Kristen N Herlosky
Biographic Data
| ID | 3693468 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kristen N Herlosky |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kristen N |
| FAMILY NAME | Herlosky |
| SIGNATURE | HERLOSKY K N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nevada, Las Vegas |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 7 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 14 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 7 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Overcoming recruitment barriers through meaningful community engagement
Background Recruiting participants from underserved communities for research can be challenging due to multilevel barriers. We conducted a maternal-child food insecurity needs assessment within underserved communities in urban Las Vegas, Nevada, and numerous barriers were faced to recruiting participants. This study aimed to examine barriers to participant recruitment, identify practical strategies for engaging participants, and analyze these str…
Vaccine Knowledge and Acceptance Among Hadzabe Hunter‐Gatherers in Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: Vaccines are highly successful in preventing disease, but misinformation has fueled vaccine hesitancy globally, thereby reducing immunization rates and weakening herd immunity. Vaccine knowledge and hesitancy among hunter-gatherers is a crucial area of research and intervention, as their mobile lifestyle exacerbates other challenges, such as marginalization and medical mistrust. METHODS: In our exploratory study, we surveyed 91 Hadzab…
Barriers and facilitators of implementing a community workshop series to mitigate maternal-child food insecurity
AC ommunity Workshop Series with topics across the Nurturing Care Framework was successfully co-created and piloted. Participants showed significant knowledge increase after participation in the workshops. Despite implementation barriers, the community workshop series was found as a promising community level health education intervention to address maternal-child food insecurity within underserved communities
Effects of a mixed‐subsistence diet on the growth of Hadza children
Introduction: We investigated the preliminary effects of dietary changes on the anthropometric measurements of child and adolescent Hadza foragers. Methods: We conducted a cross‐sectional study comparing height and weight of participants (aged 0‐17 years) at two time points, 2005 (n = 195) and 2017 (n = 52), from two locations: semi‐nomadic “bush camps” and sedentary “village camps”. World Health Organization (WHO) calculators were used to genera…
Harm Avoidance and Mobility During Middle Childhood and Adolescence among Hadza Foragers
Postpartum Maternal Mood Among Hadza Foragers of Tanzania
Changes in Juvenile Foraging Behavior among the Hadza of Tanzania during Early Transition to a Mixed-Subsistence Economy
Postpartum Maternal Mood Among Hadza Foragers of Tanzania
Changes in Juvenile Foraging Behavior among the Hadza of Tanzania during Early Transition to a Mixed-Subsistence Economy
Effects of a mixed‐subsistence diet on the growth of Hadza children
Introduction: We investigated the preliminary effects of dietary changes on the anthropometric measurements of child and adolescent Hadza foragers. Methods: We conducted a cross‐sectional study comparing height and weight of participants (aged 0‐17 years) at two time points, 2005 (n = 195) and 2017 (n = 52), from two locations: semi‐nomadic “bush camps” and sedentary “village camps”. World Health Organization (WHO) calculators were used to genera…
Harm Avoidance and Mobility During Middle Childhood and Adolescence among Hadza Foragers
Overcoming recruitment barriers through meaningful community engagement
Background Recruiting participants from underserved communities for research can be challenging due to multilevel barriers. We conducted a maternal-child food insecurity needs assessment within underserved communities in urban Las Vegas, Nevada, and numerous barriers were faced to recruiting participants. This study aimed to examine barriers to participant recruitment, identify practical strategies for engaging participants, and analyze these str…
Vaccine Knowledge and Acceptance Among Hadzabe Hunter‐Gatherers in Tanzania
OBJECTIVES: Vaccines are highly successful in preventing disease, but misinformation has fueled vaccine hesitancy globally, thereby reducing immunization rates and weakening herd immunity. Vaccine knowledge and hesitancy among hunter-gatherers is a crucial area of research and intervention, as their mobile lifestyle exacerbates other challenges, such as marginalization and medical mistrust. METHODS: In our exploratory study, we surveyed 91 Hadzab…
Barriers and facilitators of implementing a community workshop series to mitigate maternal-child food insecurity
AC ommunity Workshop Series with topics across the Nurturing Care Framework was successfully co-created and piloted. Participants showed significant knowledge increase after participation in the workshops. Despite implementation barriers, the community workshop series was found as a promising community level health education intervention to address maternal-child food insecurity within underserved communities
Geography (5 works) · Demography (4 works) · Environmental health (4 works) · Medicine (4 works) · Psychology (4 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Tanzania (3 works) · Biology (2 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (2 works) · Ecology (2 works)