Vanessa M. Oddo
University of Washington
64 Papers
493 Citations
Vanessa M. Oddo is an academic researcher from University of Washington. The author has contributed to research in topics: Medicine & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 46 publications. Previous affiliations of Vanessa M. Oddo include Mathematica Policy Research & Cambridge Health Alliance.
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Papers
Correlates of Past-Year Mental Health Service Use Among Latinos: Results From the National Latino and Asian American Study
TL;DR: Rates of mental health service use among Latinos appear to have increased substantially over the past decade relative to rates reported in the 1990s, and cultural factors should be considered in matching mental health services to Latinos who need preventive services or who are symptomatic but do not fulfill psychiatric disorder criteria.
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Correlates of Past-Year Mental Health Service Use Among Latinos: Results From the National Latino and
Margarita Alegría,Norah Mulvaney-Day,Meghan Woo,Maria Torres,Shan Gao,Vanessa M. Oddo +5 more
- 01 Jan 2007
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examined correlates and rates of past-year mental health service use in a national sample of Latinos residing in the United States, using data from the National Latino and Asian American Study, a national epidemiological household survey of Latinos.
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Predictors of maternal and child double burden of malnutrition in rural Indonesia and Bangladesh
Vanessa M. Oddo,Jee H. Rah,Richard D. Semba,Kai Sun,Nasima Akhter,Mayang Sari,Saskia de Pee,Regina Moench-Pfanner,Martin W. Bloem,Klaus Kraemer +9 more
TL;DR: The prevalence of the double burden of malnutrition and its association with associated maternal, child, and household characteristics in rural Indonesia and Bangladesh were estimated and it was found that under- and overweight children in rural areas are more likely to be affected than in urban areas.
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Overweight in Indonesia: an observational study of trends and risk factors among adults and children.
TL;DR: Data suggest that the consumption of ultra-processed foods was common and levels of physical activity have decreased over the last decade in adults and children, and in multivariable models, urban area residence, higher wealth, higher education and consumption ofUltra- Processed foods were associated with higher odds of overweight among most adults andChildren.
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How Missing Information in Diagnosis Can Lead to Disparities in the Clinical Encounter
Margarita Alegría,Ora Nakash,Sheri Lapatin,Vanessa M. Oddo,Shan Gao,Julia Lin,Sharon-Lise T. Normand +6 more
TL;DR: High levels of concordance between clinicians for substance-related disorders, low levels for depressive disorders, and anxiety disorders except panic, and Latino ethnicity to be a modifying factor of the association between symptom reports and likelihood of a depression diagnosis are found.