Derrick B Jelliffe

Biographic Data

ID240491
NAMEDerrick B Jelliffe
GIVEN NAMESDerrick B
FAMILY NAMEJelliffe
SIGNATUREJELLIFFE D B
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of California, Los Angeles
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS15
TOTAL CITATIONS76
AUTHOR COUNT15
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR1963
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR1985
H-INDEX2

  • The question is not whether breast‐feeding leads to…considerable child spacing, but rather, when to introduce other contraceptives

    Open AccessDerrick B Jelliffe, E F Patrice JelliffeARTICLEMedical Anthropology Quarterly1985

  • "More Thoughts on Lactation as "Nature's Contraceptive

    Open AccessMelvin Konner, James W Wood et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology Newsletter1985References: 1

  • Education far refugee health workers

    Open AccessDerrick B Jelliffe, E F Patrice JelliffeARTICLEDisasters1983Cited by: 2References: 1

  • The Thinness Chart

    Open AccessDerrick B Jelliffe, E J Patrice JelliffeARTICLEDisasters1981References: 3

  • Feeding in early infancy and primary health care (a post Alma Ata comment)

    Derrick B Jelliffe, E F Patrice JelliffeARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1980

  • Social Responses During Severe Food Shortages and Famine [and Comments and Reply]

    Robert Dirks, George J Armelagos et al.ARTICLECurrent Anthropology1980Cited by: 71

    Although emergency food shortages and famines have been a prominent part of human experience for thousands of years and recur somewhere on our planet almost annually, data describing behavioral and organizational responses are few and scattered. Generalizations, when not speculative, tend to be vague and frequently contradictory. Practical, humanistic, and scientific concern with how people respond when overtaken by nutritional catastrophe provid…

  • Feeding Young Infants in Developing Countries

    Derrick B Jelliffe, E F Patrice JelliffeARTICLEStudies in Family Planning1978Cited by: 1

    Derrick B. Jelliffe, E. F. Patrice Jelliffe, Feeding Young Infants in Developing Countries: Comments on the Current Situation and Future Needs, Studies in Family Planning, Vol. 9, No. 8 (Aug., 1978), pp. 227-229

  • Nutrition intervention

    Derrick B Jelliffe, E F Jelliffe et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1977

    Nutrition intervention: bigger is better. D B Jelliffe, and E F JelliffeCopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.67.8.780 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Breast Feeding

    Open AccessDerrick B Jelliffe, E F Patrice JelliffeARTICLEDisasters1977Cited by: 2References: 3

  • Adaptive suckling

    Derrick B Jelliffe, E F Patrice JelliffeARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1976

    The process of “adaptive suckling” has evolved appropriate to the needs of different mammal species. It is related to the maturity of the newborn, nutritional requirements, the number of offspring, the need for sensory stimulation, etc. Examples are given of the following species—the echidna, the kangaroo, the blue whale and.the seal. Its relevance to modern man is discussed

  • Commentary

    Derrick B Jelliffe, Aaron E Ifekwunigwe et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1975

    (1975). Commentary: Recommended dietary allowances for infants. Ecology of Food and Nutrition: Vol. 4, No. 1, pp. 53-55

  • Information Sought on Breast Feeding Programs

    Derrick B JelliffeARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health1974

    INFORMATION SOUGHT ON BREAST FEEDING PROGRAMS Derrick B. Jelliffe CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.64.6.528 Published Online: October 07, 2011

  • Education of the public for successful lactation

    Derrick B Jelliffe, E F Patrice JelliffeARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition1973

    Success or failure in human lactation mainly depends on two psycho‐physiological reflexes, the prolactin reflex and the let‐down reflex. In actual communities, frequent suckling and confidence are major factors, and the latter is related in large measure to knowledge and social support. Success in social mammals, including traditional human societies, is made more likely by the presence of what Raphael has termed a doula or culturally defined ass…

  • Tropical Nutritional Disorders of Infants and Children

    Derrick B JelliffeARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health…1970

    TROPICAL NUTRITIONAL DISORDERS OF INFANTS AND CHILDREN Derrick B. Jelliffe CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.60.1.206-b Published Online: October 03, 2011

  • The Incidence of Protein-Calorie Malnutrition of Early Childhood

    Derrick B JelliffeARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health…1963

    The Incidence of Protein-Calorie Malnutrition of Early Childhood Derrick B. Jelliffe, Professor of Pediatrics and Child HealthM.D.F.R.C.P.F.A.P.H.A. CopyRight https://doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.53.6.905 Published Online: August 29, 2011