List of works - Manuel Franco

A Community-Driven Approach to Generate Urban Policy Recommendations for Obesity Prevention.

scientific article published on 30 March 2018

A cluster randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of a school-based behavioral intervention for health promotion among children aged 3 to 5 ⬇️

scientific article published on July 15, 2013

A multicomponent method assessing healthy cardiovascular urban environments: The Heart Healthy Hoods Index

scientific article published on 11 December 2018

Access to and availability of exercise facilities in Madrid: an equity perspective

scientific article published on 02 July 2019

Alcohol in the city: wherever and whenever

scientific article published on 9 August 2017

Assessing Walking and Cycling Environments in the Streets of Madrid: Comparing On-Field and Virtual Audits

scientific article

Assessing the Retail Food Environment in Madrid: An Evaluation of Administrative Data against Ground Truthing

scientific article published on 21 September 2019

Association of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and diabetes burden using electronic health records in Madrid (Spain): the HeartHealthyHoods study

article

Availability of healthy foods and dietary patterns: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 14 January 2009

Baltimore City Stores Increased The Availability Of Healthy Food After WIC Policy Change.

scientific article published on November 2015

Better health statistics: the Cuban experience

scientific article published on 01 March 2006

Binge drinking and well-being in European older adults: do gender and region matter?

scientific article published on 18 April 2017

Cardiovascular disease surveillance in Mexicans and Mexican Americans: a tale of two countries

scientific article published on 01 February 2008

Changing Neighborhoods and Residents' Health Perceptions: The Heart Healthy Hoods Qualitative Study

article

Characterizing physical activity and food urban environments: a GIS-based multicomponent proposal

scientific article published on 04 October 2016

Control de los factores de riesgo coronarios y terapias basadas en la evidencia: esfuerzos coordinados para la prevención cardiovascular en España

article

Density of Green Spaces and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the City of Madrid: The Heart Healthy Hoods Study

scientific article published on 05 December 2019

Determinants of cardiovascular mortality in a cohort of primary care patients with chronic ischemic heart disease. BARBANZA Ischemic Heart Disease (BARIHD) study ⬇️

scientific article published on February 2, 2012

Development and evaluation of the OHCITIES instrument: assessing alcohol urban environments in the Heart Healthy Hoods project

scientific article published on 5 October 2017

Difference by sex but not by race/ethnicity in the visceral adipose tissue-depressive symptoms association: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

scientific article

Early identification of atherosclerotic disease by noninvasive imaging.

scientific article published on 04 May 2010

Economic growth and mortality: do social protection policies matter?

scientific article published on 27 February 2017

Erratum: The relationship of the local food environment with obesity: A systematic review of methods, study quality, and results.

scientific article published on December 2015

Five authors reply.

scientific article published on 25 July 2014

Gender equality and smoking: a theory-driven approach to smoking gender differences in Spain

scientific article published on 20 February 2015

Healthy food availability and the association with BMI in Baltimore, Maryland.

scientific article

Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005

scientific article

Intersection of neighborhood dynamics and socioeconomic status in small-area walkability: the Heart Healthy Hoods project

scientific article

Living under the influence: normalisation of alcohol consumption in our cities.

scientific article published on 18 October 2016

Measuring availability of healthy foods: agreement between directly measured and self-reported data.

scientific article

Modelling lung cancer mortality rates from smoking prevalence: Fill in the gap.

scientific article published on 18 May 2017

Neighborhood social and economic change and diabetes incidence: The HeartHealthyHoods study

scientific article published on 18 June 2019

Neighborhood social and economic change and retail food environment change in Madrid (Spain): The heart healthy hoods study.

scientific article published on 23 March 2018

Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: what can we learn from Cuba's Special Period?

scientific article published on April 2008

Olive oil and prevention of chronic diseases: Summary of an International conference

scientific article published on 26 April 2018

Photovoice and empowerment: evaluating the transformative potential of a participatory action research project.

scientific article

Physical activity environment measurement and same source bias

article

Physical environment may modify the association between depressive symptoms and change in waist circumference: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

scientific article

Population cardiovascular health and urban environments: the Heart Healthy Hoods exploratory study in Madrid, Spain

scientific article

Preventing non-communicable diseases through structural changes in urban environments.

scientific article published on 13 November 2014

Prevention of childhood obesity in Spain: a focus on policies outside the health sector. SESPAS report 2010 ⬇️

scientific article published on November 12, 2010

Regulating the local availability of tobacco retailing in Madrid, Spain: a GIS study to evaluate compliance

article

Sex and age specific projections of smoking prevalence in Spain: a Bayesian approach.

scientific article published on June 2017

Sex and race/ethnic disparities in the cross-sectional association between depressive symptoms and muscle mass: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

scientific article published on 18 September 2015

Smoke before food: a tale of Baltimore City ⬇️

scientific article published on 30 May 2007

Social Norms Influencing the Local Food Environment as Perceived by Residents and Food Traders: The Heart Healthy Hoods Project

scientific article published on 11 February 2019

Studying city life, improving population health

scientific article published on 24 November 2015

The mismatch between observational measures and residents' perspectives on the retail food environment: a mixed-methods approach in the Heart Healthy Hoods study

scientific article published on 4 September 2017

The relationship of the local food environment with obesity: A systematic review of methods, study quality, and results

scientific article

The urban environment of alcohol: a study on the availability, promotion and visibility of its use in the neighborhoods of Barcelona.

scientific article published on 15 January 2018

Towards a policy relevant neighborhoods and health agenda: engaging citizens, researchers, policy makers and public health professionals. SESPAS Report 2018

scientific article published on 25 September 2018

Type 2 diabetes prevalence among Andean immigrants and natives in a Southern European City

scientific article published on 06 April 2020

Understanding care of people with dementia in Spain: cohabitation arrangements, rotation and rejection to long term care institution

scientific article published on 01 February 2009

Understanding differences in the local food environment across countries: A case study in Madrid (Spain) and Baltimore (USA).

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

Understanding the local food environment: A participatory photovoice project in a low-income area in Madrid, Spain.

scientific article

Unemployment and stillbirth risk among foreign-born and Spanish pregnant women in Spain, 2007-2010: a multilevel analysis study

scientific article

Unique features of the Mediterranean food environment: Implications for the prevention of chronic diseases Rh: Mediterranean food environments

scientific article published on 01 July 2019

Using Photovoice to Examine Physical Activity in the Urban Context and Generate Policy Recommendations: The Heart Healthy Hoods Study

scientific article published on 01 March 2019

Validation of a BMI cut-off point to predict an adverse cardiometabolic profile with adiposity measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Guatemalan children.

scientific article published on 23 June 2014

Validation of a method for reconstructing historical rates of smoking prevalence

scientific article published on 27 September 2013

List of works by Manuel Franco

A Community-Driven Approach to Generate Urban Policy Recommendations for Obesity Prevention.

A cluster randomized trial to evaluate the efficacy of a school-based behavioral intervention for health promotion among children aged 3 to 5 ⬇️

A multicomponent method assessing healthy cardiovascular urban environments: The Heart Healthy Hoods Index

Access to and availability of exercise facilities in Madrid: an equity perspective

Alcohol in the city: wherever and whenever

Assessing Walking and Cycling Environments in the Streets of Madrid: Comparing On-Field and Virtual Audits

Assessing the Retail Food Environment in Madrid: An Evaluation of Administrative Data against Ground Truthing

Association of neighbourhood socioeconomic status and diabetes burden using electronic health records in Madrid (Spain): the HeartHealthyHoods study

Availability of healthy foods and dietary patterns: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Baltimore City Stores Increased The Availability Of Healthy Food After WIC Policy Change.

Better health statistics: the Cuban experience

Binge drinking and well-being in European older adults: do gender and region matter?

Cardiovascular disease surveillance in Mexicans and Mexican Americans: a tale of two countries

Changing Neighborhoods and Residents' Health Perceptions: The Heart Healthy Hoods Qualitative Study

Characterizing physical activity and food urban environments: a GIS-based multicomponent proposal

Control de los factores de riesgo coronarios y terapias basadas en la evidencia: esfuerzos coordinados para la prevención cardiovascular en España

Density of Green Spaces and Cardiovascular Risk Factors in the City of Madrid: The Heart Healthy Hoods Study

Determinants of cardiovascular mortality in a cohort of primary care patients with chronic ischemic heart disease. BARBANZA Ischemic Heart Disease (BARIHD) study ⬇️

Development and evaluation of the OHCITIES instrument: assessing alcohol urban environments in the Heart Healthy Hoods project

Difference by sex but not by race/ethnicity in the visceral adipose tissue-depressive symptoms association: the Multi-Ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Early identification of atherosclerotic disease by noninvasive imaging.

Economic growth and mortality: do social protection policies matter?

Erratum: The relationship of the local food environment with obesity: A systematic review of methods, study quality, and results.

Five authors reply.

Gender equality and smoking: a theory-driven approach to smoking gender differences in Spain

Healthy food availability and the association with BMI in Baltimore, Maryland.

Impact of energy intake, physical activity, and population-wide weight loss on cardiovascular disease and diabetes mortality in Cuba, 1980-2005

Intersection of neighborhood dynamics and socioeconomic status in small-area walkability: the Heart Healthy Hoods project

Living under the influence: normalisation of alcohol consumption in our cities.

Measuring availability of healthy foods: agreement between directly measured and self-reported data.

Modelling lung cancer mortality rates from smoking prevalence: Fill in the gap.

Neighborhood social and economic change and diabetes incidence: The HeartHealthyHoods study

Neighborhood social and economic change and retail food environment change in Madrid (Spain): The heart healthy hoods study.

Obesity reduction and its possible consequences: what can we learn from Cuba's Special Period?

Olive oil and prevention of chronic diseases: Summary of an International conference

Photovoice and empowerment: evaluating the transformative potential of a participatory action research project.

Physical activity environment measurement and same source bias

Physical environment may modify the association between depressive symptoms and change in waist circumference: the multi-ethnic study of atherosclerosis.

Population cardiovascular health and urban environments: the Heart Healthy Hoods exploratory study in Madrid, Spain

Preventing non-communicable diseases through structural changes in urban environments.

Prevention of childhood obesity in Spain: a focus on policies outside the health sector. SESPAS report 2010 ⬇️

Regulating the local availability of tobacco retailing in Madrid, Spain: a GIS study to evaluate compliance

Sex and age specific projections of smoking prevalence in Spain: a Bayesian approach.

Sex and race/ethnic disparities in the cross-sectional association between depressive symptoms and muscle mass: the Multi-ethnic Study of Atherosclerosis

Smoke before food: a tale of Baltimore City ⬇️

Social Norms Influencing the Local Food Environment as Perceived by Residents and Food Traders: The Heart Healthy Hoods Project

Studying city life, improving population health

The mismatch between observational measures and residents' perspectives on the retail food environment: a mixed-methods approach in the Heart Healthy Hoods study

The relationship of the local food environment with obesity: A systematic review of methods, study quality, and results

The urban environment of alcohol: a study on the availability, promotion and visibility of its use in the neighborhoods of Barcelona.

Towards a policy relevant neighborhoods and health agenda: engaging citizens, researchers, policy makers and public health professionals. SESPAS Report 2018

Type 2 diabetes prevalence among Andean immigrants and natives in a Southern European City

Understanding care of people with dementia in Spain: cohabitation arrangements, rotation and rejection to long term care institution

Understanding differences in the local food environment across countries: A case study in Madrid (Spain) and Baltimore (USA).

Understanding the local food environment: A participatory photovoice project in a low-income area in Madrid, Spain.

Unemployment and stillbirth risk among foreign-born and Spanish pregnant women in Spain, 2007-2010: a multilevel analysis study

Unique features of the Mediterranean food environment: Implications for the prevention of chronic diseases Rh: Mediterranean food environments

Using Photovoice to Examine Physical Activity in the Urban Context and Generate Policy Recommendations: The Heart Healthy Hoods Study

Validation of a BMI cut-off point to predict an adverse cardiometabolic profile with adiposity measurements by dual-energy X-ray absorptiometry in Guatemalan children.

Validation of a method for reconstructing historical rates of smoking prevalence