Search Results - "Forsyth, Jenna E"

Solid Wastes Provide Breeding Sites, Burrows, and Food for Biological Disease Vectors, and Urban Zoonotic Reservoirs: A Call to Action for Solutions-Based Research by Krystosik, Amy, Njoroge, Gathenji, Odhiambo, Lorriane, Forsyth, Jenna E, Mutuku, Francis, LaBeaud, A Desiree

“…Infectious disease epidemiology and planetary health literature often cite solid waste and plastic pollution as risk factors for vector-borne diseases and…”
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Larval source reduction with a purpose: Designing and evaluating a household- and school-based intervention in coastal Kenya by Forsyth, Jenna E, Kempinsky, Arielle, Pitchik, Helen O, Alberts, Catharina J, Mutuku, Francis M, Kibe, Lydiah, Ardoin, Nicole M, LaBeaud, A Desiree

“…Since Aedes aegypti mosquitoes preferentially breed in domestic containers, control efforts focus on larval source reduction. Our objectives were to design and…”
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Rapid Market Screening to assess lead concentrations in consumer products across 25 low- and middle-income countries by Sargsyan, Aelita, Nash, Emily, Binkhorst, Gordon, Forsyth, Jenna E., Jones, Barbara, Sanchez Ibarra, Gabriel, Berg, Sarah, McCartor, Andrew, Fuller, Richard, Bose-O’Reilly, Stephan

“…Lead exposure can have serious consequences for health and development. The neurological and behavioral effects of lead are considered irreversible. Young…”
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Source reduction with a purpose: Mosquito ecology and community perspectives offer insights for improving household mosquito management in coastal Kenya by Forsyth, Jenna E, Mutuku, Francis M, Kibe, Lydiah, Mwashee, Luti, Bongo, Joyce, Egemba, Chika, Ardoin, Nicole M, LaBeaud, A Desiree

“…Understanding mosquito breeding behavior as well as human perspectives and practices are crucial for designing interventions to control Aedes aegypti…”
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A holistic approach to promoting early child development: a cluster randomised trial of a group-based, multicomponent intervention in rural Bangladesh by Pitchik, Helen O, Tofail, Fahmida, Rahman, Mahbubur, Akter, Fahmida, Sultana, Jesmin, Shoab, Abul Kasham, Huda, Tarique Md. Nurul, Jahir, Tania, Amin, Md Ruhul, Hossain, Md Khobair, Das, Jyoti Bhushan, Chung, Esther O, Byrd, Kendra A, Yeasmin, Farzana, Kwong, Laura H, Forsyth, Jenna E, Mridha, Malay K, Winch, Peter J, Luby, Stephen P, Fernald, Lia CH

“…IntroductionIn low- and middle-income countries, children experience multiple risks for delayed development. We evaluated a multicomponent, group-based early…”
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Evidence of turmeric adulteration with lead chromate across South Asia by Forsyth, Jenna E., Mistree, Dinsha, Nash, Emily, Angrish, Manyu, Luby, Stephen P.

“…Food adulteration with toxic chemicals is a global public health threat. Lead chromate adulterated spices have been linked with lead poisoning in many…”
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Sources of Blood Lead Exposure in Rural Bangladesh by Forsyth, Jenna E, Weaver, Karrie L, Maher, Kate, Islam, M. Saiful, Raqib, Rubhana, Rahman, Mahbubur, Fendorf, Scott, Luby, Stephen P

“…Lead (Pb) exposure is a major public health problem worldwide. Although high levels of Pb in blood in Bangladesh have been documented, the dominant Pb sources…”
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Reductions in spice lead levels in the republic of Georgia: 2020–2022 by Forsyth, Jenna E., Akhalaia, Khatuna, Jintcharadze, Mariami, Nash, Emily, Sharov, Petr, Temnikova, Alena, Elmera, Christlee

“…Spice adulteration using yellow lead chromate-based pigments has been documented as a growing global health concern. Spices from the Republic of Georgia with…”
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Assessing Analytical Methods for the Rapid Detection of Lead Adulteration in the Global Spice Market by Lopez, Alandra M., Nicolini, Carla M., Aeppli, Meret, Luby, Stephen P., Fendorf, Scott, Forsyth, Jenna E.

“…Lead adulteration of spices, primarily via Pb chromate compounds, has been documented globally as a growing public health concern. Currently, Pb detection in…”
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Food safety policy enforcement and associated actions reduce lead chromate adulteration in turmeric across Bangladesh by Forsyth, Jenna E., Baker, Musa, Nurunnahar, Syeda, Islam, Shariful, Islam, M. Saiful, Islam, Tauhidul, Plambeck, Erica, Winch, Peter J., Mistree, Dinsha, Luby, Stephen P., Rahman, Mahbubur

“…Turmeric adulterated with lead chromate pigment has been previously identified as a primary source of lead exposure in Bangladesh. This study assesses the…”
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Turmeric means “yellow” in Bengali: Lead chromate pigments added to turmeric threaten public health across Bangladesh by Forsyth, Jenna E., Nurunnahar, Syeda, Islam, Sheikh Shariful, Baker, Musa, Yeasmin, Dalia, Islam, M. Saiful, Rahman, Mahbubur, Fendorf, Scott, Ardoin, Nicole M., Winch, Peter J., Luby, Stephen P.

“…Adulteration is a growing food safety concern worldwide. Previous studies have implicated turmeric as a source of lead (Pb) exposure due to the addition of…”
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Child lead exposure near abandoned lead acid battery recycling sites in a residential community in Bangladesh: Risk factors and the impact of soil remediation on blood lead levels by Chowdhury, Kamal Ibne Amin, Nurunnahar, Syeda, Kabir, Mohammad Lutful, Islam, Mohammad Tauhidul, Baker, Musa, Islam, M. Saiful, Rahman, Mahbubur, Hasan, M. Aziz, Sikder, Arif, Kwong, Laura H., Binkhorst, Gordon K., Nash, Emily, Keith, John, McCartor, Andrew, Luby, Stephen P., Forsyth, Jenna E.

“…Lead is a potent neurotoxin that is particularly detrimental to children's cognitive development. Batteries account for at least 80% of global lead use and…”
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Enhanced Inactivation of Bacillus subtilis Spores during Solar Photolysis of Free Available Chlorine by Forsyth, Jenna E, Zhou, Peiran, Mao, Quanxin, Asato, Shelby S, Meschke, John S, Dodd, Michael C

“…Aqueous free available chlorine (FAC) can be photolyzed by sunlight and/or artificial UV light to generate various reactive oxygen species, including HO• and…”
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Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among pregnant women and sources of lead exposure in rural Bangladesh: A case control study by Forsyth, Jenna E., Saiful Islam, M., Parvez, Sarker Masud, Raqib, Rubhana, Sajjadur Rahman, M., Marie Muehe, E., Fendorf, Scott, Luby, Stephen P.

“…Prenatal and early childhood lead exposures impair cognitive development. We aimed to evaluate the prevalence of elevated blood lead levels (BLLs) among…”
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Lead exposure and antisocial behavior: A systematic review protocol by Shaffer, Rachel M., Forsyth, Jenna E., Ferraro, Greg, Till, Christine, Carlson, Laura M., Hester, Kirstin, Haddock, Amanda, Strawbridge, Jenna, Lanfear, Charles C., Hu, Howard, Kirrane, Ellen

“…Lead exposure remains highly prevalent worldwide despite decades of research highlighting its link to numerous adverse health outcomes. In addition to…”
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Making the invisible visible: Developing and evaluating an intervention to raise awareness and reduce lead exposure among children and their caregivers in rural Bangladesh by Jahir, Tania, Pitchik, Helen O., Rahman, Mahbubur, Sultana, Jesmin, Shoab, A.K.M., Nurul Huda, Tarique Md, Byrd, Kendra A., Islam, Md Saiful, Yeasmin, Farzana, Baker, Musa, Yeasmin, Dalia, Nurunnahar, Syeda, Luby, Stephen P., Winch, Peter J., Forsyth, Jenna E.

“…Lead exposure is harmful at any time in life, but pre-natal and early childhood exposures are particularly detrimental to cognitive development. In Bangladesh,…”
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Effects of the COVID‐19 pandemic on caregiver mental health and the child caregiving environment in a low‐resource, rural context by Pitchik, Helen O., Tofail, Fahmida, Akter, Fahmida, Sultana, Jesmin, Shoab, AKM, Huda, Tarique M. N., Forsyth, Jenna E., Kaushal, Natasha, Jahir, Tania, Yeasmin, Farzana, Khan, Rizwana, Das, Jyoti B., Hossain, Md, Hasan, Md. Rezaul, Rahman, Mahbubur, Winch, Peter J., Luby, Stephen P., Fernald, Lia C. H.

“…Early child development has been influenced directly and indirectly by the COVID‐19 pandemic, and these effects are exacerbated in contexts of poverty. This…”
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Removing lead from the global economy by Luby, Stephen P, Forsyth, Jenna E, Fatmi, Zafar, Rahman, Mahbubur, Sultana, Jesmin, Plambeck, Erica L, Miller, N Grant, Bendavid, Eran, Winch, Peter J, Hu, Howard, Lanphear, Bruce, Landrigan, Philip J

“…Lead, an element toxic to countless biological processes, occurs naturally in the earth's lithosphere and is geologically sequestered from the biosphere at the…”
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Observations of distributed snow depth and snow duration within diverse forest structures in a maritime mountain watershed by Dickerson-Lange, Susan E., Lutz, James A., Gersonde, Rolf, Martin, Kael A., Forsyth, Jenna E., Lundquist, Jessica D.

“…Spatially distributed snow depth and snow duration data were collected over two to four snow seasons during water years 2011–2014 in experimental forest plots…”
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Prevalence of elevated blood lead levels among pregnant women and sources of lead exposure in rural Bangladesh: A case control study by Forsyth, Jenna E., Saiful Islam, M., Parvez, Sarker Masud, Raqib, Rubhana, Sajjadur Rahman, M., Marie Muehe, E., Fendorf, Scott, Luby, Stephen P.

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