Search Results - "Pullum, Thomas"

Is child anemia associated with early childhood development? A cross-sectional analysis of nine Demographic and Health Surveys by Benedict, Rukundo K, Pullum, Thomas W, Riese, Sara, Milner, Erin

“…Anemia is a significant public health problem in many low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), with young children being especially vulnerable. Iron…”
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Effective coverage of facility delivery in Bangladesh, Haiti, Malawi, Nepal, Senegal, and Tanzania by Wang, Wenjuan, Mallick, Lindsay, Allen, Courtney, Pullum, Thomas

“…The persistence of preventable maternal and newborn deaths highlights the importance of quality of care as an essential element in coverage interventions…”
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Estimating the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding with data from household surveys: Measurement issues and options by Pullum, Thomas W, Gribble, Karleen, Mihrshahi, Seema, Borg, Bindi

“…The importance of breastfeeding for infant and maternal health is well established. The World Health Organization recommends that all infants be exclusively…”
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Early-Neonatal, Late-Neonatal, Postneonatal, and Child Mortality Rates Across India, 1993-2021 by Subramanian, S V, Kumar, Akhil, Pullum, Thomas W, Ambade, Mayanka, Rajpal, Sunil, Kim, Rockli

“…The global success of the child survival agenda depends on how rapidly mortality at early ages after birth declines in India, and changes need to be monitored…”
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Exclusive breastfeeding: aligning the indicator with the goal by Pullum, Thomas W

“…While the global objective is exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) for a full 6 months duration, the standard indicator is a "prevalence" indicator, that is, the…”
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Abbreviating the Wealth Index to Measure Equity in Health Programs More Easily by Pullum, Thomas W

“…Efforts to simplify the construction of the DHS wealth index are encouraged (while recognizing it is constructed differently in each country), but attempts to…”
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Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys from 2011 and 2016 to assess changes in Saving Mothers, Giving Life intervention districts by Mallick, Lindsay, Dontamsetti, Trinadh, Pullum, Thomas, Fleuret, Julia

“…# Background Launched in 2012 in Uganda and Zambia, *Saving Mothers, Giving Life* (SMGL) was a five-year initiative that aimed to improve access to and use of…”
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Ending preventable maternal deaths: the time is now by Bustreo, Flavia, Say, Lale, Koblinsky, Marge, Pullum, Thomas W, Temmerman, Marleen, Pablos-Méndez, Ariel

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Preface from the New Editor-in-Chief by Pullum, Thomas W.

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Deaths of clients in methadone treatment in Texas: 1994–2002 by Maxwell, Jane Carlisle, Pullum, Thomas W., Tannert, Karen

“…This study analyzes causes of deaths of 766 patients who died while in methadone treatment in Texas between 1994 and 2002. Compared with deaths in the general…”
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Homogamy by Education and Migration Status in Monterrey, Mexico: Changes and Continuities over Time by Solís, Patricio, Pullum, Thomas W., Bratter, Jenifer

“…This paper reviews changes in homogamy by migration status and educational level in Monterrey, Mexico, through the analysis of marriage patterns for two…”
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Initiation of Breastfeeding in Low- and Middle-Income Countries: A Time-to-Event Analysis by Mallick, Lindsay, Wang, Wenjuan, Farid, Shiza, Pullum, Thomas

“…OBJECTIVEEarly breastfeeding has numerous benefits for both the mother and her baby. Previous research typically analyzes breastfeeding initiation in binary…”
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Sample selection bias in adult mortality estimates from mobile phone surveys: Evidence from 25 low- and middle-income countries by Ahmed, Sahar, Romero-Prieto, Julio, Sánchez-Páez, David A., Masquelier, Bruno, Pullum, Tom, Reniers, Georges

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The Demographic and Health Surveys Faculty Fellows Program: Successes, Challenges, and Lessons Learned by Wang, Wenjuan, Assaf, Shireen, Pullum, Thomas, Kishor, Sunita

“…Primarily funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) Faculty Fellows Program is…”
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Three Eras of Young Adult Home Leaving in Twentieth-Century America by Gutmann, Myron P., Pullum-Pinñón, Sara M., Pullum, Thomas W.

“…This article divides the history of coming of age in the U.S. in the twentieth century into three distinct time periods: one that ran from 1880 until World War…”
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A multivariate analysis of homogamy in Montevideo, Uruguay by PULLUM, THOMAS W., PERI, ANDRES

“…This paper develops multivariate models to describe homogamy or, more generally, marriage preferences, for corresponding characteristics of brides and grooms…”
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Breastfeeding in the 21st century by Walters, Dylan, Kakietek, Jakub Jan, Eberwein, Julia Dayton, Pullum, Thomas, Shekar, Meera

“…The breastfeeding Series papers by Cesar Victora and colleagues and Nigel Rollins and colleagues 2 are a notable contribution to the maternal and child…”
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Using a modification of the capture–recapture model to estimate the need for substance abuse treatment by Maxwell, Jane Carlisle, Pullum, Thomas W

“…A Poisson regression applied the capture–recapture model to a time series of data for admissions to treatment from 1987 to 1996 to estimate the number of…”
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Breastfeeding in the 21st century by Wallingford, John

“…Randomised trials show that promotion of breastfeeding prevents some gastrointestinal disease,4 most probably because of pathogen exclusion, as protection is…”
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Using the Uganda Demographic and Health Surveys from 2011 and 2016 to assess changes in Saving Mothers, Giving Life intervention districts by Mallick, Lindsay, Dontamsetti, Trinadh, Pullum, Thomas, Fleuret, Julia

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