List of works by Sera L. Young

"I Have Remained Strong Because of That Food": Acceptability and Use of Lipid-Based Nutrient Supplements Among Pregnant HIV-Infected Ugandan Women Receiving Combination Antiretroviral Therapy

scientific article published on August 2015

"If there is no water, we cannot feed our children": The far-reaching consequences of water insecurity on infant feeding practices and infant health across 16 low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 23 December 2019

"Men Are in Front at Eating Time, but Not When It Comes to Rearing the Chicken": Unpacking the Gendered Benefits and Costs of Livestock Ownership in Kenya

scientific article published in January 2017

A Critical Review of Instruments Measuring Breastfeeding Attitudes, Knowledge, and Social Support.

scientific article published on 15 December 2016

A Novel Household Water Insecurity Scale: Procedures and Psychometric Analysis among Postpartum Women in Western Kenya

A Novel in Vivo Model for Assessing the Impact of Geophagic Earth on Iron Status

scientific article published on 13 June 2016

A Nutrition-Sensitive Agroecology Intervention in Rural Tanzania Increases Children's Dietary Diversity and Household Food Security But Does Not Change Child Anthropometry: Results from a Cluster-Randomized Trial

scientific article published on 12 February 2021

A Participatory Investigation of Dietary Diversity Amplifies Knowledge Coproduction and Participant Involvement in an Agroecological Intervention in Rural Tanzania (OR25-08-19)

scientific article published on 13 June 2019

A comprehensive review of the barriers and promoters health workers experience in delivering prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in sub-Saharan Africa

scientific article published on 17 February 2016

A meta-analysis of pica and micronutrient status

scientific article

A novel household water insecurity scale: Procedures and psychometric analysis among postpartum women in western Kenya.

scientific article

A review of the role of food insecurity in adherence to care and treatment among adult and pediatric populations living with HIV and AIDS.

scientific article published on October 2014

A review of transactional sex for natural resources: Under-researched, overstated, or unique to fishing economies?

scientific article published on 26 June 2019

A systematic review of the human health and social well-being outcomes of green infrastructure for stormwater and flood management

scientific article published on 25 June 2019

Adaptation and psychometric evaluation of the breastfeeding self-efficacy scale to assess exclusive breastfeeding

scientific article published on 18 February 2019

An inquiry into a recent paper on pica in western Kenya

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Anemia and Micronutrient Status during Pregnancy, and Their Associations with Obstetric and Infant Outcomes among HIV-Infected Ugandan Women Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy

scientific article published on 25 April 2020

Appetite sensations and nausea and vomiting in pregnancy: an overview of the explanations

scientific article

Association of pica with anemia and gastrointestinal distress among pregnant women in Zanzibar, Tanzania

scientific article

Barriers and promoters of home-based pasteurization of breastmilk among HIV-infected mothers in greater Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

scientific article

Best Practices for Developing and Validating Scales for Health, Social, and Behavioral Research: A Primer.

scientific article published on 11 June 2018

Bioavailability of iron in geophagic earths and clay minerals, and their effect on dietary iron absorption using an in vitro digestion/Caco-2 cell model

scientific article

Biocultural considerations of food cravings and aversions: an introduction

scientific article published in January 2012

Breastfeeding Self-efficacy: A Critical Review of Available Instruments

scientific article published on 28 August 2015

Breastfeeding and Complementary Feeding Practices among HIV-Exposed Infants in Coastal Tanzania

scientific article published on 30 November 2015

Brief Report: Food Insufficiency Is Associated With Lack of Sustained Viral Suppression Among HIV-Infected Pregnant and Breastfeeding Ugandan Women

scientific article published on 22 September 2015

Capturing Changes in HIV-Infected Breastfeeding Mothers' Cognitive Processes from Before Delivery to 5 Months Postpartum: An Application of the Pile-Sorting Technique in Haiti

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Characteristics of Pica Behavior among Mothers around Lake Victoria, Kenya: A Cross-Sectional Study

scientific article published on 14 July 2019

Commonalities and differences in infant feeding attitudes and practices in the context of HIV in sub-Saharan Africa: a metasynthesis

scientific article published on 23 July 2013

Conceptual framework for understanding the bidirectional links between food insecurity and HIV/AIDS.

scientific article published on 16 November 2011

Current knowledge and future research on infant feeding in the context of HIV: basic, clinical, behavioral, and programmatic perspectives

scientific article

Descriptive characteristics and health outcomes of the food by prescription nutrition supplementation program for adults living with HIV in Nyanza Province, Kenya

scientific article

Development and validation protocol for an instrument to measure household water insecurity across cultures and ecologies: the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale

article

Development of a cumulative metric of vaccination adherence behavior and its application among a cohort of 12-month-olds in western Kenya

scientific article published on 14 March 2020

Differences and commonalities in physical, chemical and mineralogical properties of Zanzibari geophagic soils

scientific article

Evaluating Human Sensory Perceptions and the Compartment Bag Test Assays as Proxies for the Presence and Concentration of Escherichia coli in Drinking Water in Western Kenya

scientific article published on 24 July 2017

Examining the association between livestock ownership typologies and child nutrition in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia.

scientific article

Feasibility and effectiveness of the baby friendly community initiative in rural Kenya: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

scientific article

Feasibility of using flash-heated breastmilk as an infant feeding option for HIV-exposed, uninfected infants after 6 months of age in urban Tanzania

scientific article

Food insecurity, but not HIV-infection status, is associated with adverse changes in body composition during lactation in Ugandan women of mixed HIV status

scientific article published on 4 January 2017

Geophagia is not associated with Trichuris or hookworm transmission in Zanzibar, Tanzania

scientific article

Geophagic earths consumed by women in western Kenya contain dangerous levels of lead, arsenic, and iron.

scientific article

Geophagy among East African Chimpanzees: consumed soils provide protection from plant secondary compounds and bioavailable iron

scientific article published on 05 July 2019

Geophagy among a Cohort of Kenyan Women with Mixed HIV Status: A Longitudinal Analysis

scientific article published on 01 September 2019

Geophagy among nonhuman primates: A systematic review of current knowledge and suggestions for future directions

scientific article published on 03 December 2018

Gestational iron deficiency is associated with pica behaviors in adolescents

scientific article

Greater household food insecurity is associated with lower breast milk intake among infants in western Kenya

scientific article published on 29 July 2019

Growth Recovery Among HIV-infected Children Randomized to Lopinavir/Ritonavir or NNRTI-based Antiretroviral Therapy

scientific article published on 30 August 2016

HIV infection and increased food insecurity are associated with adverse body composition changes among pregnant and lactating Kenyan women

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HIV infection, hunger, breastfeeding self-efficacy, and depressive symptoms are associated with exclusive breastfeeding to six months among women in western Kenya: a longitudinal observational study

scientific article published on 16 January 2020

HIV status disclosure among postpartum women in rural Tanzania: predictors, experiences and uptake of a nurse-facilitated disclosure intervention.

scientific article published on 24 January 2018

Household food insecurity is associated with low interferon-gamma levels in pregnant Indian women.

scientific article published on July 2017

Household food insecurity, maternal nutritional status, and infant feeding practices among HIV-infected Ugandan women receiving combination antiretroviral therapy

scientific article published on November 2014

Household water insecurity is associated with a range of negative consequences among pregnant Kenyan women of mixed HIV status

scientific article published on December 2016

Household water insecurity is strongly associated with food insecurity: Evidence from 27 sites in low- and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 24 August 2019

Household water sharing: A review of water gifts, exchanges, and transfers across cultures

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Household water sharing: a missing link in international health

scientific article published on 1 May 2019

Hydration in relation to water insecurity, heat index, and lactation status in two small-scale populations in hot-humid and hot-arid environments

scientific article published on 24 June 2020

In pursuit of 'safe' water: the burden of personal injury from water fetching in 21 low-income and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 01 October 2020

Increased Social Support Mitigates the Negative Impact of Food Insecurity on Antiretroviral Adherence Among Postpartum Women in Western Kenya (P04-126-19)

scholarly article by Mira Wang et al published 13 June 2019 in CURRENT DEVELOPMENTS IN NUTRITION

Infant feeding counseling: a neglected strategy for the reduction of mother-to-child transmission

scientific article published on 01 November 2009

Infant feeding practices among HIV-positive women in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, indicate a need for more intensive infant feeding counselling

scientific article published on 29 June 2010

Linking traditional treatments of maternal anaemia to iron supplement use: an ethnographic case study from Pemba Island, Zanzibar

scientific article

Maternal nutritional status predicts adverse birth outcomes among HIV-infected rural Ugandan women receiving combination antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

Measuring exclusive breastfeeding social support: Scale development and validation in Uganda

scientific article published on 22 January 2018

Organoleptic properties, ease of use, and perceived health effects are determinants of acceptability of micronutrient supplements among poor Mexican women

scientific article

Patterns of nausea, vomiting, aversions, and cravings during pregnancy on Pemba Island, Zanzibar, Tanzania

scientific article published in January 2012

Performance-Based Financing Empowers Health Workers Delivering Prevention of Vertical Transmission of HIV Services and Decreases Desire to Leave in Mozambique.

scientific article published in January 2018

Performance-based incentives may be appropriate to address challenges to delivery of prevention of vertical transmission of HIV services in rural Mozambique: a qualitative investigation

scientific article

Perinatal Depression Among HIV-Infected Women in KwaZulu-Natal South Africa: Prenatal Depression Predicts Lower Rates of Exclusive Breastfeeding

scientific article published on 17 October 2016

Perinatal Food Insecurity and Postpartum Psychosocial Stress are Positively Associated Among Kenyan Women of Mixed HIV Status

scientific article published on 19 September 2019

Persistent Food Insecurity, but not HIV, is Associated with Depressive Symptoms Among Perinatal Women in Kenya: A Longitudinal Perspective

scientific article published on 25 September 2020

Pharmacokinetics of lopinavir/ritonavir and efavirenz in food insecure HIV-infected pregnant and breastfeeding women in Tororo, Uganda

scientific article published on 21 September 2013

Pica and amylophagy are common among Malagasy men, women and children.

scientific article

Pica during pregnancy among Mexican-born women: a formative study.

scientific article

Pica in pregnancy: new ideas about an old condition

scientific article

Pica is prevalent and strongly associated with iron deficiency among Hispanic pregnant women living in the United States

scientific article published on 29 August 2017

Production Diversity, Men's Help with Household Tasks, & Lower Women's Depression Mediate Impact of an Agriculture Intervention on Child's Dietary Diversity in Tanzania (FS01-06-19)

Quality of caregiving is positively associated with neurodevelopment during the first year of life among HIV-exposed uninfected children in Uganda

scientific article published on 27 November 2017

Reliability and validity of an individually focused food insecurity access scale for assessing inadequate access to food among pregnant Ugandan women of mixed HIV status

scientific article

Reliability and validity of the center for epidemiologic studies-depression scale in screening for depression among HIV-infected and -uninfected pregnant women attending antenatal services in northern Uganda: a cross-sectional study

scientific article

Response to the Letter by Natamba et al.

scientific article

Role of Women's Empowerment in Child Nutrition Outcomes: A Systematic Review

scientific article published on 01 November 2019

Schistosomiasis and hydration status: Schistosoma haematobium, but not Schistosoma mansoni increases urine specific gravity among rural Tanzanian women.

scientific article published on 17 April 2018

Selecting between iron-rich and clay-rich soils: a geophagy field experiment with black-and-white colobus monkeys in the Budongo Forest Reserve, Uganda

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Social Support Mitigates Negative Impact of Food Insecurity on Antiretroviral Adherence Among Postpartum Women in Western Kenya

scientific article published on 24 March 2020

Social determinants, lived experiences, and consequences of household food insecurity among persons living with HIV/AIDS on the shore of Lake Victoria, Kenya

scientific article published on 7 December 2011

Socio-demographic and health associations with body mass index at the time of enrollment in HIV care in Nyanza Province, Kenya

scientific article published on 06 March 2013

Soil consumed by chacma baboons is low in bioavailable iron and high in clay.

scientific article published on March 2013

Soil eaten by chacma baboons adsorbs polar plant secondary metabolites representative of those found in their diet.

scientific article published on 4 October 2017

The Behavioral-Economics Basis of Mutual Accountability to Achieve Food Security

The Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale: development and validation of a household water insecurity measure for low-income and middle-income countries

scientific article published on 29 September 2019

The association between food insecurity and depressive symptoms severity among pregnant women differs by social support category: a cross-sectional study

scientific article published on 9 August 2016

The association between malnutrition and the incidence of malaria among young HIV-infected and -uninfected Ugandan children: a prospective study

scientific article published on 27 March 2012

The determinants of dietary diversity and nutrition: ethnonutrition knowledge of local people in the East Usambara Mountains, Tanzania

scientific article

The effect of malnutrition on the pharmacokinetics and virologic outcomes of lopinavir, efavirenz and nevirapine in food insecure HIV-infected children in Tororo, Uganda

scientific article

The potential role of private pharmacies in maternal iron supplementation in rural Tanzania

scientific article

The toll of household water insecurity on health and human biology: Current understandings and future directions

scientific article published on 16 July 2020

Toward a comprehensive approach to the collection and analysis of pica substances, with emphasis on geophagic materials

scientific article

Translating formative research findings into a behaviour change strategy to promote antenatal calcium and iron and folic acid supplementation in western Kenya

scientific article

Vitamin B-12 Concentrations in Breast Milk Are Low and Are Not Associated with Reported Household Hunger, Recent Animal-Source Food, or Vitamin B-12 Intake in Women in Rural Kenya

scientific article published on 13 April 2016

Water insecurity compounds the global coronavirus crisis

scientific article published on 09 June 2020

Water insecurity, water borrowing and psychosocial stress among Daasanach pastoralists in northern Kenya

scientific article published on 21 November 2022

Water sharing is a distressing form of reciprocity: Shame, upset, anger, and conflict over water in twenty cross‐cultural sites ⬇️

journal article from 'American Anthropologist' published in 2022

What are we assessing when we measure food security? A compendium and review of current metrics

scientific article published on September 2013

Why on earth?: Evaluating hypotheses about the physiological functions of human geophagy

scientific article

‘I know how stressful it is to lack water!’ Exploring the lived experiences of household water insecurity among pregnant and postpartum women in western Kenya

scientific article published on 20 September 2018

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