Search Results - "Penny, Mary E."
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Efficacy of Quadrivalent HPV Vaccine against HPV Infection and Disease in Males
Published in The New England journal of medicine (03-02-2011)“…Limited data on the efficacy of the quadrivalent HPV vaccine are available for males. In this trial involving 4065 healthy boys and young men 16 to 26 years of…”
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Children with access to improved sanitation but not improved water are at lower risk of stunting compared to children without access: a cohort study in Ethiopia, India, Peru, and Vietnam
Published in BMC public health (23-01-2017)“…This study's purpose was to understand associations between water, sanitation, and child growth. We estimated stunting (height-for-age Z score <-2 SD) and…”
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Child undernutrition: opportunities beyond the first 1000 days
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Human papillomavirus vaccine delivery strategies that achieved high coverage in low- and middle-income countries
Published in Bulletin of the World Health Organization (01-11-2011)“…To assess human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccination coverage after demonstration projects conducted in India, Peru, Uganda and Viet Nam by PATH and national…”
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Role of Government Financial Support and Vulnerability Characteristics Associated with Food Insecurity during the COVID-19 Pandemic among Young Peruvians
Published in Nutrients (09-10-2021)“…Peruvian households have experienced one of the most prevalent economic shocks due to COVID-19, significantly increasing their vulnerability to food insecurity…”
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Peru – Progress in health and sciences in 200 years of independence
Published in Lancet Regional Health - Americas (Online) (01-03-2022)“…Peru celebrates 200 years of independence in 2021. Over this period of independent life, and despite the turbulent socio-political scenarios, from internal…”
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Parental acceptance of HPV vaccine in Peru: a decision framework
Published in PloS one (29-10-2012)“…Cervical cancer is the third most common cancer affecting women worldwide and it is an important cause of death, especially in developing countries. Cervical…”
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Impact of early and concurrent stunting on cognition
Published in Maternal and child nutrition (01-10-2011)“…Undernutrition is associated with poor cognitive development, late entry into school, decreased years of schooling, reduced productivity and smaller adult…”
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Psychometric and cognitive validation of a social capital measurement tool in Peru and Vietnam
Published in Social science & medicine (1982) (01-02-2006)“…Social capital is a relatively new concept which has attracted significant attention in recent years. No consensus has yet been reached on how to measure…”
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Households across all income quintiles, especially the poorest, increased animal source food expenditures substantially during recent Peruvian economic growth
Published in PloS one (05-11-2014)“…Relative to plant-based foods, animal source foods (ASFs) are richer in accessible protein, iron, zinc, calcium, vitamin B-12 and other nutrients. Because of…”
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Birth seasons and heights among girls and boys below 12 years of age: lasting effects and catch-up growth among native Amazonians in Bolivia
Published in Annals of human biology (19-05-2018)“…Background: Seasons affect many social, economic, and biological outcomes, particularly in low-resource settings, and some studies suggest that birth season…”
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The nutrition transition and adolescents’ diets in low- and middle-income countries: a cross-cohort comparison
Published in Public health nutrition (01-01-2017)“…To investigate changes in dietary diversity and dietary composition among adolescents in four developing countries. We analysed dietary diversity and…”
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Early rapid weight gain and subsequent overweight and obesity in middle childhood in Peru
Published in BMC obesity (13-12-2016)“…Rapid postnatal weight gain is associated with risk of overweight and obesity, but it's unclear whether this holds in populations exposed to concurrent…”
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Efficacy, immunogenicity, and safety of a quadrivalent HPV vaccine in men: results of an open-label, long-term extension of a randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 3 trial
Published in The Lancet infectious diseases (01-03-2022)“…The quadrivalent human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine was shown to prevent infections and lesions related to HPV6, 11, 16, and 18 in a randomised,…”
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Oligofructose-supplemented infant cereal: 2 randomized, blinded, community-based trials in Peruvian infants
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-04-2003)“…Prebiotics are nondigestible food ingredients that stimulate the growth of Bifidobacterium and other bacteria in the gastrointestinal tract. Improved…”
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Cost-Effectiveness of Rotavirus Vaccination in Peru
Published in The Journal of infectious diseases (01-11-2009)“…BackgroundThere are plans to introduce the oral rotavirus vaccine Rotarix (GlaxoSmithKline), 1 of 2 recently developed vaccines against rotavirus, in Peru…”
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Cohort Profile: The Young Lives Study
Published in International journal of epidemiology (01-06-2013)“…Young Lives is an international longitudinal study investigating the changing nature of childhood poverty in four low-income countries [Ethiopia, India (Andhra…”
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Feeding Homemade Sugar Sweetened Beverages in Addition to Breastfeeding: Survey Results from Caregivers of Infants and Young Children in Peri-Urban Lima, Peru
Published in Maternal and child health journal (01-12-2023)“…Objectives Consumption of sugar sweetened beverages (SSB) is associated with childhood obesity and other negative health conditions. Feeding SSB to infants and…”
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Time use and sexual maturity−related indicators differentially predict youth body mass indices, Peruvian girls versus boys
Published in Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences (01-05-2020)“…Rapid development in Latin America has been accompanied by lifestyle shifts, including changes in time use and social environments. Overweight/obesity has also…”
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Postinfancy growth, schooling, and cognitive achievement: Young Lives
Published in The American journal of clinical nutrition (01-12-2013)“…Background: Early life growth failure and resulting cognitive deficits are often assumed to be very difficult to reverse after infancy.Objective: We used data…”
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