Below is a selection of publications authored by members of the Tulane Food Security and Resilience Group. Our research focuses on food systems, public health, nutrition, water security, and resilience in low- and middle-income countries. To view all publications from members of the group over the last five years, visit the group’s NCBI Profile.

Selected Literature [Food Security and Nutrition and Humanitarian Development]

Public health implications of satellite-detected widespread damage to WASH infrastructure in the Gaza Strip. Perlman B, Collins SM, & Van Den Hoek J. (2025). PLOS Global Public Health, 5(2), e0004221. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004221

The influence of an agricultural intervention on social capital and water insecurity coping strategies: Qualitative evidence from female smallholder farmers living with HIV in western Kenya. Owuor PM, Miller JD, Kanugula SS, Yeam J, Collins S, Obure V, Arunga T, Otieno P, Olack B, Butler LM, Bukusi EA, Cohen CR, Weiser SD, & Young SL. (2024). Heliyon, 10(11), e32058. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2024.e32058

The Impact of Excluding Adverse Neonatal Outcomes on the Creation of Gestational Weight Gain Charts Among Women from Low- and Middle-income Countries with Normal and Overweight BMI. Rangel Bousquet Carrilho T, Wang D, Hutcheon JA, Wang M, Fawzi WW, Kac G, & GWG Pooling Project Consortium. (2024). The American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, 119(6), 1465–1474. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ajcnut.2024.03.016

Toward a more systematic understanding of water insecurity coping strategies: Insights from 11 global sites. Collins SM, Mock N, Chaparro MP, Rose D, Watkins B, Wutich A, Young SL, & HWISE Research Coordination Network. (2024). BMJ Global Health, 9(5), e013754. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2023-013754

Farm forests, seasonal hunger, and biomass poverty: Evidence of induced intensification from panel data in the Ethiopian Highlands. Morrow N, Mock NB, Gatto A, Colantoni A, & Salvati L. (2024). Ambio, 53(3), 435–451. https://doi.org/10.1007/s13280-023-01954-w

Influence of non-directional errors in anthropometric measurements and age estimation on anthropometric prevalence indicators. Grange JM, Mock NB, & Collins SM. (2024). PloS One, 19(9), e0304131. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0304131

Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low and middle income countries: Individual participant data meta-analysis. Perumal N, Wang D, Darling AM, Liu E, Wang M, Ahmed T, Christian P, Dewey KG, Kac G, Kennedy SH, Subramoney V, Briggs B, Fawzi WW, & GWG Pooling Project Consortium. (2023). BMJ (Clinical Research Ed.), 382, e072249. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj-2022-072249

Body Composition Trajectories During the First 23 Months of Life Differ by HIV Exposure Among Infants in Western Kenya: A Prospective Study. Rickman RR, Lane CE, Collins SM, Miller JD, Onono M, Wekesa P, Nichols AR, Foster SF, Shiau S, Young SL, & Widen EM. (2023). The Journal of Nutrition, 153(1), 331–339. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tjnut.2022.11.010

Multivariate analysis of food consumption profiles in crisis settings. Gorzycka-Sikora A, Mock N, & Lacey M. (2023). PloS One, 18(3), e0283627. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0283627

Pathways linking social support, self-efficacy, and exclusive breastfeeding among women in northern Uganda. Miller JD, Collins SM, Boateng GO, Widen EM, Natamba B, Achoko W, Acidri D, Young SL, & Martin SL. (2022). Global Public Health, 17(12), 3506–3518. https://doi.org/10.1080/17441692.2022.2110918

Telemedicine to Timor-Leste: Implementing an international cardiac telehealth service during population dislocation, floods and COVID-19. Paratz ED, Mock N, Marques D, Wilson W, Kushwaha V, Eggleton S, Harries J, da Silva S, Dos Santos da Silva A, Saramento J, de Sousa Maurays J, Flavio R, Horton A, Gutman S, Creati L, Barlis P, Appelbe A, & Bayley N. (2022). Internal Medicine Journal, 52(12), 2076–2085. https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.15753

Water insecurity, self-reported physical health, and objective measures of biological health in the Peruvian Amazon. Tallman PS, Collins SM, Chaparro MP, & Salmon-Mulanovich G. (2022). American Journal of Human Biology: The Official Journal of the Human Biology Council, 34(12), e23805. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23805

Inequality of household water security follows a Development Kuznets Curve. Mao F, Miller JD, Young SL, Krause S, Hannah DM, & Household Water Insecurity Experiences Research Coordination Network (HWISE RCN). (2022). Nature Communications, 13(1), 4525. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-022-31867-3

Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries. Stoler J, Miller JD, Brewis A, Freeman MC, Harris LM, Jepson W, Pearson AL, Rosinger AY, Shah SH, Staddon C, Workman C, Wutich A, Young SL, & HWISE RCN. (2021). International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health, 234, 113715. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijheh.2021.113715

HIV-Exposed, Uninfected Infants in Uganda Experience Poorer Growth and Body Composition Trajectories than HIV-Unexposed Infants. Lane CE, Widen EM, Collins SM, & Young SL. (2020). Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (1999), 85(2), 138–147. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAI.0000000000002428

In pursuit of “safe” water: The burden of personal injury from water fetching in 21 low-income and middle-income countries. Venkataramanan V, Geere J-AL, Thomae B, Stoler J, Hunter PR, Young SL, & HWISE RCN. (2020). BMJ Global Health, 5(10), e003328. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2020-003328

Social Support Mitigates Negative Impact of Food Insecurity on Antiretroviral Adherence Among Postpartum Women in Western Kenya. Wang M, Miller JD, Collins SM, Santoso MV, Wekesa P, Okochi H, Onono M, Weiser S, Gandhi M, & Young SL. (2020). AIDS and Behavior, 24(10), 2885–2894. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-020-02839-9

African Resources and the Promise of Resilience against COVID-19. Blanton RE, Mock NB, Hiruy HN, Schieffelin JS, Doumbia S, Happi C, Samuels RJ, & Oberhelman RA. (2020). The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 103(2), 539–541. https://doi.org/10.4269/ajtmh.20-0470

Perinatal Food Insecurity and Postpartum Psychosocial Stress are Positively Associated Among Kenyan Women of Mixed HIV Status. Murnane PM, Miller JD, Tuthill EL, Collins SM, Neilands TB, Onono M, Cohen CR, Weiser SD, Laudenslager ML, & Young SL. (2020). AIDS and Behavior, 24(6), 1632–1642. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10461-019-02676-5

Cash water expenditures are associated with household water insecurity, food insecurity, and perceived stress in study sites across 20 low- and middle-income countries. Stoler J, Pearson AL, Staddon C, Wutich A, Mack E, Brewis A, Rosinger AY, & HWISE RCN. (2020). The Science of the Total Environment, 716, 135881. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.135881

HIV infection, hunger, breastfeeding self-efficacy, and depressive symptoms are associated with exclusive breastfeeding to six months among women in western Kenya: A longitudinal observational study. Tuthill EL, Miller JD, Collins SM, Widen EM, Onono M, & Young SL. (2020). International Breastfeeding Journal, 15(1), 4. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13006-019-0251-8

Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries. Brewis A, Workman C, Wutich A, Jepson W, Young S, & HWISE-RCN. (2020). American Journal of Human Biology: The Official Journal of the Human Biology Council, 32(1), e23309. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23309

“If there is no water, we cannot feed our children”: The far-reaching consequences of water insecurity on infant feeding practices and infant health across 16 low- and middle-income countries. Schuster RC, Butler MS, Wutich A, Miller JD, Young SL, & HWISE-RCN. (2020). American Journal of Human Biology: The Official Journal of the Human Biology Council, 32(1), e23357. https://doi.org/10.1002/ajhb.23357

The Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: Development and validation of a household water insecurity measure for low-income and middle-income countries. Young SL, Boateng GO, Jamaluddine Z, Miller JD, Frongillo EA, Neilands TB, Collins SM, Wutich A, Jepson WE, Stoler J, & HWISE Research Coordination Network. (2019). BMJ Global Health, 4(5), e001750. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2019-001750