Fabian Mendez
Biographic Data
| ID | 91802 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Fabian Mendez |
| GIVEN NAMES | Fabian |
| FAMILY NAME | Mendez |
| SIGNATURE | MENDEZ F |
| AFFILIATIONS | Universidad del Valle |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5201-8822 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 23 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1997 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
Sedentary Behavior and School Bullying in Adolescents: An Analysis Based on a National Survey in Colombia
BACKGROUND: Sedentarism has been associated with poorer mental health, greater likelihood of bullying and suicide risk; however, studies with national coverage are needed to characterize contexts and allow comparisons between nations. The aim of this study was to examine the association between sedentary lifestyles with bullying in the social context of Colombian adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 78,772 adolescents aged 13-17 years…
Conflicto armado interno y ambiente en Colombia: Análisis Desde Los Conflictos Ecológicos, 1960-2016
A partir de una revisión exploratoria de literatura y de los registros en el Atlas Global de Justicia Ambiental (https://ejatlas.org), este artículo analiza 82 casos de conflictos ecológicos o ambientales donde participan actores vinculados al Conflicto Armado Interno (CAI) en Colombia. Con base en estadísticas descriptivas, analizamos las acciones de guerra y extractivas, y las implicaciones socioambientales del CAI en los casos estudiados. Dist…
Continuity of Care and the Control of High Blood Pressure at Colombian Primary Care Services
Continuity of care (COC) has been associated with lower mortality and hospitalizations and higher high blood pressure (HBP) control rates. This evidence mainly came from high income countries. We aimed to identify conditions associated with controlled HBP, particularly COC, in primary care services (PCSs) affiliated to two health insurances in Colombia, a low-median income country. A longitudinal observational study was carried out using clinical…
Slow violence in mining and crude oil extractive frontiers: The overlooked resource curse in the Colombian internal armed conflict
Skin color, social inequalities and health in older adults: An analysis based on the Sabe survey in Colombia
Our study is based on the Colombia SABE survey (Health, Well-Being, and Aging Study), which included 23,694 individuals aged 60+ in urban and rural areas of the country. The analysis addresses adult self-perception of health status as a dependent variable and its relationships to ethnic/racial self-recognition and to interviewer-ascribed skin color as a phenotypic trait using a validated technique with a color palette. Social inequalities were de…
The Geopolitics of Climate Knowledge Mobilization: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science-Policy Interface(s) in the Americas
Climate change and sustainability science have become more international in scope and transdisciplinary in nature, in response to growing expectations that scientific knowledge directly informs collective action and transformation. In this article, we move past idealized models of the science-policy interface to examine the social processes and geopolitical dynamics of knowledge mobilization. We argue that sociotechnical imaginaries of transdisci…
Association of Self-Reported Familial History of Cardiometabolic Disease with Metabolic Syndrome in Apparently Healthy Urban Colombian Men: Metabolic Syndrome and Family Antecedents
Association of Self‐Reported Familial History of Cardiometabolic Disease with Metabolic Syndrome in Apparently Healthy Urban Colombian Men
OBJECTIVES: Evidence about the relationship between familial history (FH) of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Latin American populations is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of FH of CMD and of dyslipidemia and obesity with MetS in healthy men. METHODS: One-hundred-twenty one individuals were recruited. Waist circumference and blood pressure were measured by a trained researcher using sta…
Nutrients intake as determinants of blood lead and cadmium levels in Colombian pregnant women
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between nutrients intake in the first trimester of pregnancy and blood levels of lead and cadmium during the first and third trimesters of gestation. METHODS: A total of 381 pregnant women were enrolled. Blood lead and cadmium were measured using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry, and dietary intake was assessed using 24-h recall questionnaire. RESULTS: Lead levels in the first trimester were ne…
Transport and health: A look at three Latin American cities
Transport is associated with environmental problems, economic losses, health and social inequalities. A number of European and US cities have implemented initiatives to promote multimodal modes of transport. In Latin America changes are occurring in public transport systems and a number of projects aimed at stimulating non-motorized modes of transport (walking and cycling) have already been implemented. Based on articles from peer-reviewed academ…
Defectos eritrocíticos y densidad de la parasitemia en pacientes con malaria por Plasmodium falciparum en Buenaventura, Colombia
Our results confirm the high prevalence of erythrocyte defects in Colombia's Pacific coastal region, in a population with ethnic characteristics that are similar to those of some populations in West Africa. Our results also lend support for the existence of innate resistance to malaria among carriers of hemoglobin AS and in persons with G6PD deficiency
Knowledge, beliefs and practices relevant for malaria control in an endemic urban area of the Colombian Pacific
Urban malaria transmission in Buenaventura, Colombia: Entomologic aspects
In recent years, the number of cases of urban malaria in Buenaventura, Colombia, has increased, rising from 576 in 1987 to 3296 in 1991 and 2017 in 1992. For this reason, an epidemiologic study to identify malaria transmission patterns was carried out in this municipality on Colombias Pacific coast. This article describes the entomologic findings regarding the vectors, their breeding sites, and the behavior of Anopheles species during the period …
Transmisión de la malaria urbana en Buenaventura, Colombia: Aspectos entomológicos
En los últimos años, el número de casos de malaria urbana en Buenaventura, Colombia, ha aumentado de 576 en 1987 a 3 296 en 1991 y 2 017 en 1992, por lo que se desarrolló un estudio epidemiológico para identificar patrones de transmisión de la malaria en este municipio del litoral pacífico colombiano. Se describen los hallazgos entomológicos en relación con los vectores, los criaderos y el comportamiento de las especies de Anopheles durante el pe…
Transport and health: A look at three Latin American cities
Transport is associated with environmental problems, economic losses, health and social inequalities. A number of European and US cities have implemented initiatives to promote multimodal modes of transport. In Latin America changes are occurring in public transport systems and a number of projects aimed at stimulating non-motorized modes of transport (walking and cycling) have already been implemented. Based on articles from peer-reviewed academ…
The Geopolitics of Climate Knowledge Mobilization: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science-Policy Interface(s) in the Americas
Climate change and sustainability science have become more international in scope and transdisciplinary in nature, in response to growing expectations that scientific knowledge directly informs collective action and transformation. In this article, we move past idealized models of the science-policy interface to examine the social processes and geopolitical dynamics of knowledge mobilization. We argue that sociotechnical imaginaries of transdisci…
Slow violence in mining and crude oil extractive frontiers: The overlooked resource curse in the Colombian internal armed conflict
Knowledge, beliefs and practices relevant for malaria control in an endemic urban area of the Colombian Pacific
Skin color, social inequalities and health in older adults: An analysis based on the Sabe survey in Colombia
Our study is based on the Colombia SABE survey (Health, Well-Being, and Aging Study), which included 23,694 individuals aged 60+ in urban and rural areas of the country. The analysis addresses adult self-perception of health status as a dependent variable and its relationships to ethnic/racial self-recognition and to interviewer-ascribed skin color as a phenotypic trait using a validated technique with a color palette. Social inequalities were de…
Urban malaria transmission in Buenaventura, Colombia: Entomologic aspects
In recent years, the number of cases of urban malaria in Buenaventura, Colombia, has increased, rising from 576 in 1987 to 3296 in 1991 and 2017 in 1992. For this reason, an epidemiologic study to identify malaria transmission patterns was carried out in this municipality on Colombias Pacific coast. This article describes the entomologic findings regarding the vectors, their breeding sites, and the behavior of Anopheles species during the period …
Transmisión de la malaria urbana en Buenaventura, Colombia: Aspectos entomológicos
En los últimos años, el número de casos de malaria urbana en Buenaventura, Colombia, ha aumentado de 576 en 1987 a 3 296 en 1991 y 2 017 en 1992, por lo que se desarrolló un estudio epidemiológico para identificar patrones de transmisión de la malaria en este municipio del litoral pacífico colombiano. Se describen los hallazgos entomológicos en relación con los vectores, los criaderos y el comportamiento de las especies de Anopheles durante el pe…
Knowledge, beliefs and practices relevant for malaria control in an endemic urban area of the Colombian Pacific
Defectos eritrocíticos y densidad de la parasitemia en pacientes con malaria por Plasmodium falciparum en Buenaventura, Colombia
Our results confirm the high prevalence of erythrocyte defects in Colombia's Pacific coastal region, in a population with ethnic characteristics that are similar to those of some populations in West Africa. Our results also lend support for the existence of innate resistance to malaria among carriers of hemoglobin AS and in persons with G6PD deficiency
Association of Self-Reported Familial History of Cardiometabolic Disease with Metabolic Syndrome in Apparently Healthy Urban Colombian Men: Metabolic Syndrome and Family Antecedents
Association of Self‐Reported Familial History of Cardiometabolic Disease with Metabolic Syndrome in Apparently Healthy Urban Colombian Men
OBJECTIVES: Evidence about the relationship between familial history (FH) of cardiometabolic disease (CMD) and metabolic syndrome (MetS) in Latin American populations is scarce. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship of FH of CMD and of dyslipidemia and obesity with MetS in healthy men. METHODS: One-hundred-twenty one individuals were recruited. Waist circumference and blood pressure were measured by a trained researcher using sta…
Nutrients intake as determinants of blood lead and cadmium levels in Colombian pregnant women
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the relationship between nutrients intake in the first trimester of pregnancy and blood levels of lead and cadmium during the first and third trimesters of gestation. METHODS: A total of 381 pregnant women were enrolled. Blood lead and cadmium were measured using electrothermal atomic absorption spectrometry, and dietary intake was assessed using 24-h recall questionnaire. RESULTS: Lead levels in the first trimester were ne…
Transport and health: A look at three Latin American cities
Transport is associated with environmental problems, economic losses, health and social inequalities. A number of European and US cities have implemented initiatives to promote multimodal modes of transport. In Latin America changes are occurring in public transport systems and a number of projects aimed at stimulating non-motorized modes of transport (walking and cycling) have already been implemented. Based on articles from peer-reviewed academ…
The Geopolitics of Climate Knowledge Mobilization: Transdisciplinary Research at the Science-Policy Interface(s) in the Americas
Climate change and sustainability science have become more international in scope and transdisciplinary in nature, in response to growing expectations that scientific knowledge directly informs collective action and transformation. In this article, we move past idealized models of the science-policy interface to examine the social processes and geopolitical dynamics of knowledge mobilization. We argue that sociotechnical imaginaries of transdisci…
Skin color, social inequalities and health in older adults: An analysis based on the Sabe survey in Colombia
Our study is based on the Colombia SABE survey (Health, Well-Being, and Aging Study), which included 23,694 individuals aged 60+ in urban and rural areas of the country. The analysis addresses adult self-perception of health status as a dependent variable and its relationships to ethnic/racial self-recognition and to interviewer-ascribed skin color as a phenotypic trait using a validated technique with a color palette. Social inequalities were de…
Continuity of Care and the Control of High Blood Pressure at Colombian Primary Care Services
Continuity of care (COC) has been associated with lower mortality and hospitalizations and higher high blood pressure (HBP) control rates. This evidence mainly came from high income countries. We aimed to identify conditions associated with controlled HBP, particularly COC, in primary care services (PCSs) affiliated to two health insurances in Colombia, a low-median income country. A longitudinal observational study was carried out using clinical…
Slow violence in mining and crude oil extractive frontiers: The overlooked resource curse in the Colombian internal armed conflict
Conflicto armado interno y ambiente en Colombia: Análisis Desde Los Conflictos Ecológicos, 1960-2016
A partir de una revisión exploratoria de literatura y de los registros en el Atlas Global de Justicia Ambiental (https://ejatlas.org), este artículo analiza 82 casos de conflictos ecológicos o ambientales donde participan actores vinculados al Conflicto Armado Interno (CAI) en Colombia. Con base en estadísticas descriptivas, analizamos las acciones de guerra y extractivas, y las implicaciones socioambientales del CAI en los casos estudiados. Dist…
Worldwide trends in underweight and obesity from 1990 to 2022: A pooled analysis of 3663 population-representative studies with 222 million children, adolescents, and adults
BACKGROUND: Underweight and obesity are associated with adverse health outcomes throughout the life course. We estimated the individual and combined prevalence of underweight or thinness and obesity, and their changes, from 1990 to 2022 for adults and school-aged children and adolescents in 200 countries and territories. METHODS: ). For school-aged children and adolescents, we report thinness (BMI 2 SD above the median). FINDINGS: From 1990 to 20…
Sedentary Behavior and School Bullying in Adolescents: An Analysis Based on a National Survey in Colombia
BACKGROUND: Sedentarism has been associated with poorer mental health, greater likelihood of bullying and suicide risk; however, studies with national coverage are needed to characterize contexts and allow comparisons between nations. The aim of this study was to examine the association between sedentary lifestyles with bullying in the social context of Colombian adolescents. METHODS: Cross-sectional study with 78,772 adolescents aged 13-17 years…
Medicine (11 works) · Geography (7 works) · Demography (6 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Sociology (5 works) · Internal Medicine (4 works) · Malaria (4 works) · Population (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)