Browsing by Author "Indvik, Katherine"

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    Life expectancy and mortality in 363 cities of Latin America
    (2021) Bilal, Usama; Hessel, Philipp; Perez-Ferrer, Carolina; Michael, Yvonne L.; Alfaro, Tania; Tenorio-Mucha, Janeth; Friche, Amelia A. L.; Pina, Maria Fatima; Vives, Alejandra; Quick, Harrison; Alazraqui, Marcio; Rodriguez, Daniel A.; Miranda, J. Jaime; Diez-Roux, Ana V.; Alazraqui, Marcio; Alazraqui, Marcio; Spinelli, Hugo; Guevel, Carlos; Di Cecco, Vanessa; Tisnes, Adela; Leveau, Carlos; Santoro, Adrian; Herkovits, Damian; Trotta, Andres; Aguirre, Patricia; Lopez, Santiago Rodriguez; Tumas, Natalia; Gouveia, Nelson; Mascolli, Maria Antonietta; Slovic, Anne Dorothee; Martins, Lucas Soriano; Kanai, Claudio Makoto; Barreto, Mauricio; Santos, Gervasio; de Freitas, Anderson Dias; De Castro, Caio Porto; Filho, Jose Firmino de Sousa; Bell, Maria Izabel dos Santos; Andrade, Roberto Fernandes Silva; Cardoso, Leticia; Menezes, Mariana Carvalho de; Pina, Maria de Fatima de; Skaba, Daniel Albert; Guimaraes, Joanna Miguez Nery; Matos, Vanderlei Pascoal de; Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira; Friche, Amelia Augusta de Lima; Andrade, Amanda Cristina de Souza; Vaz, Camila Teixeira; Coelho, Debora Moraes; Sales, Denise Marques; Aguilar, Guilherme Aparecido Santos; Nascimento, Julia de Carvalho; Morais, Lidia Maria de Oliveira; Santos, Mariana de Melo; Silva, Uriel Moreira; Frenz, Patricia; Alfaro, Tania; Cordova, Cynthia; Ruiz, Pablo; Fuentes, Mauricio; Castillo, Marianela; Pedrero, Sebastian; Rodriguez, Lorena; Doberti, Tamara; Vergara, Alejandra Vives; Salazar, Alejandro; Cortinez-O'Ryan, Andrea; Schmitt, Cristian; Gonzalez, Francisca; Baeza, Fernando; Angelini, Flavia; Orlando, Laura; Sarmiento, Olga Lucia; Higuera, Diana; Gonzalez, Catalina; Montes, Felipe; Useche, Andres F.; Guaje, Oscar; Jaramillo, Ana Maria; Guzman, Luis Angel; Cuesta, Diego Lucumi; Guerra, John Alexis; Bonilla, Jorge Alexander; Guzman, Luis Angel; Linares, Mario; Hessel, Philipp; Morales, Ricardo; Triana, Camilo; Wilches, Maria Alejandra; Palacio, Alejandro; Pena, Fabian Camilo; Sabogal, Joaquin Hernando Jaramillo; Lopez, Julieth; Fajardo, Karen; Botero, Marcelo; Cely, Natalia; Martinez, Paola; Moncada, Carlos; Meisel, Jose David; Martinez, Eliana; Kroker-Lobos, Maria Fernanda; Ramirez-Zea, Manuel; Mazariegos, Monica; Morales, Anali; Barrientos-Gutierrez, Tonatiuh; Perez-Ferrer, Carolina; Prado-Galbarro, Javier; Lopez-Olmedo, Nancy Paulina; de Castro, Filipa; Rojas-Martinez, Rosalba; Jauregui, Alejandra; Stern, Dalia; Riojas, Horacio; Texcalac, Jose Luis; Perez, Desiree Vidana; Miranda, J. Jaime; Vasquez, Akram Hernandez; Diez-Canseco, Francisco; Garcia, Lorena Saavedra; Hammond, Ross; Rodriguez, Daniel; Dronova, Iryna; Wang, Xize; Moran, Mika; Zhao, Yuanyuan; Ju, Yang; Delclos-Alio, Xavier; Hovmand, Peter; Ballard, Ellis; Kuhlberg, Jill; Diez-Roux, Ana V.; Auchincloss, Amy; Barber, Sharrelle; Bilal, Usama; Garcia-Espana, Felipe; Langellier, Brent; Lovasi, Gina; McClure, Leslie; Michael, Yvonne; Moore, Kari; Ortigoza, Ana; Quick, Harrison; Quistberg, D. Alex; Sanchez, Brisa N.; Stankov, Ivana; Tapia-Granados, Jose; Yamada, Goro; Rodriguez-Hernandez, Jordan; Melly, Steve; Avila-Palencia, Ione; Kephart, Josiah; Mullachery, Pricila; Trejo, Bricia; Braverman, Ariela; Fry, Dustin; Henson, Rosie Mae; Martinez-Folgar, Kevin; Slesinski, S. Claire; Indvik, Katherine; Bolinaga, Andrea; CEDEUS (Chile)
    The concept of a so-called urban advantage in health ignores the possibility of heterogeneity in health outcomes across cities. Using a harmonized dataset from the SALURBAL project, we describe variability and predictors of life expectancy and proportionate mortality in 363 cities across nine Latin American countries. Life expectancy differed substantially across cities within the same country. Cause-specific mortality also varied across cities, with some causes of death (unintentional and violent injuries and deaths) showing large variation within countries, whereas other causes of death (communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional, cancer, cardiovascular disease and other noncommunicable diseases) varied substantially between countries. In multivariable mixed models, higher levels of education, water access and sanitation and less overcrowding were associated with longer life expectancy, a relatively lower proportion of communicable, maternal, neonatal and nutritional deaths and a higher proportion of deaths from cancer, cardiovascular disease and other noncommunicable diseases. These results highlight considerable heterogeneity in life expectancy and causes of death across cities of Latin America, revealing modifiable factors that could be amenable to urban policies aimed toward improving urban health in Latin America and more generally in other urban environments.
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    Research Translation to Promote Urban Health in Latin America: The SALURBAL Experience
    (Springer, 2024) Slesinski, S. Claire; Indvik, Katherine; Bolinaga, Andrea; Roux, Ana V. Diez; Barrientos-Gutiérrez, Tonatiuh; Caiaffa, Waleska Teixeira; Diez-Canseco, Francisco; Miranda, J. Jaime; Rodríguez, Daniel A.; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Siri, José G.; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; CEDEUS (Chile)
    In highly urbanized and unequal Latin America, urban health and health equity research are essential to effective policymaking. To ensure the application of relevant and context-specific evidence to efforts to reduce urban health inequities, urban health research in Latin America must incorporate strategic research translation efforts. Beginning in 2017, the Urban Health in Latin America (SALURBAL) project implemented policy-relevant research and engaged policymakers and the public to support the translation of research findings. Over 6 years, more than 200 researchers across eight countries contributed to SALURBAL's interdisciplinary network. This network allowed SALURBAL to adapt research and engagement activities to local contexts and priorities, thereby maximizing the policy relevance of research findings and their application to promote policy action, inform urban interventions, and drive societal change. SALURBAL achieved significant visibility and credibility among academic and nonacademic urban health stakeholders, resulting in the development of evidence and tools to support urban policymakers, planners, and policy development processes across the region. These efforts and their outcomes reveal important lessons regarding maintaining flexibility and accounting for local context in research, ensuring that resources are dedicated to policy engagement and dissemination activities, and recognizing that assessing policy impact requires a nuanced understanding of complex policymaking processes. These reflections are relevant for promoting urban health and health equity research translation across the global south and worldwide. This paper presents SALURBAL's strategy for dissemination and policy translation, highlights innovative initiatives and their outcomes, discusses lessons learned, and shares recommendations for future efforts to promote effective translation of research findings.
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    Urban transformations, community participation, and health: inter-sectoral and cross-country learning experience between Brazil, Chile, and Colombia
    (2023) Morais, Lídia Maria de Oliveira; Guevara Aladino, Paula; Valdebenito, Roxana; Díaz, Natalia; Indvik, Katherine; Sarmiento, Olga L.; Vives Vergara, Alejandra; Friche, Amélia Augusta de Lima; Teixeira Caiaffa, Waleska; CEDEUS (Chile)
    La difusión de resultados de investigación es esencial para construir entornos urbanos más saludables. Éste es un proceso complejo que requiere confianza, comprensión y motivación entre sectores y grupos de actores claves para propiciar espacios de intercambio de conocimiento y experiencias. Integrantes de la red Salud Urbana en América Latina convocaron a un grupo de investigadores, tomadores decisiones y miembros de las comunidades de Brasil, Chile y Colombia para dialogar sobre tres intervenciones de transformación urbana. El evento “Transformaciones urbanas, participación comunitaria y salud: Aprendizajes de Brasil, Chile y Colombia” se realizó de manera virtual el 2 de septiembre de 2021; consideramos que esta experiencia brindó una oportunidad innovadora para el fortalecimiento de capacidades y la generación de nuevos vínculos entre diversos actores en América Latina. Durante el evento se reiteró la importancia de incluir a los tomadores de decisiones y a los miembros de las comunidades en el proceso de investigación para ampliar la comprensión de los contextos urbanos de todos los actores vinculados al proceso de investigación. Esperamos que esta experiencia sirva de inspiración para diálogos intersectoriales que puedan ampliar la práctica de investigación, fortalecer la difusión de resultados sobre intervenciones urbanas y sus evaluaciones para promover la salud y la sostenibilidad.