Killian Mlalama

Biographic Data

ID6460526
NAMEKillian Mlalama
GIVEN NAMESKillian
FAMILY NAMEMlalama
SIGNATUREMLALAMA K
AFFILIATIONSIfakara Health Institute
ORCID0000-0001-7701-1830
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS5
TOTAL CITATIONS3
WORKS AS AUTHOR5
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2019
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2024
H-INDEX1

  • Optimizing delivery strategies for 3HP TB preventive treatment in Tanzania

    Open AccessDoreen Pamba, Erica Sanga et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Tanzania rolled-out a 12-dose, weekly regimen of isoniazid plus rifapentine (3HP) TB preventive treatment in January 2024. The 3HP completion rate is generally ≥80%, varying by delivery strategy and programmatic setting. Before the roll-out, a mixed methods study was conducted to assess whether a family approach involving family member support, SMS reminders, and three health education sessions was acceptable and optimized 3HP uptake and completi…

  • Factors influencing the sustainability of homestead vegetable production intervention in Rufiji, Tanzania

    Open AccessKillian Mlalama, Athanasia Matemu et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    There is growing evidence that home vegetable gardening interventions improve food security and nutrition outcomes at the family level. Sustainability of many of these community interventions remain a challenge. This study assessed factors influencing the sustainability of homestead vegetable production intervention in Rufiji district, Tanzania, one year after the cessation of external support. This was a community based cross-sectional study usi…

  • Are home gardening programs a sustainable way to improve nutrition? Lessons from a cluster-randomized controlled trial in Rufiji, Tanzania

    Open AccessMia M Blakstad, Dominic Mosha et al.ARTICLEFood Policy2022Cited by: 3References: 1

  • Home gardening improves dietary diversity, a cluster‐randomized controlled trial among Tanzanian women

    Open AccessMia M Blakstad, Dominic Mosha et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2020

    Homestead food production (HFP) programmes improve the availability of vegetables by providing training in growing nutrient-dense crops. In rural Tanzania, most foods consumed are carbohydrate-rich staples with low micronutrient concentrations. This cluster-randomized controlled trial investigated whether women growing home gardens have higher dietary diversity, household food security or probability of consuming nutrient-rich food groups than wo…

  • Neighbour home gardening predicts dietary diversity among rural Tanzanian women

    Open AccessMia M Blakstad, Alexandra L Bellows et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2019

    Objective The present study’s aim was to assess the impact of a nutrition-sensitive intervention on dietary diversity and home gardening among non-participants residing within intervention communities. Design The study was a cross-sectional risk factor analysis using linear and logistic multivariate models. Setting In Tanzania, women and children often consume monotonous diets of poor nutritional value primarily because of physical or financial i…