Juan J. Delacruz

Juan J. Delacruz
Lehman College | CUNY · School of Business

PhD

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August 2008 - February 2016
Lehman College
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  • Professor (Associate)

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Publications (19)
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This article aims to estimate the Value per Statistical Life (VSL) and Value per Statistical Life Year (VSLY) at the sub-national level, which can be used to calculate the economic impact of health and environmental problems. We estimate the value of life for Mexico and its 32 states, grouped into 5 regions for 2021. We used the OECD’s guidelines o...
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Indigenous migrants from Latin America are a neglected group in the United States and their well-being has received poor attention in the economic literature. Little is known about the needs, financial welfare, health, or education status among Hispanic American Indian households. This study uses primary data derived from New York City pertaining t...
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The net benefits of medical legal partnerships (MLP), providers of legal service for HIV-infected individuals in clinical settings, is gaining importance in the economic evaluation literature. MLP are structural interventions designed to improve HIV care continuum outcomes beyond the epidemiological and behavioral approaches. This paper introduces...
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Introduction: This study provides an economic assessment of the health effects due to exposure to particulate matter PM2.5 in three medium-size cities of northwestern Mexico: Los Mochis, Culiacan and Mazatlán. People in these cities are exposed to high pollutant concentrations that exceed limits suggested in domestic and international guidelines. P...
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The novel COVID-19 outbreak is a major public health challenge that quickly turned into an economic recession of great proportions. This pandemic poses a trade-off between health and the economy where social distancing, quarantines, and isolation shut down demand and supply chains across the USA. This paper analyzes the impact of COVID-19 on illnes...
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Background This study provides an assessment of the health effects due to exposure to particulate matter PM2.5 (diameter < 2.5 µm that cause the air to appear hazy when levels are elevated) in three medium size cities of north western Mexico (Los Mochis, Culiacan and Mazatlan). We computed the total avoidable premature mortality, avoidable cardiova...
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Older adults with the human immunodeficiency virus or HIV (OAWH), people 50 years and older, are aging with the disease and experience low quality of life. Mental health disorders trigger and worsen health inequalities with larger impacts on the quality of life of OAWH. This paper evaluated two rival health interventions using a standard decision-a...
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Background There are noticeable gaps in knowledge regarding the cost and effectiveness of integrated medical and behavioral services for older adults with HIV. Their lifespan is close to the population’s level but their quality of life has sharply declined due to depression and substance use. Mental health disorders are widespread among an aging po...
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This paper estimates the effects of foreign aid on Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) prevalence in a sample of 27 Latin American and Caribbean countries during 1995–2013 and advocates for stronger sentinel surveillance to monitor the stability of the epidemic in the region. Surges in global HIV funding have improved access to health care and antir...
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This paper estimates the effects of foreign aid on health status in selected Latin American and Caribbean (LAC) countries (n= 27 countries) between 1990 and 2013, using HIV as a main indicator and controlling for social-structural variables. Increases in foreign aid for HIV along with relatively lower price of antiretroviral therapy (ART) have impr...
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Online social networking use has increased rapidly among African American and Latino men who have sex with men (MSM), making it important to understand how these technologies can be used to reach, retain, and maintain individuals in care and promote health wellness. In particular, the Internet is increasingly recognized as a platform for health com...
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New York City has been the centre of the HIV epidemic where vulnerable populations disproportionately face negative health outcomes. This paper explains the behaviour of the HIV epidemic in terms of its racial/ethnic composition due to the effects of the criminal justice system, and sustains the necessity of more culturally tailored health interven...
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The objective of this paper is to obtain estimates of the effect of HIV prevalence on economic performance in selected economies of Latin America using a panel regression to identify plausible interventions to fight the epidemic in the region and ameliorate the negative effect of this epidemic on human capital accumulation. Due to the suspicion tha...
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In the absence of substantial differences in the growth rates of per capita GDP across countries, what are the factors explaining the rapid spread of the HIV infection within a nation? This is an empirical question that needs to be explained. In order to elucidate the correlation between HIV prevalence and economic growth in a sample of 74 low- and...
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The objective of this paper is to obtain estimates of the effect of HIV prevalence on the growth rate of real GDP per capita between 1990 and 2004, without the presence of reverse causality. Achieving this goal requires a set of instrumental variables that are correlated with changes in the prevalence of HIV but are otherwise unrelated to the error...
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Health status has played an important role in recent developments of the economic literature. The two-way relationship between health and economic performance has a mechanism of transmission that is explained by their impact on labour productivity (human resources) and potential output. This paper reviews the literature on growth theory, analyses t...
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The objective of this paper is to obtain estimates of the effect of HIV prevalence on the growth rate of real GDP per capita between 1990 and 2004 that are not affected by the presence of simultaneity. To achieve this goal requires an instrumental variable that is correlated with changes in the prevalence of HIV but is otherwise unrelated to with t...
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In the absence of substantial differences in the growth rates of per capita GDP across countries, what are the factors that explain the rapid spread of the HIV infection within a nation? This is an empirical question that needs to be explained. In order to elucidate the correlation between HIV prevalence and economic growth in a sample of 74 low- a...

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