 (55.3% girls) enrol…
Correlates of reproductive coercion among women of reproductive age in Kingston, Jamaica and Hanoi, Vietnam
We sought to identify the correlates of reproductive coercion (RC) among women in Kingston, Jamaica and Hanoi, Vietnam. We completed a secondary analysis of two cross-sectional datasets in September 2022: 1) a study of 222 women, 18–25 years of age, attending a clinic in Kingston, Jamaica in 2018–2019 and 2) a study of 500 women, 18–45 years of age, receiving care at a hospital in Hanoi, Vietnam in 2017–2018. Shared eligibility criteria between t…
Legacies of prohibition in Canada: Calling for a reproductive justice approach to cannabis use during pregnancy
While the 2018 Cannabis Act adopted in Canada signaled a non-prohibitionist approach to cannabis use, governments have not yet reached consensus on how to tackle it, especially amongst groups deemed vulnerable like pregnant persons. Focusing on healthcare interventions, this article investigates institutional approaches to cannabis use implemented in Canada since legalization, as well as the experiences, responses, and coping mechanisms pregnant …
Children supervising children across low- and middle-income countries: The role of mothers’ education
Around the world, many young children spend time supervising or being supervised by other children without adults. This can have both positive (e.g., strengthening sibling ties) and negative (e.g., hinder supervisor’s schooling) consequences for children, families, and communities. Population-based information from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is scarce on this phenomenon. Poisson random effect regression models using the most recent M…
Talking with pregnant women exposed to cannabis use after cannabis legalization: Experiences of professionals working in Québec's social and healthcare system
Background The rising prevalence of prenatal cannabis use in high-income countries presents a growing concern for the medical community. Despite guidelines outlining risks, healthcare and social service professionals often struggle to discuss cannabis use with pregnant women. This study examines how these interactions have evolved following the Cannabis Act in Québec, focusing on how professionals respond to and provide guidance for women who rep…
Driving under viral impairment: Linking acute Sars-CoV-2 infections to elevated car crash risks
This study explores the linkage between acute SARS-CoV-2 and car crashes across U.S. states, correlating with COVID-19 mitigation strategies, vaccination rates, and Long COVID prevalence. This investigation analyzed aggregate COVID-19 and car crash data spanning 2020–2023, with data collection occurring between March and May 2024. Analysis was done via a Poisson regression model, adjusted for population. Key variables included vaccination status,…
Using the Adapt guidance to culturally adapt a brief intervention to reduce alcohol use among injury patients in Tanzania
Harmful alcohol use is a leading risk factor for injury-related death and disability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Brief negotiational interventions (BNIs) in emergency departments (EDs) effectively reduce alcohol intake and re-injury rates. However, most BNIs are developed in high-income countries, with limited evidence of their effectiveness in LMICs. To address this gap, we culturally adapted a BNI for alcohol-related injury pat…
Investigating variations in paid parental leave uptake among mothers: A Canadian longitudinal population-based study
International audience
A brief research report of suicide rates in the Brazilian elderly over a 12-year period: The lack of association of the "Setembro Amarelo" campaign for suicide prevention
There is a lack of association between the campaign and suicide rates, among the elderly in Brazil's southeastern region. As suicide is complex and multifactorial, more research is needed. The campaign, while raising awareness and reducing stigma, may not reduce suicides. To reduce the suicide rate in the elderly requires addressing social, economic and cultural factors, multisectoral interventions, and upholding basic human rights
Uneven effects of twenty years of Chile's cannabis policy implementation in cannabis onset
In Chile, Laws 19366 and 20000, implemented in 1995 and 2005 respectively, regulated and sanctioned cannabis’ personal use, cultivation and trafficking. We use thirteen biannual cross-sectional national surveys data from 1994 to 2018 to examine the effect of Laws 19366 and 20000—using the rate of individuals incarcerated per 100000 population due to drug-related crimes as proxy—on the age of onset of cannabis use over time. We estimate the effect…
Changes in the incidence of cannabis-related disorders after the Cannabis Act and the Covid-19 pandemic in Québec, Canada
The incidence rates of CRD diagnoses across Québec appears to have increased following the implementation of the CCA and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings echo public health concerns regarding potential cannabis-related harms and are consistent with previous Canadian studies
Did the cannabis recreational use law affect traffic crash outcomes in Toronto? Building evidence for the adequate number of authorised cannabis stores' thresholds
Fentanyl-driven acceleration of racial, gender and geographical disparities in drug overdose deaths in the United States
We examine trends in drug overdose deaths by race, gender, and geography in the United States during the period 2013–2020. Race and gender specific crude rates were extracted from the final National Vital Statistics System multiple cause-of-death mortality files for several jurisdictions and used to calculate the male-to-female ratios of crude rates between 2013 and 2020. We established 2013–2019 temporal trends for four major drug types: psychos…
Chile’s Tobacco Strategy: A Scoping Review of Tobacco Measures Over Time
Chile currently has a relatively robust tobacco control policy approach. Nonetheless, it has one of the highest tobacco consumption prevalence rates among adults worldwide. Better knowledge regarding changes in tobacco control policy over time may provide a comprehensive understanding of the observed changes in the prevalence of tobacco consumption. We aimed to carry out a scoping review to explore the evolution of Chile’s tobacco control consump…
The Increasing Prevalence of Children Home Alone in Ghana: The Importance of Considering Regional Inequalities
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12187-023-10038-w
Mapping and assessing sexual and reproductive health policy changes over time in Colombia: Measuring their impact on pregnancy terminations
Sexual and reproductive health and rights policies (SRHRPs) and their association with reproductive and non-reproductive behavior require precise theoretical and methodological frames. By studying the case of Colombia, we move forward with a comprehensive framework that considers simultaneously multiple SRHRP conceptualizations and their impacts over time on induced pregnancy terminations (IPT). With a mixed-method approach, we first map the evol…
Elevated congenital heart disease birth prevalence rates found in Central Vietnam and dioxin TCDD residuals from the use of 2, 4, 5-T herbicides (Agent Orange) in the Da Nang region
Congenital heart disease (CHD) birth prevalence rate in Da Nang City and two adjacent provinces in Central Vietnam reported by Giang et al. in 2019 was 20.09/1000 births, much higher than any CHD birth rates previously reported. In this current study, three physicians trained in pediatric cardiology reanalyzed and reclassified the Giang et al 2019 cardiac anomalies data, eliminating singular small PDAs and separating cardiac defects into 27 conte…
‘Voice needs teeth to have bite’! Expanding community-led multisectoral action-learning to address alcohol and drug abuse in rural South Africa
There is limited operational understanding of multisectoral action in health inclusive of communities as active change agents. The objectives were to: (a) develop community-led action-learning, advancing multisectoral responses for local public health problems; and (b) derive transferrable learning. Participants representing communities, government departments and non-governmental organisations in a rural district in South Africa co-designed the …
Decolonising global health evaluation: Synthesis from a scoping review
As decolonisation awareness and activism amplifies in the mainstream masses and within academic realms across a variety of fields, the time is right to converge parallel movements to decolonise the fields of global health and evaluation by restructuring relations of dependency and domination reified through the “foreign gaze” 1 or “white gaze.” We conducted a review of relevant records with the following inclusion criteria–they define or advocate…
Investigating the Risk Factors Associated with Injury Severity in Pedestrian Crashes in Santiago, Chile
Pedestrians are vulnerable road users that are directly exposed to road traffic crashes with high odds of resulting in serious injuries and fatalities. Therefore, there is a critical need to identify the risk factors associated with injury severity in pedestrian crashes to promote safe and friendly walking environments for pedestrians. This study investigates the risk factors related to pedestrian, crash, and built environment characteristics tha…
Associations between household air pollution and early child development among children aged 36–59 months in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use (SFU) for cooking may impact child health in low-resources countries. This study examined the associations between HAP and early childhood development (ECD) outcomes among children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh and explored potential effect modification by sex and urbanicity. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 9395 children aged 36-59 months in the households from the Banglade…
Global diffusion of three road safety policies, 1964–2015
Global convergence of public policies has been regarded as a defining feature of the late twentieth century. This study explores the generalizability of this thesis for three road safety measures: (i) road safety agencies; (ii) child restraint laws; and (iii) mandatory use of daytime running lights. This study analyzes cross-national longitudinal data using survival analysis for the years 1964–2015 in 181 countries. The first main finding is that…
Health literacy and associated factors among undergraduates: A university-based cross-sectional study in Nepal
Health literacy is one of the most critical aspects of health promotion. Limited health literacy is also accounted for adverse health outcomes and a huge financial burden on society. However, a gap exists in the level of health literacy, especially among undergraduates. This study aimed to assess the levels of health literacy and its socio-demographic determinants among undergraduate students of Tribhuvan University, Nepal. A web-based cross-sect…
Covid-19 and European carcerality: Do national prison policies converge when faced with a pandemic
The article analyses an original dataset on policies adopted in 47 European countries between December 2019 and June 2020 to prevent coronavirus from spreading to prisons, applying event-history analysis. We answer two questions: 1) Do European countries adopt similar policies when tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in prisons? 2) What factors are associated with prison policy convergence or divergence? We analyze two policies we identified as common…
Covid-19 and European carcerality: Do national prison policies converge when faced with a pandemic
The article analyses an original dataset on policies adopted in 47 European countries between December 2019 and June 2020 to prevent coronavirus from spreading to prisons, applying event-history analysis. We answer two questions: 1) Do European countries adopt similar policies when tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in prisons? 2) What factors are associated with prison policy convergence or divergence? We analyze two policies we identified as common…
Associations between household air pollution and early child development among children aged 36–59 months in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use (SFU) for cooking may impact child health in low-resources countries. This study examined the associations between HAP and early childhood development (ECD) outcomes among children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh and explored potential effect modification by sex and urbanicity. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 9395 children aged 36-59 months in the households from the Banglade…
Nonadult Supervision of Children in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: Results from 61 National Population-Based Surveys
Despite scarce empirical research in most countries, evidence has shown that young children are unsupervised or under the supervision of another young child while their adult caregivers attend work or engage in other activities outside the home. Lack of quality supervision has been linked to unintentional childhood injuries and other negative outcomes. Nationally representative, population-based data from rounds four and five of the Multiple Indi…
Green, Brown, and Gray: Associations between Different Measurements of Land Patterns and Depression among Nursing Students in El Paso, Texas
We did not observe an association between depression and residential greenness in El Paso, Texas. However, we did observe a protective association between brownness and depression and an adverse association with grayness. These results have theoretical implications as they were based on commonly used frameworks in this literature, and adverse association of brownness (and the lack of greenness) and depression was expected
State or market? How to effectively decrease alcohol-related crash fatalities and injuries
Background It is estimated that more than 270 000 people die yearly in alcohol-related crashes globally. To tackle this burden, government interventions, such as laws which restrict blood alcohol concentration (BAC) levels and increase penalties for drunk drivers, have been implemented. The introduction of private-sector measures, such as ridesharing, is regarded as alternatives to reduce drunk driving and related sequelae. However, it is unclear…
Global diffusion of three road safety policies, 1964–2015
Global convergence of public policies has been regarded as a defining feature of the late twentieth century. This study explores the generalizability of this thesis for three road safety measures: (i) road safety agencies; (ii) child restraint laws; and (iii) mandatory use of daytime running lights. This study analyzes cross-national longitudinal data using survival analysis for the years 1964–2015 in 181 countries. The first main finding is that…
Health literacy and associated factors among undergraduates: A university-based cross-sectional study in Nepal
Health literacy is one of the most critical aspects of health promotion. Limited health literacy is also accounted for adverse health outcomes and a huge financial burden on society. However, a gap exists in the level of health literacy, especially among undergraduates. This study aimed to assess the levels of health literacy and its socio-demographic determinants among undergraduate students of Tribhuvan University, Nepal. A web-based cross-sect…
Covid-19 and European carcerality: Do national prison policies converge when faced with a pandemic
The article analyses an original dataset on policies adopted in 47 European countries between December 2019 and June 2020 to prevent coronavirus from spreading to prisons, applying event-history analysis. We answer two questions: 1) Do European countries adopt similar policies when tackling the COVID-19 pandemic in prisons? 2) What factors are associated with prison policy convergence or divergence? We analyze two policies we identified as common…
Mapping and assessing sexual and reproductive health policy changes over time in Colombia: Measuring their impact on pregnancy terminations
Sexual and reproductive health and rights policies (SRHRPs) and their association with reproductive and non-reproductive behavior require precise theoretical and methodological frames. By studying the case of Colombia, we move forward with a comprehensive framework that considers simultaneously multiple SRHRP conceptualizations and their impacts over time on induced pregnancy terminations (IPT). With a mixed-method approach, we first map the evol…
Elevated congenital heart disease birth prevalence rates found in Central Vietnam and dioxin TCDD residuals from the use of 2, 4, 5-T herbicides (Agent Orange) in the Da Nang region
Congenital heart disease (CHD) birth prevalence rate in Da Nang City and two adjacent provinces in Central Vietnam reported by Giang et al. in 2019 was 20.09/1000 births, much higher than any CHD birth rates previously reported. In this current study, three physicians trained in pediatric cardiology reanalyzed and reclassified the Giang et al 2019 cardiac anomalies data, eliminating singular small PDAs and separating cardiac defects into 27 conte…
‘Voice needs teeth to have bite’! Expanding community-led multisectoral action-learning to address alcohol and drug abuse in rural South Africa
There is limited operational understanding of multisectoral action in health inclusive of communities as active change agents. The objectives were to: (a) develop community-led action-learning, advancing multisectoral responses for local public health problems; and (b) derive transferrable learning. Participants representing communities, government departments and non-governmental organisations in a rural district in South Africa co-designed the …
Decolonising global health evaluation: Synthesis from a scoping review
As decolonisation awareness and activism amplifies in the mainstream masses and within academic realms across a variety of fields, the time is right to converge parallel movements to decolonise the fields of global health and evaluation by restructuring relations of dependency and domination reified through the “foreign gaze” 1 or “white gaze.” We conducted a review of relevant records with the following inclusion criteria–they define or advocate…
Investigating the Risk Factors Associated with Injury Severity in Pedestrian Crashes in Santiago, Chile
Pedestrians are vulnerable road users that are directly exposed to road traffic crashes with high odds of resulting in serious injuries and fatalities. Therefore, there is a critical need to identify the risk factors associated with injury severity in pedestrian crashes to promote safe and friendly walking environments for pedestrians. This study investigates the risk factors related to pedestrian, crash, and built environment characteristics tha…
Associations between household air pollution and early child development among children aged 36–59 months in Bangladesh
BACKGROUND: Household air pollution (HAP) from solid fuel use (SFU) for cooking may impact child health in low-resources countries. This study examined the associations between HAP and early childhood development (ECD) outcomes among children under 5 years of age in Bangladesh and explored potential effect modification by sex and urbanicity. METHODS: The study sample consisted of 9395 children aged 36-59 months in the households from the Banglade…
Did the cannabis recreational use law affect traffic crash outcomes in Toronto? Building evidence for the adequate number of authorised cannabis stores' thresholds
Fentanyl-driven acceleration of racial, gender and geographical disparities in drug overdose deaths in the United States
We examine trends in drug overdose deaths by race, gender, and geography in the United States during the period 2013–2020. Race and gender specific crude rates were extracted from the final National Vital Statistics System multiple cause-of-death mortality files for several jurisdictions and used to calculate the male-to-female ratios of crude rates between 2013 and 2020. We established 2013–2019 temporal trends for four major drug types: psychos…
Chile’s Tobacco Strategy: A Scoping Review of Tobacco Measures Over Time
Chile currently has a relatively robust tobacco control policy approach. Nonetheless, it has one of the highest tobacco consumption prevalence rates among adults worldwide. Better knowledge regarding changes in tobacco control policy over time may provide a comprehensive understanding of the observed changes in the prevalence of tobacco consumption. We aimed to carry out a scoping review to explore the evolution of Chile’s tobacco control consump…
The Increasing Prevalence of Children Home Alone in Ghana: The Importance of Considering Regional Inequalities
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s12187-023-10038-w
A brief research report of suicide rates in the Brazilian elderly over a 12-year period: The lack of association of the "Setembro Amarelo" campaign for suicide prevention
There is a lack of association between the campaign and suicide rates, among the elderly in Brazil's southeastern region. As suicide is complex and multifactorial, more research is needed. The campaign, while raising awareness and reducing stigma, may not reduce suicides. To reduce the suicide rate in the elderly requires addressing social, economic and cultural factors, multisectoral interventions, and upholding basic human rights
Uneven effects of twenty years of Chile's cannabis policy implementation in cannabis onset
In Chile, Laws 19366 and 20000, implemented in 1995 and 2005 respectively, regulated and sanctioned cannabis’ personal use, cultivation and trafficking. We use thirteen biannual cross-sectional national surveys data from 1994 to 2018 to examine the effect of Laws 19366 and 20000—using the rate of individuals incarcerated per 100000 population due to drug-related crimes as proxy—on the age of onset of cannabis use over time. We estimate the effect…
Changes in the incidence of cannabis-related disorders after the Cannabis Act and the Covid-19 pandemic in Québec, Canada
The incidence rates of CRD diagnoses across Québec appears to have increased following the implementation of the CCA and during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our findings echo public health concerns regarding potential cannabis-related harms and are consistent with previous Canadian studies
Children supervising children across low- and middle-income countries: The role of mothers’ education
Around the world, many young children spend time supervising or being supervised by other children without adults. This can have both positive (e.g., strengthening sibling ties) and negative (e.g., hinder supervisor’s schooling) consequences for children, families, and communities. Population-based information from low- and middle-income countries (LMIC) is scarce on this phenomenon. Poisson random effect regression models using the most recent M…
Talking with pregnant women exposed to cannabis use after cannabis legalization: Experiences of professionals working in Québec's social and healthcare system
Background The rising prevalence of prenatal cannabis use in high-income countries presents a growing concern for the medical community. Despite guidelines outlining risks, healthcare and social service professionals often struggle to discuss cannabis use with pregnant women. This study examines how these interactions have evolved following the Cannabis Act in Québec, focusing on how professionals respond to and provide guidance for women who rep…
Driving under viral impairment: Linking acute Sars-CoV-2 infections to elevated car crash risks
This study explores the linkage between acute SARS-CoV-2 and car crashes across U.S. states, correlating with COVID-19 mitigation strategies, vaccination rates, and Long COVID prevalence. This investigation analyzed aggregate COVID-19 and car crash data spanning 2020–2023, with data collection occurring between March and May 2024. Analysis was done via a Poisson regression model, adjusted for population. Key variables included vaccination status,…
Using the Adapt guidance to culturally adapt a brief intervention to reduce alcohol use among injury patients in Tanzania
Harmful alcohol use is a leading risk factor for injury-related death and disability in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Brief negotiational interventions (BNIs) in emergency departments (EDs) effectively reduce alcohol intake and re-injury rates. However, most BNIs are developed in high-income countries, with limited evidence of their effectiveness in LMICs. To address this gap, we culturally adapted a BNI for alcohol-related injury pat…
Investigating variations in paid parental leave uptake among mothers: A Canadian longitudinal population-based study
International audience
Past hurts, present hurdles: Analyzing the impact of adult socioeconomic status and healthcare access on cancer screening among childhood abuse survivors
Childhood abuse is associated with long-term health consequences and may influence uptake of preventive healthcare. We evaluated whether adult socioeconomic experiences and healthcare access modify the association between childhood abuse and adherence to U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) cancer screening guidelines. We analyzed 2020 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System (BRFSS) data among respondents who answered the childhood abu…
Medicine (21 works) · Environmental health (14 works) · Population (11 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Sociology (10 works) · Demography (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Poison control (8 works) · Political science (7 works) · Psychiatry (7 works)