Fasil Tessema
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 150236 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Fasil Tessema |
| PRENOMES | Fasil |
| SOBRENOME | Tessema |
| ASSINATURA | TESSEMA F |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Jimma University |
| VERIFICADO | Não |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 17 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 107 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 17 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2022 |
| ÍNDICE H | 6 |
Context Matters for Food Security
Anthropologists have long emphasized the social significance of foods and the contexts in which they are consumed. Expanding on this idea, we define the context of consumption as the non-eating behaviors that surround eating, such as the manner of food preparation, food sharing, and dietary patterns. In this study, we used cultural consensus analysis to assess whether there exist consistently shared, normative ideas about preferable context of fo…
Unpacking the "black box" of global food insecurity and mental health
Do People Agree on What Foods are Prestigious? Evidence of a Single, Shared Cultural Model of Food in Urban Ethiopia and Rural Brazil
To what extent do people agree on the meaning of foods, and does this vary by socioeconomic status, demographics, or household type? Addressing this question is critical for testing hypotheses about the relationship between food insecurity, food meaning, and mental well-being because it speaks directly to the social implications of food behaviors. In this study, we test for a shared cultural model of food meaning in two diverse settings: urban Et…
Injury-related gaining momentum as external causes of deaths in Ethiopian health and demographic surveillance sites
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, though all kinds of mortality due to external causes are an important component of overall mortality often not counted or documented on an individual basis. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of mortality from external causes using verbal autopsy (VA) method at the Ethiopian HDSS Network sites. METHODS: All deaths at Ethiopian HDSS sites were routinely registered and followed up with VA intervie…
Chewing over the Future
Household food insecurity and caregiver distress
OBJECTIVES: There is considerable interest in the link between household food insecurity and child wellbeing, and the extent to which caregiver wellbeing mediates the relationship between food insecurity and child wellbeing. The aim of this was to assess these relationships among a rural population in Ethiopia. METHODS: We used existing survey data from a maximum of 1,006 children under 5 years of age with matched data on household-level data on …
Food insecurity, childhood illness and maternal emotional distress in Ethiopia
Objective The relationship between food insecurity, maternal emotional distress and childhood morbidity in resource-poor settings is not well clarified. The present study aimed to assess independent associations between household food insecurity and childhood morbidity and potential modifications by maternal emotional distress. Design A cross-sectional survey. A food security scale was used to assess household food insecurity; maternal reports we…
Predictors of adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV positive adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The prevalence of self reported dose adherence over the past 7 days was higher. Non-adherence was observed among respondent who were not provided with sufficient information about IPT. The health care providers need to strengthen their educational and counseling efforts to convince the patient before putting them on IPT. To enhance adherence, health education efforts should focus on the importance of IPT, the details of the regimen and adverse ef…
The shape of things to come? household dependency ratio and adolescent nutritional status in rural and urban Ethiopia
Several related demographic trends are occurring in developing countries: youth comprise a large portion of populations, fertility rates are declining, and urban dwellers are increasing. As fertility rates decline and populations age, the decline in the ratio of young dependents to working age adults is expected to free up household resources, which can be invested in human capital, including youth nutritional wellbeing. We test this hypothesis i…
Household capacities, vulnerabilities and food insecurity
Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia
We found that FI was associated with symptoms of neurologic disorder. Given the cross-sectional nature of our study, the directionality of these associations is unclear. Future research should assess causal mechanisms relating FI to neurologic symptoms in sub-Saharan Africa
Women's preferences for obstetric care in rural Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Delivery attended by skilled professionals is essential to reducing maternal mortality. Although the facility delivery rate in Ethiopia's rural areas is extremely low, little is known about which health system characteristics most influence women's preferences for delivery services. In this study, women's preferences for attributes of health facilities for delivery in rural Ethiopia were investigated. METHODS: A population-based discr…
Nonmarital Sex and Condom Knowledge among Ethiopian Young People
The accurate assessment of risky sexual behaviors and barriers to condom use is essential to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. This study tests a new nonverbal response‐card method for obtaining more accurate responses to sensitive questions in the context of face‐to‐face interviewer‐administered questionnaires in a survey of 1,269 Ethiopian young people aged 13–24. Comparisons of responses between a control group that provided verbal responses and …
The Forgotten Population? Youth, Food Insecurity, and Rising Prices
The global food crisis has led to increased interest in food insecurity and its causes and consequences. Much of the focus however has been on mothers and young children, with little attention paid to the possible impacts on the large population of youth in developing countries. The objectives of this paper are to (1) draw attention to the food insecurity experience of a forgotten population, youth; (2) test whether the prevalence of food insecur…
Parental symptoms of common mental disorders and children's social, motor, and language development in sub-Saharan Africa
Child development in this setting is strongly associated with child age and maternal depression. If these findings are replicated elsewhere, they may suggest that interventions aimed at improving maternal depression may have an important role to play in efforts to improve child development and to mitigate the intergenerational transmission of poor health in sub-Saharan Africa
Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa
OBJECTIVES: Common mental disorders are a major contributor to the burden of disease in developing countries. An assessment was carried out of whether food insecurity and exposure to stressful life events, two common features of life in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are associated with symptoms of mental disorders among adults. METHODS: The Gilgel Gibe Growth and Development Study (GGGDS) is an ongoing cohort study in rural Ethiopia. Participants of …
Gender bias in the food insecurity experience of Ethiopian adolescents
Gender bias in the food insecurity experience of Ethiopian adolescents
Household capacities, vulnerabilities and food insecurity
Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa
OBJECTIVES: Common mental disorders are a major contributor to the burden of disease in developing countries. An assessment was carried out of whether food insecurity and exposure to stressful life events, two common features of life in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are associated with symptoms of mental disorders among adults. METHODS: The Gilgel Gibe Growth and Development Study (GGGDS) is an ongoing cohort study in rural Ethiopia. Participants of …
The Forgotten Population? Youth, Food Insecurity, and Rising Prices
The global food crisis has led to increased interest in food insecurity and its causes and consequences. Much of the focus however has been on mothers and young children, with little attention paid to the possible impacts on the large population of youth in developing countries. The objectives of this paper are to (1) draw attention to the food insecurity experience of a forgotten population, youth; (2) test whether the prevalence of food insecur…
The shape of things to come? household dependency ratio and adolescent nutritional status in rural and urban Ethiopia
Several related demographic trends are occurring in developing countries: youth comprise a large portion of populations, fertility rates are declining, and urban dwellers are increasing. As fertility rates decline and populations age, the decline in the ratio of young dependents to working age adults is expected to free up household resources, which can be invested in human capital, including youth nutritional wellbeing. We test this hypothesis i…
Unpacking the "black box" of global food insecurity and mental health
Women's preferences for obstetric care in rural Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Delivery attended by skilled professionals is essential to reducing maternal mortality. Although the facility delivery rate in Ethiopia's rural areas is extremely low, little is known about which health system characteristics most influence women's preferences for delivery services. In this study, women's preferences for attributes of health facilities for delivery in rural Ethiopia were investigated. METHODS: A population-based discr…
Nonmarital Sex and Condom Knowledge among Ethiopian Young People
The accurate assessment of risky sexual behaviors and barriers to condom use is essential to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. This study tests a new nonverbal response‐card method for obtaining more accurate responses to sensitive questions in the context of face‐to‐face interviewer‐administered questionnaires in a survey of 1,269 Ethiopian young people aged 13–24. Comparisons of responses between a control group that provided verbal responses and …
Parental symptoms of common mental disorders and children's social, motor, and language development in sub-Saharan Africa
Child development in this setting is strongly associated with child age and maternal depression. If these findings are replicated elsewhere, they may suggest that interventions aimed at improving maternal depression may have an important role to play in efforts to improve child development and to mitigate the intergenerational transmission of poor health in sub-Saharan Africa
Food insecurity, stressful life events and symptoms of anxiety and depression in east Africa
OBJECTIVES: Common mental disorders are a major contributor to the burden of disease in developing countries. An assessment was carried out of whether food insecurity and exposure to stressful life events, two common features of life in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), are associated with symptoms of mental disorders among adults. METHODS: The Gilgel Gibe Growth and Development Study (GGGDS) is an ongoing cohort study in rural Ethiopia. Participants of …
Gender bias in the food insecurity experience of Ethiopian adolescents
The Forgotten Population? Youth, Food Insecurity, and Rising Prices
The global food crisis has led to increased interest in food insecurity and its causes and consequences. Much of the focus however has been on mothers and young children, with little attention paid to the possible impacts on the large population of youth in developing countries. The objectives of this paper are to (1) draw attention to the food insecurity experience of a forgotten population, youth; (2) test whether the prevalence of food insecur…
Household food insecurity and symptoms of neurologic disorder in Ethiopia
We found that FI was associated with symptoms of neurologic disorder. Given the cross-sectional nature of our study, the directionality of these associations is unclear. Future research should assess causal mechanisms relating FI to neurologic symptoms in sub-Saharan Africa
Women's preferences for obstetric care in rural Ethiopia
BACKGROUND: Delivery attended by skilled professionals is essential to reducing maternal mortality. Although the facility delivery rate in Ethiopia's rural areas is extremely low, little is known about which health system characteristics most influence women's preferences for delivery services. In this study, women's preferences for attributes of health facilities for delivery in rural Ethiopia were investigated. METHODS: A population-based discr…
Nonmarital Sex and Condom Knowledge among Ethiopian Young People
The accurate assessment of risky sexual behaviors and barriers to condom use is essential to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS. This study tests a new nonverbal response‐card method for obtaining more accurate responses to sensitive questions in the context of face‐to‐face interviewer‐administered questionnaires in a survey of 1,269 Ethiopian young people aged 13–24. Comparisons of responses between a control group that provided verbal responses and …
Predictors of adherence to isoniazid preventive therapy among HIV positive adults in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
The prevalence of self reported dose adherence over the past 7 days was higher. Non-adherence was observed among respondent who were not provided with sufficient information about IPT. The health care providers need to strengthen their educational and counseling efforts to convince the patient before putting them on IPT. To enhance adherence, health education efforts should focus on the importance of IPT, the details of the regimen and adverse ef…
The shape of things to come? household dependency ratio and adolescent nutritional status in rural and urban Ethiopia
Several related demographic trends are occurring in developing countries: youth comprise a large portion of populations, fertility rates are declining, and urban dwellers are increasing. As fertility rates decline and populations age, the decline in the ratio of young dependents to working age adults is expected to free up household resources, which can be invested in human capital, including youth nutritional wellbeing. We test this hypothesis i…
Household capacities, vulnerabilities and food insecurity
Household food insecurity and caregiver distress
OBJECTIVES: There is considerable interest in the link between household food insecurity and child wellbeing, and the extent to which caregiver wellbeing mediates the relationship between food insecurity and child wellbeing. The aim of this was to assess these relationships among a rural population in Ethiopia. METHODS: We used existing survey data from a maximum of 1,006 children under 5 years of age with matched data on household-level data on …
Food insecurity, childhood illness and maternal emotional distress in Ethiopia
Objective The relationship between food insecurity, maternal emotional distress and childhood morbidity in resource-poor settings is not well clarified. The present study aimed to assess independent associations between household food insecurity and childhood morbidity and potential modifications by maternal emotional distress. Design A cross-sectional survey. A food security scale was used to assess household food insecurity; maternal reports we…
Chewing over the Future
Injury-related gaining momentum as external causes of deaths in Ethiopian health and demographic surveillance sites
BACKGROUND: In Ethiopia, though all kinds of mortality due to external causes are an important component of overall mortality often not counted or documented on an individual basis. OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the patterns of mortality from external causes using verbal autopsy (VA) method at the Ethiopian HDSS Network sites. METHODS: All deaths at Ethiopian HDSS sites were routinely registered and followed up with VA intervie…
Do People Agree on What Foods are Prestigious? Evidence of a Single, Shared Cultural Model of Food in Urban Ethiopia and Rural Brazil
To what extent do people agree on the meaning of foods, and does this vary by socioeconomic status, demographics, or household type? Addressing this question is critical for testing hypotheses about the relationship between food insecurity, food meaning, and mental well-being because it speaks directly to the social implications of food behaviors. In this study, we test for a shared cultural model of food meaning in two diverse settings: urban Et…
Unpacking the "black box" of global food insecurity and mental health
Context Matters for Food Security
Anthropologists have long emphasized the social significance of foods and the contexts in which they are consumed. Expanding on this idea, we define the context of consumption as the non-eating behaviors that surround eating, such as the manner of food preparation, food sharing, and dietary patterns. In this study, we used cultural consensus analysis to assess whether there exist consistently shared, normative ideas about preferable context of fo…
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