Mary R Read-Wahidi

Biographic Data

ID3994751
NAMEMary R Read-Wahidi
GIVEN NAMESMary R
FAMILY NAMERead-Wahidi
SIGNATUREREAD-WAHIDI M R
AFFILIATIONSMississippi State University
VERIFIEDNo
TOTAL WORKS4
TOTAL CITATIONS17
WORKS AS AUTHOR4
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2017
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX2

  • Sensory panel results of a dried fish powder supplement among caregivers and young children in Zambia

    Open AccessKathryn Ragsdale, Mary R Read-Wahidi et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2024

    Objective: To evaluate the acceptability of traditional Zambian dishes fortified with Complementary Food for Africa+Dried Fish Powder (ComFA+Fish), a locally sourced protein/micronutrient blend designed to impact nutrient deficiencies among infants and young children (IYC) and improve pregnancy and birth outcomes among women of reproductive age (WRA). Design: During two sensory panels, caregivers evaluated: (1) the acceptability of four ComFA+Fis…

  • Adapting the Weai to explore gender equity among Fishers, Processors, and sellers at Zambia’s Lake Bangweulu

    Open AccessKathryn Ragsdale, Kathleen Ragsdale et al.ARTICLEWorld Development2022Cited by: 1References: 5

    We implemented the novel Women’s Empowerment in Fisheries Index (WEFI) (adapted from the Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index), among men and women fisheries value chain actors at Zambia’s Lake Bangweulu (N = 397). We found significant gender disparities favoring males across key indicators. Men were significantly more likely to report large decision-making input into fishing, processing, transporting, and selling fish, as well as sole owners…

  • Using the Weai+ to explore gender equity and agricultural empowerment

    Open AccessKathryn Ragsdale, Kathleen Ragsdale et al.ARTICLEJournal of Rural Studies2018Cited by: 8References: 10

  • Guadalupan Devotion as a Moderator of Psychosocial Stress among Mexican Immigrants in the Rural Southern United States

    Open AccessMary Rebecca Read‐wahidi, Mary R Read-Wahidi et al.ARTICLEMedical Anthropology Quarterly2017Cited by: 8References: 39

    This study considers how shared devotion to the Virgin of Guadalupe among Mexican immigrants in rural Mississippi buffers the effects of immigration stress. Rural destinations lacking social services can quickly compound the already stressful experience of immigration. Guadalupe devotion provides a way of coping with the daily life stressors of immigration. We test the hypothesis that high consonance in the cultural model of Guadalupan devotion w…