Profiles And Contributions To This Article

Health status and behaviors among adults residing in rural Dominican Republic

Alberto  Caban-Martinez

Alberto Caban-Martinez

qualifications: PhD

contribution: original concept, designed the project, devised survey tool, literature review, supplied data, supervised data collection, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Voluntary assistant professor

United States

Dr Caban-Martinez is currently board certified in public health (CPH) and is a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Environmental Health at the Harvard School of Public Health and a voluntary assistant professor at the University of Miami, Miller School of Medicine. His research primarily examines the morbidity and mortality of occupational workers, with specialty in musculoskeletal epidemiology. He has been serving as the epidemiologist on annual (since 2009) health care service fair to rural areas of the dominican republic.


Gabriela  Halder

Gabriela Halder

qualifications: MPH

contribution: literature review, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, original concept, contributed to drafts

position: Medical student

United States


Laura  Tellechea

Laura Tellechea

qualifications: MPH

contribution: designed the project, input data, wrote the first draft

position: Medical student


Marytery  Fajardo

Marytery Fajardo

qualifications: BS

contribution: devised survey tool, collected data, contributed to drafts

position: Medical student


Jessica  Kaltman

Jessica Kaltman

qualifications: MPH

contribution: designed the project, devised survey tool, contributed to drafts

position: Medical student


Jatin  Anand

Jatin Anand

qualifications: MA

contribution: designed the project, devised survey tool, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Medical student


Stefania  Prendes

Stefania Prendes

qualifications: BS

contribution: designed the project, devised survey tool, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Medical student


Veronica  Penyak

Veronica Penyak

qualifications: BS

contribution: designed the project, devised survey tool, collected data, supervised data collection, contributed to drafts

position: Medical student


Deepika  Koganti

Deepika Koganti

qualifications: BS

contribution: designed the project, supervised data collection, collected data, statistical analysis, contributed to drafts

position: Medical student


Steven  Chavoustie

Steven Chavoustie

qualifications: MD

contribution: designed the project, contributed to drafts

position: Clinical professor


Lora E Fleming

Lora Fleming

qualifications: PhD

contribution: designed the project, literature review, statistical analysis, wrote the first draft, contributed to drafts

position: Professor


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