Amber Hromi‐Fiedler

Biographic Data

ID7742715
NAMEAmber Hromi‐Fiedler
GIVEN NAMESAmber
FAMILY NAMEHromi‐Fiedler
SIGNATUREFIEDLER A H
AFFILIATIONSYale University
ORCID0000-0003-4603-2836
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS18
TOTAL CITATIONS4
WORKS AS AUTHOR18
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2006
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Support or Interference

    Open AccessGeorgiana Esteves, Adam Sandow et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2025

    Breastfeeding (BF) is a crucial step in the path to improving a child's health. Exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) is recognized as the best practice to improve a child's physical growth and cognitive development in the first months of life. The World Health Organization (WHO) recommends EBF for 6 months. Family support is an important element to help mothers' adhere to breastfeeding recommendations in Ghana. This study aimed to: (a) understand, at th…

  • Content Analysis of Austrian Print and Online Newspaper Coverage of Breastfeeding Over Two Decades

    Open AccessBirgit Zuckerhut, Brigitte Naderer et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2025

    In the first 6 months, breastfeeding is the optimal nutrition for newborns, but the breastfeeding prevalence in Austria is still below the official WHO Guidelines (64% breastfeeding and 1.9% exclusive breastfeeding after 6 months). Exclusive breastfeeding rates in the first 6 months are low in the European Region but higher globally at 48%. Breastfeeding behaviour and the decision to breastfeed can be influenced by many factors, such as social no…

  • Clients’ experiences and satisfaction with produce prescription programs in California

    Open AccessE C Rhodes, Rafael Pérez-Escamilla et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background Produce prescription programs have strong potential to improve food security, fruit and vegetable consumption, and health across the life course. Understanding clients’ experiences and satisfaction with produce prescription programs is critical for evaluating the person-centeredness and quality of these programs. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe client experiences and satisfaction with produce prescription programs, wi…

  • Risk factors for household food insecurity in the Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network cohort study

    Open AccessJ L Martinez-Brockman, Amber Hromi-Fiedler et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2023

    Background: Globally, 1.3 billion people were considered food insecure as of 2022. In the Caribbean region, the prevalence of moderate or severe food insecurity was 71.3% as of 2020, the highest of all subregions in Latin America. Experienced based measurement scales, like the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale, are efficient measurement tools of food insecurity used globally. The Eastern Caribbean Health Outcomes Research Network (…

  • Consensus-building during the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) initiative in Samoa

    Open AccessKatherine Daiy, Kendall Arslanian et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2023

    The Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) initiative provides countries with an evidence-based toolbox to improve the national breastfeeding environment by assessing and developing a plan to effectively scale up well-coordinated national policies and programs. BBF is carried out by a multi-institutional, intersectoral committee of experts, convening across five committee meetings designed to produce policy recommendations that can be implemented …

  • A self‐applied valid scale for rapid tracking of household food insecurity among pregnant women in Sri Lanka

    Open AccessThilini Chanchala Agampodi, Amber Hromi‐Fiedler et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2021

    Rapid household food insecurity (HFI) tracking has been identified as a priority in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic and its aftermath. We report the validation of the Latin American and Caribbean Food Security Scale (Escala Latinoamericana y Caribena de Seguridad Alimentaria [ELCSA]) among pregnant women in Sri Lanka. The eight-item adult version of the ELCSA was translated from English to Sinhala and Tamil. Cognitive testing (on 10 pregnant…

  • Content analysis of media coverage of breastfeeding in Mexico

    Open AccessIsabel Ferré‐Eguiluz, Gabriela Buccini et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    Media can be a powerful communication tool to promote breastfeeding programs, influence mother's breastfeeding behaviour, and generate support among stakeholders for breastfeeding. Yet, there is little information on how media coverage influences a country's breastfeeding enabling environment. This study addressed this gap by conducting a retrospective content analysis of documents published between January 1, 2017 and January 1, 2018 to analyse …

  • Factors influencing the implementation of the Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly initiative in Ghana

    Open AccessGrace Carroll, A Tetteh et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) is an initiative designed to help countries assess their readiness to scale-up breastfeeding programs and develop key recommendations to strengthen their breastfeeding environment. In 2016, Ghana was one of two countries to first pilot BBF. In applying BBF, a committee of 15 Ghanaian nutrition, health, and breastfeeding experts implemented the BBF toolbox over 8 months. Following implementation, semistructure…

  • How does “Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly” work? A Programme Impact Pathways Analysis

    Open AccessGabriela Buccini, Kassandra L Harding et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) is an initiative designed to track country readiness and progress to effectively scale up breastfeeding programmes. BBF includes a policy toolbox that has three components: the BBF Index (BBFI), case studies, and a five-meeting process. Mapping pathways of how BBF was implemented and utilized enables contextually grounded interpretation of its impact on breastfeeding outcomes. We conducted a programme impact …

  • Development and pretesting of “Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly”

    Open AccessAmber Hromi‐Fiedler, Gabriela Buccini et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    Scaling up breastfeeding programmes has not been highly prioritized despite overwhelming evidence that breastfeeding benefits the health of mothers and children. Lack of evidence-based tools for scaling up may deter countries from prioritizing breastfeeding. To fill this gap, Becoming Breastfeeding Friendly (BBF) was developed to guide countries in effectively scaling up programmes to protect, promote, and support breastfeeding. BBF includes an e…

  • Length of time in Ghana is associated with the likelihood of exclusive breastfeeding among Liberian refugees living in Buduburam

    Open AccessMeley Woldeghebriel, Amber Hromi‐Fiedler et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2016

    While literature describing immigrant's breastfeeding practices exists, especially among those living within developed countries, there is a significant gap in knowledge on how the host culture may influence the EBF behaviors of refugees, especially those living in protracted situations within sub-Saharan Africa. A cross-sectional study was conducted in the Buduburam Refugee Settlement in Ghana from July-August 2008 to explore the association bet…

  • Dietary patterns in Liberian refugees in Buduburam, Ghana

    Open AccessWilhelmenia L Ross, Daniel Gallego‐Perez et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2016

    Previous research suggests that acculturation (i.e., exposure and assimilation to local culture) is associated with changes in dietary patterns among immigrants. This study investigates this association in a refugee population using time in refugee settlement as a proxy for acculturation. A cross-sectional survey was conducted among a systematic sample to (a) identify dietary patterns in Liberian refugees and Ghanaians living in or near a refugee…

  • Acculturation and Diabetes Risk in the Mexican American Mano a Mano Cohort

    Chelsea Anderson, Hua Zhao et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2016Cited by: 4References: 10

    Objectives. To investigate the association between acculturation and diabetes risk in the Mexican American Mano a Mano (hand to hand) Cohort. Methods. We recruited 15 975 men and women in the Houston, Texas, area from 2001 to 2014. We used language use, birth country, and duration of US residence (among Mexico-born) to assess acculturation. Participants self-reported a physician’s diagnosis of diabetes during annual follow-up over an average of 5…

  • Persistent household food insecurity, HIV, and maternal stress in Peri-Urban Ghana

    Open AccessJ Garcia, Amber Hromi-Fiedler et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2013

    In agreement with syndemic theory there is a powerful synergism between maternal HIV diagnosis and household food insecurity on maternal stress. Comprehensive multi-dimensional intervention studies are needed to better understand how to reduce stress among HIV-positive women living in persistently food insecure households and how to reduce the likelihood of food insecurity in HIV-affected households in Sub-Saharan Africa

  • Nutrient and food intakes differ among Latina subgroups during pregnancy

    Open AccessAmber Hromi-Fiedler, Amber Hromi‐Fiedler et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2012

    Objective To document nutrient and food group serving intakes from food sources among Latina subgroups living in the same geographical area. Design A cross-sectional study. Nutrient and food group serving intakes were assessed by means of a 24 h recall administered immediately after a prenatal survey. Setting Hartford, CT, USA. Subjects A total of 233 low-income pregnant Latinas. For analyses, Latinas were classified into two groups on the basis …

  • Household food insecurity is associated with depressive symptoms among low-income pregnant Latinas

    Open AccessAmber Hromi-Fiedler, Amber Hromi‐Fiedler et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2010

    Latinas experience high rates of poverty, household food insecurity and prenatal depression. To date, only one USA study has examined the relationship between household food insecurity and prenatal depression, yet it focused primarily on non-Latina white and non-Latina black populations. Therefore, this study examined the independent association of household food insecurity with depressive symptoms among low-income pregnant Latinas. This cross-se…

  • Egg Contribution Towards the Diet of Pregnant Latinas

    Angela Bermudez-Millan, Angela Bermúdez‐millán et al.ARTICLEEcology of Food and Nutrition2009

    Proper nutrition during gestation is important to prevent adverse pregnancy outcomes. Eggs contain many important nutrients necessary for fetal development and human survival. Three focus groups were conducted with Latina women living in Connecticut to identify cultural beliefs toward egg consumption during pregnancy, traditional egg dishes, and methods of preparation. A cross-sectional study was then carried out with a sample of predominately Pu…

  • Unintended pregnancies are associated with less likelihood of prolonged breast-feeding

    Open AccessAmber J Hromi-Fiedler, Amber Hromi‐Fiedler et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2006

    Prospective studies are needed to further understand if and how pregnancy intentions influence breast-feeding outcomes in different settings