Kelly M Houck
Biographic Data
| ID | 4287266 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kelly M Houck |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kelly M |
| FAMILY NAME | Houck |
| SIGNATURE | HOUCK K M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0996-5442 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 5 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Drinking water improvements and rates of urinary and gastrointestinal infections in Galápagos, Ecuador
OBJECTIVES: The Galápagos provides an important setting to investigate the health impacts of a new drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) in a limited resource environment. We examine how household perceptions and practices affect the relationship between water quality and infections before and after DWTP. METHODS: Ethnographic data and self-reported infections were collected from 121 mothers and 168 children ages 2 to 10 from Isla San Cristóbal. …
Pathways linking caesarean delivery to early health in a dual burden context
OBJECTIVES: Global increases in caesarean deliveries are exposing more infants to perinatal environments that are evolutionarily novel and potentially increasing their risks for inflammatory conditions. Yet, the pathways linking caesareans to later health outcomes are not well understood, particularly in dual burden contexts. We test two of the hypothesized pathways, altered immune function and gut microbiota, which may link delivery mode to late…
Pathogenic and obesogenic factors associated with inflammation in Chinese children, adolescents and adults
OBJECTIVES: Influenced by pathogen exposure and obesity, inflammation provides a critical biological pathway linking changing environments to the development of cardiometabolic disease. This study tests the relative contribution of obesogenic and pathogenic factors to moderate and acute CRP elevations in Chinese children, adolescents and adults. METHODS: Data come from 8795 participants in the China Health and Nutrition Study. Age-stratified mult…
Multilevel examination of the association of urbanization with inflammation in Chinese adults
The effects of market integration on childhood growth and nutritional status
OBJECTIVES: Market integration is an important source of cultural change exposing indigenous populations to epidemiologic and nutrition transitions. As children and adolescents are biologically sensitive to the health effects of market integration, we examine community variation of anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and growth among a cross-cultural sample of Kichwa, Shuar, Huaorani, and Cofán indigenous groups in the northern Ecuado…
The effects of market integration on childhood growth and nutritional status
OBJECTIVES: Market integration is an important source of cultural change exposing indigenous populations to epidemiologic and nutrition transitions. As children and adolescents are biologically sensitive to the health effects of market integration, we examine community variation of anthropometric indicators of nutritional status and growth among a cross-cultural sample of Kichwa, Shuar, Huaorani, and Cofán indigenous groups in the northern Ecuado…
Pathogenic and obesogenic factors associated with inflammation in Chinese children, adolescents and adults
OBJECTIVES: Influenced by pathogen exposure and obesity, inflammation provides a critical biological pathway linking changing environments to the development of cardiometabolic disease. This study tests the relative contribution of obesogenic and pathogenic factors to moderate and acute CRP elevations in Chinese children, adolescents and adults. METHODS: Data come from 8795 participants in the China Health and Nutrition Study. Age-stratified mult…
Multilevel examination of the association of urbanization with inflammation in Chinese adults
Pathways linking caesarean delivery to early health in a dual burden context
OBJECTIVES: Global increases in caesarean deliveries are exposing more infants to perinatal environments that are evolutionarily novel and potentially increasing their risks for inflammatory conditions. Yet, the pathways linking caesareans to later health outcomes are not well understood, particularly in dual burden contexts. We test two of the hypothesized pathways, altered immune function and gut microbiota, which may link delivery mode to late…
Drinking water improvements and rates of urinary and gastrointestinal infections in Galápagos, Ecuador
OBJECTIVES: The Galápagos provides an important setting to investigate the health impacts of a new drinking water treatment plant (DWTP) in a limited resource environment. We examine how household perceptions and practices affect the relationship between water quality and infections before and after DWTP. METHODS: Ethnographic data and self-reported infections were collected from 121 mothers and 168 children ages 2 to 10 from Isla San Cristóbal. …
Medicine (5 works) · Biology (4 works) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (3 works) · Ecology (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Adipokines, Inflammation, and Metabolic Diseases (2 works) · Anthropometry (2 works) · Demography (2 works) · Geography (2 works) · Gerontology (2 works)