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Lina S. Balluz

Researcher at Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Publications -  137
Citations -  10852

Lina S. Balluz is an academic researcher from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The author has contributed to research in topics: Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System & Population. The author has an hindex of 55, co-authored 137 publications receiving 9949 citations.

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Health Behaviors and Obesity among Hispanics with Depression, United States 2006

TL;DR: There were significant differences in age, education, and health care coverage between Hispanics and non-Hispanic Whites with current depression and lifetime diagnosis of depression, and public health intervention programs are needed to promote healthy behaviors especially physical activity participation in the Hispanic community.
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Risk factors for heart disease and stroke among diabetic persons, by disability status.

TL;DR: Diabetic persons with disability are more likely than those without disability to have clusters of risk factors for heart disease and stroke, and health care guidelines specifically targeting diabetic patients with disability may be needed in addressing these risk factors.
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Prevalence of CVD risk factors among adults with diabetes by mental distress status.

TL;DR: Diabetic persons with mental distress were more likely than those without mental distress to smoke to have hypercholesterolemia and hypertension and not to engage in leisure-time physical activity.
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Engaging academia to advance the science and practice of environmental public health tracking

TL;DR: The Tracking Program has collaborated with academia to address key challenges regarding the availability and quality of data, the application of appropriate methods and tools to link data, and the state of the science needed to link and analyze health and environmental data.

The Impact of a Mixed-mode Data Collection Design on Response and Non-response Bias on a RDD Landline Telephone Survey

TL;DR: Using the mail follow-up survey for non-respondents of the landline telephone survey boosted the response rate by 10%, and the non-response biases for 3 out of 14 health indicators were slightly higher, indicating that using the mixed-mode design does improve BRFSS response rates.