A5046005976- Child Nutrition and Water Access
- Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations
- Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
- Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
- Breastfeeding Practices and Influences
- HIV/AIDS Research and Interventions
- HIV-related health complications and treatments
- Water resources management and optimization
- Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues
- Maternal Mental Health During Pregnancy and Postpartum
- Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health
- Global Maternal and Child Health
- Obesity, Physical Activity, Diet
- Wastewater Treatment and Reuse
- Myofascial pain diagnosis and treatment
- Homelessness and Social Issues
- Complementary and Alternative Medicine Studies
- Gestational Diabetes Research and Management
- Water Governance and Infrastructure
- Iron Metabolism and Disorders
- Agricultural Innovations and Practices
- Climate Change and Health Impacts
- Agricultural risk and resilience
- Water-Energy-Food Nexus Studies
- Environmental Education and Sustainability
Northwestern University
2016-2025
University of North Carolina at Greensboro
2024
University of London
2023
University of Cambridge
2023
London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
2023
Cornell University
2011-2022
Northwestern University
2022
Office of Extramural Research
2019
New York State College of Veterinary Medicine
2017-2018
CS Diagnostics
2017
Progress towards equitable and sufficient water has primarily been measured by population-level data on availability. However, higher-resolution measures of accessibility, adequacy, reliability safety (ie, insecurity) are needed to understand how problems with impact health well-being. Therefore, we developed the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale measure household insecurity in an equivalent way across disparate cultural ecological settings.Cross-sectional surveys were...
Despite the central importance of water for human wellbeing and development, researchers practitioners have few tools to quantitatively measure, assess, compare scope scale household individual insecurity across cultural climatic variations. There are multiple definitions insecurity, analytical measuring household‐level in their infancy. This paper provides an overview systematic evaluation current security metrics development. We seek advance micro‐level metrics—attending considerations...
Abstract Objectives Food and water insecurity have both been demonstrated as acute chronic stressors undermine human health development. A basic untested proposition is that they chronically coexist, household a fundamental driver of food insecurity. Methods We provide preliminary assessment their association using cross‐sectional data from 27 sites with highly diverse forms in 21 low‐ middle‐income countries across Africa, Asia, the Middle East, Americas (N = 6691 households). Household its...
There is rapidly evolving literature on water insecurity in the general adult population, but role of during vulnerable periods pregnancy and postpartum, or context HIV, has been largely overlooked. Therefore, we conducted an exploratory study, using Go Along interviews, photo-elicitation pile sorts with 40 pregnant postpartum Kenyan women living area high HIV prevalence. We sought to (1) describe their lived experiences acquisition, prioritisation, use (2) explore consequences insecurity....
Food insecurity is a considerable challenge in sub-Saharan Africa, disproportionately affecting persons living with HIV/AIDS. This study investigates the lived experience, determinants, and consequences of food hunger among individuals HIV/AIDS on shore Lake Victoria Suba District, Kenya. Parallel mixed methods included semi-structured interviews administration Household Insecurity Access Scale systematic sample 67 (49 whom were receiving antiretroviral therapy [ART]). All respondents either...
Abstract Water is imperative for nutrition and health, economic productivity, political stability; it also holds cultural symbolic meanings functions. Household water insecurity an emerging construct that captures lived experiences with access, use, acceptability. Although the plausibility of household to “get under skin” shape human biology high, these relationships have not been systematically investigated. Therefore, in this article, we set out examine how allied concepts affect health...
There are limited data on the prevalence and approaches to screening for depression among pregnant women living in resource poor settings with high HIV burden. We studied reliability accuracy of Center Epidemiologic Studies Depression (CES-D) scale 123 (36 HIV-infected 87 -uninfected) receiving antenatal care at Gulu Regional Referral Hospital, Uganda. CES-D scores were compared results from psychiatrist-administered Mini-International Neuropsychiatric Interview (MINI) current major...
Introduction A wide range of water-related problems contribute to the global burden disease. Despite many plausible consequences for health and well-being, there is no validated tool measure individual- or household-level water insecurity equivalently across varying cultural ecological settings. Accordingly, we are developing Household Water Insecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale in multiple contexts. Methods analysis After domain specification item development, items were assessed both...
Abstract Tracking progress towards Target 6.1 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, “achieving universal and equitable access to safe affordable drinking water for all”, necessitates development simple, inexpensive tools monitor quality. The rapidly growing field synthetic biology has potential address this need by isolating DNA-encoded sensing elements from nature reassembling them create field-deployable “biosensors” that can detect pathogenic or chemical contaminants. Here,...