Rachel M Burke

Biographic Data

ID5498912
NAMERachel M Burke
GIVEN NAMESRachel M
FAMILY NAMEBurke
SIGNATUREBURKE R M
AFFILIATIONSEmory University
ORCID0000-0002-5678-5826
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS0
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2013
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2021
H-INDEX0

  • Covid-19 response by the Hopi Tribe

    Open AccessDuane Humeyestewa, Rachel M Burke et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2021

    The Hopi Tribe is a sovereign nation home to ~7500 Hopi persons living primarily in 12 remote villages. The Hopi Tribe, like many other American Indian nations, has been disproportionately affected by COVID-19. On 18 May 2020, a team from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) was deployed on the request of the tribe in response to increases in COVID-19 cases. Collaborating with Hopi Health Care Center (the reservation’s federall…

  • Using a monitoring and evaluation framework to improve study efficiency and quality during a prospective cohort study in infants receiving rotavirus vaccination in El Alto, Bolivia

    Open AccessAnna Aceituno, Anna M Aceituno et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2017

    Conducting human subjects research studies in low-resource settings often presents unique logistical difficulties, and collecting high-quality data is often a challenge. Investing in comprehensive M&E is important to improve participant recruitment, retention and safety, and sample and data quality. The M&E framework from this study can be applied to other longitudinal studies

  • Early deterioration of iron status among a cohort of Bolivian infants

    Open AccessRachel M Burke, Paulina A Rebolledo et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2016

    Iron deficiency (ID) and iron deficiency anemia (IDA) are major contributors to infant and maternal morbidity worldwide. There is limited longitudinal data on iron status in young infants and on methods to adjust iron biomarkers for inflammation. We aimed to quantify the prevalence of inflammation-adjusted ID, anemia, and IDA over the first year in a cohort of Bolivian infants and their mothers. Healthy mother-infant dyads were recruited from two…

  • The economic burden of pediatric gastroenteritis to Bolivian families

    Open AccessRachel M Burke, Emily R Smith et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2014

    Our analysis highlights the economic impact of pediatric diarrhea from the familial perspective and provides insight into potential areas of intervention to reduce associated economic burden

  • The burden of pediatric diarrhea

    Open AccessRachel M Burke, Paulina A Rebolledo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    This study demonstrated that indirect costs due to acute pediatric diarrhea were a large component of total incurred familial costs. Additionally, familial costs associated with a single diarrheal episode affected the actual and perceived financial situation of a large number of caregivers. These data serve as a baseline for societal diarrheal costs before and immediately following the implementation of the rotavirus vaccine and highlight the ser…