2020
Are Household Expenditures on Food Groups Associated with Children’s Future Heights in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam?
Weingarten SE, Dearden KA, Crookston BT, Penny ME, Behrman JR, Humphries DL. Are Household Expenditures on Food Groups Associated with Children’s Future Heights in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam? International Journal Of Environmental Research And Public Health 2020, 17: 4739. PMID: 32630270, PMCID: PMC7370180, DOI: 10.3390/ijerph17134739.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFood expenditureHousehold expenditureExpenditure dataHousehold Expenditure SurveyTotal food expenditureChild HAZHousehold food expenditureFuture heightGroup expendituresExpenditure SurveyFood expenditure dataPaternal schoolingFood purchasing patternsMiddle-income countriesVietnamFood groupsYounger cohortsIndiaCountriesExpenditureChild nutritional statusUrban residencePeruEthiopiaPurchasing patterns
2017
Does household access to improved water and sanitation in infancy and childhood predict better vocabulary test performance in Ethiopian, Indian, Peruvian and Vietnamese cohort studies?
Dearden KA, Brennan AT, Behrman JR, Schott W, Crookston BT, Humphries DL, Penny ME, Fernald LC. Does household access to improved water and sanitation in infancy and childhood predict better vocabulary test performance in Ethiopian, Indian, Peruvian and Vietnamese cohort studies? BMJ Open 2017, 7: e013201. PMID: 28270388, PMCID: PMC5353302, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-013201.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHousehold food group expenditure patterns are associated with child anthropometry at ages 5, 8 and 12 years in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam
Humphries DL, Dearden KA, Crookston BT, Woldehanna T, Penny ME, Behrman JR, team O. Household food group expenditure patterns are associated with child anthropometry at ages 5, 8 and 12 years in Ethiopia, India, Peru and Vietnam. Economics & Human Biology 2017, 26: 30-41. PMID: 28222325, PMCID: PMC5555831, DOI: 10.1016/j.ehb.2017.02.001.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHousehold food expenditureTotal food expenditureFood expenditureHousehold expenditureHousehold Expenditure SurveyFood expenditure dataTotal household food expendituresExpenditure SurveyHousehold allocationExpenditure patternsExpenditure dataFood pricingFood purchasing patternsMiddle-income countriesExpenditurePurchasing patternsControl variablesAge 8yChild nutritional statusChild HAZDietary diversityStudy roundsVietnamAllocationCountriesChildren with access to improved sanitation but not improved water are at lower risk of stunting compared to children without access: a cohort study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam
Dearden KA, Schott W, Crookston BT, Humphries DL, Penny ME, Behrman JR, The Young Lives Determinants and Consequences of Child Growth Project Team. Children with access to improved sanitation but not improved water are at lower risk of stunting compared to children without access: a cohort study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam. BMC Public Health 2017, 17: 110. PMID: 28114914, PMCID: PMC5259877, DOI: 10.1186/s12889-017-4033-1.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2016
Diabetes knowledge and self-efficacy among rural women in Gujarat, India
Mehta NV, Trivedi M, Maldonado LE, Saxena D, Humphries DL. Diabetes knowledge and self-efficacy among rural women in Gujarat, India. Rural And Remote Health 2016, 16: 3629. PMID: 26976745, DOI: 10.22605/rrh3629.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMean knowledge scoreDiabetes knowledgeParticipants' mean knowledge scoreEmpowerment Scale-Short FormEducational interventionRural womenAwareness of diabetesCross-sectional studyCause of diabetesMichigan Diabetes ResearchType II diabetesHealth Belief ModelMedian self-efficacy scoresDiabetic womenCase of womenPositive correlationSelf-efficacy scoresDiabetesII diabetesKnowledge scoreScale-Short FormSignificant positive correlationMean percentageDiabetes researchLow levels
2015
Using Positive Deviance to Understand the Uptake of Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices by Mothers in an Urban Slum of Mumbai
D’Alimonte M, Deshmukh D, Jayaraman A, Chanani S, Humphries DL. Using Positive Deviance to Understand the Uptake of Optimal Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices by Mothers in an Urban Slum of Mumbai. Maternal And Child Health Journal 2015, 20: 1133-1142. PMID: 26694045, DOI: 10.1007/s10995-015-1899-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYoung child feeding practicesChild feeding practicesHealth workersSocial groupsSemi-structured key informant interviewsOptimal infantFeeding practicesYoung child feeding behaviorsKey informant interviewsUrban slumsAcute malnutrition programsSocial supportAge z-scoreChild feeding behaviorsDisadvantaged contextsQualitative researchInformant interviewsDeviance researchCMAM programCommunity managementQualitative methodsDietary recallsMaternal healthIndex childMalnutrition programsCross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam 1–3
Humphries DL, Dearden KA, Crookston BT, Fernald LC, Stein AD, Woldehanna T, Penny ME, Behrman JR. Cross-Sectional and Longitudinal Associations between Household Food Security and Child Anthropometry at Ages 5 and 8 Years in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam 1–3. Journal Of Nutrition 2015, 145: 1924-1933. PMID: 26084361, PMCID: PMC4516765, DOI: 10.3945/jn.115.210229.Peer-Reviewed Original Research