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Research Interests
Focus is on reduction of maternal and child-undernutrition in the first 1000 days, especially in low-resource settings. Methodologically, draws on her training in medical anthropology, international nutrition, and HIV to take a biocultural approach to understanding how mothers in low-resource settings cope to preserve their health and that of their families.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Devlopment Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Cornell University
… → 2008
Research interests
- Food insecurity
- Household water insecurity
- Pica
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Global Security Act: Policy Analysis and Measurement
Rutgers University, the State University of New Jersey, Agency for International Development
3/1/19 → 12/6/21
Project: Research project
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Convergence: RAISE: Systems Approaches for Vulnerability Evaluation and Urban Resilience (SAVEUR)
Packman, A., Horton, D. E. & Young, S. L.
9/15/18 → 8/31/22
Project: Research project
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RCN: Building a Community of Practice for Household Water Insecurity Research
Texas A&M University System, National Science Foundation
7/1/18 → 6/30/23
Project: Research project
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A New Way to Think About Water: Household Water Insecurity
Carnegie Corporation of New York
8/1/19 → 7/31/21
Project: Research project
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Monitoring human well - being after natural infrastructure installation
7/1/19 → 8/31/21
Project: Research project
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Food security mediates the decrease in women's depressive symptoms in a participatory nutrition-sensitive agroecology intervention in rural Tanzania
Cetrone, H. M., Santoso, M. V., Bezner Kerr, R., Petito, L., Blacker, L., Nonga, T., Martin, H. D., Kassim, N., Mtinda, E. & Young, S. L., 2021, (Accepted/In press) In: Public Health Nutrition.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Household Water and Food Insecurity Are Positively Associated with Poor Mental and Physical Health among Adults Living with HIV in Western Kenya
Miller, J. D., Frongillo, E. A., Weke, E., Burger, R., Wekesa, P., Sheira, L. A., A Rain Mocello, R. M., Bukusi, E. A., Otieno, P., Cohen, C. R., Weiser, S. D. & Young, S. L., Jun 1 2021, In: Journal of Nutrition. 151, 6, p. 1656-1664 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
2 Scopus citations -
Household water insecurity will complicate the ongoing COVID-19 response: Evidence from 29 sites in 23 low- and middle-income countries
Household Water Insecurity Experiences-Research Coordination Network (HWISE-RCN), May 2021, In: International Journal of Hygiene and Environmental Health. 234, 113715.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access3 Scopus citations -
Hydration in relation to water insecurity, heat index, and lactation status in two small-scale populations in hot-humid and hot-arid environments
Bethancourt, H. J., Swanson, Z. S., Nzunza, R., Huanca, T., Conde, E., Kenney, W. L., Young, S. L., Ndiema, E., Braun, D., Pontzer, H. & Rosinger, A. Y., Jan 1 2021, In: American Journal of Human Biology. 33, 1, e23447.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
7 Scopus citations -
Interpersonal conflict over water is associated with household demographics, domains of water insecurity, and regional conflict: Evidence from nine sites across eight sub-saharan african countries
The HWISE Research Coordination Network, May 1 2021, In: Water (Switzerland). 13, 9, 1150.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Open Access