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List of works by Bettina Shell-Duncan

"Pesticides protect the fruit, but not the people": using community-based ethnography to understand farmworker pesticide-exposure risks

scientific article

'If I am given antiretrovirals I will think I am nearing the grave': Kenyan HIV serodiscordant couples' attitudes regarding early initiation of antiretroviral therapy

scientific article

10. Women's business? A social network study of the influence of men on decision-making regarding female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal

scientific article published on 30 January 2020

A Spatial Analysis of the Prevalence of Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting among 0-14-Year-Old Girls in Kenya

scientific article published on 28 October 2019

A qualitative study of barriers to consistent condom use among HIV-1 serodiscordant couples in Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published on November 15, 2011

Are there "stages of change" in the practice of female genital cutting?: Qualitative research findings from Senegal and The Gambia

scientific article published in August 2006

Assessment of the relative dose-response test based on serum retinol-binding protein instead of serum retinol in determining low hepatic vitamin A stores

scientific article published on 27 May 2009

Cell-mediated immunocompetence among nomadic Turkana children

scientific article published on January 1993

Cultural and environmental barriers to adequate iron intake among northern Kenyan schoolchildren

scientific article

Dynamics of change in the practice of female genital cutting in Senegambia: testing predictions of social convention theory

scientific article published on 26 August 2011

Effect of settlement on nutrition and health status of pastoral Gabra women of reproductive age in Kalacha Location, Marsabit County, Kenya ⬇️

scientific article published on December 7, 2012

Evaluation of infection and nutritional status as determinants of cellular immunosuppression

scientific article

Evaluation of iron deficiency as a nutritional adaptation to infectious disease: an evolutionary medicine perspective

scientific article

Expanding the hygiene hypothesis: early exposure to infectious agents predicts delayed-type hypersensitivity to Candida among children in Kilimanjaro

scientific article (publication date: 2012)

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 settings

scientific article published in May 2008

Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: sharing data and experiences to accelerate eradication and improve care: part 2: Geneva, Switzerland. March 13-14, 2017.

scientific article published on 15 September 2017

Hay fever, asthma, and eczema and early infectious diseases among children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

scientific article

Health sector involvement in the management of female genital mutilation/cutting in 30 countries.

scientific article

Impact of seasonal variation in food availability and disease stress on the health status of nomadic Turkana children: A longitudinal analysis of morbidity, immunity, and nutritional status

scientific article published on 01 January 1995

Legislating Change? Responses to Criminalizing Female Genital Cutting in Senegal

scientific article published on December 2013

Less money less food: voices from women in urban poor families in Thailand

scientific article

Lower incidence of respiratory infections among iron-deficient children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

scientific article

Medicalized Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting: Contentious Practices and Persistent Debates.

scientific article published on 21 February 2018

My intention was a child but I was very afraid: fertility intentions and HIV risk perceptions among HIV-serodiscordant couples experiencing pregnancy in Kenya

scientific article

Predictors of delayed-type hypersensitivity to Candida albicans and anti-Epstein-Barr virus antibody among children in Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

scientific article published on 04 March 2013

Retinol-binding protein stability in dried blood spots

scientific article published in November 2007

The maternal depletion transition in northern Kenya: the effects of settlement, development and disparity

scientific article published in June 2004

The role of older women in contesting norms associated with female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegambia: A factorial focus group analysis

scientific article published in PLoS ONE

Trends in female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal: what can we learn from successive household surveys in sub-Saharan African countries?

scientific article published on 30 January 2019

Use of combined measures from capillary blood to assess iron deficiency in rural Kenyan children

scientific article published in February 2004

Vitamin A dynamics in breastmilk and liver stores: a life history perspective

scientific article published on 21 June 2011

Whole blood collected on filter paper provides a minimally invasive method for assessing human transferrin receptor level

scientific article published on December 2002

Women's autonomy and its relationship to children's nutrition among the Rendille of northern Kenya

scientific article published on January 2009

Women's business? A social network study of the influence of men on decision-making regarding female genital mutilation/cutting in Senegal

scientific article published on 26 October 2020

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