Ayesha Sania, Christopher R. Sudfeld, Goodarz Danaei, Günther Fink et al.
OBJECTIVE: To determine the magnitude of relationships of early life factors with child development in low/middle-income countries (LMICs). DESIGN: Meta-analyses of standardised mean differences (SMDs) estimated from published and unpublished data. DATA SOURCES: We searched Medline, bibliographies o...
Kate Stokes, K. P. O°FNeill, W. Ian Montgomery, Jaimie T. A. Dick et al.
Christine M. McDonald, Parminder S. Suchdev, Nancy F. Krebs, Sonja Y. Hess et al.
BACKGROUND: The accurate estimation of zinc deficiency at the population level is important, as it guides the design, targeting, and evaluation of nutrition interventions. Plasma or serum zinc concentration (PZC) is recommended to estimate zinc nutritional status; however, concentrations may decreas...
Chih‐Ting Lee, Chung‐Ying Lin, Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy et al.
The Alcohol, Smoking and Substance Involvement Screening Test (ASSIST) is an instrument to screen substance-use-related health risks. However, little is known whether the ASSIST could be further shortened while remaining psychometrically sound across different countries, languages, gender identities...
M Munirul Islam, Robert E. Black, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott et al.
Background Children in resource-limited settings remain vulnerable to zinc deficiency and its consequences. Objectives To evaluate the effects of different doses, durations, and frequencies of zinc supplementation on the incidence of diarrhea and change in linear growth among young children. Methods...
Adnan Ansar, Virginia Lewis, Christine F. McDonald, Chaojie Liu et al.
Timeliness in seeking care is critical for lung cancer patients' survival and better prognosis. The care seeking trajectory of patients with lung cancer in Bangladesh has not been explored, despite the differences in health systems and structures compared to high income countries. This study investi...
Chung‐Ying Lin, Meng‐Che Tsai, Mónika Koós, Léna Nagy et al.
The three-item Sexual Distress Scale (SDS-3) has been frequently used to assess distress related to sexuality in public health surveys and research on sexual wellbeing. However, its psychometric properties and measurement invariance across cultural, gender and sexual subgroups have not yet been exam...
Adnan Ansar, Virginia Lewis, Christine F. McDonald, Chaojie Liu et al.
BACKGROUND: This study explored the factors associated with timeliness of care in the healthcare seeking pathway among patients with lung cancer in Bangladesh. METHODS: A structured questionnaire was used for data collection from 418 patients with lung cancer through face-to-face interviews in three...
Adnan Ansar, Virginia Lewis, Christine F. McDonald, Chaojie Liu et al.
OBJECTIVES: Early diagnosis and reducing the time taken to achieve each step of lung cancer care is essential. This scoping review aimed to examine time points and intervals used to measure timeliness and to critically assess how they are defined by existing studies of the care seeking pathway for l...
Md Saidul Islam, Christine M. McDonald, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott et al.
Zinc is essential to supporting growth in young children especially for tissues undergoing rapid cellular differentiation and turnover, such as those in the immune system and gastrointestinal tract. Therapeutic zinc supplementation has been initiated in low-income countries as part of diarrhea treat...
M Munirul Islam, Robert E. Black, Nancy F. Krebs, Jamie Westcott et al.
Young children in resource-constrained settings are susceptible to zinc deficiency and its deleterious health effects. The objective of this secondary analysis was to evaluate the effects of the following six interventions on biomarkers of iron and zinc status among a subgroup of young children in D...
Julie M. Long, Afsana Mim Khandaker, Rahvia Alam Sthity, Jamie Westcott et al.
A sensitive and reliable biomarker of zinc status has yet to be identified, but observational research suggests that the exchangeable zinc pool (EZP) size may be a possible biomarker. This randomized, placebo-controlled trial aimed to compare the change in EZP size from baseline to endline in 174 ch...
Thomas J. Hayman, Peter F. Hickey, Daniela Amann‐Zalcenstein, Cavan Bennett et al.
Preventive zinc supplementation provided as a stand-alone dispersible tablet, or via home fortification as multiple micronutrient powders (MNPs), has been considered a potential strategy to prevent zinc deficiency and improve health (including immune) outcomes among children in low- and middle-incom...
Kathryn G. Dewey, Christine P. Stewart, Christine M. McDonald, K. Ryan Wessells et al.
We write in response to the commentary by Gupta et al. (2023) on small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements (SQ-LNS) for infants and young children 6 to 24 months of age, which was prompted by the recent brief guidance note from UNICEF (2023) explaining when, why and how SQ-LNS are being priori...
Meryl E. Wastney, Julie M. Long, Christine M. McDonald, Nancy F. Krebs et al.
OBJECTIVES: Stunting [length-for-age z score (LAZ) <-2] has multiple causes and is prevalent in areas with low dietary zinc (Zn) intake. Zinc kinetics from non-stunted infants were used in a published model for predicting linear growth; here, we directly measure zinc kinetics in stunted infants. ...
Lauren Thompson, Charles D. Arnold, Janet M Peerson, Julie M. Long et al.
In Bangladesh, anaemia is estimated to affect 52% of children 6-59 months, with the youngest children (6-23 months) experiencing the highest levels of anaemia (71%). Micronutrient powders (MNPs) are designed to increase micronutrient intake in young children; however, in some settings, the prevalenc...
Lauren Thompson, Charles D. Arnold, Janet M Peerson, Julie M. Long et al.
Meryl E. Wastney, Julie M. Long, Christine M. McDonald, Nancy F. Krebs et al.
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. The published version of record [Zinc Kinetics Correlate With Length-for-Age z Scores in Bangladeshi Infants. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology &...
Meryl E. Wastney, Julie M. Long, Christine M. McDonald, Nancy F. Krebs et al.
This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced version of an article accepted for publication in Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition. The published version of record [Zinc Kinetics Correlate With Length-for-Age z Scores in Bangladeshi Infants. Journal of Pediatric Gastroenterology &...
Christine M. McDonald, Robert E. Black, Nancy F. Krebs, Munir M Islam