2025
Nonparametric Estimation of the Potential Impact Fraction and the Population Attributable Fraction With Individual‐Level and Aggregated Data
Chan C, Zepeda‐Tello R, Camacho‐García‐Formentí D, Cudhea F, Meza R, Rodrigues E, Spiegelman D, Barrientos‐Gutierrez T, Zhou X. Nonparametric Estimation of the Potential Impact Fraction and the Population Attributable Fraction With Individual‐Level and Aggregated Data. Statistics In Medicine 2025, 44: e70214. PMID: 40798868, DOI: 10.1002/sim.70214.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDistributional assumptionsFinite sample performanceImpact of distributional assumptionsPotential impact fractionNonparametric estimationSample performanceDistributional violationsPopulation attributable fractionImpact fractionNonparametric methodsSimulation studyContinuous exposure dataPopulation impact fractionsAttributable fractionSugar-sweetened beverage consumptionIncidence of type 2 diabetesAssumptionsExposure distributionEstimationAggregate dataBeverage consumptionNonparametricType 2 diabetesIndividual-levelTarget populationBarriers and facilitators to a combined strategy of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening among Mexican women
León-Maldonado L, Cabral A, Pages G, Brown B, Allen-Leigh B, Lazcano-Ponce E, Bosch F, Spiegelman D, Torres-Ibarra L, Hernández-Ramírez R, Egger E, Rivera-Paredez B, Salmerón J. Barriers and facilitators to a combined strategy of HPV vaccination and cervical cancer screening among Mexican women. Human Vaccines & Immunotherapeutics 2025, 21: 2483018. PMID: 40172917, PMCID: PMC11970787, DOI: 10.1080/21645515.2025.2483018.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInterpersonal-level barriersHigh-quality careFacilitators to participationExperiences of stigmaCervical cancer screeningLack of timeCommunity-level facilitatorsConstant comparative methodPublic health interventionsHealth center personnelInstitutional-level barriersSeverity of cervical cancerHPV-based screeningSemi-structured interviewsCancer screeningHealth interventionsPerceived severity of cervical cancerHealth centersPhone remindersSocioecological modelIntrapersonal levelInconvenient hoursFamily encouragementPerceived severityHPV vaccination
2021
Facilitators and barriers to healthy eating in a worksite cafeteria: a qualitative study
Stern D, Blanco I, Olmos LA, Valdivia JJ, Shrestha A, Mattei J, Spiegelman D. Facilitators and barriers to healthy eating in a worksite cafeteria: a qualitative study. BMC Public Health 2021, 21: 973. PMID: 34022846, PMCID: PMC8141192, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-021-11004-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHigher health awarenessHealthy eatingWorksite cafeteriasCardiometabolic disease preventionFocus group discussionsHealthy food choicesHealthy food optionsNutrition interventionsQualitative studyDietary behaviorsDisease preventionLack of timeHealth awarenessFatty foodsHealth of employeesExploratory qualitative studyEatingHealthy foodsFood optionsFood choicesLarger worksitesJob categoriesUnpleasant taste
1996
Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Mexico City
Coplan P, Gortmaker S, Hemandez-Avila M, Spiegelman D, Uribe-Zuūiga P, Mueller N. Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection in Mexico City. American Journal Of Epidemiology 1996, 144: 817-827. PMID: 8890660, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a009016.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHuman immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infectionRectal bleedingImmunodeficiency virus infectionAnal wartsHIV infectionAnal intercourseRisk factorsVirus infectionIndependent risk factorReceptive anal intercourseLogistic regression modelingAnonymous HIVIntercourse episodesGenital ulcersHIV seroprevalenceHIV serostatusInsertive intercourseHIV transmissionOdds ratioBleedingEligible clientsPublic clinicsMultivariate analysisInfectionOlder age
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