Cristina Martinez, PhD
Assistant Professor
Social Behavioral Sciences
School of Nursing

She received her PhD from the University of Barcelona in 2011, and afterwards she obtained a postdoctoral fellowship to advance her knowledge on health policy research at the Institute for Health Policy Studies (UCSF).

Dr. Martínez main areas of research include the evaluation of tobacco control policies in health care services, by assessing the impact of smoke-free policies and evaluating the effectiveness of smoking cessation and training programs. She is currently developing online tobacco cessation training programs for health professionals and conducting implementation projects to foster smoking cessation interventions in health care services. Moreover, she is conducting research to assess tobacco use among mentally ill and drug abuse smokers and design cutting-edge intervention to reduce the burden of tobacco-related diseases in this vulnerable population.

• Participatory action research intervention for improving sleep in inpatients with cancer.
  Journal of clinical nursing 2022 Cabrera Jaime S, Martinez C, Gonzalo Bachiller V, Zarza Arnau N, Martin Maldonado L, Belén Manrique Palles A, Artiga Sarrion I, Tierno Sanchez N, Julià Torras J, Sancho JM, Cabrera Jaime L
• Tool to monitor tobacco control policy implementation: the Tobacco Control Scale in Latin America. Adaptation process and pilot study.
  Tobacco control 2021 Feliu A, Martinez C, Peruga A, Joossens L, Bianco E, Cornejo M, Nogueira SO, Fernández E
• Activation of the acute inflammatory phase response in idiopathic nephrotic syndrome: association with clinicopathological phenotypes and with response to corticosteroids.
  Clinical kidney journal 2021 Roca N, Martinez C, Jatem E, Madrid A, Lopez M, Segarra A
• Tobacco control policies in the 21st century: achievements and open challenges.
  Molecular oncology 2021 Peruga A, López MJ, Martinez C, Fernández E
• Factors associated with receipt of the 5As model of brief intervention for smoking cessation among hospitalized patients.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2020 Martínez C, Feliu A, Castellano Y, Fu M, Fernández P, Cabrera-Jaime S, Puig-Llobet M, Galimany J, Guydish J, Fernández E, ETHIF Research Group
• Exposure to second-hand tobacco smoke in waterpipe cafés in Barcelona, Spain: An assessment of airborne nicotine and PM2.5.
  Environmental research 2020 Feliu A, Fu M, Russo M, Martinez C, Sureda X, López MJ, Cortés N, Fernández E
• Smoking-Attributable Mortality in Spain in 2016.
  Archivos de bronconeumologia 2020 Pérez-Ríos M, Schiaffino A, Montes A, Fernández E, López MJ, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Sureda X, Martínez C, Fu M, García Continente X, Carretero Ares JL, Galán I
• Patient perceptions of tobacco control after smoke-free hospital grounds legislation: Multi-center cross-sectional study.
  International journal of nursing studies 2019 Martínez C, Castellano Y, Fu M, Riccobene A, Feliu A, Tigova O, Ballbè M, Anton L, Fernández P, Cabrera-Jaime S, Puig-Llobet M, Moreno C, Falcó-Pegueroles A, Galimany J, Estrada JM, Guydish J, …
• Are smokers "hardening" or rather "softening"? An ecological and multilevel analysis across 28 European Union countries.
  The European respiratory journal 2019 Feliu A, Fernandez E, Martinez C, Filippidis FT
• [Smoking control in Spain: current situation and priorities].
  Revista espanola de salud publica 2019 Villalbí JR, Suelves JM, Martínez C, Valverde A, Cabezas C, Fernández E
• Impact of an Online Training Program in Smoking Cessation Interventions in Hospitals.
  Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing 2019 Martínez C, Castellano Y, Andrés A, Fu M, Feliu A, Antón L, Ballbè M, Fernández P, Cabrera S, Riccobene A, Gavilan E, Baena A, Margalef M, Tigova O, Quirós N, Guillen O, Company A, Fernández E
• Effectiveness of a telephone-based intervention for smoking cessation in patients with severe mental disorders: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial.
  Trials 2019 Ballbè M, Martínez C, Feliu A, Torres N, Nieva G, Pinet C, Raich A, Mondon S, Barrio P, Hernández-Ribas R, Vicens J, Costa S, Vilaplana J, Alaustre L, Vilalta E, Blanch R, Subirà S, Bruguera E, …
• Prevalence and determinants of tobacco, e-cigarettes, and cannabis use among nursing students: A multicenter cross-sectional study.
  Nurse education today 2018 Martínez C, Baena A, Castellano Y, Fu M, Margalef M, Tigova O, Feliu A, Laroussy K, Galimany J, Puig M, Bueno A, López A, Fernández E
• Exploring individual and contextual factors contributing to tobacco cessation intervention implementation.
  Addictive behaviors 2018 Andrés A, Castellano Y, Fu M, Feliu A, Ballbè M, Antón L, Baena A, Fernández E, Martínez C
• Temporal transitions in COPD severity stages within the GOLD 2017 classification system.
  Respiratory medicine 2018 Soriano JB, Hahsler M, Soriano C, Martinez C, de-Torres JP, Marín JM, de Lucas P, Cosio BG, Fuster A, Casanova C, CHAIN investigators
• Smoking among hospitalized patients: A multi-hospital cross-sectional study of a widely neglected problem.
  Tobacco induced diseases 2018 Martínez C, Fu M, Castellano Y, Riccobene A, Fernández P, Cabrera S, Gavilan E, Feliu A, Puig-Llobet M, Fuster P, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Montes J, Estrada JM, Moreno C, Falcó-Pegueroles A, Galimany J, …
• Conflicts of interest in research on electronic cigarettes.
  Tobacco induced diseases 2018 Martínez C, Fu M, Galán I, Pérez-Rios M, Martínez-Sánchez JM, López MJ, Sureda X, Montes A, Fernández E
• Impact of an online training program in hospital workers' smoking cessation interventions in Bolivia, Guatemala and Paraguay.
  Gaceta sanitaria 2018 Martínez C, Castellano Y, Company A, Guillen O, Margalef M, Alicia Arrien M, Sánchez C, Cáceres P, Barnoya J, Fernández E, Group of hospital coordinators in the Fruitful study project
• Pre-surgical register of tobacco consumption.
  Medicina clinica 2018 Gavilán E, Moreno M, Pérez À, Castellano Y, Fernández E, Martínez C
• Impact of tobacco control policies on smoking prevalence and quit ratios in 27 European Union countries from 2006 to 2014.
  Tobacco control 2018 Feliu A, Filippidis FT, Joossens L, Fong GT, Vardavas CI, Baena A, Castellano Y, Martínez C, Fernández E
• Efficacy of Plantago major, chlorhexidine 0.12% and sodium bicarbonate 5% solution in the treatment of oral mucositis in cancer patients with solid tumour: A feasibility randomised triple-blind phase III clinical trial.
  European journal of oncology nursing : the official journal of European Oncology Nursing Society 2017 Cabrera-Jaime S, Martínez C, Ferro-García T, Giner-Boya P, Icart-Isern T, Estrada-Masllorens JM, Fernández-Ortega P
• Mesangial C4d Deposits in Early IgA Nephropathy.
  Clinical journal of the American Society of Nephrology : CJASN 2017 Segarra A, Romero K, Agraz I, Ramos N, Madrid A, Carnicer C, Jatem E, Vilalta R, Lara LE, Ostos E, Valtierra N, Jaramillo J, Arredondo KV, Ariceta G, Martinez C
• Factors associated with implementation of the 5A's smoking cessation model.
  Tobacco induced diseases 2017 Martínez C, Castellano Y, Andrés A, Fu M, Antón L, Ballbè M, Fernández P, Cabrera S, Riccobene A, Gavilan E, Feliu A, Baena A, Margalef M, Fernández E
• Impact of the Spanish smoking laws on tobacco consumption and secondhand smoke exposure: A longitudinal population study.
  Addictive behaviors 2017 Lidón-Moyano C, Fu M, Ballbè M, Martín-Sánchez JC, Matilla-Santander N, Martínez C, Fernández E, Martínez-Sánchez JM
• Manufactured and roll-your-own cigarettes: A changing pattern of smoking in Barcelona, Spain.
  Environmental research 2017 Sureda X, Fu M, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Martínez C, Ballbé M, Pérez-Ortuño R, Saltó E, Pascual JA, Fernández E
• Adaptation, Implementation Plan, and Evaluation of an Online Tobacco Cessation Training Program for Health Care Professionals in Three Spanish-Speaking Latin American Countries: Protocol of the Fruitful Study.
  JMIR research protocols 2017 Martínez C, Company A, Guillen O, Margalef M, Arrien MA, Sánchez C, Cáceres de León P, Fernández E, Group of Hospital Coordinators in the Fruitful Project
• Secondhand smoke risk perception and smoke-free rules in homes: a cross-sectional study in Barcelona (Spain).
  BMJ open 2017 Lidón-Moyano C, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Fu M, Ballbè M, Martín-Sánchez JC, Martínez C, Fernández E
• Attitudes of students of a health sciences university towards the extension of smoke-free policies at the university campuses of Barcelona (Spain).
  Gaceta sanitaria 2016 Martínez C, Méndez C, Sánchez M, Martínez-Sánchez JM
• The role of middle managers in tobacco control after a national smoke-free hospital campus ban.
  BMC health services research 2016 Martínez C, Ballbè M, Vilardell M, Fu M, Fernández E
• Impact of the Spanish smoking legislations in the adoption of smoke-free rules at home: a longitudinal study in Barcelona (Spain).
  Tobacco control 2016 Lidón-Moyano C, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Fu M, Ballbè M, Martín-Sánchez JC, Martínez C, Saltó E, Fernández E
• Commentary on Pardavila-Belio et al. (2015): Reporting on randomized control trials or giving details on how the cake was made--the list of ingredients and the implementation process.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2015 Martinez C, Fernandez E
• [Smoking prevalence in hospital workers: meta-analysis in 45 Catalan hospitals].
  Gaceta sanitaria 2015 Martínez C, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Antón L, Riccobene A, Fu M, Quirós N, Saltó E, Fernández E, Coordinators Group of the Hospitals Network
• An international systematic review of smoking prevalence in addiction treatment.
  Addiction (Abingdon, England) 2015 Guydish J, Passalacqua E, Pagano A, Martínez C, Le T, Chun J, Tajima B, Docto L, Garina D, Delucchi K
• Association of second-hand smoke exposure at home with psychological distress in the Spanish adult population.
  Addictive behaviors 2015 Ballbè M, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Gual A, Martínez C, Fu M, Sureda X, Padrón-Monedero A, Galán I, Fernández E
• Secondhand smoke in outdoor settings: smokers' consumption, non-smokers' perceptions, and attitudes towards smoke-free legislation in Spain.
  BMJ open 2015 Sureda X, Fernández E, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Fu M, López MJ, Martínez C, Saltó E
• Impact of environmental air pollutants on disease control in asmathic patients.
  Lung 2015 Fernandez R, Ariza M, Iscar M, Martinez C, Rubinos G, Gagatek S, Montoliu MA, Casan P
• Impact of a long-term tobacco-free policy at a comprehensive cancer center: a series of cross-sectional surveys.
  BMC public health 2014 Martínez C, Fu M, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Antón L, Fernández P, Ballbè M, Andrés A, Riccobene A, Sureda X, Gallart A, Fernández E
• Maintenance of tobacco cessation programmes in public hospitals in Catalonia, Spain.
  Addictive behaviors 2014 Ballbè M, Martínez C, Saltó E, Cabezas C, Riccobene A, Valverde A, Gual A, Fernández E
• Impact of tobacco control policies in hospitals: Evaluation of a national smoke-free campus ban in Spain.
  Preventive medicine reports 2014 Sureda X, Ballbè M, Martínez C, Fu M, Carabasa E, Saltó E, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Fernández E
• Predictors of quit attempts among smokers enrolled in substance abuse treatment.
  Addictive behaviors 2014 Martínez C, Guydish J, Le T, Tajima B, Passalacqua E
• Response to Rodrigo et al.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2014 Martinez C, Vicario M, Santos J
• Assessment of the smoke-free outdoor regulation in the WHO European Region.
  Preventive medicine 2014 Martínez C, Guydish J, Robinson G, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Fernández E
• Impact of the Spanish smoke-free legislation on adult, non-smoker exposure to secondhand smoke: cross-sectional surveys before (2004) and after (2012) legislation.
  PloS one 2014 Sureda X, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Fu M, Pérez-Ortuño R, Martínez C, Carabasa E, López MJ, Saltó E, Pascual JA, Fernández E
• Two basic (hydrophilic) regions in the movement protein of Parietaria mottle virus have RNA binding activity and are required for cell-to-cell transport.
  Virus research 2014 Martínez C, Coll-Bonfill N, Aramburu J, Pallás V, Aparicio F, Galipienso L
• Safety belt and mobile phone usage in vehicles in Barcelona (Spain).
  Gaceta sanitaria 2014 Martínez-Sánchez JM, Curto A, Fu M, Martínez C, Sureda X, Ballbè M, Fernández E
• Handwritten versus scanned signature on the invitation letter: does it make any difference in participation in a population-based study?
  European journal of epidemiology 2013 Fu M, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Sureda X, Martínez C, Ballbè M, Baranda L, Riccobene A, Fernández E
• Protection from secondhand smoke in countries belonging to the WHO European Region: an assessment of legislation.
  Tobacco control 2013 Martínez C, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Robinson G, Bethke C, Fernández E
• Health-related quality of life as a main determinant of access to rheumatologic care.
  Rheumatology international 2013 Leon L, Jover JA, Loza E, Zunzunegui MV, Lajas C, Vadillo C, Fontsere O, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Martinez C, Fernandez-Gutierrez B, Abasolo L
• Smoking cessation in hospital workers: effectiveness of a coordinated program in 33 hospitals in Catalonia (Spain).
  Cancer nursing 2012 Martínez C, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Ballbè M, Nieva G, Fu M, Puig M, Carabasa E, Sánchez-García JM, Saltó E, Fernández E, Tobacco Cessation Program Project Coordinators
• Smoking behaviour, involuntary smoking, attitudes towards smoke-free legislations, and tobacco control activities in the European Union.
  PloS one 2010 Martínez-Sánchez JM, Fernández E, Fu M, Gallus S, Martínez C, Sureda X, La Vecchia C, Clancy L
• Second-hand smoke in hospitals in Catalonia (2009): a cross-sectional study measuring PM2.5 and vapor-phase nicotine.
  Environmental research 2010 Sureda X, Fu M, López MJ, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Carabasa E, Saltó E, Martínez C, Nebot M, Fernández E
• Osteopontin provides early proliferative drive and may be dependent upon aberrant c-myc signalling in murine intestinal tumours.
  Experimental and molecular pathology 2010 Martinez C, Churchman M, Freeman T, Ilyas M
• [Smoke-free hospital campus: the next challenge for tobacco control in Spain].
  Medicina clinica 2009 Fernández E, Martínez C
• Barriers and challenges of implementing tobacco control policies in hospitals: applying the institutional analysis and development framework to the Catalan Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals.
  Policy, politics & nursing practice 2009 Martinez C
• Tobacco control policies in hospitals before and after the implementation of a national smoking ban in Catalonia, Spain.
  BMC public health 2009 Martínez C, Fu M, Martínez-Sánchez JM, Ballbè M, Puig M, García M, Carabasa E, Saltó E, Fernández E
• Barriers and challenges for tobacco control in a smoke-free hospital.
  Cancer nursing 2008 Martínez C, Garcia M, Méndez E, Peris M, Fernández E
• Unstable composition of the fecal microbiota in ulcerative colitis during clinical remission.
  The American journal of gastroenterology 2008 Martinez C, Antolin M, Santos J, Torrejon A, Casellas F, Borruel N, Guarner F, Malagelada JR
• Comparison study of full and subthreshold bulimia nervosa: Personality, clinical characteristics, and short-term response to therapy.
  Psychotherapy research : journal of the Society for Psychotherapy Research 2008 Krug I, Casasnovas C, Granero R, Martinez C, Jiménez-Murcia S, Bulik C, Fernández-Aranda F
• [Evaluation of the degree of implementation of tobacco control interventions in the Catalan Network of Smoke-Free Hospitals].
  Enfermeria clinica 2007 Martínez C, García M
• Multiple sclerosis: diagnostic usefulness of cerebrospinal fluid.
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