Peter Heywood
Biographic Data
| ID | 3989266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Heywood |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Heywood |
| SIGNATURE | HEYWOOD P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Papua New Guinea Institute of Medical Research |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8632-2884 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 18 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 10 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 18 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Gustav Fritsch's photographs of mid-nineteenth-century southern Africa
Ways of Seeing Nonhuman Animals: Some Likened Zebras to Horses, Others to Asses
When Europeans first encountered zebras in South Africa, they variously referred to them as horses, asses, or mules. This type of classification continued into the nineteenth century when mountain zebras were sometimes described as “asinine” and plains zebras as “equine.” Quaggas, a subspecies of the plains zebra with reduced striping and brown coloration that were occasionally used as draft animals, were considered by some observers to be the mo…
The Cochrane Collaboration: Institutional analysis of a knowledge commons
Cochrane is an international network that produces and updates new knowledge through systematic reviews for the health sector. Knowledge is a shared resource, and can be viewed as a commons. As Cochrane has been in existence for 25 years, we used Elinor Ostrom’s theory of the commons and Institutional Analysis and Development Framework to appraise the organisation. Our aim was to provide insight into one particular knowledge commons, and to refle…
Climate change negotiations—legally binding treaty or voluntary agreements: Lessons from international action on tuberculosis
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC negotiations in Durban and Doha agreed to develop a new Kyoto Protocol ( KP ) in which neither the form nor content of future agreements are set—they are to be determined over the 3 years remaining before the 2015 deadline. Alternate architectures proposed for an international agreement on climate change range from those that retain many of the top‐down, legally binding elements of …
The global context for public health nutrition taxation
Objective To assess critically the scope for public health nutrition taxation within the framework of the global tax reform agenda. Design Review of the tax policy literature for global policy priorities relevant to public health nutrition taxation; critical analysis of proposals for public health nutrition taxation judged against the global agenda for tax reform. Setting The global tax reform agenda shapes decisions of tax policy makers in all c…
Trade and the Nutrition Transition: Strengthening Policy for Health in the Pacific
This article describes pathways through which trade policy change in two Pacific Island countries has contributed to changes in the food supply, and thereby to the nutrition transition. The effect of various trade policies from 1960 to 2005 on trends in food imports and availability is described, and case studies are presented for four foods associated with the nutrition transition and chronic disease in the Pacific. Trade policies (including lib…
Health system performance at the district level in Indonesia after decentralization
BACKGROUND: Assessments over the last two decades have showed an overall low level of performance of the health system in Indonesia with wide variation between districts. The reasons advanced for these low levels of performance include the low level of public funding for health and the lack of discretion for health system managers at the district level. When, in 2001, Indonesia implemented a radical decentralization and significantly increased th…
Does rear seat belt use vary according to socioeconomic status: Table 1
olicy measures, including legislation, are one method of promoting health. Participation in many voluntary health promoting behaviours is strongly socioeconomically patterned, 1 and this may also apply to behaviours governed by legislation
Linear growth of children in Papua New Guinea in relation to dietary, environmental and genetic factors
Linear growth rates in rural Papua New Guinea vary widely by environmental zone. The 1982/83 National Nutrition Survey was a stratified cluster sample survey including questions on diet and anthropometry of children under five years of age. Regression analyses including 25,022 children from this survey show that variation in stature by altitude and precipitation level can largely be accounted for by differences in the fat and protein contents of …
Food consumption patterns and trace element intakes of children from the Wosera, Papua New Guinea
Two interactive‐24hr recalls were conducted on 27 (12M, 15F) school children aged 72–96 months and 40 (20M, 20F) school children aged 96–120 months from the Wosera, PNG. Representative local staple foods were collected and analyzed for calcium, trace elements, and phytate. The staples — sago, taro, sweet potato and bananas — were the major food sources of zinc (62%), copper (80%), and iron (48%), whereas green leaves were primary sources of calci…
Trying technology
Nutritional status of some Papua New Guinea highlanders as assessed by physical measurements and blood analysis
Nutritional assessment (measurements of height, body weight, skinfold thickness, blood pressure and blood analysis) was performed on 740 residents over 5 years of age in a mountainous village in Papua New Guinea. The subjects live on sweet potato as their staple food and have little salt in their diet. In spite of their low protein intake, they did not suffer from malnutrition. Their total serum protein was high, but the serum albumin level was l…
The Family Rice Bowl: Food and the Domestic Economy in China. Elisabeth Croll Food Supply in China and the Nutritional Status of Children. Elisabeth Croll
Blood pressure in Papua New Guinea: A survey of two highland villages in the Asaro Valley
The results of a population survey of blood pressure in the adult residents of two highland villages in the Asaro Valley, Papua New Guinea are reported. The survey was conducted in 1983 as part of a wider epidemiological investigation of non-communicable disease in Papua New Guinea. Response to the survey was 95%, and 308 subjects were examined. Population estimates of both systolic and diastolic blood pressures were low and there was a virtual a…
Cultural aspects of early childhood growth and nutrition among the Amele of lowland Papua new guinea
Childhood malnutrition in Papua New Guinea has often been attributed to inadequate practices. Combining the methods of ethnography and nutrition, this study assesses the impact of beliefs and practices concerning breast feeding and supplementation on infant and toddler growth among the Amele of lowland Madang Province. Results indicate a clear role for notions about lactation and the proper timing of appropriate foods in growth retardation of you…
Seasonality, subsistence agriculture and nutrition in a lowlands community of Papua New Guinea
In many lowland areas of Papua New Guinea, rainfall and subsistence agriculture show marked seasonal patterns. As part of an intensive study of the relationship between subsistence agriculture and nutrition in one lowlands community where there is a high rate of child malnutrition, an attempt was made to determine whether the seasonality of the agricultural system is an important influence upon nutritional status. Between October, 1980, and Septe…
Twenty‐five years of dietary change in Simbu province, Papua New Guinea
This study was carried out to assess the changes in food and nutrient intake which had taken place over a 25‐year period in which there had been rapid economic change from a solely subsistence economy to one in which there is now substantial cash income. The results indicate that protein intake has increased in all age groups and that energy intake has increased in younger age groups but not in adults. The contribution of the traditional staple, …
Growth and nutrition in Papua New Guinea
Growth and nutrition in Papua New Guinea
Does rear seat belt use vary according to socioeconomic status: Table 1
olicy measures, including legislation, are one method of promoting health. Participation in many voluntary health promoting behaviours is strongly socioeconomically patterned, 1 and this may also apply to behaviours governed by legislation
Trying technology
Blood pressure in Papua New Guinea: A survey of two highland villages in the Asaro Valley
The results of a population survey of blood pressure in the adult residents of two highland villages in the Asaro Valley, Papua New Guinea are reported. The survey was conducted in 1983 as part of a wider epidemiological investigation of non-communicable disease in Papua New Guinea. Response to the survey was 95%, and 308 subjects were examined. Population estimates of both systolic and diastolic blood pressures were low and there was a virtual a…
Seasonality, subsistence agriculture and nutrition in a lowlands community of Papua New Guinea
In many lowland areas of Papua New Guinea, rainfall and subsistence agriculture show marked seasonal patterns. As part of an intensive study of the relationship between subsistence agriculture and nutrition in one lowlands community where there is a high rate of child malnutrition, an attempt was made to determine whether the seasonality of the agricultural system is an important influence upon nutritional status. Between October, 1980, and Septe…
Twenty‐five years of dietary change in Simbu province, Papua New Guinea
This study was carried out to assess the changes in food and nutrient intake which had taken place over a 25‐year period in which there had been rapid economic change from a solely subsistence economy to one in which there is now substantial cash income. The results indicate that protein intake has increased in all age groups and that energy intake has increased in younger age groups but not in adults. The contribution of the traditional staple, …
Growth and nutrition in Papua New Guinea
Cultural aspects of early childhood growth and nutrition among the Amele of lowland Papua new guinea
Childhood malnutrition in Papua New Guinea has often been attributed to inadequate practices. Combining the methods of ethnography and nutrition, this study assesses the impact of beliefs and practices concerning breast feeding and supplementation on infant and toddler growth among the Amele of lowland Madang Province. Results indicate a clear role for notions about lactation and the proper timing of appropriate foods in growth retardation of you…
Blood pressure in Papua New Guinea: A survey of two highland villages in the Asaro Valley
The results of a population survey of blood pressure in the adult residents of two highland villages in the Asaro Valley, Papua New Guinea are reported. The survey was conducted in 1983 as part of a wider epidemiological investigation of non-communicable disease in Papua New Guinea. Response to the survey was 95%, and 308 subjects were examined. Population estimates of both systolic and diastolic blood pressures were low and there was a virtual a…
The Family Rice Bowl: Food and the Domestic Economy in China. Elisabeth Croll Food Supply in China and the Nutritional Status of Children. Elisabeth Croll
Nutritional status of some Papua New Guinea highlanders as assessed by physical measurements and blood analysis
Nutritional assessment (measurements of height, body weight, skinfold thickness, blood pressure and blood analysis) was performed on 740 residents over 5 years of age in a mountainous village in Papua New Guinea. The subjects live on sweet potato as their staple food and have little salt in their diet. In spite of their low protein intake, they did not suffer from malnutrition. Their total serum protein was high, but the serum albumin level was l…
Trying technology
Food consumption patterns and trace element intakes of children from the Wosera, Papua New Guinea
Two interactive‐24hr recalls were conducted on 27 (12M, 15F) school children aged 72–96 months and 40 (20M, 20F) school children aged 96–120 months from the Wosera, PNG. Representative local staple foods were collected and analyzed for calcium, trace elements, and phytate. The staples — sago, taro, sweet potato and bananas — were the major food sources of zinc (62%), copper (80%), and iron (48%), whereas green leaves were primary sources of calci…
Linear growth of children in Papua New Guinea in relation to dietary, environmental and genetic factors
Linear growth rates in rural Papua New Guinea vary widely by environmental zone. The 1982/83 National Nutrition Survey was a stratified cluster sample survey including questions on diet and anthropometry of children under five years of age. Regression analyses including 25,022 children from this survey show that variation in stature by altitude and precipitation level can largely be accounted for by differences in the fat and protein contents of …
Does rear seat belt use vary according to socioeconomic status: Table 1
olicy measures, including legislation, are one method of promoting health. Participation in many voluntary health promoting behaviours is strongly socioeconomically patterned, 1 and this may also apply to behaviours governed by legislation
Health system performance at the district level in Indonesia after decentralization
BACKGROUND: Assessments over the last two decades have showed an overall low level of performance of the health system in Indonesia with wide variation between districts. The reasons advanced for these low levels of performance include the low level of public funding for health and the lack of discretion for health system managers at the district level. When, in 2001, Indonesia implemented a radical decentralization and significantly increased th…
The global context for public health nutrition taxation
Objective To assess critically the scope for public health nutrition taxation within the framework of the global tax reform agenda. Design Review of the tax policy literature for global policy priorities relevant to public health nutrition taxation; critical analysis of proposals for public health nutrition taxation judged against the global agenda for tax reform. Setting The global tax reform agenda shapes decisions of tax policy makers in all c…
Trade and the Nutrition Transition: Strengthening Policy for Health in the Pacific
This article describes pathways through which trade policy change in two Pacific Island countries has contributed to changes in the food supply, and thereby to the nutrition transition. The effect of various trade policies from 1960 to 2005 on trends in food imports and availability is described, and case studies are presented for four foods associated with the nutrition transition and chronic disease in the Pacific. Trade policies (including lib…
Climate change negotiations—legally binding treaty or voluntary agreements: Lessons from international action on tuberculosis
The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change UNFCCC negotiations in Durban and Doha agreed to develop a new Kyoto Protocol ( KP ) in which neither the form nor content of future agreements are set—they are to be determined over the 3 years remaining before the 2015 deadline. Alternate architectures proposed for an international agreement on climate change range from those that retain many of the top‐down, legally binding elements of …
The Cochrane Collaboration: Institutional analysis of a knowledge commons
Cochrane is an international network that produces and updates new knowledge through systematic reviews for the health sector. Knowledge is a shared resource, and can be viewed as a commons. As Cochrane has been in existence for 25 years, we used Elinor Ostrom’s theory of the commons and Institutional Analysis and Development Framework to appraise the organisation. Our aim was to provide insight into one particular knowledge commons, and to refle…
Ways of Seeing Nonhuman Animals: Some Likened Zebras to Horses, Others to Asses
When Europeans first encountered zebras in South Africa, they variously referred to them as horses, asses, or mules. This type of classification continued into the nineteenth century when mountain zebras were sometimes described as “asinine” and plains zebras as “equine.” Quaggas, a subspecies of the plains zebra with reduced striping and brown coloration that were occasionally used as draft animals, were considered by some observers to be the mo…
Gustav Fritsch's photographs of mid-nineteenth-century southern Africa
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