Publications

Barriers Beyond Behavior: Structural Determinants of Behavioral Health Treatment Disparities Among Hispanics in the U.S. Frontiers in Public Health (2026), Marissa Gonzalez, Alfonso Rojas Alvarez.

The role of living arrangements in disability assistance and survival in Mexican older adults. Innovation in Aging 10(1) (2026), JE Cabrero-Castro, O Bramajo, M Calderón-Jaramillo, P Cantu, B Downer.

Loneliness among older adults with multiple chronic conditions: Exploring disparities for Hispanic adults in the 2023 Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System. Public Health 251 (2025), Derek S. Falk, Alfonso J. Rojas-Álvarez, Deborah M. Parra-Medina, Christian E. Vazquez.

Profile and disparities in health outcomes for older adults with dual diagnoses of diabetes and Alzheimer’s disease. Journal of Alzheimer’s Disease 108(2) (2025), Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, Hyeran Chung, Jose Eduardo Cabrero Castro, Emre Umucu.

The health effects of Medicaid unwinding and Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program retrenchment in a US–Mexico border county. Health Affairs Scholar 3(9) (2025), Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, Amy Wagler, Gregory S. Schober.

Political Polarization and the Binational Agenda in Mexico and the United States. Latin American Policy 16(3) (2025), Carlos Moreno-Jaimes, Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez.

Immigration, priming and policy collaboration: evidence from a Mexico-United States Policy Survey, 2024. Cogent Social Sciences 11(1) (2025), Alfonso Rojas-Alvarez, Carlos Moreno-Jaimes.

Air pollution and safety incidents: a health policy case study with property and violent incidents in Medellín, Colombia, 2017–2019. International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development 17(1) (2025), Alfonso Rojas-Álvarez.

Do Older Mexican Americans with Dementia Benefit from Living Closer to the Border? Evidence From the HEPESE. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences 47(1) (2025), Alfonso Rojas-Álvarez, Anna Bokun.

Changes in health insurance coverage and healthcare utilization of middle-aged and older adults after the transition from Seguro Popular to INSABI. BMC Health Services Research 25 (2025), José Eduardo Cabrero-Castro, Mariana López-Ortega, Brian Downer.

The dual impact of education and occupation on cognitive functioning in older Mexican adults: A cross-sectional exploratory study. SSM - Population Health 29 (2025), José Eduardo Cabrero Castro, Mariela Gutierrez, Theresa Andrasfay, Emma Aguila, Brian Downer.

Population-level trends in self-reported healthcare utilization among older adults in Mexico with and without cognitive impairment. BMC Geriatrics 24, 652 (2024), José Eduardo Cabrero Castro, Rebeca Wong, Rafael Samper Ternent, Brian Downer.

Cognitive life expectancy by educational attainment in Mexican adults aged 60 and older. Salud Pública de México 65(5) (2023), José Eduardo Cabrero-Castro, Neil Mehta, Rebeca Wong, Brian Downer.

A comparison of rural–urban differences in out-of-pocket expenses among older Mexicans with diabetes. Frontiers in Public Health 10 (2022), Alfonso Rojas Alvarez, Christian E. Vazquez, Mariana Lopez-Ortega, Jacqueline L. Angel.

Transitions of disability, disability-free life expectancy and health insurance among adults aged 50 and older in Mexico: a multistate life table analysis. BMJ Open 11(8) (2021), Jose Eduardo Cabrero Castro, C. García-Peña, R. Ramírez-Aldana.