2019
Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso
Prado E, Jimenez E, Vosti S, Stewart R, Stewart C, Somé J, Pulakka A, Ouédraogo J, Okronipa H, Ocansey E, Oaks B, Maleta K, Lartey A, Kortekangas E, Hess S, Brown K, Bendabenda J, Ashorn U, Ashorn P, Arimond M, Adu-Afarwuah S, Abbeddou S, Dewey K. Path analyses of risk factors for linear growth faltering in four prospective cohorts of young children in Ghana, Malawi and Burkina Faso. BMJ Global Health 2019, 4: e001155. PMID: 30775005, PMCID: PMC6350712, DOI: 10.1136/bmjgh-2018-001155.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexAge z-scoreProspective cohortMaternal heightGestational age z-scoreZ-scoreMaternal iron statusExclusive breast feedingAcute respiratory infectionsMonths post partumLinear growth falteringChild dietary diversityInternational LipidChild's feverBreast feedingRespiratory infectionsMass indexPregnancy durationRisk factorsIron statusGrowth falteringMaternal stressHemoglobin concentrationCohortPost partum
2016
Linear Growth and Child Development in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Malawi
Prado E, Abbeddou S, Adu-Afarwuah S, Arimond M, Ashorn P, Ashorn U, Brown K, Hess S, Lartey A, Maleta K, Ocansey E, Ouédraogo J, Phuka J, Somé J, Vosti S, Jimenez E, Dewey K. Linear Growth and Child Development in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Malawi. Pediatrics 2016, 138: e20154698. PMID: 27474016, DOI: 10.1542/peds.2015-4698.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPersonal-social developmentDevelopmental stimulationAge z-scoreAge 18 monthsMaternal supplementationLinear growthNutritional supplementationGrowth falteringEarly infancyZ-scoreMotor developmentAdjusted estimatesBurkina FasoMonthsBirthChild developmentMotor skillsChildrenSDAssociationExecutive functionSupplementationStimulationExecutive function developmentPoor development