Publications by authors named "Julia Leigh Finkelstein"
Article Synopsis
- Researchers created a customizable electronic data capture (EDC) framework called ConnEDCt to address challenges in clinical research in areas with limited internet access.
- The framework allows for offline data collection, on-demand synchronization, and management of complex research protocols in clinical and surveillance settings in India and Ecuador.
- ConnEDCt was tested and refined for practicality, featuring user roles, synchronization across locations, and the ability to collect various data types, while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards.
Young children living in urban slums are vulnerable to malnutrition and subsequently poor health outcomes, but data on the correlates of stunting, underweight, wasting, and anemia specifically among 10-18 month-old children in India remain limited. In this analysis, we sought to describe the prevalence of and examine correlates for different markers of undernutrition, including stunting, underweight, and anemia among 10-18 month-old children living in urban slums, an understudied vulnerable group. Children and their mothers ( = 323) were screened for anthropometry, demographics, and complete blood counts for hemoglobin concentration between March and November 2017 (Clinicaltrials.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBiofortification, a method for increasing micronutrient content of staple crops, is a promising strategy for combating major global health problems, such as iron and zinc deficiency. We examined the acceptability of recipes prepared using iron- and zinc-biofortified pearl millet (FeZnPM) (~80 ppm Fe, ~34 ppm Zn, varietal Dhanashakti), [corrected] compared to conventional pearl millet (CPM) (~20 ppm Fe, ~19 ppm Zn) in preparation for an efficacy trial. Our objective was to examine the acceptability of FeZnPM compared to CPM among young children and mothers living in the urban slums of Mumbai.
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