Jennifer J Salinas

Summary

Affiliation: Texas Medical Center
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Application of a novel method for assessing cumulative risk burden by county
    Jennifer J Salinas
    School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville Regional Campus, RAHC, UTB 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 9:1820-35. 2012
  2. ncbi Impact of Hispanic ethnic concentration and socioeconomic status on obesity prevalence in Texas counties
    Jennifer J Salinas
    Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 9:1201-15. 2012
  3. ncbi Using the Framingham Risk Score to evaluate immigrant effect on cardiovascular disease risk in Mexican Americans
    Jennifer J Salinas
    Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Brownsville Campus, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 23:666-77. 2012
  4. ncbi The rural-urban divide: health services utilization among older Mexicans in Mexico
    Jennifer J Salinas
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, Texas 78520 4956, USA
    J Rural Health 26:333-41. 2010
  5. ncbi The missing men: high risk of disease in men of Mexican origin
    Jennifer Salinas
    University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX 78520, USA
    Am J Mens Health 5:332-40. 2011
  6. ncbi Socioeconomic status and prevalence of obesity and diabetes in a Mexican American community, Cameron County, Texas, 2004-2007
    Susan P Fisher-Hoch
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A53. 2010
  7. ncbi Biomarkers of maternal and fetal exposure to organochlorine pesticides measured in pregnant Hispanic women from Brownsville, Texas
    Ken Sexton
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown AHC, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 10:237-48. 2013
  8. ncbi English language use, health and mortality in older Mexican Americans
    Jennifer J Salinas
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, University of Texas Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 13:232-8. 2011
  9. ncbi Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in maternal and umbilical cord blood from pregnant Hispanic women living in Brownsville, Texas
    Ken Sexton
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:3365-79. 2011
  10. ncbi Nativity and nutritional behaviors in the Mexican origin population living in the US-Mexico border region
    Jared A Montoya
    Behavioral Sciences Department, University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 13:94-100. 2011

Detail Information

Publications11

  1. ncbi Application of a novel method for assessing cumulative risk burden by county
    Jennifer J Salinas
    School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston, Brownsville Regional Campus, RAHC, UTB 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 9:1820-35. 2012
    ....
  2. ncbi Impact of Hispanic ethnic concentration and socioeconomic status on obesity prevalence in Texas counties
    Jennifer J Salinas
    Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, University of Texas Houston Health Science Center, School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 9:1201-15. 2012
    ....
  3. ncbi Using the Framingham Risk Score to evaluate immigrant effect on cardiovascular disease risk in Mexican Americans
    Jennifer J Salinas
    Division of Epidemiology, Human Genetics and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Brownsville Campus, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    J Health Care Poor Underserved 23:666-77. 2012
    ..This study uses the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) for 10-year cardiovascular disease (CVD) to evaluate differences between Mexican American immigrants and the U.S.-born population...
  4. ncbi The rural-urban divide: health services utilization among older Mexicans in Mexico
    Jennifer J Salinas
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, Brownsville, Texas 78520 4956, USA
    J Rural Health 26:333-41. 2010
    ..Mexico...
  5. ncbi The missing men: high risk of disease in men of Mexican origin
    Jennifer Salinas
    University of Texas, Houston Health Science Center, Houston, TX 78520, USA
    Am J Mens Health 5:332-40. 2011
    ..Mexican American males in the U.S./Mexico border region have a high prevalence of obesity in younger men and higher overall rates of diabetes, including undiagnosed diabetes, and significantly higher serum cholesterol levels than women...
  6. ncbi Socioeconomic status and prevalence of obesity and diabetes in a Mexican American community, Cameron County, Texas, 2004-2007
    Susan P Fisher-Hoch
    Division of Epidemiology, University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville Campus, 80 Fort Brown, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Prev Chronic Dis 7:A53. 2010
    ..We established a cohort on the United States-Mexico border to determine the prevalence of obesity and diabetes in this Mexican American population and to see whether minor economic advantages had any effect on health...
  7. ncbi Biomarkers of maternal and fetal exposure to organochlorine pesticides measured in pregnant Hispanic women from Brownsville, Texas
    Ken Sexton
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, 80 Fort Brown AHC, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 10:237-48. 2013
    ....
  8. ncbi English language use, health and mortality in older Mexican Americans
    Jennifer J Salinas
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownsville Regional Campus, University of Texas Brownsville, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 13:232-8. 2011
    ..English language use is a predictor of health and mortality in older Mexican Americans separate from country of birth...
  9. ncbi Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in maternal and umbilical cord blood from pregnant Hispanic women living in Brownsville, Texas
    Ken Sexton
    University of Texas School of Public Health, Brownville Regional Campus, Brownsville, TX 78520, USA
    Int J Environ Res Public Health 8:3365-79. 2011
    ..While the possibility of related adverse effects on the fetus is uncertain, these exposures in combination with socioeconomically-disadvantaged and environmentally-challenging living conditions raise legitimate public health concerns...
  10. ncbi Nativity and nutritional behaviors in the Mexican origin population living in the US-Mexico border region
    Jared A Montoya
    Behavioral Sciences Department, University of Texas at Brownsville, Brownsville, TX, USA
    J Immigr Minor Health 13:94-100. 2011
    ..Despite low levels of overall acculturation in the border region dietary beliefs still exist between immigrants and US-born Mexican Americans in dietary beliefs, but, not behaviors in US-born Mexican Americans...
  11. ncbi Tapping healthcare resource by older Mexicans with diabetes: how migration to the United States facilitates access
    Jennifer J Salinas
    Sealy Center on Aging, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, 77555 0460, USA
    J Cross Cult Gerontol 23:301-12. 2008
    ..In addition, residents with diabetes who have family members living in the USA receive remittances in the form of money and medical supplies that aid in the treatment of their illness. Implications for policy are discussed...