Gretel Pelto
Biographic Data
| ID | 220431 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Gretel Pelto |
| GIVEN NAMES | Gretel |
| FAMILY NAME | Pelto |
| SIGNATURE | PELTO G |
| AFFILIATIONS | Jef L. Leroy and Stefano M. Bertozzi are with the Mexican National Institute of Public Health (Instituto Nacional de Salud Publica), Cuernavaca, Mexico. Stefano M. Bertozzi is also with the Center for Economics Research and Education, Mexico City, and the University of California, Berkeley. Jean-Pierre Habicht and Gretel Pelto are with the Division of Nutritional Sciences, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 49 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1976 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Using a cultural-ecological framework to explore dietary beliefs and practices during pregnancy and lactation among women in Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, India
This article explores maternal dietary beliefs and practices gathered through interviews with mothers of infants and young children in Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, India. Guided by focused ethnographic study methods, interviews were conducted with 33 key informants. We used a cultural-ecological framework to analyze and interpret the texts that were elicited from women about dietary beliefs and eating patterns during pre…
Patterns of cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in Ghanaian complementary feeding practices
Designing effective interventions to improve infant and young child (IYC) feeding requires knowledge about determinants of current practices, including cultural factors. Current approaches to obtaining and using research on culture tend to assume cultural homogeneity within a population. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of cultural consensus (homogeneity) in communities where interventions to improve IYC feeding practices are n…
Using cognitive mapping to understand Senegalese infant and young child feeding decisions
Caregivers make decisions about how to feed their infants and young children based on complex interactions of knowledge, beliefs, and values, as well as assessments of situational determinants, including economic and social constraints and opportunities. Because of the relationship of these factors to the adoption of new feeding behaviours, the development of nutrition interventions for this age group must be grounded in knowledge about the targe…
Effect of childhood nutrition counselling on intelligence in adolescence: A 15-year follow-up of a cluster-randomised trial
Objective The present study aimed to assess the effects of an early childhood nutrition counselling intervention on intelligence (as measured by the intelligence quotient (IQ)) at age 15–16 years. Design A single-blind, cluster-randomised trial. Setting In 1998, in Southern Brazil, mothers of children aged 18 months or younger were enrolled in a nutrition counselling intervention ( n 424). Counselling included encouragement and promotion of exclu…
Constraints and opportunities for implementing nutrition‐specific, agricultural and market‐based approaches to improve nutrient intake adequacy among infants and young children in two regions of rural…
Several types of interventions can be used to improve nutrient intake adequacy in infant and young child (IYC) diets, including fortified foods, home fortification, nutrition education and behaviour change communication (BCC) in addition to agricultural and market-based strategies. However, the appropriate selection of interventions depends on the social, cultural, physical and economic context of the population. Derived from two rural Kenyan pop…
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (Wash), environmental enteropathy, nutrition, and early child development: Making the links
There is scarce research and programmatic evidence on the effect of poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions of the physical environment on early child cognitive, sensorimotor, and socioemotional development. Furthermore, many common WASH interventions are not specifically designed to protect babies in the first 3 years of life, when gut health and linear growth are established. We review evidence linking WASH, anemia, and child grow…
What Are We Assessing When We Measure Food Security? A Compendium and Review of Current Metrics
Caregivers' responses to an intervention to improve young child feeding behaviors in rural Bangladesh: A mixed method study of the facilitators and barriers to change
It Really Opened My Eyes: The Effects on Youth Peer Educators of Participating in an Action Research Project
This study explored the effects of participating in action research on youth leaders who were already engaged in peer education activities related to HIV/AIDS. We focused particularly on effects related to their conceptualization of teaching/learning, but also cast a wider net to identify other changes. A first round of in-depth interviews was conducted with 21 youth peer educators, who led the participatory action research (PAR) in UNICEF's
Newborn care practices in Pemba Island (Tanzania) and their implications for newborn health and survival
Newborn mortality accounts for about one-third of deaths in children under five. Neglecting this problem may undermine the fourth Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. This study was conducted in Tanzania, where an estimated 32/1000 infants die within the first 28 days. Our objective was to describe newborn care practices and their potential impact on newborn health. We interviewed two purposive samples of…
Using programme theory to assess the feasibility of delivering micronutrient Sprinkles through a food‐assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programme in rural Haiti
This paper uses programme theory to assess, in the context of an effectiveness evaluation, the feasibility and acceptability of distributing micronutrient Sprinkles through a food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programme in rural Haiti. We laid out the steps related to programme delivery and household utilization of Sprinkles and used qualitative and quantitative methods to gather data on these steps. Methods included structured…
Leroy Et Al. Respond
We read Woolf and Johnson’s letter with great interest. The similarity of the findings for developing countries and the United States is impressive,1 as they reflect the influence of the shared assumptions in the research community that lead to low investments in research to improve the fidelity (quality) of health care delivery and utilization. We have a slight correction to make to their letter. Our research shows that 6 million (not 4 million)…
Current Priorities in Health Research Funding and Lack of Impact on the Number of Child Deaths per Year
We determined the proportion of research on childhood mortality directed toward better medical technology (i.e., by improving old technology or creating new technology) compared with research on technology delivery and utilization. We also estimated mortality reductions from a research-funding strategy focusing primarily on developing technology compared with one that also focused on delivery and utilization. Ninety-seven percent of grants were f…
Continuity and change in meal patterns: The case of urban Finland
To identify elements of continuity and change from traditional meal patterns characterizing Finland before World War II, accounts of "typical workday" eating were elicited from 102 married women in Helsinki in 1984. Since the 1920s Finnish breakfast has changed from a prepared meal into a lighter eating event differing significantly from lunch and dinner. Earlier the three meals were simitar. The basic structure of lunch and dinner has not change…
Theory-driven behavioral intervention research for the control of diarrheal diseases
Small but Healthy? An Anthropological Perspective
Measuring Socio‐Economic Status: Assessing Intra‐Community Diversity
Measuring Socio-Economic Status: Assessing Intra-Community Diversity
"Comments on Paredes' "New Uses for Old Ethnography
Small but Healthy? An Anthropological Perspective
Theory-driven behavioral intervention research for the control of diarrheal diseases
Current Priorities in Health Research Funding and Lack of Impact on the Number of Child Deaths per Year
We determined the proportion of research on childhood mortality directed toward better medical technology (i.e., by improving old technology or creating new technology) compared with research on technology delivery and utilization. We also estimated mortality reductions from a research-funding strategy focusing primarily on developing technology compared with one that also focused on delivery and utilization. Ninety-seven percent of grants were f…
Caregivers' responses to an intervention to improve young child feeding behaviors in rural Bangladesh: A mixed method study of the facilitators and barriers to change
"Comments on Paredes' "New Uses for Old Ethnography
Measuring Socio‐Economic Status: Assessing Intra‐Community Diversity
Measuring Socio-Economic Status: Assessing Intra-Community Diversity
Small but Healthy? An Anthropological Perspective
Theory-driven behavioral intervention research for the control of diarrheal diseases
Continuity and change in meal patterns: The case of urban Finland
To identify elements of continuity and change from traditional meal patterns characterizing Finland before World War II, accounts of "typical workday" eating were elicited from 102 married women in Helsinki in 1984. Since the 1920s Finnish breakfast has changed from a prepared meal into a lighter eating event differing significantly from lunch and dinner. Earlier the three meals were simitar. The basic structure of lunch and dinner has not change…
Leroy Et Al. Respond
We read Woolf and Johnson’s letter with great interest. The similarity of the findings for developing countries and the United States is impressive,1 as they reflect the influence of the shared assumptions in the research community that lead to low investments in research to improve the fidelity (quality) of health care delivery and utilization. We have a slight correction to make to their letter. Our research shows that 6 million (not 4 million)…
Current Priorities in Health Research Funding and Lack of Impact on the Number of Child Deaths per Year
We determined the proportion of research on childhood mortality directed toward better medical technology (i.e., by improving old technology or creating new technology) compared with research on technology delivery and utilization. We also estimated mortality reductions from a research-funding strategy focusing primarily on developing technology compared with one that also focused on delivery and utilization. Ninety-seven percent of grants were f…
Newborn care practices in Pemba Island (Tanzania) and their implications for newborn health and survival
Newborn mortality accounts for about one-third of deaths in children under five. Neglecting this problem may undermine the fourth Millennium Development Goal of reducing child mortality by two-thirds by 2015. This study was conducted in Tanzania, where an estimated 32/1000 infants die within the first 28 days. Our objective was to describe newborn care practices and their potential impact on newborn health. We interviewed two purposive samples of…
Using programme theory to assess the feasibility of delivering micronutrient Sprinkles through a food‐assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programme in rural Haiti
This paper uses programme theory to assess, in the context of an effectiveness evaluation, the feasibility and acceptability of distributing micronutrient Sprinkles through a food-assisted maternal and child health and nutrition programme in rural Haiti. We laid out the steps related to programme delivery and household utilization of Sprinkles and used qualitative and quantitative methods to gather data on these steps. Methods included structured…
It Really Opened My Eyes: The Effects on Youth Peer Educators of Participating in an Action Research Project
This study explored the effects of participating in action research on youth leaders who were already engaged in peer education activities related to HIV/AIDS. We focused particularly on effects related to their conceptualization of teaching/learning, but also cast a wider net to identify other changes. A first round of in-depth interviews was conducted with 21 youth peer educators, who led the participatory action research (PAR) in UNICEF's
Caregivers' responses to an intervention to improve young child feeding behaviors in rural Bangladesh: A mixed method study of the facilitators and barriers to change
What Are We Assessing When We Measure Food Security? A Compendium and Review of Current Metrics
Water, sanitation, and hygiene (Wash), environmental enteropathy, nutrition, and early child development: Making the links
There is scarce research and programmatic evidence on the effect of poor water, sanitation, and hygiene (WASH) conditions of the physical environment on early child cognitive, sensorimotor, and socioemotional development. Furthermore, many common WASH interventions are not specifically designed to protect babies in the first 3 years of life, when gut health and linear growth are established. We review evidence linking WASH, anemia, and child grow…
Constraints and opportunities for implementing nutrition‐specific, agricultural and market‐based approaches to improve nutrient intake adequacy among infants and young children in two regions of rural…
Several types of interventions can be used to improve nutrient intake adequacy in infant and young child (IYC) diets, including fortified foods, home fortification, nutrition education and behaviour change communication (BCC) in addition to agricultural and market-based strategies. However, the appropriate selection of interventions depends on the social, cultural, physical and economic context of the population. Derived from two rural Kenyan pop…
Patterns of cultural consensus and intracultural diversity in Ghanaian complementary feeding practices
Designing effective interventions to improve infant and young child (IYC) feeding requires knowledge about determinants of current practices, including cultural factors. Current approaches to obtaining and using research on culture tend to assume cultural homogeneity within a population. The purpose of this study was to examine the extent of cultural consensus (homogeneity) in communities where interventions to improve IYC feeding practices are n…
Using cognitive mapping to understand Senegalese infant and young child feeding decisions
Caregivers make decisions about how to feed their infants and young children based on complex interactions of knowledge, beliefs, and values, as well as assessments of situational determinants, including economic and social constraints and opportunities. Because of the relationship of these factors to the adoption of new feeding behaviours, the development of nutrition interventions for this age group must be grounded in knowledge about the targe…
Effect of childhood nutrition counselling on intelligence in adolescence: A 15-year follow-up of a cluster-randomised trial
Objective The present study aimed to assess the effects of an early childhood nutrition counselling intervention on intelligence (as measured by the intelligence quotient (IQ)) at age 15–16 years. Design A single-blind, cluster-randomised trial. Setting In 1998, in Southern Brazil, mothers of children aged 18 months or younger were enrolled in a nutrition counselling intervention ( n 424). Counselling included encouragement and promotion of exclu…
Using a cultural-ecological framework to explore dietary beliefs and practices during pregnancy and lactation among women in Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, India
This article explores maternal dietary beliefs and practices gathered through interviews with mothers of infants and young children in Adivasi communities in the Nilgiris Biosphere Reserve, India. Guided by focused ethnographic study methods, interviews were conducted with 33 key informants. We used a cultural-ecological framework to analyze and interpret the texts that were elicited from women about dietary beliefs and eating patterns during pre…
Medicine (14 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (10 works) · Environmental health (10 works) · Psychological intervention (8 works) · Psychology (8 works) · Nursing (7 works) · Anthropology (6 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (5 works) · Geography (5 works)