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The impact of neighborhood violence on domestic femicides in Mexico: A Demonstration of the Causal Inference Roadmap

June 4, 2026

The Social Science and Medicine has published Ndola Prata's new article that she co-authored with Alma LiliaJuárez Armenta: The Impact of Neighborhood Violence on Domestic Femicides in Mexico: A Demonstration of the Causal Inference Roadmap. Please click here to read the article.

The impact of neighborhood violence on domestic femicides in Mexico: A demonstration of the causal inference roadmap

Alma Lilia Juárez Armenta
Ndola Prata
2026
Background The incidence of femicide, the murder of a woman for gender-based reasons, has risen significantly in recent years in Mexico, going from 427 reported victims in 2015 to 797 in 2024. Although individual-level risk factors have been studied, we aimed to study neighborhood-level factors that might be more amenable to intervention. Our study delved into the impact of municipality-level violence in Mexico on the probability of occurrence of domestic femicides at the municipality level in 2024. Methods We employed the Causal Roadmap framework for causal and statistical inference. Our...

Client, provider, and visit factors associated with quality in contraceptive counseling in Mexico: an exploratory cross-sectional analysis

Kay Walker
Ndola Prata
Maureen Lahiff
Ximena Quintero
Kelsey Holt
2021
Background

Monitoring clients’ experiences with contraceptive care is vital to inform quality improvement efforts and ensure fulfillment of individuals’ human rights. The Quality of Contraceptive Counseling (QCC) Scale is a previously validated scale that comprehensively measures individuals’ experiences receiving counseling in three subscales: Information Exchange, Interpersonal Relationship, and Disrespect and Abuse. We sought to better understand the correlation of client, provider, and visit factors with client-reported quality of contraceptive counseling in the public sector in two...