Taryn J Smith

Biographic Data

ID5494886
NAMETaryn J Smith
GIVEN NAMESTaryn J
FAMILY NAMESmith
SIGNATURESMITH T J
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Liverpool
ORCID0000-0001-9543-6461
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
AUTHOR COUNT5
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX0

  • Associations between maternal capabilities for care and nurturing care behaviours among mother-child dyads in Malawi and South Africa

    Open AccessTaryn J Smith, Emmie Mbale et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2025

    Adequate nurturing care behaviours, including feeding practices, health-seeking and psychosocial stimulation, are crucial for the optimal health, growth and development of young children. However, several factors, recognised as maternal ‘capabilities for care’, can influence a mother’s capability to provide adequate care, namely knowledge/beliefs, physical health and nutritional status, mental health, autonomy, reasonable workload/time availabili…

  • Thiamine Concentration in Human Milk Is Correlated With Maternal and Infant Thiamine Status

    Open AccessSonja Y Hess, Charles D Arnold et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2025

    The human milk content of some micronutrients including thiamine depends on maternal status, and if low, breastfed infants are at risk of deficiency. Thiamine deficiency remains an important cause of morbidity and mortality among infants in Asia. We aimed to explore correlations between maternal thiamine diphosphate (ThDP) or erythrocyte transketolase activation coefficient (ETKac) and human milk thiamine concentration (MTh) and between MTh and i…

  • Psychosocial Predictors of Infant and Young Child Feeding Practices Among Mother‐Child Dyads in Malawi and South Africa

    Open AccessTaryn J Smith, Chikondi Mchazime et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2025

    Maternal capacity to adhere to recommended infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices may be influenced by psychosocial factors. However, research examining associations between psychosocial factors and IYCF practices, and in particular complementary feeding indicators, is limited. As part of the Khula birth cohort study, we aimed to investigate associations between maternal depression, exposure to intimate partner violence (IPV), social sup…

  • Risk factors for anaemia among women and their young children hospitalised with suspected thiamine deficiency in northern Lao PDR

    Open AccessSonja Y Hess, Taryn J Smith et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2023

    Anaemia among women and young children remains a major public health concern. This secondary study describes the anaemia prevalence among young hospitalised children and their mothers in northern Lao People's Democratic Republic and explores possible nutritional causes and risk factors for anaemia. Hospitalised children (ages 21 days to <18 months) with clinical symptoms suggestive of thiamine deficiency disorders were eligible along with their m…

  • Traditional prenatal and postpartum food restrictions among women in northern Lao PDR

    Open AccessTaryn J Smith, Xiuping Tan et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Culturally determined food restrictions are common among pregnant and postpartum women in Asia. This study aimed to describe perinatal dietary restrictions, factors associated with food avoidances and attainment of minimum dietary diversity (MDD-W) among women in Lao PDR. Mother-child (aged 21 days to <18 months) dyads (n = 682) were enrolled into a cohort study in northern Lao PDR and interviewed at one time point postpartum. During pregnancy an…