2022
Does Being Diagnosed As Anemic in Early Pregnancy Have an Impact on the Household Expenditure for Food? Evidence From a Maternal Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathne S, Amarasinghe G, Agampodi T, Wickramasinghe N, Mendis V, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Does Being Diagnosed As Anemic in Early Pregnancy Have an Impact on the Household Expenditure for Food? Evidence From a Maternal Cohort in Rural Sri Lanka. Current Developments In Nutrition 2022, 6: 654. PMCID: PMC9193294, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzac061.038.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchNon-anaemic womenEarly pregnancyPregnant womenRural Sri LankaFirst trimester pregnant womenPublic health midwivesHousehold food expenditureThird of pregnanciesAnemic pregnant womenMann-Whitney U testDiagnosis of anemiaMonthly household incomeLifestyle modificationHemoglobin levelsPregnancy cohortThird trimesterMean ageModerate anemiaMaternal cohortAppropriate treatmentHousehold economic statusNutritional educationSelf-administrated questionnairePregnancyAnemia
2021
Household Food Expenditure Share During Pregnancy: Evidence From Rural Sri Lanka
Gunarathne S, Wickramasinghe N, Agampodi T, Prasanna I, Agampodi S. Household Food Expenditure Share During Pregnancy: Evidence From Rural Sri Lanka. Current Developments In Nutrition 2021, 5: 753. PMCID: PMC8181375, DOI: 10.1093/cdn/nzab046_050.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPregnant womenHousehold food expenditureMean monthly household incomeRural pregnant womenIncome quintileSelf-administered questionnaireMonthly household incomeHousehold incomeProspective cohortPregnancy cohortMean ageHighest quintilePositive correlationTrimesterPregnancyRural Sri LankaSignificant positive correlationWeak positive correlationQuintileMeasures ANOVAOne-way ANOVASignificant differencesCohort