Health and Nutrition
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Hotchkiss, DR, Blum, LS, Craig, LS. et al. Assessing the impact of complex health system strengthening programs on maternal health care utilization in fragile and conflict-affected states: evidence from the Democratic Republic of the Congo. BMC Pregnancy Childbirth 25, 665 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1186/s12884-025-07470-x
Hertzog L, Makate M, Chianti D, Banougnin B, Mchenga M, Pereira G, Nyadanu S, Dunne J, Tallman P, Collins SM, Alene K, Rousseau-Gueutin P, Mavisakalyan A, Hanigan I. Extreme drought and sexual violence against adolescent girls and young women: a multi-country population-based study. PloS Global Health. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0004752
Grange JM, Mock NB, Collins SM. Influence of non-directional errors in anthropometric measurements and age estimation on anthropometric prevalence indicators. PLoS One. 2024; 19 (9): e0304131.
Bousquet Carrilho TH, Wang D, Hutcheon JA, Wang M, Fawzi WW, Kac G, GWG Pooling Project Consortium. 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. American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2024. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ 38522618/
Darling AM, Wang D, Perumal N, Liu E, Wang M, Ahmed T, Christian P, Dewey KG, Kac G, Kennedy SH, Subramoney V, Briggs B, Fawzi WW, GWG Pooling Consortium. Risk factors for inadequate and excessive gestational weight gain in 25 low- and middle-income countries: An individual-level participant meta-analysis. PLoS Med. 2023. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/ PMC10406332/
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 Consortium. Suboptimal gestational weight gain and neonatal outcomes in low- and middle-income countries: individual participant data meta-analysis. BMJ. 2023. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37734757/
Blum LS, Swartz H, Olisenekwu G, Erhabor I, Gonzalez W. Social and economic factors influencing intrahousehold food allocation and egg consumption of children in Kaduna State, Nigeria. Matern Child Nutri 2023 January 19(1): e13442.
Godha D, Hotchkiss DR. (2022). A decade of conditional cash transfer programs for reproductive health in India: how did equality fare? BMC Public Health. 22(1): 123-135. PMID: 35216569.
Miller JD, Collins SM, Boateng GO, Widen EM, Natamba B, Achoko W, Achidri D, Young SL, Martin SL. Pathways linking social support, self-efficacy, and exclusive breastfeeding among women in northern Uganda. Global Public Health. 2022. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35960598/
Neufeld LM, Andrade EB, Ballonoff Suleiman A, Barker M, Beal T, Blum LS, Demmler KM, Dogra S, Hardy-Johnson P, Lahiri A, Larson N, Roberto CA, Rodríguez-Ramírez S, Sethi V, Shamah-Levy T, Strömmer S, Tumilowicz A, Weller S, Zou Z. Food choice in transition: adolescent autonomy, agency, and the food environment. Lancet. 2022 Jan 8;399(10320):185-197.
Rickman RR, Lane CE, Collins SM, Miller JD, Onono M, Wekesa P, Nichols AR, Foster SF, Shiau S, Young SL, Widen EM. Body composition trajectories during the first 23 months of life differ by HIV exposure among infants in western Kenya: a prospective study. The Journal of Nutrition. 2022. https:// pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36913469/
Foster S, Rickman R, Nichols A, Collins SM, Miller JD, Onono M, Wekesa P, Young EL, Widen EM. Dietary diversity in infancy is associated with linear growth in the second year of life. Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. 2022. 122 (10). https://www.jandonline.org/article/S2212-2672(22)00827-9/abstract
Rickman R, Lane C, Collins S, Miller J, Nichols A, Foster S, Young SL, Widen E. Disentangling the role of HIV exposure on linear growth among mother-infant dyads in Western Kenya: A comparison of three growth models. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2021; 5 (Supp 2). https:// www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2475299123116052
Tuthill EL, Miller JD, Collins SM, Widen EM, Onono M, Young SL. HIV infection, hunger, breastfeeding self-efficacy, and depressive symptoms are associated with exclusive breastfeeding among women in western Kenya: a longitudinal observational study. International Breastfeeding Journal. 2020; 15(4). https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/31948438/
Micah A, Hotchkiss DR. (2020). Community-level factors associated with facility-based delivery in Uganda: a multilevel analysis. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth. 20(1): 123-135. PMID: 32245431.
Lane C, Widen EM, Collins SM, Young SL. HIV-exposed and -uninfected infants in Uganda experience different growth trajectories than similar, unexposed infants. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2020; 4 (Supp 2).
Wang M, Miller JD, Collins SM, Santoso MV, Wekesa P, Onono M, Gandhi M, Young SL. Increased Social Support Mitigates the Negative Impact of Food Insecurity on Antiretroviral Adherence Among Postpartum Women in Western Kenya. Current Developments in Nutrition. 2019. DOI: https:// www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2475299123159932
Murnane PM, Miller JD, Tuthill EL, Collins SM, Neilands TB, Onono M, Cohen CR, Weiser SD, Laudenslager ML, Young SL. Perinatal food insecurity and postpartum psychosocial stress in Kenyan women of mixed HIV status. AIDS and Behavior. 2019. DOI: 10.1007/s10461-019-02676-5
Boateng GO, Martin SL, Tuthill EL, Collins SM, Dennis CL, Natamba BK, Young SL. Adaptation and psychometric evolution of the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale to assess exclusive breastfeeding. BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth Health. 2019. DOI: 10.1186/s12884-019-2217-7.
Widen EM, Tsai I, Collins SM, Wekesa P, China J, Krumdieck N, Miller J, Weiser SD, Onono M, Young SL. HIV infection and increased food insecurity are associated with adverse body composition changes among pregnant and lactating Kenyan women. European Journal of Clinical Nutrition. 2019. DOI: 10.1038/s41430-018-0285-9
Blum LS,, Khan R, Sultana M, Soltana N, Siddiqua Y, Khondker R, Sultana S, Tumilowicz A. Using a gender lens to understand eating behaviors of adolescent females living in low-income households in Bangladesh. Matern Child Nutri. 2019 May 13:e12841.
Blum LS,, Mellisa A, Sari EK, Yusadiredja IN, van Liere M, Shulman S, Menon R, Tumilowicz A. In-depth Assessment of Snacking Behavior in Unmarried Adolescent Girls 16-19 Years of Age Living in Urban Centers of Java, Indonesia. Matern Child Nutri. 2019 May 1:e12833.
Miller JD, Collins SM, Omotayo L, Martin SL, Dickin K, Young SL. “We eat the stones because we want iron”: Geophagic earth consumed by women in western Kenya contains dangerous levels of iron and heavy metals. American Journal of Human Biology. 2018. DOI: 10.1002/ajhb.23130
Boateng, GO, Martin SL. Collins SM, Natamba BK, Young SL. Measuring Exclusive Breastfeeding Social Support: Scale development and validation in Uganda. Maternal and Child Nutrition. 2018. DOI: 10.1111/mcn.12579.
Rosinger AY, Young SL, Collins SM, Razia Haider S, Mishra P, Nagai HT, Petro M, Downs JA. Schistosomiasis and hydration status: Schistosoma haematobium, but not Schistosoma mansoni increases urine specific gravity among rural Tanzania women. American Journal of Physical Anthropology. 2018. DOI: 10.1002/ajpa.23479
Horton S, Blum LS, Diouf M, Ndiaye B, Ndoye F, Niang K, Greig A. Delivering vitamin A supplements to children 6-59 months: Comparing delivery through campaigns and through routine health services in Senegal. CDN. 2018;2(4):1-10.
Godha D, Gage AJ, Hotchkiss DR, Cappa C. (2016). Predicting maternal health care use by age at marriage in multiple countries. Journal of Adolescent Health. 58(5): 504-511. PMID: 26984836.
Yu SH, Mason J, Crum J, Cappa C, Hotchkiss DR. (2016). Differential effects of young maternal age on child growth. Global Health Action. 9: 31171. PMID: 27852422.
Do M, Soelaeman R, Hotchkiss DR. (2015). Explaining inequity in the use of institutional delivery services in selected countries. Maternal and Child Health Journal. 19(4): 755-763. PMID: 24985698.
Sado L, Spaho A, Hotchkiss DR. (2014). The influence of women’s empowerment on maternal health care utilization: evidence from Albania. Social Science & Medicine. 114: 169-177.PMID: 24929918.
Hotchkiss DR, Godha D, Do M. (2014). Expansion in the private sector provision of institutional delivery services and horizontal equity: evidence from Nepal and Bangladesh. Health Policy & Planning. 29(Suppl 1): i12-i19. PMID: 25012794.
Condo, J., Gage, A., Mock, N., Rice, J., and Greiner, T. (2014). Gender Inequality in Nutritional Status of HIV-exposed Children in Rwanda: a longitudinal study design, Tropical Medicine and International Health 20(1).
Godha D, Hotchkiss DR, Gage AJ. (2013). Association between child marriage and reproductive health outcomes and service utilization: a multi-country study from South Asia. Journal of Adolescent Health. 52(5): 552-558. PMID: 23608719.
Khan R, Blum LS, Sultana M, Bilkis S, Koblinsky M. An Examination of Women Experiencing Obstetric Complications Requiring Emergency Care: Perceptions and Sociocultural Consequences of Caesarean Sections in Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2012 ;30(2):159-171.
Naved RT, Blum LS, Chowdhury S, Khan R, Bilkis S, Koblinsky M Violence against Women with Chronic Maternal Disabilities in Rural Bangladesh J Health Popul Nutr. 2012 June 30(2):181-192.
Ntagananira, J.; Haas, L.; Hosner, S.; Brown, L.; Mock, N. Sexual Risk Behaviors among Youth Headed Households in Gikongoro, South Province of Rwanda, BMC Pub Health 12, 2012, Pages 3-13.
Blum, LS. 2012. Living with Obstetric Fistula: Qualitative Research Findings from Bangladesh and the Democratic Republic of Congo. New York, NY: EngenderHealth.
Carboni, I., & Morrow, N. (2011). Finding the right balance between andomizedtion and flexibility: A compendium of indicators for measuring child well-being. Child Indicators Research, 4(4), 597–618. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12187-011-9109-3
Blum LS, Oria PA, Olson CK, Breiman RF, Ram PK. Examining the Use of Oral Rehydration Salts and Other Oral Rehydration Therapy for Childhood Diarrhea in Kenya. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011 85:1126-1133.
Callaghan JA, Hyder AA, Khan R, Blum LS, Arifeen S, Baqui AH. Child supervision practices for drowning prevention in rural Bangladesh: a pilot study of supervision tools. J Epidemiol Community Health 2010 Jul:64(7):645-7.
Johnston, L.; Thurman, T.; Mock, N.; Nano, L.; Carcani, V. “Respondent Driven Sampling: A new method for studying street children with findings from Albania.” Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies: An International Interdisciplinary Journal for Research, Policy and Care, 1745-0136, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1 – 11.
Kalim N, Anwar I, Khan J, Blum LS, Moran AC, Botiero R, Koblinsky M. Postpartum haemorrhage and eclampsia: differences in knowledge and care-seeking behaviour in two districts of Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2009 Apr27(2):156-69.
Blum LS, Khan R, Hyder AA, Shahanaj S, El Arifeen S, Baqui A. Childhood drowning in Matlab, Bangladesh: an in-depth exploration of community perceptions and practices. Soc Sci Med. 2009 May;68(9):1720-7.
Arifeen SE, Hoque DM, Akter T, Rahman M, Hoque ME, Begum K, Chowdhury EK, Khan R, Blum LS, Ahmed S, Hossain MA, Siddik A, Begum N, Sadeq-ur Rahman Q, Haque TM, Billah SM, Islam M, Rumi RA, Law E, Al-Helal ZA, Baqui AH, Schellenberg J, Adam T, Moulton LH, Habicht JP, Scherpbier RW, Victora CG, Bryce J, Black RE. Effect of the Integrated Management of Childhood Illness strategy on childhood mortality and nutrition in a rural area in Bangladesh: a cluster andomized trial. Lancet. 2009 Aug 1;374(9687);303-403.
Hyder AA, Borse NN, Blum L, Khan R, El Arifeen S, Baqui AH. Childhood drowning in low- and middle-income countries: Urgent need for intervention trials. J Paediatr Child Health. 2008 Apr;44(4):221-7. Review.
Ram PK, Choi M, Blum LS, Wamae A, Mintz ED, Bartlett AV. Declines in case management of diarrhoea among children under 5 years old. Bull World Health Organ. 2008 Mar;86(3):E-F.
Sibley LM, Blum LS, Kalim N, Hruschka D, Edmonds JK, Koblinsky M. Women’s descriptions of postpartum health problems: preliminary findings from Matlab, Bangladesh. J Midwifery Women’s Health 2007 Jul-Aug 52(4):351-60.
Olson CK, Blum LS, Patel KN, Oria PA, DR Feikin, Laserson KF, Wamae AW, Bartlett AV, Breiman RF, Ram PK. Community Case Management of Childhood Diarrhea in a Setting with Declining Use of Oral Rehydration Therapy: Findings from Cross-Sectional Studies among Primary Household Caregivers, Kenya, 2007. Am J Trop Med Hyg 2011 85:1134-1140.
Borghi J, Sabina N, Blum LS, Hoque E, Ronsmans C Household costs of healthcare during pregnancy, delivery, and the postpartum period: a case study from Matlab, Bangladesh. J Health Popul Nutr. 2006 Dec;24(4):446-55.
Blum LS, Sharmin T, Ronsmans C. Attending Home vs. Clinic-Based Deliveries: Perspectives of Skilled Birth Attendants in Matlab, Bangladesh. Reprod Health Matters May 2006;14(27):51-60.
Chowdhury ME, Ronsmans C, Killewo J, Anwar I, Gausia K, Das-Gupta S, Blum LS, Dieltiens G, Marshall T, Saha S, Borghi J Achieving equity in utilisation of basic obstetric care – skilled attendance at home or in a facility? Evidence from rural Bangladesh Lancet 2006; 367:327-332
John Mason, Adam Bailes, Mary Beda-Andourou, Nancy Copeland, Teresa Curtis, Megan Deitchler, Leigh Foster, Marianna Hensley, Peter Horjus, Christine Johnson, Tina Lloren, Ana Mendez, Mary Munoz, Jonathan Rivers, and Gwyneth Vance. Recent trends in malnutrition in developing regions: Vitamin A deficiency, anemia, iodine deficiency, and Vitamin A deficiency, anemia, iodine deficiency, and child underweight. 2005 Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 1.
Peter Horjus, Victor M. Aguayo, Julie A. Roley, Maurício C. Pene, and Stephan P. Meershoek. School-based iron and folic acid supplementation for adolescent girls: Findings from Manica Province, Mozambique. 2005 Food and Nutrition Bulletin, Vol. 26, No. 3.
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