COVID-19 Prevention Behaviours and Vaccine Acceptability, and Their Association with a Behaviour Change Campaign in Somalia: Analysis of a Longitudinal Cohort

Autor: Andrew Seal, Mohamed Jelle, Mohamed Yusuf Hassan, Dek Abdi Farah, Faith Mueni Musili, Janet Micheni, George Samuel Asol, Meena Bhandari, Balint Nemeth

Publikováno v: Vaccines, Vol 11, Iss 5, p 972 (2023)

Somalia experienced its first wave of COVID-19 infections in March 2020 and has experienced fluctuating infection levels since. Longitudinal data on suspected cases of COVID-19, attitudes, and behaviours were collected by telephone interviews of cash

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Boys are more likely to be undernourished than girls: a systematic review and meta-analysis of sex differences in undernutrition

Autor: Marko Kerac, Charles Opondo, Jonathan Wells, Andrew Seal, André Briend, Susan Thurstans, Tanya Khara, Carmel Dolan, Mark Myatt, Michel Garenne, Rebecca Sear

Publikováno v: BMJ Global Health, Vol 5, Iss 12 (2020)

Background Excess male morbidity and mortality is well recognised in neonatal medicine and infant health. In contrast, within global nutrition, it is commonly assumed that girls are more at risk of experiencing undernutrition. We aimed to explore evi

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Understanding Sex Differences in Childhood Undernutrition: A Narrative Review

Autor: Susan Thurstans, Charles Opondo, Andrew Seal, Jonathan C. Wells, Tanya Khara, Carmel Dolan, André Briend, Mark Myatt, Michel Garenne, Andrew Mertens, Rebecca Sear, Marko Kerac

Publikováno v: Nutrients, Vol 14, Iss 5, p 948 (2022)

Complementing a recent systematic review and meta-analysis which showed that boys are more likely to be wasted, stunted, and underweight than girls, we conducted a narrative review to explore which early life mechanisms might underlie these sex diffe

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/252df514d55846acae7d945025788f99

Changing sex differences in undernutrition of African children: findings from Demographic and Health Surveys

Autor: André Briend, Tanya Khara, Susan Thurstans, Mark Myatt, Michel Garenne, Andrew Seal, Carmel Dolan, Jonathan C. K. Wells

Publikováno v: Garenne, M, Thurstans, S, Briend, A, Dolan, C, Khara, T, Myatt, M, Seal, A & Wells, J C 2022, ' Changing sex differences in undernutrition of African children: Findings from Demographic and Health Surveys ', Journal of Biosocial Science, vol. 54, no. 5, pp. 847-857 . https://doi.org/10.1017/S0021932021000468

The study investigates sex differences in the prevalence of undernutrition in sub-Saharan Africa. Undernutrition was defined by Z-scores using the CDC-2000 growth charts. Some 128 Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) were analysed, totalling 700,114

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https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021932021000468

Assessment of the effectiveness of a small quantity lipid-based nutrient supplement on reducing anaemia and stunting in refugee populations in the Horn of Africa: Secondary data analysis.

Autor: Sarah Style, Melody Tondeur, Carlos Grijalva-Eternod, Josephine Pringle, Ismail Kassim, Caroline Wilkinson, Allison Oman, Carmel Dolan, Paul Spiegel, Andrew Seal

Publikováno v: PLoS ONE, Vol 12, Iss 6, p e0177556 (2017)

Stunting and micronutrient malnutrition are persistent public health problems in refugee populations. UNHCR and its partner organisations implement blanket supplementary feeding programmes using a range of special nutritional products as one approach

Externí odkaz: https://doaj.org/article/f3e6b23bcf994e0dba3bdc132a10d14d