Sheila Isanaka

Summary

Affiliation: Harvard University
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Assessing the impact of the introduction of the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: secondary data analysis
    Sheila Isanaka
    Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 123:e54-9. 2009
  2. ncbi Iron deficiency and anemia predict mortality in patients with tuberculosis
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Nutr 142:350-7. 2012
  3. ncbi Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: a cluster randomized trial
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    JAMA 301:277-85. 2009
  4. ncbi Patterns of postnatal growth in HIV-infected and HIV-exposed children
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Nutr Rev 67:343-59. 2009
  5. ncbi Reducing wasting in young children with preventive supplementation: a cohort study in Niger
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 126:e442-50. 2010
  6. ncbi Estimates of the duration of untreated acute malnutrition in children from Niger
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 173:932-40. 2011
  7. ncbi Food insecurity is highly prevalent and predicts underweight but not overweight in adults and school children from Bogotá, Colombia
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Nutr 137:2747-55. 2007

Detail Information

Publications7

  1. ncbi Assessing the impact of the introduction of the World Health Organization growth standards and weight-for-height z-score criterion on the response to treatment of severe acute malnutrition in children: secondary data analysis
    Sheila Isanaka
    Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 123:e54-9. 2009
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  2. ncbi Iron deficiency and anemia predict mortality in patients with tuberculosis
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA, USA
    J Nutr 142:350-7. 2012
    ..10, 4.11); P = 0.02]. Efforts to identify and address the conditions contributing to TB-associated anemia, including iron deficiency, could play an important role in reducing morbidity and mortality in areas heavily affected by TB...
  3. ncbi Effect of preventive supplementation with ready-to-use therapeutic food on the nutritional status, mortality, and morbidity of children aged 6 to 60 months in Niger: a cluster randomized trial
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    JAMA 301:277-85. 2009
    ..Ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs) are an important component of effective outpatient treatment of severe wasting. However, their effectiveness in the population-based prevention of moderate and severe wasting has not been evaluated...
  4. ncbi Patterns of postnatal growth in HIV-infected and HIV-exposed children
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, Massachusetts 02115, USA
    Nutr Rev 67:343-59. 2009
    ..Timely growth monitoring may be used to improve the clinical course and quality of life of these children...
  5. ncbi Reducing wasting in young children with preventive supplementation: a cohort study in Niger
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Pediatrics 126:e442-50. 2010
    ..To compare the incidence of wasting, stunting, and mortality among children aged 6 to 36 months who are receiving preventive supplementation with either ready-to-use supplementary foods (RUSFs) or ready-to-use therapeutic foods (RUTFs)...
  6. ncbi Estimates of the duration of untreated acute malnutrition in children from Niger
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, 665 Huntington Avenue, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    Am J Epidemiol 173:932-40. 2011
    ..Such estimates of the duration, and thus incidence, of untreated malnutrition can be used to improve projections of program needs and estimates of the global burden of acute malnutrition...
  7. ncbi Food insecurity is highly prevalent and predicts underweight but not overweight in adults and school children from Bogotá, Colombia
    Sheila Isanaka
    Department of Nutrition, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA 02115, USA
    J Nutr 137:2747-55. 2007
    ..The prevalence of food insecurity in Bogotá is high and related to poverty. Food insecurity does not necessarily predict overweight in countries undergoing the nutrition transition...