Melkamu Berhane Arefayine

Datos Biográficos

ID8263161
NOMBREMelkamu Berhane Arefayine
NOMBRESMelkamu Berhane
APELLIDOArefayine
FIRMAAREFAYINE M B
AFILIACIONESJimma University
ORCID0000-0003-1517-6220
VERIFICADOSí
TOTAL DE OBRAS5
TOTAL DE CITAS0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR5
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN2021
AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN2025
ÍNDICE H0

  • The Impact of WHO-2023 Malnutrition Criteria on Caseload of Infants Aged Under Six Months

    Open AccessAyenew Negesse, Tsinuel Girma et al.ARTICLEChildren2025

    In Ethiopia, the WHO-2023 criteria markedly increase malnutrition caseloads compared with WHO-2013 criteria. There might be a case for increasing MUAC thresholds in MUAC-focused programs where WLZ or WAZ measurements are difficult. Future longitudinal data are needed to know which criteria best identify infants at highest risk of mortality/morbidity/poor development

  • Maternal mental health and nutritional status of infants aged under 6 months

    Open AccessMubarek Abera, Melkamu Berhane et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Maternal/caregivers’ mental health (MMH) and child nutrition are both poor in low- and middle-income countries. Links between the two are plausible but poorly researched. Our aim was to inform future malnutrition management programmes by better understanding associations between MMH and nutritional status of infants aged under six month (u6m). We conducted a health facility-based cross-sectional survey of 1060 infants in rural Ethiopia, between O…

  • Strengthening implementation of integrated care for small and nutritionally at‐risk infants under six months and their mothers

    Open AccessMarie Mcgrath, Shimelis Girma et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2024

    An integrated care pathway to manage small and nutritionally at-risk infants under 6 months (u6m) and their mothers (MAMI Care Pathway) is consistent with 2023 WHO malnutrition guidelines and is being tested in a randomised controlled trial (RCT) in Ethiopia. To optimise trial implementation, we investigated contextual fit with key local stakeholders. We used scenario-based interviews with 17 health workers and four district managers to explore p…

  • Faster rehabilitation weight gain during childhood is associated with risk of non-communicable disease in adult survivors of severe acute malnutrition

    Open AccessDEBBIE THOMPSON, Kimberley McKenzie et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    Nutritional rehabilitation during severe acute malnutrition (SAM) aims to quickly restore body size and minimize poor short-term outcomes. We hypothesized that faster weight gain during treatment is associated with greater cardiometabolic risk in adult life. Anthropometry, body composition (DEXA), blood pressure, blood glucose, insulin and lipids were measured in a cohort of adults who were hospitalized as children for SAM between 1963 and 1993. …

  • Inequitable Utilization of Neonatal Health Services in Southwest Ethiopia

    Open AccessKiddus Yitbarek, Sarah Hurlburt et al.ARTICLEINQUIRY The Journal of Health…2021

    Low levels of neonatal health services utilization and high neonatal deaths are often concentrated among socially and economically disadvantaged groups, especially in low-income countries. Therefore the aim of this study was to assess inequity in the use of neonatal health services in Southwest Ethiopia. A community-based cross-sectional study was conducted in 8 districts located in Jimma Zone, Southwest Ethiopia from 19 March to 28 April 2018. A…