Paola Letona

Biographic Data

ID7254217
NAMEPaola Letona
GIVEN NAMESPaola
FAMILY NAMELetona
SIGNATURELETONA P
AFFILIATIONSInstitute of Nutrition of Central America and Panama
ORCID0000-0002-7704-8497
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS10
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR10
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX0

  • Antropólogas y Antropologías disidentes

    Open AccessP Alejandra Letona, Paola Letona et al.ARTICLEAmazônica - Revista de Antropologia2024

    Los orígenes de la antropología en Guatemala se sitúan alrededor de la creación de entidades como el Instituto Indigenista Nacional (1945), el Instituto de Antropología e Historia de Guatemala (1946) y el Seminario de Integración Guatemalteca (1954-1956) por ser aquellas que dieron mayor estructura disciplinaria. En esta época eran pocas las mujeres vinculadas al ejercicio antropológico, poco a poco el número fue creciendo. No obstante, a lo larg…

  • Sexual and reproductive health of migrant women and girls from the Northern Triangle of Central America

    Open AccessPaola Letona, Erica Felker-Kantor et al.ARTICLERevista Panamericana de Salud…2023

    There is a significant need for improved interventions during the predeparture phase of migration to inform migrant women and girls about the SRH risks they may encounter and to provide information and resources to support their SRH throughout their journey. Special attention should be directed towards trying to reach girls and women who will travel with smugglers

  • Interpersonal violence victimisation, HIV-related behaviours and STIs among adult, urban Indigenous and non-Indigenous gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Guatemala

    Dirk A Davis, Gabriell Duarte et al.ARTICLECulture Health & Sexuality2022

    Gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men are disproportionately affected by HIV in Guatemala; interpersonal violence may increase behaviours that augment the risk of HIV in this group. Although 44% of Guatemalans identify as Indigenous, little information exists on the experiences of Indigenous sexual minority individuals. In this study, we sought to compare different forms of violence and HIV-related behaviours by Indigenous identity am…

  • Healthy casetas

    Open AccessElisa L Pehlke, Paola Letona et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2016

    Developing countries have undergone transitions driven by globalization and development, accelerating increases in prevalence of overweight and obesity among children. Schools have been identified as effective settings for interventions that target children's dietary behaviors. In Guatemala, public schools commonly have food kiosks (Casetas) that sell products to children. From July through October 2013, observations during recess, in-depth inter…

  • Guatemalan school food environment

    Open AccessElisa L Pehlke, Paola Letona et al.ARTICLEHealth Promotion International2016

    Guatemala suffers the double burden of malnutrition with high rates of stunting alongside increasing childhood overweight/obesity. This study examines the school food environment (SFE) at low-income Guatemalan elementary schools and discusses its potential impact on undernutrition and overweight/obesity. From July through October 2013, direct observations, in-depth interviews with school principals (n = 4) and food kiosk vendors (n = 4, 2 intervi…

  • Aceptabilidad de una intervención basada en salud móvil para modificar estilos de vida en prehipertensos de Argentina, Guatemala y Perú

    Open AccessAndrea Beratarrechea, Francisco Diez-Canseco et al.ARTICLERevista Peruana de Medicina…2015

    Given the high penetration of mobile phones in developing countries, it is concluded that it is feasible and acceptable to offer a mobile health based intervention oriented towards lifestyle modification in people with prehypertension or high risk of chronic disease intervention

  • Formative research to develop a community-based intervention for chronic disease prevention in Guatemalan school-age children

    Open AccessPaola Letona, Manuel Ramirez‐zea et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    These findings should help researchers in Guatemala and similar LMIC to develop community-based interventions for NCD prevention in school-age children that are effective, feasible, and culturally acceptable

  • A qualitative study of children’s snack food packaging perceptions and preferences

    Open AccessPaola Letona, Violeta Chacón et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Policies regulating package content and design are required to discourage consumption of unhealthy snacks. This might be another public health strategy that can aid to halt the obesity epidemic

  • Snack food advertising in stores around public schools in Guatemala

    Open AccessVioleta Chacón, Paola Letona et al.ARTICLECritical Public Health2014

    Obesity in school-age children is emerging as a public heath concern. Food marketing influences preferences and increases children's requests for food. This study sought to describe the type of snack foods advertised to children in stores in and around public schools and assess if there is an association between child-oriented snack food advertising and proximity to schools. All food stores located inside and within a 200 square meter radius from…

  • Child-oriented marketing techniques in snack food packages in Guatemala

    Open AccessVioleta Chacón, Paola Letona et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    In Guatemala, the food industry targets children through several marketing techniques promoting inexpensive and unhealthy snacks in the school environment. Evidence-based policies restricting the use of promotional characters in unhealthy snack food packages need to be explored as a contributing strategy to control the obesity epidemic