Kassandra L Harding

Dados Biográficos

ID5480869
NOMEKassandra L Harding
PRENOMESKassandra L
SOBRENOMEHarding
ASSINATURAHARDING K L
AFILIAÇÕESTufts University
ORCID0000-0002-8095-3471
VERIFICADOSim
TOTAL DE OBRAS8
TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES0
TOTAL COMO AUTOR8
TOTAL COMO EDITOR0
PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO2016
ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO2019
ÍNDICE H0

  • Breastfeed4Ghana

    Open AccessKassandra L Harding, Richmond Aryeetey et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2019

    Although targeting health behaviour change through social media campaigns has gained traction in recent years, few studies have focused on breastfeeding social media campaigns. Within the context of rising social media utilization and recent declines in exclusive breastfeeding practices in Ghana, we implemented Breastfeed4Ghana, a Facebook- and Twitter-based breastfeeding social media campaign. This study determined feasibility of implementing Br…

  • 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 …

  • Birthweight and feeding practices are associated with child growth outcomes in South Asia

    Open AccessKassandra L Harding, Víctor M Aguayo et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2018

    Although there has been a focus on preventing stunting over the past decade, wasting has received less policy and programmatic attention. Recent national surveys from six South Asian countries were pooled to generate a dataset of 62,509 children aged 0 to 59 months to explore associations between low birthweight (LBW) and suboptimal infant and young child feeding (IYCF) practices with child wasting, severe wasting, and the co-occurrence of wastin…

  • Education and micronutrient deficiencies

    Open AccessKassandra L Harding, Víctor M Aguayo et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2018

    While relationships between maternal schooling and micronutrient outcomes vary around the globe, more schooling is generally linked to lower rates of deficiency. These findings draw policy-relevant connections between formal education and anemia and micronutrient status globally. It is necessary to examine the mechanisms through which this relationship may be working at both household and country level

  • Hidden hunger in South Asia

    Open AccessKassandra L Harding, Víctor M Aguayo et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2018

    ‘Hidden hunger’ is a term used to describe human deficiencies of key vitamins and minerals, also known as micronutrients. While global in scale, the prevalence of micronutrient deficiencies is particularly high in South Asia despite recent successes in economic growth, agricultural output and health care. The present paper reviews the most recent evidence on patterns and trends of hidden hunger across the region, with a focus on the most signific…

  • Determinants of anemia among women and children in Nepal and Pakistan

    Open AccessKassandra L Harding, Víctor M Aguayo et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2017

    Anemia remains one of the most intractable public health challenges in South Asia. This paper analyzes individual-level and household-level determinants of anemia among children and women in Nepal and Pakistan. Applying multivariate modified Poisson models to recent national survey data, we find that the prevalence of anemia was significantly higher among women from the poorest households in Pakistan (adjusted prevalence ratio [95% CI]: 1.10 [1.0…

  • Eating down or simply eating less? The diet and health implications of these practices during pregnancy and postpartum in rural Bangladesh

    Open AccessKassandra L Harding, Susana L Matias et al.ARTICLEPublic Health Nutrition2017

    Objective To: (i) determine the prevalence of self-reported eating less and eating down during early and late pregnancy and postpartum, and explore risk factors associated with eating less; (ii) examine the association between eating less and diet quality; and (iii) determine the association between eating less and weight gain during pregnancy. Design Data were collected longitudinally from a cohort of women participating in a community health pr…

  • Adherence to recommendations on lipid‐based nutrient supplement and iron and folic acid tablet consumption among pregnant and lactating women participating in a community health programme in northwest…

    Open AccessKassandra L Harding, Susana L Matias et al.ARTICLEMaternal and Child Nutrition2016

    Limited knowledge exists on sustained adherence to small-quantity lipid-based nutrient supplements for pregnant and lactating women (LNS-PL) and how this compares with that of other prenatal supplements. To address these gaps, a random subsample of women (n = 360) during pregnancy, early (6- to 12-week post-partum) and late (12- to 24-week post-partum) lactation, from an ongoing effectiveness trial in Bangladesh, was selected for in-home intervie…