2017
Food insecurity, food coping strategies, and child health among Ghanaians and long term Liberian refugees living in Ghana
Hromi‐Fiedler A, Lartey A, Gallego‐Perez D, Sandow A, Perez‐Escamilla R. Food insecurity, food coping strategies, and child health among Ghanaians and long term Liberian refugees living in Ghana. The FASEB Journal 2017, 31 DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.31.1_supplement.639.35.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchChild healthHousehold food insecurityChild health statusFood insecurePreventive health careCross-sectional surveyHousehold Food Security ScaleFamily/friendsSevere food insecurityFood insecurityChildren 6Household membersDiagnosis confirmationFood Security ScaleGhanaian childrenSectional surveyHealth problemsHealth statusGhanaian womenAdditive scoreLiberian childrenCoping strategiesHealth careMonthsHealth
2013
Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana
Garcia J, Hromi-Fiedler A, Mazur RE, Marquis G, Sellen D, Lartey A, Pérez-Escamilla R. Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana. BMC Public Health 2013, 13: 215. PMID: 23497026, PMCID: PMC3608015, DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-13-215.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersistent household food insecurityMaternal HIV diagnosisHIV-positive womenMaternal stressHousehold food insecurityFood insecure householdsHIV diagnosisSevere food insecure householdsBinary multivariate logistic regression modelMultivariate logistic regression modelInsecure householdsHIV-negative groupUS Household Food Security Survey ModuleHousehold Food Security Survey ModuleTime points postpartumFood Security Survey ModuleStress ScaleLogistic regression modelsMaternal HIVFood insecureHIV infectionVoluntary counselingFood insecurityIndependent associationMonths postpartum
2009
Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Childhood Malaria in Rural Haiti 1 , 2
Pérez-Escamilla R, Dessalines M, Finnigan M, Pachón H, Hromi-Fiedler A, Gupta N. Household Food Insecurity Is Associated with Childhood Malaria in Rural Haiti 1 , 2. Journal Of Nutrition 2009, 139: 2132-2138. PMID: 19741201, DOI: 10.3945/jn.109.108852.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsClinical malariaRisk factorsHousehold food insecurityAdditional risk factorsRisk of malariaPoor child healthFood insecureChildhood malariaChildren 1Child BMIFood insecuritySevere food insecureChild vitaminChild healthMultivariate analysisMalariaConvenience sampleWomenBMIReference time periodColostrumSupplementation