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  1. Behavioral science meets public health: a scoping review of the Fogg behavior model in behavior change interventions

    Article • BMC Public Health, October 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  2. Challenges in reducing long-term care needs: insights from China

    Article • The Lancet Healthy Longevity, April 2025, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  3. The cost of inaction to strengthen the resilience of primary health care in Latin America and the Caribbean: a modelling study

    Article • March 2025, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  4. Long-Term Care Needs Assessment: From Frameworks to Practice

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, February 2025, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  5. Introduction to behavioral science and its practical applications in public health

    Article • Medwave, January 2025, Medwave Estudios Limitada

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  6. Sex and Educational Inequalities Across Age-Based Functional Ability Trajectories in Chile

    Article • January 2025, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  7. Comparing Cost and Acceptability of Two Instruments to Measure Instrumental Activities of Daily Living in Older People in Chile

    Article • Gerontology, October 2024, Karger Publishers

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  8. The Case for Universal Long-Term Care

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, August 2024, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  9. How Do Attitudes of Adult Children Toward Long-Term Care Change with Education? International Evidence

    Article • Journal of Aging & Social Policy, May 2024, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  10. Institutional care in four Latin American countries: the importance of fostering public information and evaluation strategies

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, March 2024, Pan American Health Organization

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  11. Human Resources for Care in Latin America and the Caribbean: Current Needs and Future Demands

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, February 2024, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  12. Long-term care transitions during a global pandemic: Planning and decision-making of residents, care partners, and health professionals in Ontario, Canada

    Article • PLOS One, December 2023, PLOS

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  13. The Economic Value of Caregiving in Chile

    Article • Journal of Aging & Social Policy, November 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  14. Financing networks of care: a cross-case analysis from six countries

    Article • BMJ Open, November 2023, BMJ

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  15. Inequity in mortality rates and potential years of life lost caused by COVID-19 in the Greater Santiago, Chile

    Article • Scientific Reports, September 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  16. The Impacts of Two Gender-Transformative Interventions on Early Adolescent Gender Norms Perceptions: A Difference-in-Difference Analysis

    Article • Journal of Adolescent Health, July 2023, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  17. Bottom-up innovative responses to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: addressing deprioritized populations

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, June 2023, Pan American Health Organization

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  18. Estimación de brechas de geriatras en Chile

    Article • ARS MEDICA Revista de Ciencias Médicas, April 2023, Chimera Innova Group

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  19. Long-term functional ability trajectories and mental health among older people before and after the COVID-19 pandemic onset in Chile

    Article • Aging & Mental Health, March 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  20. Physical activity and functional disability among older adults in Ghana: The moderating role of multi-morbidity

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, March 2023, PLOS

    Kofi Awuviry-Newton, Nestor Asiamah, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  21. COVID-19 en Chile: análisis de su impacto por olas y regiones

    Article • Revista médica de Chile, March 2023, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  22. Long-term Care in the Agenda: The Case of Chile

    Article • Health Systems & Reform, January 2023, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  23. Inequity in Mortality Rates and Potential Years of Life Lost caused by COVID-19 in the Greater Santiago, Chile

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  24. Sustainable Neighbourhoods for Ageing in Place in a World of Crises: An Introduction

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr. Edgar Ramos Vieira, Nestor Asiamah, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  25. Sustainable Neighbourhoods for Ageing in Place

    Article • January 2023, Springer Science + Business Media

    Nestor Asiamah, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  26. Herramienta para el cálculo de las necesidades de recursos humanos para la atención a las personas mayores con dependencia de cuidados

    Article • December 2022, Felipe Herrera Library (Inter-American Development Bank)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  27. Housing conditions and long-term care needs of older adults in Ghana: Evidence from the WHO SAGE Ghana Wave 1

    Article • PLOS Global Public Health, December 2022, PLOS

    Kofi Awuviry-Newton, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  28. COVID-19 y personas mayores en Chile: lecciones de dos años de pandemia

    Article • Revista médica de Chile, December 2022, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  29. Older Adults’ Vigorous Occupational Physical Activity Levels in Six Countries Are Explained by Country and ‘Having Multiple Jobs’

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2022, MDPI AG

    Prof. Henry Kofi Mensah, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans, Dr. Edgar Ramos Vieira, Nestor Asiamah

  30. “Kind of blurry”: Deciphering clues to prevent, investigate and manage prescribing cascades

    Article • PLOS One, August 2022, PLOS

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  31. A mixed methods study of community-based health insurance enrollment trends and underlying challenges in two districts of northeast Ethiopia: A proxy for its sustainability

    Article • PLOS One, August 2022, PLOS

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  32. Food Insecurity and Functional Disability Among Older Adults in Ghana: The Role of Sex and Physical Activity

    Article • Journal of the American Medical Directors Association, August 2022, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  33. Factors associated with change in adherence to COVID-19 personal protection measures in the Metropolitan Region, Chile

    Article • PLOS One, May 2022, PLOS

    Felipe Elorrieta, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  34. Funcionalidad y personas mayores: ¿dónde estamos y hacia dónde ir?

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, April 2022, Pan American Health Organization

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  35. How do adolescents navigate COVID-19 information, and why does it matter?

    Article • Journal of Global Health, December 2021, Edinburgh University Global Health Society

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  36. The successful COVID-19 vaccine rollout in Chile: Factors and challenges

    Article • Vaccine X, December 2021, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  37. Improving Long-Term Care Facilities’ Crisis Response: Lessons From the COVID-19 in Chile

    Article • Journal of Long-Term Care, November 2021, LSE Press

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  38. Interrupción de servicios de salud para embarazadas, recién nacidos, niños y niñas, adolescentes y mujeres durante la pandemia de COVID-19: proyecto ISLAC 2020

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, November 2021, Pan American Health Organization

    Dr. Arachu Castro, Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  39. Identification of COVID-19 Waves: Considerations for Research and Policy

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, October 2021, MDPI AG

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  40. Effectiveness of a Gamification Strategy to Prevent Childhood Obesity in Schools: A Cluster Controlled Trial

    Article • Obesity, September 2021, Wiley

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  41. Implementing long-term care systems in the Americas: a regional strategy

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, September 2021, Pan American Health Organization

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  42. Extending the Analysis of Functional Ability Trajectories to Unexplored National Contexts: The Case of Chile

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series B, June 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  43. COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: Time, space, and structural factors

    Article • PLOS One, May 2021, PLOS

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  44. Geriatras en Chile: historia, brechas y desafíos futuros

    Article • Estudios Públicos, January 2021, Centro de Estudios Publicos

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  45. Enablers and Barriers to Implement COVID-19 Measures in Long-Term Care Facilities: A Mixed Methods Implementation Science Assessment in Chile

    Article • Journal of Long-Term Care, January 2021, LSE Press

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  46. Functional Dependency in Mexico: Measurement Issues and Policy Challenges

    Article • International Journal of Health Policy and Management, December 2020, MaadRayan Publishing Company

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  47. Enablers and Barriers to Implement COVID-19 Measures in Long-term Care Facilities: A Mixed Methods Implementation Science Assessment in Chile

    Article • December 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  48. Defining ‘older people’ in Chile: challenges in planning policies for ageing populations

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, December 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  49. Public health leadership in the times of COVID-19: a comparative case study of three countries

    Article • International Journal of Public Leadership, October 2020, Emerald

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  50. COVID-19 incidence and mortality in the Metropolitan Region, Chile: time, space, and structural factors

    Article • September 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  51. Health Systems, Aging, and Inequity: An Example from Chile

    Article • International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  52. Health Reform in the Midst of a Social and Political Crisis in Chile, 2019-2020

    Article • Health Systems & Reform, July 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  53. It Is Not Just Mortality: A Call From Chile for Comprehensive COVID-19 Policy Responses Among Older People

    Article • The Journals of Gerontology Series B, July 2020, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  54. Implementing a Food Labeling and Marketing Law in Chile

    Article • Health Systems & Reform, June 2020, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  55. Nuevos retos para la planificación en salud: el Plan Nacional de Cáncer en Chile

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, January 2020, Pan American Health Organization

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  56. Designing Long-Term Care Systems: Elements to Consider

    Article • Journal of Aging & Social Policy, October 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  57. Informal caregivers in Chile: the equity dimension of an invisible burden

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, October 2019, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  58. A synthesis of implementation science frameworks and application to global health gaps

    Article • Global Health Research and Policy, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  59. Out-of-pocket expenditures for HIV in the Dominican Republic: findings from a community-based participatory survey

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, June 2019, Pan American Health Organization

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  60. Why health reforms fail: Lessons from the 2014 Chilean attempt to reform

    Article • Health Systems & Reform, March 2019, Taylor & Francis

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  61. Panorama de la dependencia en Chile: avances y desafíos

    Article • Revista médica de Chile, January 2019, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  62. Is aging a problem?: Dependency, long-term care, and public policies in Chile

    Article • Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, December 2018, Pan American Health Organization

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  63. Long-term care systems as social security: the case of Chile

    Article • Health Policy and Planning, October 2018, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  64. Do long-term care services match population needs? A spatial analysis of nursing homes in Chile

    Article • PLOS One, June 2018, PLOS

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  65. Out-of-pocket health expenditure differences in Chile: Insurance performance or selection?

    Article • Health Policy, February 2018, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  66. Examining the relationship between human resources and mortality: the effects of methodological choices

    Article • International Journal of Public Health, December 2016, Springer Science + Business Media

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  67. El mercado de las farmacias en Chile: ¿competencia por localización?

    Article • Economía y Política, June 2015, Universidad Adolfo Ibanez

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  68. DEMOGRAPHIC TRANSITION AND PUBLIC POLICY: CHILE 1850-2000

    Article • Revista de análisis económico, April 2014, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  69. Caracterización del gasto de bolsillo en salud en Chile: una mirada a dossistemas de protección

    Article • Revista médica de Chile, November 2013, SciELO Comision Nacional de Investigacion Cientifica Y Tecnologica (CONICYT)

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans

  70. Good deposits are not enough: Mining labor productivity analysis in the copper industry in Chile and Peru 1992–2009

    Article • Resources Policy, December 2010, Elsevier

    Pablo Villalobos Dintrans