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Ninez A. Ponce
Researcher at University of California, Los Angeles
Publications - 151
Citations - 4537
Ninez A. Ponce is an academic researcher from University of California, Los Angeles. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Population. The author has an hindex of 32, co-authored 137 publications receiving 3807 citations. Previous affiliations of Ninez A. Ponce include University of California & University of California, Berkeley.
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Classification of race and ethnicity: implications for public health.
TL;DR: A review of the complexities created by new classification approaches made possible by the inclusion of multiple-race assessment in the U.S. Census and large health surveys discusses the importance of these classification decisions in understanding racial/ethnic health and health care access disparities.
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Linguistic disparities in health care access and health status among older adults.
TL;DR: In this article, English proficiency may be important in explaining disparities in health and health care access among older adults, and English proficiency is used as a predictor of health disparities in older adults.
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Preterm birth: the interaction of traffic-related air pollution with economic hardship in Los Angeles neighborhoods.
TL;DR: Reducing preterm births warrants a concerted effort of social, economic, and environmental policies, focused on not only individual risk factors but also the reduction of localized air pollution, expansion of health-care coverage, and improvement of neighborhood resources.
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Peer Reviewed: Population-based Interventions Engaging Communities of Color in Healthy Eating and Active Living: A Review
Antronette K. Yancey,Shiriki K. Kumanyika,Ninez A. Ponce,William J. McCarthy,Jonathan E. Fielding,Joanne Leslie,Jabar Akbar +6 more
TL;DR: A review of population-based interventions targeting communities of color or including sufficient samples to permit ethnic-specific analyses is presented in this paper, where the authors identify socio-cultural, political, economic, and physical environmental factors.
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Population-based interventions engaging communities of color in healthy eating and active living: a review.
Antronette K. Yancey,Shiriki K. Kumanyika,Ninez A. Ponce,William J. McCarthy,Jonathan E. Fielding,Joanne Leslie,Jabar Akbar +6 more
TL;DR: The best data available speak more about how to engage and retain people of color in population-based interventions than how to create and sustain weight loss, regular engagement in physical activity, or improved diet.