2021
Population‐based approaches for monitoring the nurturing care environment for early childhood development: A scoping review
Pedroso J, dos Anjos Coelho Kubo S, Silva PO, de Castro G, Pimentel JL, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Gubert MB, Buccini G. Population‐based approaches for monitoring the nurturing care environment for early childhood development: A scoping review. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2021, 18: e13276. PMID: 34738316, PMCID: PMC8968941, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13276.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNurturing care indicators for the Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI)
Buccini G, Pedroso J, Coelho S, de Castro G, Bertoldo J, Sironi A, Gondim J, Venancio SI, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Barreto ME, Gubert MB. Nurturing care indicators for the Brazilian Early Childhood Friendly Municipal Index (IMAPI). Maternal And Child Nutrition 2021, 18: e13155. PMID: 33945222, PMCID: PMC8968942, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.13155.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2017
Prioritizing research for integrated implementation of early childhood development and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition platforms
Sharma R, Gaffey MF, Alderman H, Bassani DG, Bogard K, Darmstadt GL, Das JK, de Graft–Johnson J, Hamadani JD, Horton S, Huicho L, Hussein J, Lye S, Pérez–Escamilla R, Proulx K, Marfo K, Mathews–Hanna V, Mclean MS, Rahman A, Silver KL, Singla DR, Webb P, Bhutta ZA. Prioritizing research for integrated implementation of early childhood development and maternal, newborn, child and adolescent health and nutrition platforms. Journal Of Global Health 2017, 7: 011002. PMID: 28685048, PMCID: PMC5481896, DOI: 10.7189/jogh.07.011002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsResearch priority scoreNutrition servicesNutrition Research Initiative methodAge 2 yearsResource-limited settingsResource-poor settingsForms of malnutritionNeonatal mortalityChild healthStimulation interventionsEarly childhood development interventionsEarly child developmentGlobal health expertsResearch prioritiesPriority scoreSensitive windowAgreement scoresHealth expertsECD interventionsInterventionAdolescent HealthEarly childhood developmentFinancial barriersLife courseScores
2016
Dietary quality and household food insecurity among Mexican children and adolescents
Rodríguez LA, Mundo‐Rosas V, Méndez‐Gómez‐Humarán I, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Shamah‐Levy T. Dietary quality and household food insecurity among Mexican children and adolescents. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2016, 13 PMID: 27863001, PMCID: PMC6866226, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12372.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDietary qualityMexican childrenTotal daily energy intakeRefined grain consumptionMexican National HealthHealthy Eating IndexPoor dietary qualityDaily energy intakeRepresentative cross-sectional samplePositive associationHousehold Food Security ScaleFood insecurityDairy intakeNational HealthAdded sugarsNutrition SurveyFood Security ScaleHousehold food insecurityEnergy intakeCross-sectional sampleMultivariate linear regressionOlder childrenIntakeChildrenAdolescentsUnderstanding the double burden of malnutrition in food insecure households in Brazil
Gubert MB, Spaniol AM, Segall‐Corrêa A, Pérez‐Escamilla R. Understanding the double burden of malnutrition in food insecure households in Brazil. Maternal And Child Nutrition 2016, 13 PMID: 27502214, PMCID: PMC6866242, DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12347.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOverweight/obesityHousehold food insecurityRisk factorsHierarchical multivariable logistic regression analysisMaternal overweight/obesityMultivariable logistic regression analysisSevere household food insecurityAdult overweight/obesityDouble burdenCostly chronic diseasesMother/child pairsSame householdStrong risk factorMajor risk factorType 2 diabetesLogistic regression analysisYears of agePoor child developmentMaternal overweightOverweight mothersChronic diseasesCardiovascular diseaseHealth SurveySecondary data analysisFood insecure households
1998
A comparison of the nutritional status and food security of drug‐using and non‐drug‐using Hispanic women in Hartford, Connecticut
Himmelgreen D, Pérez‐Escamilla R, Segura‐Millán S, Romero‐Daza N, Tanasescu M, Singer M. A comparison of the nutritional status and food security of drug‐using and non‐drug‐using Hispanic women in Hartford, Connecticut. American Journal Of Biological Anthropology 1998, 107: 351-361. PMID: 9821498, DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1096-8644(199811)107:3<351::aid-ajpa10>3.0.co;2-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDrug usersNutritional statusAnthropometric measurementsLow-income Puerto Rican womenInner-city HartfordFood frequency questionnairePoor nutritional statusTreatment drug usersFrequency of consumptionSweets/dessertsPuerto Rican femalesFrequency questionnaireFood insecurePuerto Rican womenNutrition interventionsDrug treatmentHispanic womenDrug useStudy participantsUsual weekConvenience sampleFormer groupLatter groupWomenStatusMaternal Nutritional Status Is Inversely Associated with Lactational Amenorrhea in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from Demographic and Health Surveys II and III 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5
Peng Y, Hight-Laukaran V, Peterson A, Pérez-Escamilla R. Maternal Nutritional Status Is Inversely Associated with Lactational Amenorrhea in Sub-Saharan Africa: Results from Demographic and Health Surveys II and III 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 , 5. Journal Of Nutrition 1998, 128: 1672-1680. PMID: 9772135, DOI: 10.1093/jn/128.10.1672.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMaternal nutritional statusBody mass indexBreast-feeding womenNutritional statusLactational amenorrheaLow maternal body mass indexMaternal body mass indexReturn of ovulationBreast-feeding behaviorMultivariate logistic regressionEffective contraceptive methodsChild nutritional statusHealth Survey dataTime of surveyChild age groupMedian durationHormonal contraceptivesMass indexPooled analysisAdjusted differenceContraceptive methodsAmenorrheaPostpartum amenorrheaAge groupsLogistic regression
1995
Growth Improvements in Children above 3 Years of Age: The Cali Study
Pérez-Escamilla R, Pollitt E. Growth Improvements in Children above 3 Years of Age: The Cali Study. Journal Of Nutrition 1995, 125: 880-884. PMID: 7722691, DOI: 10.1093/jn/125.4.885.Peer-Reviewed Original Research