2024
The association between exposure to a radio campaign on nutrition and mothers’ nutrition- and health-related attitudes and minimal acceptable diet of children 6–36 months old: a quasi-experimental trial
Appiah B, Saaka M, Appiah G, Asamoah-Akuoko L, Samman E, Forastiere L, Abu B, Yeboah-Banin A, Kretchy I, Ntiful F, Nsiah-Asamoah C, Ahmed K, France C. The association between exposure to a radio campaign on nutrition and mothers’ nutrition- and health-related attitudes and minimal acceptable diet of children 6–36 months old: a quasi-experimental trial. Public Health Nutrition 2024, 27: e232. PMID: 39569901, DOI: 10.1017/s1368980024001319.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMinimum acceptable dietHealth-related attitudesIntervention districtsRadio campaignMother-child dyadsTrained community health workersAcceptable dietCommunity health workersPresence of food insecurityDifference-in-differencesQuasi-experimental trialNutrition-related attitudesControl districtsMinimal acceptable dietPre-post designLow-resource settingsChildren aged 6Health workersIntervention effectsCommunication interventionsChild nutritionFood insecurityChildren 6Aged 6InterventionMaternal and child health intervention to promote behaviour change: a population-level cluster-randomised controlled trial in Honduras
Oles W, Alexander M, Negron R, Nelson J, Iriarte E, Airoldi E, Christakis N, Forastiere L. Maternal and child health intervention to promote behaviour change: a population-level cluster-randomised controlled trial in Honduras. BMJ Open 2024, 14: e060784. PMID: 38858139, PMCID: PMC11168147, DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2022-060784.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCluster randomised controlled trialPrimary outcomeCounseling interventionChild health interventionsCommunity health workersProfessional care seekingBreast-feedingPromote behavior changeSecondary outcome measuresFacility birthsUmbilical cord careCare-seekingNewborn healthNewborn careHealth workersHealth facilitiesEndline surveyHealth interventionsEducational interventionChild healthCord careHome settingCaring behaviorsSecondary outcomesSustained educational interventions
2022
Algorithms for seeding social networks can enhance the adoption of a public health intervention in urban India
Alexander M, Forastiere L, Gupta S, Christakis NA. Algorithms for seeding social networks can enhance the adoption of a public health intervention in urban India. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 2022, 119: e2120742119. PMID: 35862454, PMCID: PMC9335263, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2120742119.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2019
Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial
Zhang TP, Yang F, Tang W, Alexander M, Forastiere L, Kumar N, Li K, Zou F, Yang L, Mi G, Wang Y, Huang W, Lee A, Zhu W, Vickerman P, Wu D, Yang B, Christakis NA, Tucker JD. Pay-it-forward gonorrhea and chlamydia testing among men who have sex with men in China: a study protocol for a three-arm cluster randomized controlled trial. Infectious Diseases Of Poverty 2019, 8: 76. PMID: 31426869, PMCID: PMC6700988, DOI: 10.1186/s40249-019-0581-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGonorrhea/chlamydia testingChlamydia testingCare armPrimary outcomeTest uptakePreventive health services utilizationIncremental costHealth service utilizationHIV testing sitesThree-arm clusterChlamydia testing ratesStandard of carePrevious gonorrheaSecondary outcomesDisease clinicEligible participantsStudy protocolService utilizationTesting ratesAnal sexChinese menGonorrheaQuasi-experimental studyTesting sitesMSM