Saul S Morris
Biographic Data
| ID | 1733038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Saul S Morris |
| GIVEN NAMES | Saul S |
| FAMILY NAME | Morris |
| SIGNATURE | MORRIS S S |
| AFFILIATIONS | London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9372-7342 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 145 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 29 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 9 |
Eggs: A high potential food for improving maternal and child nutrition
Recent research has demonstrated that egg consumption can have a dramatic impact on preventing stunting and possibly on the cognitive development of young children (Iannotti, Lutter, Stewart, et al., 2017; Iannotti, Lutter, Waters, et al., 2017). This leaves us with the question: How do we best utilize this new evidence to help improve the lives of children around the world? This supplement tackles this question by providing a set of nine papers …
An egg for everyone: Pathways to universal access to one of nature's most nutritious foods
Eggs are a highly nutritious food but have been shown to be infrequently consumed in many low-income countries, especially by women and children. We collate country-level data on egg production, availability, consumption, prices, industry structure, and contextual trends and use these to estimate current patterns and likely future outcomes under four alternative scenarios. These scenarios are as follows: incremental change based on expected econo…
Assessing the impact of integrated community case management (iCCM) programs on child mortality: Review of early results and lessons learned in sub–Saharan Africa
AIM: To accelerate progress in reducing child mortality, many countries in sub-Saharan Africa have adopted and scaled-up integrated community case management (iCCM) programs targeting the three major infectious killers of children under-five. The programs train lay community health workers to assess, classify and treat uncomplicated cases of pneumonia with antibiotics, malaria with antimalarial drugs and diarrhea with Oral Rehydration Salts (ORS)…
Care-seeking and appropriate treatment for childhood acute respiratory illness: An analysis of Demographic and Health Survey and Multiple Indicators Cluster Survey datasets for high-mortality countrie…
Untreated ALRI remains a substantial problem in high mortality countries. In Asia, the large population numbers lead to a high burden of children with untreated ALRI. In Africa, care-seeking behaviors and access to care issues may lead to missed opportunities to treat children with antibiotics
Scaling up access to oral rehydration solution for diarrhea: Learning from historical experience in low– and high–performing countries
We identified a number of characteristics of successful ORS scale-up programs, including involvement of a broad range of key players, addressing supply and demand generation together, and working with both public and private sectors. Dedicated efforts are needed to launch and sustain success, including monitoring and evaluation plans to track program costs and impacts. These case studies were designed to inform programmatic decision-making; thus,…
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival
Effective international action against undernutrition: Why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?
Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting
Diarrhoea is an important cause of death and illness among children in developing countries; however, it remains controversial as to whether diarrhoea leads to stunting. We conducted a pooled analysis of nine studies that collected daily diarrhoea morbidity and longitudinal anthropometry to determine the effects of the longitudinal history of diarrhoea prior to 24 months on stunting at age 24 months. Data covered a 20-year period and five countri…
To Retain or Remove User Fees?: Reflections on the Current Debate in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
CRTs — Cluster Randomized Trials or “Courting Real Troubles”: Challenges of Running a CRT in Rural Gujarat, India
Making health insurance work for the poor: Learning from the Self-Employed Women's Association's (Sewa) community-based health insurance scheme in India
Do childhood growth indicators in developing countries cluster? Implications for intervention strategies
Objective: The effectiveness of geographic targeting in nutrition programmes depends largely on the degree to which malnutrition clusters within particular areas. This study investigates the extent to which the childhood nutrition indicators, stunting (height-for-age Z -score Z -score Design: Analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) results. Clustering is assessed by calculating intra-cluster correlation coefficients (ICCs). Esti…
Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
How many child deaths can we prevent this year?
The Allocation of Natural Disaster Relief Funds: Hurricane Mitch in Honduras
Hurricane Mitch and the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor in Honduras
Targeting urban malnutrition: A multi-city analysis of the spatial distribution of childhood nutritional status
Validity of rapid estimates of household wealth and income for health surveys in rural Africa
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the validity of proxy measures of household wealth and income that can be readily implemented in health surveys in rural Africa. DESIGN: Data are drawn from four different integrated household surveys. The assumptions underlying the choice of wealth proxy are described, and correlations with the true value are assessed in two different settings. The expenditure proxy is developed and then tested for replicability in two i…
Dietary patterns in a rural area of Ghana and their relevance for vitamin a consumption
This paper discusses results from research conducted on food acquisition, preparation and consumption patterns in Kintampo District, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. The research was conducted as part of a larger project aimed at identifying appropriate strategies for improving consumption of vitamin A among children and pregnant women. This paper focuses on describing the context in which inadequate consumption of vitamin A occurs. The research consis…
Working Women in an Urban Setting: Traders, Vendors and Food Security in Accra
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status: Evidence from Accra
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
Caffeine intake and pregnancy outcomes: A meta-analytic review
Epidemiological publications on the relationship of caffeine to birth weight and duration of human pregnancy, from 1966 to 1995, were searched through Medline. Each study was treated as the stratification variable, and its weight in the weighted average was proportional to the inverse of its variance. Twenty-six studies were located. Among the twenty-two studies on birth weight, eleven were on mean birth weight, nine on low birth weight (LBW), an…
How reliable are group informant ratings? A test of food security ratings in Honduras
A desigualdade e a saúde pública
Working Women in an Urban Setting: Traders, Vendors and Food Security in Accra
Validity of rapid estimates of household wealth and income for health surveys in rural Africa
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the validity of proxy measures of household wealth and income that can be readily implemented in health surveys in rural Africa. DESIGN: Data are drawn from four different integrated household surveys. The assumptions underlying the choice of wealth proxy are described, and correlations with the true value are assessed in two different settings. The expenditure proxy is developed and then tested for replicability in two i…
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status: Evidence from Accra
How reliable are group informant ratings? A test of food security ratings in Honduras
Hurricane Mitch and the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor in Honduras
Child morbidity and mortality following vitamin A supplementation in Ghana: Time since dosing, number of doses, and time of year
OBJECTIVES: The impact of large-dose vitamin A supplementation given at intervals of 4 months on child mortality and morbidity was examined according to the time interval since dosing, number of doses received previously, and time of year. METHODS: Two double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials of large doses of vitamin A administered at intervals of 4 months were conducted in adjacent populations in northern Ghana. RESULTS: While vitami…
Making health insurance work for the poor: Learning from the Self-Employed Women's Association's (Sewa) community-based health insurance scheme in India
The Allocation of Natural Disaster Relief Funds: Hurricane Mitch in Honduras
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
Situação nutricional e alimentar de pré-escolares no semi-árido da Bahia (Brasil): I.Avaliação antropométrica
Foram estudados 754 pré-escolares de áreas urbanas de sete municípios do semi-árido da Bahia, Brasil. Os objetivos foram determinar a prevalência de déficit ponderal e estatural, indicativos de desnutrição atual e/ou pregressa e sua associação com a idade, sexo, renda em salário-mínimo (SM), escolaridade materna e adequação do consumo alimentar. Encontrou-se 22,9% de crianças com altura/idade abaixo de -2,0 DP (desnutrição pregressa), 19,1% com p…
CRTs — Cluster Randomized Trials or “Courting Real Troubles”: Challenges of Running a CRT in Rural Gujarat, India
Distribuição da anemia em pré-escolares do semi-árido da Bahia
O objetivo desta investigação foi identificar a prevalência da anemia e alguns de seus potenciais determinantes em 754 crianças de áreas urbanas de sete municípios na região do semi-árido baiano. Hemoglobina foi determinada em 745 crianças de um a 72 meses de idade. Para o grupo etário de seis a 72 meses um valor de hemoglobina < 11,0 g/dl identifica a anemia segundo recomendação da OMS enquanto o valor <9,5 g/dl classifica a anemia na categoria …
Targeting urban malnutrition: A multi-city analysis of the spatial distribution of childhood nutritional status
Child morbidity and mortality following vitamin A supplementation in Ghana: Time since dosing, number of doses, and time of year
OBJECTIVES: The impact of large-dose vitamin A supplementation given at intervals of 4 months on child mortality and morbidity was examined according to the time interval since dosing, number of doses received previously, and time of year. METHODS: Two double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trials of large doses of vitamin A administered at intervals of 4 months were conducted in adjacent populations in northern Ghana. RESULTS: While vitami…
Situação nutricional e alimentar de pré-escolares no semi-árido da Bahia (Brasil): I.Avaliação antropométrica
Foram estudados 754 pré-escolares de áreas urbanas de sete municípios do semi-árido da Bahia, Brasil. Os objetivos foram determinar a prevalência de déficit ponderal e estatural, indicativos de desnutrição atual e/ou pregressa e sua associação com a idade, sexo, renda em salário-mínimo (SM), escolaridade materna e adequação do consumo alimentar. Encontrou-se 22,9% de crianças com altura/idade abaixo de -2,0 DP (desnutrição pregressa), 19,1% com p…
Childhood abuse and spiritual development among women religious
A desigualdade e a saúde pública
Distribuição da anemia em pré-escolares do semi-árido da Bahia
O objetivo desta investigação foi identificar a prevalência da anemia e alguns de seus potenciais determinantes em 754 crianças de áreas urbanas de sete municípios na região do semi-árido baiano. Hemoglobina foi determinada em 745 crianças de um a 72 meses de idade. Para o grupo etário de seis a 72 meses um valor de hemoglobina < 11,0 g/dl identifica a anemia segundo recomendação da OMS enquanto o valor <9,5 g/dl classifica a anemia na categoria …
Caffeine intake and pregnancy outcomes: A meta-analytic review
Epidemiological publications on the relationship of caffeine to birth weight and duration of human pregnancy, from 1966 to 1995, were searched through Medline. Each study was treated as the stratification variable, and its weight in the weighted average was proportional to the inverse of its variance. Twenty-six studies were located. Among the twenty-two studies on birth weight, eleven were on mean birth weight, nine on low birth weight (LBW), an…
How reliable are group informant ratings? A test of food security ratings in Honduras
Dietary patterns in a rural area of Ghana and their relevance for vitamin a consumption
This paper discusses results from research conducted on food acquisition, preparation and consumption patterns in Kintampo District, Brong Ahafo Region, Ghana. The research was conducted as part of a larger project aimed at identifying appropriate strategies for improving consumption of vitamin A among children and pregnant women. This paper focuses on describing the context in which inadequate consumption of vitamin A occurs. The research consis…
Working Women in an Urban Setting: Traders, Vendors and Food Security in Accra
Good Care Practices Can Mitigate the Negative Effects of Poverty and Low Maternal Schooling on Children’s Nutritional Status: Evidence from Accra
Does Geographic Targeting of Nutrition Interventions Make Sense in Cities? Evidence from Abidjan and Accra
Validity of rapid estimates of household wealth and income for health surveys in rural Africa
STUDY OBJECTIVE: To test the validity of proxy measures of household wealth and income that can be readily implemented in health surveys in rural Africa. DESIGN: Data are drawn from four different integrated household surveys. The assumptions underlying the choice of wealth proxy are described, and correlations with the true value are assessed in two different settings. The expenditure proxy is developed and then tested for replicability in two i…
Targeting urban malnutrition: A multi-city analysis of the spatial distribution of childhood nutritional status
Hurricane Mitch and the Livelihoods of the Rural Poor in Honduras
Where and why are 10 million children dying every year?
How many child deaths can we prevent this year?
The Allocation of Natural Disaster Relief Funds: Hurricane Mitch in Honduras
Do childhood growth indicators in developing countries cluster? Implications for intervention strategies
Objective: The effectiveness of geographic targeting in nutrition programmes depends largely on the degree to which malnutrition clusters within particular areas. This study investigates the extent to which the childhood nutrition indicators, stunting (height-for-age Z -score Z -score Design: Analysis of data from Demographic and Health Survey (DHS) results. Clustering is assessed by calculating intra-cluster correlation coefficients (ICCs). Esti…
To Retain or Remove User Fees?: Reflections on the Current Debate in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
CRTs — Cluster Randomized Trials or “Courting Real Troubles”: Challenges of Running a CRT in Rural Gujarat, India
Making health insurance work for the poor: Learning from the Self-Employed Women's Association's (Sewa) community-based health insurance scheme in India
What works? Interventions for maternal and child undernutrition and survival
Effective international action against undernutrition: Why has it proven so difficult and what can be done to accelerate progress?
Multi-country analysis of the effects of diarrhoea on childhood stunting
Diarrhoea is an important cause of death and illness among children in developing countries; however, it remains controversial as to whether diarrhoea leads to stunting. We conducted a pooled analysis of nine studies that collected daily diarrhoea morbidity and longitudinal anthropometry to determine the effects of the longitudinal history of diarrhoea prior to 24 months on stunting at age 24 months. Data covered a 20-year period and five countri…
Scaling up access to oral rehydration solution for diarrhea: Learning from historical experience in low– and high–performing countries
We identified a number of characteristics of successful ORS scale-up programs, including involvement of a broad range of key players, addressing supply and demand generation together, and working with both public and private sectors. Dedicated efforts are needed to launch and sustain success, including monitoring and evaluation plans to track program costs and impacts. These case studies were designed to inform programmatic decision-making; thus,…
Medicine (23 works) · Environmental health (15 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (14 works) · Economics (13 works) · Economic growth (12 works) · Global Maternal and Child Health (11 works) · Business (9 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (9 works) · Geography (9 works) · Malnutrition (9 works)