Ana Laura Herrera

Biographic Data

ID6684451
NAMEAna Laura Herrera
GIVEN NAMESAna Laura
FAMILY NAMEHerrera
SIGNATUREHERRERA A L
AFFILIATIONSThe University of Texas at Austin
ORCID0000-0002-6615-4796
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS16
TOTAL CITATIONS12
AUTHOR COUNT16
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2008
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX2

  • Peers and Young Adult Electronic Nicotine Delivery Use

    Caroline North, Keryn E Pasch et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2025

    Objective To determine if social enhancement outcome expectancies, harm perceptions, and social normative beliefs, explain why young adults with a greater amount of peers who use electronic nicotine delivery systems (ENDS) subsequently report past 30-day ENDS use two years later.Method Participants were 1,721 young adults, who had used ENDS at least once, in the final three annual waves of a longitudinal study (spring 2017, 2018, 2019). At baseli…

  • Alternative Tobacco Use and Cigarette Smoking Transitions among College Students in Texas

    Xiaoyin Li, Carole K Holahan et al.ARTICLESubstance Use & Misuse2023

    Background: High prevalence of very light cigarette smoking and use of alternative tobacco products (ATPs; i.e. electronic nicotine delivery systems [ENDS], cigars, and hookah) among young adult college students are causes for concern. The purpose of this study is to examine transitions in cigarette smoking (never vs. non-current vs. very light vs. heavier) among college students across 2.5 years and determine if the use of ATPs is related to the…

  • Associations between inspections for unsafe housing conditions and evictions in New York City public housing buildings

    Open AccessRajan A Sonik, Ana Laura HerreraARTICLEJournal of Community Health2022

  • A Simulation of the potential impact of restricting tobacco retail outlets around middle and high schools on tobacco advertisements

    Udoka Obinwa, Keryn E Pasch et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2020

    Students can be exposed to a great deal of tobacco advertising in TROs around their schools. The implementation of a 1000 ft ban of TROs, or at minimum a ban on tobacco advertising outside and within these outlets, is one way to prevent or reduce the use of tobacco among adolescents

  • Exposure to tobacco marketing in bars predicts subsequent use of multiple tobacco products among non-tobacco-using college students

    Ana Laura Herrera, C Nathan Marti et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2019

    Tobacco companies claim that marketing is targeted to those who already use the product, not to non-users. However, the current study indicates tobacco marketing in bars and nightclubs may encourage use among non-users and has no influence on current users

  • Targeting Hispanic adolescents with outdoor food & beverage advertising around schools

    Ana Laura Herrera, Keryn E PaschARTICLEEthnicity and Health2017Cited by: 2References: 5

    Further research is needed that documents the content of these advertisements and determines the extent to which these advertisements affect Hispanic and other racial/ethnic minority youth's attitudes and behaviors toward the consumption of these products

  • Tobacco-free but not tobacco industry free

    Ana Laura Herrera, Daniel S Kreitzberg et al.ARTICLETobacco Control2016

    In recent years a movement has spread across the USA to designate colleges 100% tobacco-free in an effort to reduce tobacco use and exposure to tobacco marketing among college students. As of January 2016, there are over 1000 tobacco-free campuses within the US.1 Although federal policies restrict tobacco companies from marketing their products to those under 18 years of age, tobacco industry documents show that they actively target young adults …

  • The Outdoor Media DOT

    Open AccessNatalie S Poulos, Keryn E Pasch et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2015Cited by: 1References: 3

  • Is frequency of family meals associated with parental encouragement of healthy eating among ethnically diverse eighth graders

    Open AccessNatalie S Poulos, Keryn E Pasch et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2014

    Objective The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between family meals and parental encouragement of healthy eating overall and by ethnicity. Design Family meal frequency was measured with one item asking how many times in the past 7 d all or most of the family ate a meal together, which was then categorized to represent three levels of family meals (≤2 times, 3–6 times and ≥7 times). Parental encouragement of healthy eat…

  • Classroom Norms and Individual Smoking Behavior in Middle School

    Lisa M Yarnell, Henry Shelton Brown et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2012

    Interventions can target middle school classes and schools broadly, without making the identification of friendship networks a concern

  • Influence of Grade-Level Drinking Norms on Individual Drinking Behavior

    Lisa M Yarnell, Haydn Brown et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Health Behavior2012

    Interventions can target extreme drinkers as the influential persons in middle-school grades

  • Urban v . suburban perceptions of the neighbourhood food environment as correlates of adolescent food purchasing

    Open AccessMary O Hearst, Mary Hearst et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    Objective To assess the relationship between adolescent perception of time to walk to neighbourhood food retail outlets and purchasing of sugar-sweetened beverages (SSB), fast and convenience food items, and to test for differences by urban v . suburban environment. Design Cross-sectional observational study. Setting Twin Cities Metropolitan Area, Minnesota, USA. Subjects Adolescents from two studies completed survey-based measures on perceptions…

  • Confirmación etiológica de los dos primeros casos de hantavirosis humana en el Perú

    Open AccessPaquita García M, Sinti Percy et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2011

    La infección producida por los agentes del género hantavirus produce el síndrome pulmonar por hantavirus (SPH) o la fiebre hemorrágica con síndrome renal (FHSR).La transmisión del virus se produce por contacto directo con secreciones, excrementos o inhalación de material infeccioso en forma de aerosoles provenientes de roedores (1) .En el siglo pasado, dos grandes brotes permitieron descubrir los hantavirus del viejo y nuevo mundo.El primer brote…

  • Neighbourhood food environments

    Open AccessMelissa N Laska, Mary O Hearst et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2010

    Objective To examine neighbourhood food environments, adolescent nutrition and weight status. Design Cross-sectional, observational study. Setting Minneapolis/St. Paul metropolitan region, Minnesota, USA. Subjects A total of 349 adolescents were recruited to the study. Participants completed 24 h dietary recalls and had their weight and height measured. They also reported demographic information and other diet-related behaviours. Geographic Infor…

  • Does outdoor alcohol advertising around elementary schools vary by the ethnicity of students in the school

    Keryn E Pasch, Ana Laura Herrera et al.ARTICLEEthnicity and Health2008Cited by: 4

    Alcohol advertising is more prevalent around schools with 20% or more Hispanic students. Policies should be considered to reduce the amount of alcohol advertising around schools

  • Alcohol outlets and youth alcohol use

    Open AccessKeryn E Pasch, Ana Laura Herrera et al.ARTICLEHealth & Place2008Cited by: 5References: 2