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Discipline name D-index D-index (Discipline H-index) only includes papers and citation values for an examined discipline in contrast to General H-index which accounts for publications across all disciplines. Citations Publications World Ranking National Ranking
Social Sciences and Humanities D-index 35 Citations 5,721 77 World Ranking 2963 National Ranking 1547

Overview

What is she best known for?

The fields of study she is best known for:

  • Public health
  • Pathology
  • Disease

Injury prevention, Environmental health, Public health, Gerontology and Occupational safety and health are her primary areas of study. Her biological study spans a wide range of topics, including Psychological intervention, Evidence-based practice and Community health. Her Psychological intervention study incorporates themes from Health related quality of life, Spanish version and Outreach.

She combines subjects such as Overweight, Food processing and Marketing with her study of Public health. Her Food processing research incorporates themes from Quality, Systematic review, Risk analysis and Malnutrition. Combining a variety of fields, including Gerontology, Latin Americans and Motor activity, are what the author presents in her essays.

Her most cited work include:

  • Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world (663 citations)
  • Lessons Learned After 10 Years of IPAQ Use in Brazil and Colombia (220 citations)
  • Food Classification Systems Based on Food Processing: Significance and Implications for Policies and Actions: A Systematic Literature Review and Assessment (176 citations)

What are the main themes of her work throughout her whole career to date?

Diana C. Parra focuses on Environmental health, Latin Americans, Public health, Gerontology and Psychological intervention. Her work is dedicated to discovering how Environmental health, Occupational safety and health are connected with Physical fitness and other disciplines. Her Public health research integrates issues from Food processing and Health care.

Her research integrates issues of Cross-sectional study, Obesity and Epidemiology in her study of Gerontology. Her study looks at the relationship between Obesity and fields such as Malnutrition, as well as how they intersect with chemical problems. Her work focuses on many connections between Psychological intervention and other disciplines, such as Evidence-based practice, that overlap with her field of interest in Outreach.

She most often published in these fields:

  • Environmental health (23.81%)
  • Latin Americans (23.02%)
  • Public health (24.60%)

What were the highlights of her more recent work (between 2018-2021)?

  • Latin Americans (23.02%)
  • Psychological intervention (16.67%)
  • Demography (15.08%)

In recent papers she was focusing on the following fields of study:

Her main research concerns Latin Americans, Psychological intervention, Demography, Socioeconomic status and Humanities. The concepts of her Psychological intervention study are interwoven with issues in Mindfulness, Gerontology and Community health. Diana C. Parra performs integrative study on Gerontology and Sense of community.

Her work on Self-rated health as part of general Demography research is often related to Injury prevention, thus linking different fields of science. Her studies deal with areas such as Disadvantaged, Area of residence, Socioeconomics, Health equity and Colombian population as well as Socioeconomic status. Her Obesity study combines topics in areas such as Global health, Nursing and Smoking cessation.

Between 2018 and 2021, her most popular works were:

  • The shift of obesity burden by socioeconomic status between 1998 and 2017 in Latin America and the Caribbean: a cross-sectional series study (18 citations)
  • Association between ultra-processed food consumption and the nutrient profile of the Colombian diet in 2005 (17 citations)
  • Sociodemographic factors associated with the consumption of ultra-processed foods in Colombia (11 citations)

In her most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Public health
  • Pathology
  • Disease

Diana C. Parra mainly focuses on Obesity, Socioeconomic status, Food consumption, Food processing and Consumption. Her Obesity study combines topics from a wide range of disciplines, such as Global health and Health promotion. Her Socioeconomic status research includes themes of Diet Surveys, Colombian population and Area of residence.

Her research combines Environmental health and Area of residence. The Environmental health study combines topics in areas such as Nutritional quality and Nutrition quality. Her Food consumption research spans across into subjects like Saturated fat, Total fat, Free sugar, Calorie and Food science.

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Best Publications

Evidence-based intervention in physical activity: lessons from around the world

Gregory W Heath;Diana C Parra;Olga L Sarmiento;Lars Bo Andersen;Lars Bo Andersen.
The Lancet (2012)

1133 Citations

Lessons Learned After 10 Years of IPAQ Use in Brazil and Colombia

Pedro Rodrigues Curi Hallal;Luis Fernando Gomez;Diana C Parra;Felipe Lobelo.
Journal of Physical Activity and Health (2010)

365 Citations

Food Classification Systems Based on Food Processing: Significance and Implications for Policies and Actions: A Systematic Literature Review and Assessment

Jean-Claude Moubarac;Diana C. Parra;Diana C. Parra;Geoffrey Cannon;Carlos A. Monteiro.
Current obesity reports (2014)

303 Citations

Perceived and objective neighborhood environment attributes and health related quality of life among the elderly in Bogotá, Colombia.

Diana C. Parra;Luis F. Gomez;Olga L. Sarmiento;David M Buchner.
Social Science & Medicine (2010)

208 Citations

Built environment attributes and walking patterns among the elderly population in Bogotá

Luis Fernando Gomez;Diana C Parra;David Buchner;Ross C Brownson.
American Journal of Preventive Medicine (2010)

187 Citations

Perceived environmental correlates of physical activity for leisure and transportation in Curitiba, Brazil

Diana C. Parra;Christine M. Hoehner;Pedro C. Hallal;Isabela C. Ribeiro.
Preventive Medicine (2010)

176 Citations

Assessing Physical Activity in Public Parks in Brazil Using Systematic Observation

Diana C. Parra;Thomas L. McKenzie;Isabela C. Ribeiro;Adriano Akira Ferreira Hino.
American Journal of Public Health (2010)

147 Citations

The built environment and recreational physical activity among adults in Curitiba, Brazil.

Adriano A.F. Hino;Rodrigo S. Reis;Rodrigo S. Reis;Olga L. Sarmiento;Diana C. Parra.
Preventive Medicine (2011)

144 Citations

NOVA. The star shines bright

Carlos A Monteiro;Geoffrey Cannon;Renata Levy;Jean-Claude Moubarac.
World Nutrition (2016)

132 Citations

Stat3 activation in urothelial stem cells leads to direct progression to invasive bladder cancer

Philip Levy Ho;Erica Julianne Lay;Weiguo Jian;Diana Parra.
Cancer Research (2012)

131 Citations

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