“If there is no water, we cannot feed our children”: The far-reaching consequences of water insecurity on infant feeding practices and infant health across 16 low- and middle-income countries was accepted for publication in the American Journal of Human Biology last week. Led by Dr. …
Margaret Butler, a doctoral student in the Department of Anthropology at Northwestern University and a member of the Young Research Group, is currently recruiting participants for her pilot study: A Retrospective Examination of Postpartum Depression Experiences Among Chicagoland Mothers (IRB: STU00210495). We would love you …
Patrick has completed the first six months of fieldwork in Makueni County, Kenya for his project assessing the health and economic impacts of dam construction on displaced and downstream communities. As part of his PhD dissertation, he aims to: Assess the nutritional, disease, and economic …
Last week, findings from our research on the connection between food insecurity and breastmilk were featured on the front page of the United Nation’s website! The article, published in Maternal & Child Nutrition in June of this year, explored infant feeding practices among a community …
Last week was Black Breastfeeding Week, an annual event that takes place from August 25th– 31st to celebrate breastfeeding among Black women around the world, and highlight the progress being made toward a more equitable breastfeeding landscape in the United States. On Wednesday August 28th, YRG …
Dr. Vicky Santoso has published her first dissertation paper! Our thanks to co-authors Prof Rachel Kerr, Prof John Hoddinott, and Northwestern undergraduate researchers Priya Garigipati & Sophia Olmos for their contributions. We reviewed 62 studies examining the relation between more than 200 unique indicators of …
Environmental change is projected to decrease the availability of key natural resources. We therefore recently reviewed all published reports of transactional sex for natural resources to understand how resource scarcity, and fluctuations due to climate change, shape behavior. The review, led by my former post-doc and now Prof …
In June, Dr. Young, Hollyn Cetrone, and Dr. Vicky Santoso presented recent findings at the Agriculture, Nutrition, & Health (ANH) Academy week in Hyderabad, India. We also hosted a learning lab on using the Household Water InSecurity Experiences (HWISE) Scale. Northwestern senior Hollyn Cetrone gave …