Jenny Rabinowich
Biographic Data
| ID | 229125 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jenny Rabinowich |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jenny |
| FAMILY NAME | Rabinowich |
| SIGNATURE | RABINOWICH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Emily E. White is with Last Mile Health, Boston, MA. Jordan Downey, Vidiya Sathananthan, Avi Kenny, Ami Waters, Jenny Rabinowich, Mallika Raghavan, Lorenzo Dorr, Amal Halder, and Joseph Nyumah are with Last Mile Health, Monrovia, Liberia. Zahir Kanjee is with the Division of Global Health Equity, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, and the Division of General Medicine and Primary Care, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston. Derry Duokie is with the Rivercess County Health... |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 6 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 6 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
A Community Health Worker Intervention to Increase Childhood Disease Treatment Coverage in Rural Liberia: A Controlled Before-and-After Evaluation
Objectives. To assess a community health worker (CHW) program’s impact on childhood illness treatment in rural Liberia. Methods. We deployed CHWs in half of Rivercess County in August 2015 with the other half constituting a comparison group until July 2016. All CHWs were provided cash incentives, supply chain support, and monthly clinical supervision. We conducted stratified cluster-sample population-based surveys at baseline (March–April 2015) a…
Witnesses to Hunger: Methods for Photovoice and Participatory Action Research in Public Health
Food insecurity is an under-recognized public health crisis in the United States affecting 19.5 percent of households with children and 35.4 percent of female-headed households with children. In 2013, approximately 15.8 million children (21.4%) lived in households that reported food insecurity, and 8.5 million children (23.7%) under age six lived in food insecure households. Lack of public attention and recent decisions by policymakers to cut nut…
Do You Wanna Breathe or Eat?”: Parent Perspectives on Child Health Consequences of Food Insecurity, Trade-Offs, and Toxic Stress
Parents in food insecure households recognize that trade-offs between food and other basic necessities are associated with their personal stress and poor mental health that, in turn, affects their children's health and development. Partnerships between healthcare providers, policymakers, and parents are essential to successfully address and prevent the poor child health outcomes of toxic stress associated with food insecurity and poverty
The relationship between childhood adversity and food insecurity: ‘It’s like a bird nesting in your head’
Objective Adverse childhood experiences, including abuse, neglect and household instability, affect lifelong health and economic potential. The present study investigates how adverse childhood experiences are associated with food insecurity by exploring caregivers’ perceptions of the impact of their childhood adversity on educational attainment, employment and mental health. Design Semi-structured audio-recorded in-person interviews that included…
Very low food security in the USA is linked with exposure to violence
Objective To investigate characteristics of exposure to violence in relation to food security status among female-headed households. Design Ongoing mixed-method participatory action study. Questions addressed food insecurity, public assistance, and maternal and child health. Grounded theory analysis of qualitative themes related to violence was performed. These themes were then categorized by food security status. Setting Homes of low-income fami…
Witnesses to Hunger: Participation through Photovoice to Ensure the Right to Food
Currently 30.2% of female-headed households with children in the United States experience food insecurity, defined as the lack of access to enough food for an active and healthy life. In 2007, approximately 12.4 million children were at risk for hunger. When female-headed households and households with children have the highest prevalence of food insecurity and hunger in the US, the participation of low-income mothers in the development and admin…
Witnesses to Hunger: Participation through Photovoice to Ensure the Right to Food
Currently 30.2% of female-headed households with children in the United States experience food insecurity, defined as the lack of access to enough food for an active and healthy life. In 2007, approximately 12.4 million children were at risk for hunger. When female-headed households and households with children have the highest prevalence of food insecurity and hunger in the US, the participation of low-income mothers in the development and admin…
Witnesses to Hunger: Participation through Photovoice to Ensure the Right to Food
Currently 30.2% of female-headed households with children in the United States experience food insecurity, defined as the lack of access to enough food for an active and healthy life. In 2007, approximately 12.4 million children were at risk for hunger. When female-headed households and households with children have the highest prevalence of food insecurity and hunger in the US, the participation of low-income mothers in the development and admin…
Very low food security in the USA is linked with exposure to violence
Objective To investigate characteristics of exposure to violence in relation to food security status among female-headed households. Design Ongoing mixed-method participatory action study. Questions addressed food insecurity, public assistance, and maternal and child health. Grounded theory analysis of qualitative themes related to violence was performed. These themes were then categorized by food security status. Setting Homes of low-income fami…
Witnesses to Hunger: Methods for Photovoice and Participatory Action Research in Public Health
Food insecurity is an under-recognized public health crisis in the United States affecting 19.5 percent of households with children and 35.4 percent of female-headed households with children. In 2013, approximately 15.8 million children (21.4%) lived in households that reported food insecurity, and 8.5 million children (23.7%) under age six lived in food insecure households. Lack of public attention and recent decisions by policymakers to cut nut…
Do You Wanna Breathe or Eat?”: Parent Perspectives on Child Health Consequences of Food Insecurity, Trade-Offs, and Toxic Stress
Parents in food insecure households recognize that trade-offs between food and other basic necessities are associated with their personal stress and poor mental health that, in turn, affects their children's health and development. Partnerships between healthcare providers, policymakers, and parents are essential to successfully address and prevent the poor child health outcomes of toxic stress associated with food insecurity and poverty
The relationship between childhood adversity and food insecurity: ‘It’s like a bird nesting in your head’
Objective Adverse childhood experiences, including abuse, neglect and household instability, affect lifelong health and economic potential. The present study investigates how adverse childhood experiences are associated with food insecurity by exploring caregivers’ perceptions of the impact of their childhood adversity on educational attainment, employment and mental health. Design Semi-structured audio-recorded in-person interviews that included…
A Community Health Worker Intervention to Increase Childhood Disease Treatment Coverage in Rural Liberia: A Controlled Before-and-After Evaluation
Objectives. To assess a community health worker (CHW) program’s impact on childhood illness treatment in rural Liberia. Methods. We deployed CHWs in half of Rivercess County in August 2015 with the other half constituting a comparison group until July 2016. All CHWs were provided cash incentives, supply chain support, and monthly clinical supervision. We conducted stratified cluster-sample population-based surveys at baseline (March–April 2015) a…
Agriculture (5 works) · Environmental health (5 works) · Food security (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Economic growth (4 works) · Food insecurity (4 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (4 works) · Geography (4 works) · Nursing (4 works) · Psychology (4 works)