Paola Letona

597 total citations
15 papers, 399 citations indexed

About

Paola Letona is a scholar working on Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, General Health Professions and Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. According to data from OpenAlex, Paola Letona has authored 15 papers receiving a total of 399 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 10 papers in Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, 6 papers in General Health Professions and 4 papers in Organizational Behavior and Human Resource Management. Recurrent topics in Paola Letona's work include Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 papers). Paola Letona is often cited by papers focused on Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet (7 papers), Consumer Attitudes and Food Labeling (5 papers) and Global Public Health Policies and Epidemiology (4 papers). Paola Letona collaborates with scholars based in United States, Guatemala and Argentina. Paola Letona's co-authors include Joaquín Barnoya, Violeta Chacón, Christina A. Roberto, Manuel Ramírez‐Zea, Adolfo Rubinstein, J. Jaime Miranda, Ariel Fernández, Homero Martı́nez, Francisco Diez‐Canseco and Andrea Beratarrechea and has published in prestigious journals such as The FASEB Journal, International Journal of Obesity and BMC Public Health.

In The Last Decade

Paola Letona

14 papers receiving 393 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name h Career Trend Papers Cites
Paola Letona United States 10 224 127 85 51 49 15 399
Pasquale E. Rummo United States 16 405 1.8× 177 1.4× 77 0.9× 61 1.2× 23 0.5× 58 661
Anne Matthews United Kingdom 9 335 1.5× 112 0.9× 47 0.6× 46 0.9× 24 0.5× 11 480
Laura Y. Zatz United States 8 363 1.6× 178 1.4× 61 0.7× 43 0.8× 25 0.5× 10 536
Christina Zorbas Australia 15 466 2.1× 162 1.3× 78 0.9× 50 1.0× 156 3.2× 54 708
Anna Kharmats United States 15 352 1.6× 221 1.7× 39 0.5× 69 1.4× 22 0.4× 31 527
Godfrey Xuereb Switzerland 6 257 1.1× 87 0.7× 19 0.2× 54 1.1× 106 2.2× 7 376
Rachel Dannefer United States 10 278 1.2× 201 1.6× 39 0.5× 42 0.8× 29 0.6× 29 429
Danielle Braxton United States 6 335 1.5× 57 0.4× 44 0.5× 21 0.4× 15 0.3× 9 440
Megan Rowan United States 7 368 1.6× 201 1.6× 46 0.5× 47 0.9× 22 0.4× 12 483
Patrícia Vasconcelos Leitão Moreira Brazil 9 329 1.5× 153 1.2× 11 0.1× 59 1.2× 68 1.4× 26 564

Countries citing papers authored by Paola Letona

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Fields of papers citing papers by Paola Letona

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Physical SciencesHealth SciencesLife SciencesSocial Sciences

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Co-authorship network of co-authors of Paola Letona

This figure shows the co-authorship network connecting the top 25 collaborators of Paola Letona. A scholar is included among the top collaborators of Paola Letona based on the total number of citations received by their joint publications. Widths of edges represent the number of papers authors have co-authored together. Node borders signify the number of papers an author published with Paola Letona. Paola Letona is excluded from the visualization to improve readability, since they are connected to all nodes in the network.

All Works

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Letona, Paola, Erica Felker-Kantor, & Jennifer Wheeler. (2023). Sexual and reproductive health of migrant women and girls from the Northern Triangle of Central America. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública. 47. e59–e59. 9 indexed citations
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Letona, Paola, et al.. (2016). Healthycasetas: A potential strategy to improve the food environment in low-income schools to reduce obesity in children in Guatemala City. Ecology of Food and Nutrition. 55(3). 324–338. 9 indexed citations
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Letona, Paola, et al.. (2015). Guatemalan school food environment: impact on schoolchildren's risk of both undernutrition and overweight/obesity. Health Promotion International. 31(3). 542–550. 22 indexed citations
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Rubinstein, Adolfo, J. Jaime Miranda, Andrea Beratarrechea, et al.. (2015). Effectiveness of an mHealth intervention to improve the cardiometabolic profile of people with prehypertension in low-resource urban settings in Latin America: a randomised controlled trial. The Lancet Diabetes & Endocrinology. 4(1). 52–63. 102 indexed citations
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Soo, Jackie, Paola Letona, Violeta Chacón, Joaquín Barnoya, & Christina A. Roberto. (2015). Nutritional quality and child-oriented marketing of breakfast cereals in Guatemala. International Journal of Obesity. 40(1). 39–44. 21 indexed citations
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Beratarrechea, Andrea, Francisco Diez‐Canseco, Ariel Fernández, et al.. (2015). Aceptabilidad de una intervención basada en salud móvil para modificar estilos de vida en prehipertensos de Argentina, Guatemala y Perú: un estudio piloto. Revista Peruana de Medicina Experimental y Salud Pública. 32(2). 221–221. 9 indexed citations
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Letona, Paola, Violeta Chacón, Christina A. Roberto, & Joaquín Barnoya. (2014). A qualitative study of children’s snack food packaging perceptions and preferences. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 1274–1274. 44 indexed citations
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Chacón, Violeta, Paola Letona, Eduardo Villamor, & Joaquín Barnoya. (2014). Snack food advertising in stores around public schools in Guatemala. Critical Public Health. 25(3). 291–298. 31 indexed citations
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Letona, Paola, Violeta Chacón, Christina A. Roberto, & Joaquín Barnoya. (2014). Effects of licensed characters on children’s taste and snack preferences in Guatemala, a low/middle income country. International Journal of Obesity. 38(11). 1466–1469. 62 indexed citations
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Letona, Paola, Manuel Ramírez‐Zea, Benjamı́n Caballero, & Joel Gittelsohn. (2014). Formative research to develop a community-based intervention for chronic disease prevention in Guatemalan school-age children. BMC Public Health. 14(1). 101–101. 8 indexed citations
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Chacón, Violeta, Paola Letona, & Joaquín Barnoya. (2013). Child-oriented marketing techniques in snack food packages in Guatemala. BMC Public Health. 13(1). 967–967. 58 indexed citations
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Letona, Paola, Joel Gittelsohn, Violeta Chacón, Manuel Ramírez‐Zea, & Benjamı́n Caballero. (2013). Process Evaluation of a Community‐Based Pilot Intervention for Chronic Disease Prevention in Guatemalan School‐Aged Children. The FASEB Journal. 27(S1). 1 indexed citations

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