Margaret Kersey
Biographic Data
| ID | 7554362 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Margaret Kersey |
| GIVEN NAMES | Margaret |
| FAMILY NAME | Kersey |
| SIGNATURE | KERSEY M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hennepin County Medical Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 5 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 5 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Anaemia, lead poisoning and vitamin D deficiency in low-income children
Objective Low-income children are routinely screened for anaemia and elevated blood lead levels (EBLL) but not for vitamin D deficiency. We sought to determine the relative prevalence of and the relationship among vitamin D deficiency, anaemia and EBLL among healthy low-income paediatric clinic patients. Design Retrospective chart review. Setting Paediatric outpatient clinic in an urban safety net hospital in a northern US state. Subjects Healthy…
Overweight in Latino Preschoolers
Latino parents of overweight children did not differ from parents of nonoverweight children with respect to their KAB about childhood obesity
Household food insecurity is a risk factor for iron-deficiency anaemia in a multi-ethnic, low-income sample of infants and toddlers
Objective The present study examines the relationships of household food security status with Fe deficiency (ID) and Fe-deficiency anaemia (IDA) among children less than 3 years of age, and associated factors that contribute to ID and IDA. Design Cross-sectional study and chart review. The US Food Security Survey Module was administered to adult caregivers as part of the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Project (C-SNAP). Haematological da…
Hunger in young children of Mexican immigrant families
Objective To measure rates of hunger and food insecurity among young US-born Latino children with Mexican immigrant parents (Latinos) compared with a non-immigrant non-Latino population (non-Latinos) in a low-income clinic population. Design, setting and subjects A repeated cross-sectional survey of 4278 caregivers of children n = 1805). Child hunger and household food insecurity were determined with the US Household Food Security Scale. Results …
Assuring the Health of Immigrants
Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced one of the largest waves of immigration in its history. Understanding the health status and needs of immigrants is important because of their growing numbers and their contribution to the health of the nation, but it is challenging because of gaps in national databases, the heterogeneity of immigrant populations, and uncertainty about how migration affects health. Healthy People 2010 outli…
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Assuring the Health of Immigrants
Over the past 20 years, the United States has experienced one of the largest waves of immigration in its history. Understanding the health status and needs of immigrants is important because of their growing numbers and their contribution to the health of the nation, but it is challenging because of gaps in national databases, the heterogeneity of immigrant populations, and uncertainty about how migration affects health. Healthy People 2010 outli…
Hunger in young children of Mexican immigrant families
Objective To measure rates of hunger and food insecurity among young US-born Latino children with Mexican immigrant parents (Latinos) compared with a non-immigrant non-Latino population (non-Latinos) in a low-income clinic population. Design, setting and subjects A repeated cross-sectional survey of 4278 caregivers of children n = 1805). Child hunger and household food insecurity were determined with the US Household Food Security Scale. Results …
Household food insecurity is a risk factor for iron-deficiency anaemia in a multi-ethnic, low-income sample of infants and toddlers
Objective The present study examines the relationships of household food security status with Fe deficiency (ID) and Fe-deficiency anaemia (IDA) among children less than 3 years of age, and associated factors that contribute to ID and IDA. Design Cross-sectional study and chart review. The US Food Security Survey Module was administered to adult caregivers as part of the Children’s Sentinel Nutrition Assessment Project (C-SNAP). Haematological da…
Overweight in Latino Preschoolers
Latino parents of overweight children did not differ from parents of nonoverweight children with respect to their KAB about childhood obesity
Anaemia, lead poisoning and vitamin D deficiency in low-income children
Objective Low-income children are routinely screened for anaemia and elevated blood lead levels (EBLL) but not for vitamin D deficiency. We sought to determine the relative prevalence of and the relationship among vitamin D deficiency, anaemia and EBLL among healthy low-income paediatric clinic patients. Design Retrospective chart review. Setting Paediatric outpatient clinic in an urban safety net hospital in a northern US state. Subjects Healthy…
Medicine (5 works) · Demography (3 works) · Demography (3 works) · Environmental health (3 works) · Food Security and Health in Diverse Populations (3 works) · Pediatrics (3 works) · Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues (2 works) · Food insecurity (2 works) · Food security (2 works) · Geography (2 works)