Sarah H Kehoe

Datos Biográficos

ID5495201
NOMBRESarah H Kehoe
NOMBRESSarah H
APELLIDOKehoe
FIRMAKEHOE S H
AFILIACIONESMRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit
ORCID0000-0003-2584-7999
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS23
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR23
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2013
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • Identifying key components of a global conceptual framework for adolescent nutrition

    Open AccessSara Estecha-Querol, Catharine A K Fleming et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    BACKGROUND: Optimal nutrition during adolescence is critical to growth and development. While several adolescent nutrition frameworks exist, a comprehensive reference framework is needed, which reflects the priorities and views of young people and guides action to improve adolescent nutrition. We believe that partnering with young people is key to enabling agency and empowering change. This collaborative project between the Global Adolescent Nutr…

  • Behaviour change interventions improve maternal and child nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessDaniella Watson, Patience Mushamiri et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Evidence that nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive interventions can improve maternal and child nutrition status in sub-Saharan Africa is inconclusive. Using behaviour change theory and techniques in intervention design may increase effectiveness and make outcomes more predictable. This systematic review aimed to determine whether interventions that included behaviour change functions were effective. Six databases were searched systematical…

  • What values drive communities’ nutrition priorities in a resource constrained urban area in South Africa

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Teurai Rwafa-Ponela et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2023

    Our study demonstrates how public engagement can facilitate the incorporation of community values and programmatic preferences into nutrition priority setting, enabling a responsive approach to local community needs, especially in resource constrained contexts. Findings could guide policy makers to facilitate more appropriate decisions and to improve nutrition in the first 1000 days of life

  • Peri-conceptional diet patterns and the risk of gestational diabetes mellitus in South Indian women

    Open AccessAnvesha Mahendra, Sarah H Kehoe et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2023

    Objective: To identify peri-conceptional diet patterns among women in Bangalore and examine their associations with risk of gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM). Design: BAngalore Nutrition Gestational diabetes LifEstyle Study, started in June 2016, was a prospective observational study, in which women were recruited at 5–16 weeks’ gestation. Peri-conceptional diet was recalled at recruitment, using a validated 224-item FFQ. GDM was assessed by a …

  • Engaging community members in setting priorities for nutrition interventions in rural northern Ghana

    Open AccessMaxwell Ayindenaba Dalaba, Engelbert A Nonterah et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    This study used “Choosing All Together” (CHAT), a deliberative engagement tool to prioritise nutrition interventions and to understand reasons for intervention choices of a rural community in northern Ghana. The study took an exploratory cross-sectional design and used a mixed method approach to collect data between December 2020 and February 2021. Eleven nutrition interventions were identified through policy reviews, interaction with different s…

  • Children born during the hunger season are at a higher risk of severe acute malnutrition

    Open AccessEngelbert A Nonterah, Paul Welaga et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2022

    Heightened food insecurity in the hunger season increases the risk of severe acute malnutrition (SAM) in childhood. This study examined the association of season of birth with SAM in a Guinean Sahelian ecological zone. We analyzed routine health and sociodemographic surveillance data from the Navrongo Health and Socio-demographic Surveillance System collected between 2011 and 2018. January-June, the period of highest food insecurity, was defined …

  • Men are not playing their roles’ , maternal and child nutrition in Nanoro, Burkina Faso

    Open AccessAdélaïde Compaoré, Kadija Ouedraogo et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To collect context-specific insights into maternal and child health and nutrition issues, and to explore potential solutions in Nanoro, Burkina Faso. Design: Eleven focus groups with men and women from eleven communities, facilitated by local researchers. Setting: The study took place in the Nanoro Health district, in the West-Central part of Burkina Faso. Participants: Eighty-six men (18–55 years) and women by age group: 18–25; 26–34 …

  • Adolescent nutrition and physical activity in low-income suburbs of Abidjan, Côte d’lvoire

    Open AccessJulie Jesson, Egnon KV Kouakou et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To explore adolescents’ perceptions, knowledge and behaviours regarding nutrition and physical activity in low-income districts of Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, taking into consideration their caregivers’ perspectives. Design: Two investigators conducted six focus group discussions. Setting: The study was carried out in two low-income suburbs, Yopougon and Port-Bouët, in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. Participants: Adolescents and their caregivers …

  • Community perspectives on maternal and child health during nutrition and economic transition in sub-Saharan Africa

    Open AccessDaniella Watson, Sarah H Kehoe et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To explore community perceptions on maternal and child nutrition issues in Sub-Saharan Africa. Design: Thirty focus groups with men and women from three communities facilitated by local researchers. Setting: One urban (Soweto, South Africa) and two rural settings (Navrongo, Ghana and Nanoro, Burkina Faso) at different stages of economic transition. Participants: Two hundred thirty-seven men and women aged 18–55 years, mostly subsistenc…

  • What shapes adolescents’ diet and physical activity habits in rural Konkan, India? Adolescents’ and caregivers’ perspectives

    Open AccessUlka Banavali, Suvarna Patil et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To explore, adolescents’ and caregivers’ perspectives, about shaping of diet and physical activity habits in rural Konkan, India. Design: Five focus group discussions (FGD) were conducted with adolescents and two with caregivers. Data were analysed using thematic analysis. Setting: FGD were conducted in secondary schools located in remote rural villages in the Ratnagiri district, Konkan region, Maharashtra, India. Participants: Forty-e…

  • Supporting maternal and child nutrition

    Open AccessCornelius Debpuur, Engelbert A Nonterah et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: Despite efforts to improve maternal and child nutrition, undernutrition remains a major public health challenge in Ghana. The current study explored community perceptions of undernutrition and context-specific interventions that could improve maternal and child nutrition in rural Northern Ghana. Design: This exploratory qualitative study used ten focus group discussions to gather primary data. The discussions were recorded, transcribed…

  • Social, economic and cultural influences on adolescent nutrition and physical activity in Jimma, Ethiopia

    Open AccessMubarek Abera, Polly Hardy-Johnson et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To explore influences on adolescent diet and physical activity, from the perspectives of adolescents and their caregivers, in Jimma, Ethiopia. Design: Qualitative design, using focus group discussions (FGD). Setting: A low-income setting in Jimma, Ethiopia. Participants: Five FGD with adolescents aged 10–12 years and 15–17 years ( n 41) and three FGD with parents ( n 22) were conducted. Results: Adolescents displayed a holistic underst…

  • Anthropometric nutritional status, and social and dietary characteristics of African and Indian adolescents taking part in the Talent (Transforming Adolescent Lives through Nutrition) qualitative stud…

    Open AccessCaroline Fall, Mubarek Abera et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To describe the anthropometry, socioeconomic circumstances, diet and screen time usage of adolescents in India and Africa as context to a qualitative study of barriers to healthy eating and activity. Design: Cross-sectional survey, including measured height and weight and derived rates of stunting, low BMI, overweight and obesity. Parental schooling and employment status, household assets and amenities, and adolescents’ dietary diversi…

  • Double-duty solutions for optimising maternal and child nutrition in urban South Africa

    Open AccessAgnes Erzse, Goldstein et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To obtain a community perspective on key nutrition-specific problems and solutions for mothers and children. Design: A qualitative study comprising nine focus group discussions (FGD) following a semi-structured interview guide. Setting: The township of Soweto in South Africa with a rising prevalence of double burden of malnutrition. Participants: Men and women aged ≥18 years ( n 66). Three FGD held with men, six with women. Results: De…

  • Adolescent diet and physical activity in the context of economic, social and nutrition transition in rural Maharashtra, India

    Open AccessKejal Joshi-Reddy, Veena Kamble et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To explore the perceptions of adolescents and their caregivers on drivers of diet and physical activity in rural India in the context of ongoing economic, social and nutrition transition. Design: A qualitative study comprising eight focus group discussions (FGD) on factors affecting eating and physical activity patterns, perceptions of health and decision-making on food preparation. Setting: Villages approximately 40–60 km from the cit…

  • Exploring influences on adolescent diet and physical activity in rural Gambia, West Africa

    Open AccessRamatoulie E Janha, Polly Hardy-Johnson et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To explore, from the perspectives of adolescents and caregivers, and using qualitative methods, influences on adolescent diet and physical activity in rural Gambia. Design: Six focus group discussions (FGD) with adolescents and caregivers were conducted. Thematic analysis was employed across the data set. Setting: Rural region of The Gambia, West Africa. Participants: Participants were selected using purposive sampling. Four FGD, condu…

  • Food insecurity, diet quality and body composition

    Open AccessSarah H Kehoe, Stephanie V Wrottesley et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To determine whether food security, diet diversity and diet quality are associated with anthropometric measurements and body composition among women of reproductive age. The association between food security and anaemia prevalence was also tested. Design: Secondary analysis of cross-sectional data from the Healthy Life Trajectories Initiative (HeLTI) study. Food security and dietary data were collected by an interviewer-administered qu…

  • Conflicts between adolescents and their caregivers living in slums of Mumbai, India in relation to junk food consumption and physical activity

    Open AccessHarsha Chopra, Harsha Vipin Chopra et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2021

    Objective: To explore influences on the diet and physical activity of adolescents living in Mumbai slums, from the perspectives of adolescents and their caregivers. Design: Three investigators from Mumbai conducted six focus group discussions. Setting: The study was conducted in suburban Mumbai slums. Participants: Thirty-six adolescents (aged 10–12 and 15–17 years) and twenty-three caregivers were recruited through convenience sampling. Results:…

  • Use of a knowledge exchange event strategy to identify key priorities for implementing deprescribing in primary healthcare in Nova Scotia, Canada

    Natalie Kennie‐Kaulbach, Sarah H Kehoe et al.ARTICLEEvidence & Policy2021Referencias: 2

    Background: Deprescribing, the process of dose reduction or stopping of medication(s) that may no longer be required, may improve medication use and patient outcomes. A collaborative interprofessional deprescribing research team was formed in 2017 in Nova Scotia (NS), Canada with the goal of investigating potential deprescribing initiatives which could be translated to primary healthcare in NS. The knowledge-to-action framework, which includes kn…

  • A maternal “mixed, high sugar” dietary pattern is associated with fetal growth

    Open AccessStephanie V Wrottesley, Alessandra Prioreschi et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    This study examined associations between a maternal "mixed, high sugar" dietary pattern during pregnancy and ultrasound-determined fetal growth in 495 urban African women and explored whether these associations were independent of maternal baseline body mass index (BMI) and gestational weight gain (GWG). Linear mixed effects modelling (LMM) was used to test the associations between maternal mixed, high sugar dietary pattern score, baseline BMI (k…

  • Effect of a micronutrient‐rich snack taken preconceptionally and throughout pregnancy on ultrasound measures of fetal growth

    Open AccessAshwin Lawande, Chiara Di Gravio et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2017

    Improving micronutrient intakes of under-nourished mothers in low- and middle-income countries increases birth weight, but there is little data on the nature and timing during gestation of any effects on fetal growth. Ultrasound measures of fetal size were used to determine whether and when a food-based supplement affected fetal growth. Non-pregnant women living in Mumbai slums, India (N = 6,513), were randomly assigned to receive either a daily …

  • Contribution of food sources to the vitamin B 12 status of South Indian children from a birth cohort recruited in the city of Mysore

    Open AccessAnna M Christian, Ghattu V Krishnaveni et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2015

    Objective There is evidence that subclinical vitamin B 12 (B 12 ) deficiency is common in India. Vegetarianism is prevalent and therefore meat consumption is low. Our objective was to explore the contribution of B 12 -source foods and maternal B 12 status during pregnancy to plasma B 12 concentrations. Design Maternal plasma B 12 concentrations were measured during pregnancy. Children’s dietary intakes and plasma B 12 concentrations were measured…

  • Diet patterns are associated with demographic factors and nutritional status in S outh I ndian children

    Open AccessSarah H Kehoe, Ghattu V Krishnaveni et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2013

    The burden of non-communicable chronic disease (NCD) in India is increasing. Diet and body composition 'track' from childhood into adult life and contribute to the development of risk factors for NCD. Little is known about the diet patterns of Indian children. We aimed to identify diet patterns and study associations with body composition and socio-demographic factors in the Mysore Parthenon Study cohort. We collected anthropometric and demograph…