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| Bettina Shell-DuncanSummaryAffiliation: University of Washington Country: USA Publications
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Child nutrition in the transition from nomadic pastoralism to settled lifestyles: individual, household, and community-level factorsB Shell-Duncan
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 3100, USA
Am J Phys Anthropol 113:183-200. 2000....- The medicalization of female "circumcision": harm reduction or promotion of a dangerous practice?B Shell-Duncan
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Sealtle 98195 3100, USA
Soc Sci Med 52:1013-28. 2001.... - Dynamics of change in the practice of female genital cutting in Senegambia: testing predictions of social convention theoryBettina Shell-Duncan
University of Washington, Department of Anthropology, Box 353100, Seattle, WA 98195 3100, United States
Soc Sci Med 73:1275-83. 2011..Our findings support Mackie's assertion that expectations regarding FGC are interdependent; change must therefore be coordinated among interconnected members of social networks... - Use of combined measures from capillary blood to assess iron deficiency in rural Kenyan childrenBettina Shell-Duncan
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195, USA
J Nutr 134:384-7. 2004..Furthermore, this study is the first field application of TfR blood-spot methods, and it demonstrates their feasibility in remote field settings... - The maternal depletion transition in northern Kenya: the effects of settlement, development and disparityBettina Shell-Duncan
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, USA
Soc Sci Med 58:2485-98. 2004..The findings highlight the importance of examining variation within and between communities for understanding the complex nature of the maternal depletion transition... - Cultural and environmental barriers to adequate iron intake among northern Kenyan schoolchildrenBettina Shell-Duncan
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195 3100, USA
Food Nutr Bull 26:39-48. 2005..A modification of culturally acceptable "soft foods" to include iron-rich foods may provide a sustainable approach to controlling and preventing iron deficiency in this population... - Are there "stages of change" in the practice of female genital cutting?: Qualitative research findings from Senegal and The GambiaBettina Shell-Duncan
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Box 353100 Seattle, WA 98195 3100, USA
Afr J Reprod Health 10:57-71. 2006..How this construct can be employed in quantitative population research requires further investigation... - Vitamin A dynamics in breastmilk and liver stores: a life history perspectiveMasako Fujita
Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, Michigan, USA
Am J Hum Biol 23:664-73. 2011..The reason for this decline has been assumed to be a sign of concurrently depleting maternal hepatic stores. This study investigates this assumption to clarify why the decline occurs, drawing on life history theory... - Feasibility of using retinol-binding protein from capillary blood specimens to estimate serum retinol concentrations and the prevalence of vitamin A deficiency in low-resource settingsJonathan L Gorstein
University of Washington, School of Public Health, Department of Health Services, Seattle, WA 98195 7660, USA
Public Health Nutr 11:513-20. 2008..This is a critical observation as it provides empirical evidence that RBP from capillary blood is a surrogate measure of serum retinol concentrations... - Expanding the hygiene hypothesis: early exposure to infectious agents predicts delayed-type hypersensitivity to Candida among children in KilimanjaroKatherine Wander
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington, United States of America
PLoS ONE 7:e37406. 2012..Early infections may also affect later immune responses to pathogen antigen... - Assessment of the relative dose-response test based on serum retinol-binding protein instead of serum retinol in determining low hepatic vitamin A storesMasako Fujita
Department of Anthropology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA
Am J Clin Nutr 90:217-24. 2009.... - Women's autonomy and its relationship to children's nutrition among the Rendille of northern KenyaEmily K Brunson
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 3100, USA
Am J Hum Biol 21:55-64. 2009..In addition to exploring the applied aspects of our findings, we also suggest how considering the concept of women's autonomy may add to the existing literature on parental investment... - Evaluation of iron deficiency as a nutritional adaptation to infectious disease: an evolutionary medicine perspectiveKatherine Wander
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA
Am J Hum Biol 21:172-9. 2009..11). Controlling for age and TSF, the OR for infection associated with an unequivocally iron replete state (compared to all others) was 2.9 (P = 0.01). We conclude that iron deficiency may protect against acute infection in children... - Whole blood collected on filter paper provides a minimally invasive method for assessing human transferrin receptor levelThomas W McDade
Laboratory for Human Biology Research, Department of Anthropology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, USA
J Nutr 132:3760-3. 2002..The advantages and disadvantages of the blood spot TfR method are discussed, as well as its potential contribution to future field-based studies of iron deficiency... - "Pesticides protect the fruit, but not the people": using community-based ethnography to understand farmworker pesticide-exposure risksShedra Amy Snipes
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center, Seattle, WA, USA
Am J Public Health 99:S616-21. 2009..We used community-based ethnography and public health risk assessment to assess beliefs about pesticide exposure risks among farmworkers in the Lower Yakima Valley of Washington State... - Retinol-binding protein stability in dried blood spotsMasako Fujita
Department of Anthropology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA 98195 3100, USA
Clin Chem 53:1972-5. 2007..A recently developed enzyme immunoassay for RBP uses serum or whole blood stored as dried blood spots (DBS). However, the stability of RBP in DBS has not been examined... - Less money less food: voices from women in urban poor families in ThailandNoppawan Piaseu
Ramathibodi School of Nursing, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
Health Care Women Int 25:604-19. 2004..Policy changes to address access to social and health services and development of additional welfare programs must be made to achieve food security...